The time for MPL has come
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:41 am
My goal before my birthday in May is to buy my trike. I want to take delivery on my birthday. 
I live in Bedfordview & am looking for a school that has 582 trikes for ab initio training.
Then to my background, I started flying microlights in the mid 80's, met my ex wife by 1987 & she had her way because "those things are held together with nuts & bolts, they are awful dangerous things & if you want to marry me, you must stop flying."
It took me many years of flying on the sly with mates & taking flips at Rand & down at FAPA during the air festival every year before I could afford to buy my own aircraft. Obviously my mpl was history. I started from scratch, having bought my own aerie after approximately 10 hrs of training. The voice of doom in the background became dimmer as I approached going solo & faded away because the lady wanted for nothing. I flew more dual xc than any other student in the history of sa aviation because I flew every second weekend down to FAPA & back with my instructor even prior to going solo. My solo nav was from FAGM to FABM to FALY to FAHR to FAGM. Was immense fun & I loved my aerie, a big brawny powerful 4 seater & fast too at 160mph. Unfortunately my circumstances changed which included a divorce & the eventual loss of my baby & now the necessary sale of my share with George in the Explorer.
My license lapsed last year in July & my med in August.
I have approximately 750hrs ppl, but a few hundred of the old hrs & no hrs logged in the last 2 years because of court battles but approximately 240 hrs flown in those 2 years.
I am very well versed in the law pertaining to ppl etc but do not have a clue about how my training will commence. Do I get any credit for my experience, do I rewrite the exams etc etc.
All feedback is welcome. Very soon I will join you guys in the sky for flying fun.
I live in Bedfordview & am looking for a school that has 582 trikes for ab initio training.
Then to my background, I started flying microlights in the mid 80's, met my ex wife by 1987 & she had her way because "those things are held together with nuts & bolts, they are awful dangerous things & if you want to marry me, you must stop flying."
It took me many years of flying on the sly with mates & taking flips at Rand & down at FAPA during the air festival every year before I could afford to buy my own aircraft. Obviously my mpl was history. I started from scratch, having bought my own aerie after approximately 10 hrs of training. The voice of doom in the background became dimmer as I approached going solo & faded away because the lady wanted for nothing. I flew more dual xc than any other student in the history of sa aviation because I flew every second weekend down to FAPA & back with my instructor even prior to going solo. My solo nav was from FAGM to FABM to FALY to FAHR to FAGM. Was immense fun & I loved my aerie, a big brawny powerful 4 seater & fast too at 160mph. Unfortunately my circumstances changed which included a divorce & the eventual loss of my baby & now the necessary sale of my share with George in the Explorer. My license lapsed last year in July & my med in August.
I have approximately 750hrs ppl, but a few hundred of the old hrs & no hrs logged in the last 2 years because of court battles but approximately 240 hrs flown in those 2 years.
I am very well versed in the law pertaining to ppl etc but do not have a clue about how my training will commence. Do I get any credit for my experience, do I rewrite the exams etc etc.
All feedback is welcome. Very soon I will join you guys in the sky for flying fun.
and I guess I will have to ask RV4ker for that Explorer one 