Flight 23: Touch-and-go at EBAV Instead of doing more solo circuits, we flew to EBAV for some touch-and-go's.
Flight 22: Navigation EBZH - Tongeren - EBAV - EBZH This was a navigation flight along the CTR of Liege (EBLG). We also talked to some air traffic controllers.
Flight 21: Circuits I flew some solo circuits, but stopped a little early as the weather was startig to turn.
Ground School - Semi-Circular System So I've been, again, not flying for a month. But I have been studying a bit for my "Radiotelephony" certificate exam, which I'll be taking in Brussels next week - if the corona
Practical Exam ULM In Belgium, the practical ULM exam (and everything else ULM related) is defined by a "Koninklijk Besluit" (KB). It can be found here, in dutch: http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/
Exam Preparations Since my practical exam is coming closer, I'm also reviewing the theory lessons. Since a part of the ULM exam is questions on those subjects. Today I was reviewing "Human Factors". So I'll
Flight 20: EBZH (Hasselt) - EBLN (Liernu) - EBTN (Goetsenhoven) - EBZH We planned a navigation, from Hasselt (home base) over Liernu, land in Goetsenhoven (EBTN) and then back to Hasselt. First of all, still failed to remember to take pictures. Flight PerparationI was on
Flight 19: Solo Circuits I spent an hour flying solo circuits again. It was a beautiful Saturday so it was more busy on the airfield than I was used to. I had to pay close attention to
Flight 18: Refresher Finally got back in the air! I didn't get to fly solo, since it was almost 6 months ago since I flew and the weather was a little tricky. Tricky but beautiful. After
New Headset: H10-30 Because of the current Corona measures, we can go and take flight lessons again, but we must use our personal equipment. That includes a headset. I've been putting off buying one, to be
No-Fly Zone ... December 30, 2019 was my last flying lesson. After that, my instructor had a month delay while renewing his license. Then we had about a whole month of rain so the field was
Air Law: PASSED More good news! Today I managed to pass my Air Law theoretical exam. I managed to score 85%, you need 75% to pass. I was equally unsure of my chances of passing than
ELP Level 5 I managed to pass my ELP test and received a level 5. That means it's valid for 6 years and then I have to do it again. I would've liked a Level 6,
ELP (English Language Proficiency) Test I'm currently in mild panic mode. I have enrolled for the English Language Proficiency test, necessary to communicate over the radio with official operators (such as Brussels Flight Information Service). The exam consists
Flight #17: Navigation around EBLG We did our third navigation today. Because I arrived quite late, sadly, we couldn't do everything that was planned. By the time we had reviewed my plan and prepared the plane we were
Flight #16 More solo-circuiting. An entire hour. My approaches were generally good, although I have to make sure I keep my final turn at 90°. I seemed to already slightly turn into final when in
Training Flight #15: EBZH to EBTX (Theux) This flight, we finally performed my navigation flight EBZH (Hasselt) to EBTX (Theux). I had prepared my trip up front with a straight line up until Verviers. We cross Bilzen and Visé. It
Flight #14 As planned, we were either going to fly to Theux (EBTX) or do solo flying. Since EBTX was closed when I was flying, and the weather was good, I got to do some
Flight #13 The plan today was to either to solo-circuits or a trip to "Theux". I had already prepared my navigation flight, and in general it was OK. I got some pointers on what is
Flight #12 Today we mostly did some circuits with some "odd landings". The original plan was for me to fly some solo circuits, but the clouds were a bit low and unpredictable. ... GPS Track Running
Flight #11: Slipping and Forced Landings Today we practiced "Forced Landing", also known as the "Emergency Landing". Part of it is a manoeuvre called "Slipping". It's a little scary stuff, not so much
Flight #10: First Navigation Yesterday we went flying from EBZH over Geel to Turnhout up to EBKH and then back. The navigation by itself went quite well, my preparation was mostly correct and it was quite easy
ULM License Prepartion Flight #10 For my tenth flight, normally coming wednesday, I'll be doing my first Navigation flight. I've been given the assignment to prepare a flight from EBZH -> Geel -> Turnhout ->
Flight #9 We flew circuits for another hour. Nothing special ... were it not for the fact that 54 minutes of the hour I flew solo. I was nervous because I knew I was going to
Flight #8: First Solo! Flew my first solo flight in OO-G83 today! Today, after flying a number of circuits, my instructor let me do a full-stop landing. I wasn't sure why, we weren't flying for an hour