I had to update my blog template so I could add a bloglist. The bad news is that now it has this enormous sidebar that looks really ungainly in Firefox (haven't tried it on IE yet). As you all know, I am the worlds worst person when it comes to HTML coding so if you could help me work out how to reduce the frame size I'd very much appreciate it....

Well it was almost two years to the hour that I undertook my PPL flight test, I took off out of Hamilton airport with head instructor Roger next to me to see if I could still remember everything I had done 24 months earlier.I had pre flighted WAM (hooray for a decent flap selector rather than the hit and miss toggle of the 172M) remembering to check all 13 fuel drains (did I remember where they all...

If I ever decide to do a CPL, I shall plan to sit my flight test in February, because sitting my PPL flight test in July has meant getting a decent enough day to sit my BFR on top of tying down a B cat and a suitable aircraft has been nigh on impossible.My first attempt on June 9th was socked in with fog, and a reschedule to the 26th has seen a forecast 2000 foot wind of 35 knots and heavy rain mak...

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Well actually I'll put the bad news first since its not really that much of a problem. My BFR got postponed due to weather. I still put in a solid hour or so going over the ground study, but much of it I was unable to complete as the aircraft I had booked was stuck on the ground at New Plymouth so I couldn't get my hands on the flight manual to complete all the weight and balance and flight perform...