First Solo!

[2fst4u]

I just got home from the Air Training Corps' annual National aviation course where I managed to go on my first solo after just 5.5 hours. It's basically a very intensive 10 day long course at RNZAF base woodbourne where volunteer instructors try and get us through to our first solos. It was awesome, defiantly want to continue onto my PPL

also, on the course, ASL provided us with free FRTO examination papers. I managed to get 96% (the highest of all of us) with ( not to brag but, ) no study at all . I got lucky.

[jastheace]

QUOTE (2fst4u @ Jan 27 2010, 04:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just got home from the Air Training Corps' annual National aviation course where I managed to go on my first solo after just 5.5 hours. It's basically a very intensive 10 day long course at RNZAF base woodbourne where volunteer instructors try and get us through to our first solos. It was awesome, defiantly want to continue onto my PPL

also, on the course, ASL provided us with free FRTO examination papers. I managed to get 96% (the highest of all of us) with ( not to brag but, ) no study at all . I got lucky.

congrats man, that should give you a big help to continue on, good luck

[Bazza]

That's a great effort, and being an older bloke not up with these training schemes - what did you solo in...?

[2fst4u]

Thanks guys. was a C-150 From Air New Zealand flying club in Chch. We ended up not having a transponder in a transponder-mandatory zone so they were nice to us. As long as we did circuits or left the zone they were fine with it. The transponder was emitting at such a frequency that the radar just disregarded it. They don;t call it Damager for no reason .

[Efliernz]

Great job - well done.
I looked at my solo certificate today. 1987 was such a long time ago - and the ol' CA-150-M was a heavy underpowered C150 that long ago It's still flying too.

[2fst4u]

haha, talk about under powered, this old girl had to do everything at 100 rpm higher/ 10 knots faster than all the others. All the bloody dents in the leading edges didn't help much. Even had 40 degrees of flap! I never got it passed 25.

on a side note, one of the other planes was a yellow tomo rego FML. brilliant. Best part was, the instructor attached to that one was a padre - chaplain of the air force

[dbcunnz]

QUOTE (2fst4u @ Jan 22 2010, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

on a side note, one of the other planes was a yellow tomo rego FML. brilliant. Best part was, the instructor attached to that one was a padre - chaplain of the air force

Congrats on your solo I done mine way way back in 1949 in a Tiger Moth there were no Cessnas around in those days the C150 didn't come out until 1957
The yellow tomo FML is owned by the padre and is stationed at Woodourne

[spongebob206]

Congrates mate

Awesome Acheivement.

Mine was back in 1983 in a PA 38 Rego EIK

Wonder what happened to that old gal?

Anywhay all the best and may you have many thousands more hours of enjoyment

[Naki]

Yes congrats!

QUOTE (spongebob206 @ Jan 23 2010, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Mine was back in 1983 in a PA 38 Rego EIK

Wonder what happened to that old gal?

Anywhay all the best and may you have many thousands more hours of enjoyment

This --W/O?

Accident Brief, Occurrence # 98/2290

Registration: ZK-EIK Nature of Flight: training dual
Aircraft Model: Piper PA-38-112 Pilot Licence: CPL (Aeroplane)
Date and Time: 20 Aug 98 at 11:05 Pilot Age: 25 yrs
Location: Rotorua Ad Flying Hours (Total): 1000
POB: 2 Flying Hours (on Type): 50
Injuries (Fatal): nil Last 90 Days: 120
Injuries (Serious): nil TAIC Ref.:
Injuries (Minor): nil Publishing Ref.: OB, 1999, Issue 1
Damage: substantial Date Published: 24 Feb 99

Synopsis:

A practice forced landing was started from overhead the aerodrome at 3000 feet indicated. The pattern was normal until final, where a 15 to 20 knot headwind component resulted in a steeper approach than what the student was accustomed to. The student raised the nose to compensate, resulting in a reduction in airspeed and an increased rate of descent. The student did not respond to the instructor's command to lower the nose, and although the instructor took over, he was unable to prevent a heavy landing.

[spongebob206]

Thanks Paul,

After the post I investigated all of my early training aircraft to find they are all sadly decommissioned.
DIT and EIT were the first due to accidents early on, EIK in 1993, EVM 2002 and still looking for EOF's date. I know it flipped on landing a few years back.

Cheers

[pois0n]

If you thought your first solo was good, your first solo cross country is soooo much better!

[2fst4u]

I wouldn't doubt that!

I'm actually waiting for a call back from the optometrist on doing a colour blindness test to see if I can get a class one without restriction (Personally I think I can. I can see individual colours fine. It's just those dot tests that get me)

[ardypilot]

Congrats man- its a great feeling lining up for the first time and chucking that throttle in yourself ay!

The course down at Woodbourne sounded like a blast, a few of the Ardmore instructors went down there to lend a hand with one of our 172's I believe.

[2fst4u]

sure did. Must have been about four of them. Leighton was my instructor. Obviously did a good job. Got me through quite quickly