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by **Goose** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:09 pm

i forgot to come back and tell you guys i passed my ppl flight test! i spent the weekend celebrating then went to aussie for a week. Havent actually got my licence yet tho as i have to do that dumb english profiency test which im doing thursday i think. Now its onto type ratings and then hour building for my cpl. Only question is where should i fly to on my cross countries?!?

by **Naki** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:14 pm

Congrats!

by **pois0n** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:22 pm

Goose wrote:
QUOTE (Goose @ Mar 23 2009, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i forgot to come back and tell you guys i passed my ppl flight test! i spent the weekend celebrating then went to aussie for a week. Havent actually got my licence yet tho as i have to do that dumb english profiency test which im doing thursday i think. Now its onto type ratings and then hour building for my cpl. Only question is where should i fly to on my cross countries?!?

Do some mountain flying, and go into some of the smallest strips you can find

character building as well as hour building

by **ardypilot** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:01 pm

Goose wrote:
QUOTE (Goose @ Mar 23 2009, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i forgot to come back and tell you guys i passed my ppl flight test! i spent the weekend celebrating then went to aussie for a week. Havent actually got my licence yet tho as i have to do that dumb english profiency test which im doing thursday i think. Now its onto type ratings and then hour building for my cpl. Only question is where should i fly to on my cross countries?!?

Congrats man- why not head over to the Barrier if you havn't already? Heard it's quite a challenge on even the calmest of days...

by **HercFeend** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:10 am

Goose wrote:
QUOTE (Goose @ Mar 23 2009, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i forgot to come back and tell you guys i passed my ppl flight test! i spent the weekend celebrating then went to aussie for a week. Havent actually got my licence yet tho as i have to do that dumb english profiency test which im doing thursday i think. Now its onto type ratings and then hour building for my cpl. Only question is where should i fly to on my cross countries?!?

Well done mate, good work.

by **ardypilot** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:53 pm

Got CPL Human Factors and Law next week- any tips?

by **travnz** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:17 pm

If you cant past first time, probably time for a career change

by **pois0n** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:27 pm

Trolly wrote:
QUOTE (Trolly @ Apr 12 2009, 03:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Got CPL Human Factors and Law next week- any tips?

Human Factors is just common sense

Law is just remembering numbers and facts, do's and don'ts

You'll be fine if you've studied at all

by **TimG** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:17 pm

I have CPL HF, Law, PoF, Met, Nav and Air Tech this week.

Any tips for the exams?

by **HardCorePawn** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:52 pm

The biggest tip I can give you is:

Step 1. Read the question.
Step 2. Read it again...
Step 3. Read it again, this time underline/highlight the key information.
Step 4. Remove the obviously wrong answers (there is usually at least one)...
Step 5. Remove any remaining answer that you deduce to be wrong...
Step 6. You should now only have 2 answers left (one will be 'more correct' than the other) leaving you 50/50
Step 7. Guess

Seems to have worked for me

Seriously tho, Steps 1 through 5 really do work... and Steps 6&7 will help out when all else fails

by **pois0n** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:40 pm

TimG wrote:
QUOTE (TimG @ Apr 13 2009, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have CPL HF, Law, PoF, Met, Nav and Air Tech this week. Any tips for the exams?

You're ****ed!

by **towerguy** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:33 pm

I'd suggest that at the earliest opportunity you go do an aerobatic rating

up to now you have learned how to operate and steer the aircraft around the sky

NOW GO LEARN HOW TO FLY IT!

will teach good skills and increases your confidence and competence immeasureably.

and it's the best fun you'll ever have with your pants still on!

by **ardypilot** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:16 am

travnz wrote:
QUOTE (travnz @ Apr 12 2009, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If you cant past first time, probably time for a career change

Haha well I got 88% for HF and 73% for Law, which was much harder than I expected.

Wish I could get my actual papers back rather than the KDR's to see which individual questions I stuffed up!

by **HardCorePawn** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:34 am

You should be able to work out which questions you got wrong based on the KDR's and referencing the syllabus out of AC61... these were PPL weren't they? so that would be AC61-3...

And as the instructors are always fond of saying... 73%?? thats 3% too much!

by **chopper_nut** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:13 pm

70% is the new 100%

by **ardypilot** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:58 pm

HardCorePawn wrote:
QUOTE (HardCorePawn @ Apr 25 2009, 11:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You should be able to work out which questions you got wrong based on the KDR's and referencing the syllabus out of AC61... these were PPL weren't they? so that would be AC61-3...

And as the instructors are always fond of saying... 73%?? thats 3% too much!

Haha- nah these were CPL, but cheers for the link, found the pdf's I need on that site.

Is it best to get the KDR's out the way straight or way or would it not matter if I left them for a while, focused on the rest of my exams, then came back to them in the future?

by **chopper_nut** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:30 pm

Speaking from experience, get them done and signed off now! NOT the day before your test *coughs*

by **pois0n** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:25 am

At least get the written stuff done pretty quick while its fresh..sorta

I didnt get my KDRs signed off till the day before most of my tests

..with the instructor going oh **** you didn't fill out a flight test acceptance slip? you havent got your type rating signed off? you havent got your KDRs signed? ****

They don't take that long to do most of the time anywho

by **travnz** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:54 am

Do your KDRs closer to the time. You could be a year away from your CPL flight test. That way the different aspects are fresh in your mind and can be recalled for the testing officer nice and quickly.

by **chopper_nut** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:48 pm

I didnt get asked anything on my KDRs on either my PPL or CPL

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