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March 2008

A Bumpy Flight

Fri, 03/21/2008 - 22:10 — Alex Kwiatkowski

I have another flight under my belt now. When I went to the flying club today, the winds were 20 knots gusting 30. Unal asked me if I wanted to go up, and I said absolutely. We were directed to runway 32, which is the 10,000' one, which meant that we had to taxi all the way to the main apron, and follow WestJet planes.

Yay! Mark for the Pre-Solo Exam

Tue, 03/18/2008 - 20:15 — Alex Kwiatkowski

I just found my score for the pre-solo exam (the one I wrote on the 16th)! When I was talking to Unal on the phone this evening, he mentioned I had "two small errors" on the exam. Roughly, that converts to 95%!

OFC Pre-Solo

Sun, 03/16/2008 - 13:40 — Alex Kwiatkowski

The OFC (Ottawa Flying Club) pre-solo exam is not actually required by the government to get my license, but the flying club makes me write it before they trust me with their planes.

PSTAR Results

Sun, 03/16/2008 - 12:23 — Alex Kwiatkowski

I got my PSTAR results back yesterday! My grade is...92% (four incorrect answers). Sounds high, but don't forget that a passing grade is 90% Smiling

I reviewed the exam, and I am mostly sastisfied with the mark. One question, though, was a "silly" mistake. Here it is:
Avoiding wake turbulence is:

PSTAR?... check! Solo?...up next!

Sat, 03/08/2008 - 18:34 — Alex Kwiatkowski

The PSTAR is an exam that students must take before being allowed to solo. It is made up of 50 questions taken from a publicly viewable list of 200 questions. Given that, it is not suprising that the pass mark is 90%.

All week I've been studying for it by using a couple of websites that give answers to the questions, and scheduled today as the date I would write it.

Unfortunately, Unal got stuck in his laneway, so he wasn't at the Club, but I was able to write it anyway.

More Circuits

Sun, 03/02/2008 - 11:10 — Alex Kwiatkowski

Since I couldn't fly yesterday because of weather, Unal and I did an hour of circuits today. Mom stayed in the club where she could watch, and said she enjoyed it. I did 95% of the flight including radio, and did pretty well. I think we did five touch-and-gos, then one overshoot from full flaps, and then a full stop.

An interesting element to the flight was a flock of birds that stayed between 600 and 800 feet in the air, just past the end of the runway. We had to be careful not to hit one, or the plane would have been a mess. Laughing out loud