Passed my licence finally!

[marty]

yeeh hah!

passed my Commercial Pilot's Licence today. I'm so happy :)

all those complaining about how hard the restricted or full bike licence is, try sitting a 90 minute practical after 30 minutes of written and oral, and you could fail at any time in that 2 hours....but you only find out at the end of it.

i'm exhausted.

[Cookie]

Congrats Marty!

Thats a major achievement. :first:

[McJim]

yeeh hah!

passed my Commercial Pilot's Licence today. I'm so happy :)

all those complaining about how hard the restricted or full bike licence is, try sitting a 90 minute practical after 30 minutes of written and oral, and you could fail at any time in that 2 hours....but you only find out at the end of it.

i'm exhausted.

Sounds like the British Car licence test to me.

Well done,

[Squeak the Rat]

Mike Alpha Romeo Tango Yankee, You are cleared for take off on runway congratu-fucken-lations.


Good work mate.



:banana:

[Jantar]

Well done mate. I'm thrilled when ever I pass my BFR, so I know just how you feel. :yes:

[Hawkeye]

yeeh hah!

passed my Commercial Pilot's Licence today. I'm so happy :)

all those complaining about how hard the restricted or full bike licence is, try sitting a 90 minute practical after 30 minutes of written and oral, and you could fail at any time in that 2 hours....but you only find out at the end of it.

i'm exhausted.

Congratulations. :rockon:
Can you fly commercial immediately or do you have to put in 85 million hours to complete it?

[Squeak the Rat]

Congratulations. :rockon:
Can you fly commercial immediately or do you have to put in 85 million hours to complete it?

He can charge ya for a flight instead of you paying him $180 for a newspaper. Otherwise theres things like multi engine rating, gas turbine rating, more than 25 seat rating, shag the airhostess in the spa bath rating, etc etc etc.....

[dawnrazor]

yeeh hah!

passed my Commercial Pilot's Licence today. I'm so happy :)


Thats great, when did you swallow it?

[Colapop]

That's great Marty!! Now, I have the plane, you have the skills and the yanks have the buildings!!

[dawnrazor]

That's great Marty!! Now, I have the plane, you have the skills and the yanks have the buildings!!


Not funny Mr pop

[Street Gerbil]

Congrats! Enjoy your wings and bring them home safely!

[Michaelt]

He can charge ya for a flight instead of you paying him $180 for a newspaper.

Far as I know, you still can't charge for a flight unless you're flying for a registered air transport organisation.

Congratulations Marty.

I have my PPL flight test on Thursday, getting quite nervous now, although it won't be anywhere near as bad as a CPL flight test.

Michael

[Squeak the Rat]

That's great Marty!! Now, I have the plane, you have the skills and the yanks have the buildings!!

Very funny Mr Pop. :rofl:

[SuperDave]

Congrats. Guess you arn't allowed to make ANY mistakes for that.

[Nicksta]

congratts dude!!!!
thats an awesome achievement......

[marty]

made 1 mistake - went down to 300ft indicated instead of 300ft agl when descending into the low flying area. other than that it was just serious concentration for the solid 2 hours.

back to flying the pitts now :)

[Squeak the Rat]

back to flying the pitts now :)

Ok, I take back that green bling. Bastard............

[andrea]

good stuff, was it at ardmore flying school? who was ur instructor

[marty]

nah thru waikato aero club. done in 18 months while working full time night shift too.

[Michaelt]

made 1 mistake - went down to 300ft indicated instead of 300ft agl when descending into the low flying area

What was the ground elevation?

Low flying area that we use is over water, so I won't have to worry about that.

[Squeak the Rat]

done in 18 months while working full time night shift too.

OK keep your damn bling then........

[marty]

about 170-180ft. flying low over the ocean is a lot easier than low over the gound - crosswind has much more impression when you're 50' over a line of trees, plus there's thermals and rotor action and the ground to worry about. precautionary landings and glide approach/landings are a lot easier too :)
don't you guys use the pokeno paddocks?

[Michaelt]

don't you guys use the pokeno paddocks?

I fly with the Aviation Sports Club (Power Section) at Whenuapai.

We use the Kaipara Harbour LFA.

[Zed]

passed my Commercial Pilot's Licence today. I'm so happy

Then congratulations are in order, well done Mr Achiever! :niceone:

[wildpudding]

Good stuff mate, you must be stoked.

Mine is coming up early November, will be happy once its out of the way!

Stefan

[Lias]

Not funny Mr pop
Au contraire, anytime americans or israelis get blown up its positively lollerific.

[Swoop]

don't you guys use the pokeno paddocks?
Congrats Marty!

Do you mean over the Mercer swamp, close to the skydiving strip?

[terbang]

Well done that man..Who did your test.?

[marty]

yup the mercer swamp (pokeno paddocks sound better :) )

and graham leach did the test flight. i'd give him bling if he was on here. straight up, professional, no nonsense, only growled me once.....see post #16

[Motoracer]

Good stuff man! :)

How much did it all cost then?

[marty]

around $40k, but i've picked up a multi rating, pitts rating, cub rating, C152/172/180, archer, arrow, the new alpha, plus aeros rating, night rating, and plenty of x country hours.

[terbang]

Yes I have met him. Nice guy.

Here is some low flying at night that may interest you. Dunno what height it was there but we used to do it down to 200', AGL of course.. Mainly over the sea but when required, inshore as well..!

[marty]

cool flying that coastal patrol. FLIR is almost even cooler. i'd love to get into that for a few years.

[Firefight]

congrats mate.

pm sent


F/F

[marty]

Good stuff mate, you must be stoked.

Mine is coming up early November, will be happy once its out of the way!

Stefan

we see the new plymouth guys all the time in hamilton - you weren't up today in the 152 were you?

[Swoop]

yup the mercer swamp (pokeno paddocks sound better :) )

Might have seen you over that way at some stage of your flying then. We are entertained by the harvards when they come grinding over for a practice aeros session.

[marty]

usually fly the pitts over the hotel du vin corner - dodging 172's! - you can tell it's me as i like to join the mercer mbz inverted - get a better view of what's below! and cause i can.....

[Indiana_Jones]

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Congrats man.


I might get my PPL one day, but for now I'm concentrating my deck officer training at the moment.

-Indy

[Swoop]

usually fly the pitts over the hotel du vin corner - dodging 172's! - you can tell it's me as i like to join the mercer mbz inverted - get a better view of what's below! and cause i can.....

Haha!! Nice work if you can get it!
If you are around that area, be aware of Juliet Mike Papa, as the threat might be coming from above you...

[marty]

aah the porter. fuckin cool plane that one.

[wildpudding]

we see the new plymouth guys all the time in hamilton - you weren't up today in the 152 were you?

Yeah that was probably me, just had to cruise across from Raglan for fuel. Can't keep away from Htown, will be dropping in tomorrow morning for a CPL X country in fact.

Take it easy

[Michaelt]

I just passed my PPL flight test.

Marty: you recommend getting an aerobatics rating?

[wildpudding]

Good work Michealt, I would recommend getting an aerobatics rating if you have the chance, I've almost finished mine, been working on it over the last month or so in a c152 aerobat. You become heaps more confident flying fast/slow, in strange attitudes and in pushing the plane further than you would normally.

Now only if I can work out a way to get a cheap flight in something like a Pitts Special...(cough Marty cough...:))

Stefan

[marty]

yeah go for the aeros rating. do it somewhere intensive like north shore, or better, go to ardmore and track down the citabria flown by wombat35 from www.pprune.com - he instructs aeros and tailwheel in his areoplane, and from all accounts is a great guy.

awesome effort on the pass btw

[Michaelt]

yeah go for the aeros rating. do it somewhere intensive like north shore, or better, go to ardmore and track down the citabria flown by wombat35 from www.pprune.com - he instructs aeros and tailwheel in his areoplane, and from all accounts is a great guy.

awesome effort on the pass btw

We have an AESL AIRTOURER T6 with a 160hp Lycoming in it at Whenuapai , seems to be a fairly capable craft, and probably cheaper than anything at North Shore or Ardmore.

[marty]

i was suggesting it's not the plane - more the instructor - that will make the difference.

[WINJA]

If I Give You The Coordinates Marty Could You Buzz My House And Ill Take A Pic

[Indiana_Jones]

Planes are cool :D

But I think ships are just that much cooler.

F-14A ftw.

-Indy

[Michaelt]

i was suggesting it's not the plane - more the instructor - that will make the difference.

Well there's a few aerobatic instructors at Whenuapai that seem to be quite good, I've flown with most of them as part of my PPL training (no aerobatics though). I'll try them and if that doesn't work too well I'll look around, don't think I'll need to though.

Also, there was, maybe still is, an agreement with North Shore for share of the airtourer, so I could probably use their instructors if I needed to.

Michael

[marty]

If I Give You The Coordinates Marty Could You Buzz My House And Ill Take A Pic

at no lower than 500ft agl of course.,...

[Macktheknife]

Big Congrats to you man, excellent work.

[Swoop]

aah the porter. fuckin cool plane that one.
Yeah... Climbs like a raped ape!!!

We have an AESL AIRTOURER T6 with a 160hp Lycoming in it at Whenuapai
Hmm, has it been there for quite a few years?
I might have done an aero's session in it quite some time back. The pilot claimed he had a maneuvre "guaranteed to make you puke"... Who could refuse?
What a LAME excuse for a bet. It was pathetic. A good flight experience however!

[Michaelt]

Hmm, has it been there for quite a few years?
I might have done an aero's session in it quite some time back. The pilot claimed he had a maneuvre "guaranteed to make you puke"... Who could refuse?
What a LAME excuse for a bet. It was pathetic. A good flight experience however!

It's been there as long as I've been there, which is since July last year. Probably been there longer than that, but I wouldn't really know.

Michael

[Swoop]

It's been there as long as I've been there, which is since July last year. Probably been there longer than that, but I wouldn't really know.

Michael
Oh. I'm talking more than 7-8 years...

[marty]

an inverted spin, or multiple snap rolls, or the worst of all, the forward tumble - they'll all make you pretty unwell, but numerous 5g pullouts and push over loops will do it pretty quickly too

[Michaelt]

an inverted spin, or multiple snap rolls, or the worst of all, the forward tumble - they'll all make you pretty unwell, but numerous 5g pullouts and push over loops will do it pretty quickly too

Please, PLEASE take me flying someday

[Michaelt]

yeah go for the aeros rating. do it somewhere intensive like north shore, or better, go to ardmore and track down the citabria flown by wombat35 from www.pprune.com - he instructs aeros and tailwheel in his areoplane, and from all accounts is a great guy.

Looks like I'm going to do it at North Shore as I can't get an aerobatics rating through Whenuapai.

Probably going to do it in the C152A, as it's cheaper, although I could use the airtourer and an instructor from North Shore.

Thinking about doing a tailwheel C150 rating down at Mercer as well.

Michael