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Hi Tom, Welcome to Recreational Flying Brent

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Hi Simon, Welcome to Recreational Flying, Good luck with PPL Training here in Oz Brent

Congratulations on your solo 2tonne, Brent

Hi Sean, A belated Happy Birthday, congratulations on completing your Solo, Brent

Congrats on your Solo, Doc Brent

Hi James Student Pilot, 7.3 hours. Learning to Fly @ YRED in a Tecnam P92 Eaglet for my (RPC), just started Circuit Training, Brent

Congratulations Debra, Brent

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Thanks Alan, The sad thing is I am a lot closer to looking like Bob than I care to be, I work in logistics, wear yellow & blue, have glasses as well, and if I am bloody honest, I could lose a few pounds as well.

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Hi All Back at YRED this morning, today's lesson, "Circuits". My instructor was Peter Lefrancke, aircraft was the Tecnam P92 Eaglet from "Fly Now Redcliffe". Another beautiful day for flying, a small crosswind, about 5 - 7 knots. After a briefing from Peter on the ins and outs of completing a circuit, we fired up the tecnam and it was on for young and old. under Peter's guidance I completed 6 landings and 2 go-arounds, We departed via RWY 07, to date I have not personally completed any take offs via 07, with a slight crosswind, 01st circuit / landing was a big learning experience, I came in a little too hard and not centered and when we did touch tarmac, it was a hard landing, but with Peters help, each landing my confidence grew and I started getting a little better, a couple of the landing attempts was too high so I learned how to perform a go-around After completing 4 landings and 2 go-around, I completed Circuit Number 5, this time Peter left me to it, no instruction, no input on the controls, it was on all me, guess what, "I nailed it", my first unassisted landing, a textbook landing you could say, so after a quick punch on the shoulder, it was full throttle, we are going around again, last circuit was not my best, came in too shallow on the turn to final, still managed to land and stay straight on the tarmac til exiting onto the taxi way I was very thankful the lesson was over, not that I didn't enjoy it,but it was certainly information overload in the air, but as Peter stated, so far I have spent 1 hour on Effect of Controls, 1 hour on Straight & Level, 1 hour on Climb & Descend, 1 hour on Turns and 1 Hour on Stalls, so today I had to take all that training totaling 5 hours and jam it into a 3 and 1/2 minute flight, I am on a bit of a high at the moment, but that will change soon, next lesson in 2 weeks, and for the coming weeks, its all about learning and mastering "Circuits, Circuits, Circuits" Sorry no pictures today, it was sort of the last thing on my mind today, how ever some advice from those in the know if you please, can any of you know of a way / app that can track my flights whilst in progress, ie: from either my iPhone or iPad Mini and view the flight on Google Earth? after lesson is completed? Brent

Hi All After being grounded for a week and half due to being a bit crook, my wife stated that it was just the man-flu, I don't care who's flu it was, I am just happy to be airborne again, Another beautiful day for flying, my instructor was Peter Lefrancke, aircraft was the Tecnam P92 Eaglet from "Fly Now Redcliffe", completed another take off today, loving them, then we departed the circuit and headed out to the training area, Lesson 07: "Stalls". Today I learned how to recognize the symptoms of a stall and how to recover with a minimum loss of height, I learned about Clean Stalls, Stall with first stage flaps, it was a bit unnerving to put the aircraft into a stall, after completing a 360 clearing turn, I was a little apprehensive, but it was time Peter being the fantastic instructor he is, explained the whole process very clearly, Clean Stalls were great, it did not scare as much as I thought it would however when I did my first Stall with first stage flaps, and not knowing what to expect, aircraft got a little wonky and out of wack and being honest, scared the crap out of me Peter showed me where I went wrong and instructed me on the right way, and in no time I had it sorted and was successfully clean stalls and completing Stalls with first stage flaps. He also demonstrated what a Stall with wing drop feels like and how to recover from it, thankfully today I did not have to that for now.... Being on holidays this week, I have another flight booked this week on Friday with Peter, we will be doing some revision on all I have learned so far and he will be introducing me to the next lesson, Circuits. I love doing take offs now, but now the honeymoon is over, its time to learn landings., yikes ! Brent Next Flight - Friday the 22nd of April Lesson 08: "Circuits"

Hi Rich, I notice at the bottom of your post the sentence: Resuming my PPL after a 17 year hiatus. Others will correct me if I am wrong, but the PPL is administrated and governed by "CASA", not RAAus. https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net351/f/_assets/main/lib100191/getting-your-private-licence.pdf From the RAAus Webpage: Beyond Recreational Your recreational pilot certificate is also a stepping stone to other flight qualifications including a Recreational Pilots Licence, a Private or Commercial license issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Every hour you log counts towards your private licence requirements so you really need to only complete the parts of the private licence (instrument flying, controlled airspace) not covered by your RAAus. training and get used to the new aircraft. I hold a Student Certificate with RAAus, currently training for my Recreational Pilot Certificate with Fly Now Redcliffe. To access any of the syllabus from RAAus, you do have to be a member, Membership is $210 for a year. Cheers, Brent. From the Fly Now Redcliffe Webpage: RAAus Student Pilot Certificate How Do I Start Flying? A Student Pilot Certificate is required to learn to fly Recreational Aircraft. However you can start your Flight Training before you apply as long as you have been issued with a Temporary RAAus Membership...and that is easy because you can fill in a very short form on the day of your first flight. The Temporary RAAus Membership is free! This free Membership covers you for 28 days or 3 hours of flying. If you enjoyed your flight experience and can't wait to continue learning to fly, you can take the next step. So What Is The Next Step? You apply for a Student Pilot Certificate (Minimum age: 14 years of age). This allows you to start Flight Training with an approved RAAus Flying Instructor for the purpose of increasing your flying skills in order to qualify for the issue of a Pilot Certificate (Minimum age: 15 years of age). RAAus Membership cost $210 per year and covers you for third party liability. You also receive their great on-line magazine, Sport Pilot, every month which is educational and entertaining. What Is Required for a Student Pilot Certificate? To apply for a Student Pilot Certificate, you need to sign a declaration stating that your health is of a standard equivalent to that required for the issue of a private Motor Vehicle Drivers Licence in Australia. If you are under 18 years of age, you will need written consent from your parent or guardian to undertake flight training, including an understanding of the risks. The minimum age is 14 years of age. You can go for a fly if you are younger, but you can't obtain a Student Pilot Certificate until you are 14. What Does A Student Pilot Certificate Let Me Do? A Student Pilot Certificate allows you to learn to fly under the supervision of an RA-us certified instructor. The main purpose is for you to increase your flying skills in order to qualify for the issue of your Pilot Certificate. As you progress through each lesson, your instructor is demonstrating how to operate and handle the aircraft. You then get to fly 'Hands On' as your instructor guides you to become proficient at these skills. As your skill increases, you will reach a point where you can go 'Solo'. This is where you get to take off, fly a circuit and land your plane on your own, while under the supervision of your instructor. After you have gone Solo you will feel ten feet tall. And that is whole purpose of going Solo........to boost your confidence! Suddenly you will realize that.......... you can fly. After going Solo, you will still continue flying with your instructor until you hone your skills to the standard required to attain your Pilot Certificate

Hi Andrew, Murrumba Downs is about 27km north of Brisbane, currently I am in the process of studying / learning to fly with Fly Now Redcliffe, which is about 40km from Brisbane for my RAAus Pilot Certificate Cheers, Brent

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Hi and Welcome Doc, Good luck on your impending Solo Brent