.Evan.

Crab then kick straight at flare and into wind wing and wheel down. How much depends on wind strength.

There has just been a new gliding club started in Ballarat. They might be keen to have new people!

http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/sport/general/ballarat-gliding-club-gets-off-the-ground/2030073.aspx

reminded me a bit like Avalon 2009..

Not as bad as Sun 'n Fun (err... Wind 'n Rain) though.

I bought a subscription and a few back issues with interesting article (titles).In the end I was disappointed in PF and won't be renewing my subscription. I find it pretty superficial most of the time and the whole publication looks cobbled together in an afternoon.

Read your story in Pacific Flying today, it was a great article, well formatted. Found Pacific Flying a great magazine,

G'day Evan, I read your article before I found this post! Great read and congrats on the first solo - a special feeling, eh?Great article and just about anyone who reads it will get a sense of deja vu from the similarities with your story.

Back to Pacific Flyer. Newsagent price of $7.50 Vs RAA of $6.00 RAA 64 pages of good stuff Vs PF with 48 pages of some good stuff and plenty of pretty ordinary (at best) stuff. Yet RAA is thinking of pulling newsagent circulation because they can't make a quid out of it?

Thanks again all! I took the magazine to work and showed it to a fellow student pilot, but everyone around was curious so one by one they borrowed the mag and read the article! A lot of them didn't have a concept of how far I had actually come, even though I've been telling anyone who asks! "Wow, I didn't know you were up to flying it by yourself!" they'd say. "Yep, and now I'm close to having a pilot certificate!" "Wow......Can I come flying with you?" "Some day soon!" is how most conversations go now...

Oh, sorry about the spelling in the thread title... I was a little tired when I wrote it. Please mentally include an 'e' after the 'm'. Silly brain! Does anyone know if there is there any way to amend a thread title?

Thanks all! Glad to hear someone has read it!

Thanks all!

Now there's a permanent reminder of your first solo. Congrats!

A quick one... I wrote a little article about my flying experiences up until first solo and it was accepted and printed in the April edition of Pacific Flyer magazine... Out today!!!

Ok, I'm excited because it's the first time I've ever been published... In anything!

Just needed to share!

Congratulations! Awesome stuff!!!

Thanks eightyknots! Yeah I saw those tracks! I have a feeling it was from the gliding club support vehicle that was buzzing around that afternoon.

This is a camera similar to the one I use (it's the HD update of mine):

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HD-DV-Car-Key-Camera-Video-Cam-DVR-Driving-Recorder-8GB-/150561741068?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230e2dd90c

Hey David, I am trying to convince work to pay for my lessons. Unfortunately they're not having a bar of it... Mostly because we're a band. Not much need for a two seater recreational pilot when we're a 23 piece ensemble!

Thanks Matt! Wow, that's a lot of information!!! Might have to it up!

Thanks Gnarly! At work, we're in the process of having our studio space renovated - finally a place with a professional acoustic design! I very much appreciate what you guys do!

Thanks Tomo. Wow, that's quite a combination of instruments there! I wish I had more time to practice the other instruments, but as they're just for fun I'd better concentrate on the main one - oh, and reading my flying books!

Welcome Evan. Sounds like your enjoying your training.Good Stuff

Very nice, how many cameras did you use?

The above was recorded over a few weeks with different flights. I only have two little cameras: One compact camera that goes inside the cockpit, and a small micro video camera attached to various places on the outside of the plane. I just wish I could turn off the stoopid clock in the corner!

Thanks also Winsor!

This is what I've been up to so far in this aviation adventure:

Thought I'd share... Hope you like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZHCV5BLpks

Thanks Doug,

Wow! Raffles Hotel in Singapore would have been a big gig! I'm sure it was well received by the punters?

Thanks for the welcome. I hope I'll have adventures to share in the coming weeks and months!

This is what I've been up to so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZHCV5BLpks

My Dad is currently in the process of resurrecting his GA licence out of West Sale. If you see a Cessna 210, give him a wave!

I look forward to meeting him in Tooradin for the 'hundred dollar hamburger'!

Hi Frank, thanks for the welcome!

I play bass trombone in my job, but I play a little bit of bass guitar and guitar for fun when no one is looking! Guitar is great fun! What styles do you play?

You have your own strip? That would be awesome!

The forum keeps telling me to post here, so I'd better keep it happy... :thumb_up:

Hi, my name is Evan, and I've been keen to fly since I knew what an aeroplane was. It's only now in my 30s that I am able to go ahead and do it! During the day, I'm a musician, but I've been flying since winter last year, where I started with Inbound Aviation in Ballarat and their CFI Manny Peralta, flying the wonderful Jabiru J160c. I've had a great time!

Currently, I'm on the verge of going for my big flying test for my basic certificate - its so close, I can almost smell the AvGas! I've got an hour or two of solo preparation, then I'll go for it! I've written a bit of an outline of my initial experiences (up to first solo) and it will be in the next issue of Pacific Flyer (I think it will be out in a couple of days) if anyone is interested.

I'm looking forward to seeing the world beyond the training area and finally sharing my joy of flight with the long list of family and friends that want to go up with me (once I get my Px endorsement!).

I look forward to meeting more pilots as I go along.