My turn to BRAG...
My turn to BRAG...
And I am quite entitled to. Passed my LAST commercial exam this afternoon. 8 exams now under the belt. About 30 hours left, then start looking for work (hint hint)
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RV4ker (RIP)
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Congrats.... Work should be a breeze.... 
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P166S, Jodel, hangar and other odds and sods
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Still @ The Coves (Harties) but dream has died
P166S, Jodel, hangar and other odds and sods
Radial - http://tiny.cc/eppqp
Still @ The Coves (Harties) but dream has died
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yeh, I got fired......no such thing as drinks on the house anymore 
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Passed Exams
Well done Kevin, it would be interesting if you could maybe write up some form of "path" that is required to achieve the comm ratings and costs, this could be valuable for those of us with children who aspire to be comm pilots ??
Now you can fly the rigs back in Norway !!
Well done
Paul
Now you can fly the rigs back in Norway !!
Well done
Paul
Centrifugal force in pure Physics does not exist, however this does not apply to Taxi drivers..
kb, you are the man!
Congrats; I have followed your "career" so far and know that you have a very exciting life ahead of you. You took a BIG decision in going Comm and you have excelled where many fear to tread.
For those of you who do not know kb, I can vouch for him as one of the few people who I know of such an exemplary character. He is a true gentleman with strong morals and an example to many. (So what the hell are you doing mixing with the nutters on Microlighters?)
I personally would like to hear of the road that you have travelled thus far, so spread the news.
Congrats; I have followed your "career" so far and know that you have a very exciting life ahead of you. You took a BIG decision in going Comm and you have excelled where many fear to tread.
For those of you who do not know kb, I can vouch for him as one of the few people who I know of such an exemplary character. He is a true gentleman with strong morals and an example to many. (So what the hell are you doing mixing with the nutters on Microlighters?)
I personally would like to hear of the road that you have travelled thus far, so spread the news.
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RV4ker (RIP)
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Go for it. More than 1 here dreams of being paid to fly (eventually)kb wrote:Is anyone else a wee bit interested un me typing up a "timeline" of what happened and how I got this far?? If not, I'll chat to you on sunday paul.
rgds
4 Sale (will trade)
P166S, Jodel, hangar and other odds and sods
Radial - http://tiny.cc/eppqp
Still @ The Coves (Harties) but dream has died
P166S, Jodel, hangar and other odds and sods
Radial - http://tiny.cc/eppqp
Still @ The Coves (Harties) but dream has died
OK, so it started way back when......
I always wanted to fly. I always asked my mom if we could go to the airport, 4 hours before we actually needed to be there, "so I could watch the planes coming and going" They thought I was mental.
STD 4, my teacher (Mr A$$wipe Griffiths) told my folks that I wanted to fly, but my school marks were not very complimenting, and they should try intetest me in something else. My dad tried sailing, like father like son. Didn't work. Went to school in Mooi River, where you could get your PPL. The instructor - my housemaster and maths teacher Mr Trevor Warner was a instructor, and trained 2/3 pupils in my time there. Even on the days when i did not have sport, I would sit at the strip, and watch them doing circuits.
End of STD 7, I dropped maths for biblical studies. It was the only choice you had if you dropped maths. i also took all other subject on std grade, and scraped through. Time went by, and I kept saying that it was too expensive (true) and I was a dofkop cause I didn't have maths, science, physics etc on Higher grade. I studied something else, and worked office job.
THEN, my lil sis bought me a microlight "intro flight". I got home, and pondered over the figures. 20k, and I can fly.....so I went for my first lesson, without telling the folks. Father downed a case of beers when he heard, mother not only hit the roof, but smashed the tiles in the process. I walked out the house, and went for my second lesson. I was determined, and buggerall was going to stand in my way - except the august winds.
Got my MPL, bough my dearest BWX, and flew her stukkent - and was more often than not the only person at the field.
i then had a good friend from Norway, who wanted to come do his chopper PPL here, caus eit's cheaper, and a year away for him. i said he was welcome. I had always wanted to fly for a career, but was to "scared" to say anything to the parentals, as I feared my idea might be shot out the sky my a scud missile. Anyway - with my friend arriving, I took the plunge.
PPL was a walk in the park, now that I look at it. I flew double slots daily, went onto half day at the office, and did my PPL in 6 months. October last year, comm ground school started. Radio Aids - WTF?? What's a ILS, or a VOR. Nav - that's easy. you get lost, you read the roadsigns I mean, helicopters can fly low and slow. MET, easy. If you can't see where you going, either fly lower, or don't take off.
HAHA buddy - got news for you. The subject are total and utter torture. I mean, who cares how cold it is at 35000 feet, no helicopter pilot that I know is EVER going to fly there, plus, chopper pilots get scared at ANYTHING more than 2000 agl. Anyway - did lecs october, november and half of december. Then, again end of jan, till end march. This covered 7 subjects ( I was away for the met lecs)
EXAMS.
So I phoned CAA, booked my first 5 exams, (Human performance, Nav, Radio Aids, Heli T&G and Air law and procedures)
Failed NAV, Failed Radio, but carried the rest. GREAT - 4 sittings left.
Radio Aids, was OK. I made a stupid mistake,a nd failed by 2%, so I was not to worried about the re-write. However - Nav was another story.
I made a few phone calls - and found that I was welcome at 43rd Air School in Port Alfred. Went down in early may for 2 weeks lectures on NAV, and leart a great deal. Then, went to JNB, and sat met lecs at CFA -
great, I was ready for exams. Wrote MET, NAV and Radio aids the following week - passed all 3 - it's now end of june.
Back home, out come the flight planning and instruments books. blow the dust off, and Doom spray the cockroach that was living behind the notes.
Flight planning, was OK. Why the F we have to learn about a king air 200, beats me - but CAA has a tight budget, and cannot get a set of jetranger manuals. Be that as it may, i have a manual for sale if anyone wants - I'm NOT flying a king air. (yet / ever / at the moment)
August, wrote Flight planning and instruments. aced FP, but got seriously broken in instruments. Sat down, and realised I had 1 exam, and 2 sittings to get it. Realised that i knew F All about instruments. i mean, if the houses get smaller, you're climbing. and who does a compass swing anyway - just hit the go-to button, and follow the magenta highway.
I called up 43rd, AGAIN, and went down last week. Sat the instruments lectures monday to friday. flew to JNB sunday, had a sleepless night, and wrote monday afternoon. 75% on the dot. one more wrong answer - and it would have been a fail. But, a pass is a pass.
To those of you on the comm path - work hard -you will get it. Lets ignore the practical for a moment - i haven't spoken about that. The theory is not easy. It's a shite load of work, but what's even more depressing, is the volume to get through. example: I have 5000 sample questions to "practice" for the exams. done them. ALL. It's the only way you're going to get through. Do not even think about sitting the exams, untill you know your work backwards. You don't need to be that bright, I mean hello.... You don't even need maths, it helps, but is not a must. What you do need is shit loads of determination, courage, will-power, but probably most importantly, PASSION.
regards.
I always wanted to fly. I always asked my mom if we could go to the airport, 4 hours before we actually needed to be there, "so I could watch the planes coming and going" They thought I was mental.
STD 4, my teacher (Mr A$$wipe Griffiths) told my folks that I wanted to fly, but my school marks were not very complimenting, and they should try intetest me in something else. My dad tried sailing, like father like son. Didn't work. Went to school in Mooi River, where you could get your PPL. The instructor - my housemaster and maths teacher Mr Trevor Warner was a instructor, and trained 2/3 pupils in my time there. Even on the days when i did not have sport, I would sit at the strip, and watch them doing circuits.
End of STD 7, I dropped maths for biblical studies. It was the only choice you had if you dropped maths. i also took all other subject on std grade, and scraped through. Time went by, and I kept saying that it was too expensive (true) and I was a dofkop cause I didn't have maths, science, physics etc on Higher grade. I studied something else, and worked office job.
THEN, my lil sis bought me a microlight "intro flight". I got home, and pondered over the figures. 20k, and I can fly.....so I went for my first lesson, without telling the folks. Father downed a case of beers when he heard, mother not only hit the roof, but smashed the tiles in the process. I walked out the house, and went for my second lesson. I was determined, and buggerall was going to stand in my way - except the august winds.
Got my MPL, bough my dearest BWX, and flew her stukkent - and was more often than not the only person at the field.
i then had a good friend from Norway, who wanted to come do his chopper PPL here, caus eit's cheaper, and a year away for him. i said he was welcome. I had always wanted to fly for a career, but was to "scared" to say anything to the parentals, as I feared my idea might be shot out the sky my a scud missile. Anyway - with my friend arriving, I took the plunge.
PPL was a walk in the park, now that I look at it. I flew double slots daily, went onto half day at the office, and did my PPL in 6 months. October last year, comm ground school started. Radio Aids - WTF?? What's a ILS, or a VOR. Nav - that's easy. you get lost, you read the roadsigns I mean, helicopters can fly low and slow. MET, easy. If you can't see where you going, either fly lower, or don't take off.
HAHA buddy - got news for you. The subject are total and utter torture. I mean, who cares how cold it is at 35000 feet, no helicopter pilot that I know is EVER going to fly there, plus, chopper pilots get scared at ANYTHING more than 2000 agl. Anyway - did lecs october, november and half of december. Then, again end of jan, till end march. This covered 7 subjects ( I was away for the met lecs)
EXAMS.
So I phoned CAA, booked my first 5 exams, (Human performance, Nav, Radio Aids, Heli T&G and Air law and procedures)
Failed NAV, Failed Radio, but carried the rest. GREAT - 4 sittings left.
Radio Aids, was OK. I made a stupid mistake,a nd failed by 2%, so I was not to worried about the re-write. However - Nav was another story.
I made a few phone calls - and found that I was welcome at 43rd Air School in Port Alfred. Went down in early may for 2 weeks lectures on NAV, and leart a great deal. Then, went to JNB, and sat met lecs at CFA -
great, I was ready for exams. Wrote MET, NAV and Radio aids the following week - passed all 3 - it's now end of june.
Back home, out come the flight planning and instruments books. blow the dust off, and Doom spray the cockroach that was living behind the notes.
Flight planning, was OK. Why the F we have to learn about a king air 200, beats me - but CAA has a tight budget, and cannot get a set of jetranger manuals. Be that as it may, i have a manual for sale if anyone wants - I'm NOT flying a king air. (yet / ever / at the moment)
August, wrote Flight planning and instruments. aced FP, but got seriously broken in instruments. Sat down, and realised I had 1 exam, and 2 sittings to get it. Realised that i knew F All about instruments. i mean, if the houses get smaller, you're climbing. and who does a compass swing anyway - just hit the go-to button, and follow the magenta highway.
I called up 43rd, AGAIN, and went down last week. Sat the instruments lectures monday to friday. flew to JNB sunday, had a sleepless night, and wrote monday afternoon. 75% on the dot. one more wrong answer - and it would have been a fail. But, a pass is a pass.
To those of you on the comm path - work hard -you will get it. Lets ignore the practical for a moment - i haven't spoken about that. The theory is not easy. It's a shite load of work, but what's even more depressing, is the volume to get through. example: I have 5000 sample questions to "practice" for the exams. done them. ALL. It's the only way you're going to get through. Do not even think about sitting the exams, untill you know your work backwards. You don't need to be that bright, I mean hello.... You don't even need maths, it helps, but is not a must. What you do need is shit loads of determination, courage, will-power, but probably most importantly, PASSION.
regards.
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