That's not a picture of me by the way, although I'll probably look like that when I become a pilot :-)
For as long as I can remember I've had an interest in aviation. As a young kid, my Dad arranged a joy flight for myself and my brother and sister. Although it was some time ago and I have very vague memories of it, Dad tells me I really enjoyed it and couldn't stop talking about the flight on the way back home :-)
In more recent years this enthusiasm has escalated and I've re-discovered that passion for flight. Everyone has a different reason in wanting to learn to fly. For me its a combination of controlling a technically advanced machine in a procedural way (my IT background coming out) with the freedom of navigating cross-country anywhere you like and enjoying beautiful scenery from a unique perspective. It presents a mental challenge while satisfying my desire to explore.
Although I'm not one for keeping a diary, I plan to document this journey towards my goal of achieving a Private Pilot Licence (PPL) for two reasons:
- Allow me to reflect on my progress and what I have achieved. I hope it acts as a record of what I've learnt and should provide a good review reference.
- Hopefully help/inspire anyone out there who is considering flight training or currently in process of flight training. If this is you, I hope you may pickup some tips and likewise I hope to do the same from people out there going through a similar training process.
My blog posts are listed on the Home page in reverse order, ie most recent blog entries are towards the top of this page with the oldest down the bottom of this page. This is so you can quickly scroll to the latest post under this welcome post.
So if you want to follow my journey from the start, scroll all the way to the bottom of this page and keep clicking OLDER POSTS until you reach my first post entitled "Search for a Flight School". Then read each post upwards, enjoy!
Thanks for visiting and please drop by again soon as this site will be updated regularly as I progress through flight training.
Cheers!
Matt :-)
Hey Matt, do you know what happened to 7984 yesterday? I was watching it do TIFs on Monday.
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Delete7984 had an engine failure. I was flying 8329 when it happened. We had to help ATC with communication with the pilot.
DeleteAlso, Matt, great blog! I'm working towards my RA-Aus licence (albeit slowly) with plans on converting to PPL and then going to CPL. Thanks for giving me a taste of things to come!
Hey Alexander, yeah I've since heard the details on the engine failure. This type has been removed from the Pathfinder fleet now and they're using the awesome Cessna Skycatcher... great training aircraft and good for cross country :-) Keep at it mate and let me know when you start doing cross country flights... happy to help out with your pre-flight planning, cheers
DeleteHi Matt, just giving you a heads up that your point #2 has indeed inspired me a little and I kick off my flight training tomorrow with Redcliffe Aero Club. Similar to you, IT background, starting late! I have enjoyed reading your blog which has itself inspired me to start a blog on my training, not something I would normally do. http://aviation.the-christensens.info is my blog. Will be good to keep in touch as we progress towards the same goal.
ReplyDeleteHey Grant, thanks for reading my blog and glad you found some inspiration :-) All the best with your training mate and will be good to keep in touch, cheers :-)
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