pilotdave69

Have had my second lesson today and was basically allowed to take off .... great feeling, the Jab really is a great aircraft! Today was learning, slips, minor turns and basic control of the aircraft! I look forward to next Wednesday for round 3.

That is some positive comments and re inforcement i will keep in my brain for my turn.. how many hours are you upto Rach? The gong airport was the one at Albion Park ? I was in a Cessna 208 for a skydive jump in March. One day will head down that way. Keep up the stories.. for newies its great. Dave

I rather the saying " life is like a chox of bocolates""

I have FSX and using a Dell Quad Core Q6600 chip with 4 gig ram and 768 mb Video card. Vista 32 bit is used at the moment, i can get upto 35 fps. Most of the time would be around 25 fps. I am looking at formatting HDD and going to Win 7 64 bit, which will give me better frame rates and then can also increase Ram to 8 gig if i wanted too. I also use a 22 inch monitor and a 19 inch monitor for the gauges separate to the cockpit view. Handy for GPS, ATC and Engine monitoring. I had a look at my FSX log and have completed 448 landings, heck of alot of flying, now i can look at doing the real thing with my training. How many people use Autopilot ILS/APP when approaching ILS cat 3 airports ? Found a great website for USA airports giving you all the required info for ILS, VOR or GPS Approaches. Will post it soon. Dave

Some fantastic pointers here, i only live 10 min from airport, a guy i work with ( experienced pilot) advised doing 3 lessons a week to get you solo and then back off after that to maybe 1 lesson a week. It does come down to cash of course.. I will have a good think of what to do next. I have a week before my next lesson.

Well Done Rach, congrats! I bet it felt great! I am yet to land once, so i am sure will feel just the same as you after one landing! Keep the fun going! Dave

HI Stewy, Ive only just started myself, i turned 40 last year and also have wanted to fly for so long.. Im learning in a Jabiru 160, great little plane.. still a long way to go.. liking every minute im in the air. Dave

Thanks everyone for the nice welcome! I am sure to ask many questions as i progress through the training. Will certainly keep the updates coming also! I have downloaded the jabiru from that website, thanks for that link .. appreciated. Cheers Dave

Thanks heaps.. already have another lesson booked next week! Ive been lucky to have some great weather!

Hey all, Just joined the group, a real newie to flying.. based in Bathurst and learning in a Jabiru 160. Ive been wanting to learn for a long time, i am really keen on Flight Sim FSX and also radio scanners, listening to ATC for most of my life . Look forward to talking to the newies and of course experienced pilots here!! Dave