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March 6, 2007 at 5:13 am in reply to: Those with a PPL #436003

Paul Rix
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btw, the examiner will not expect you to know every answer. Just be honest if you don’t know (and then make an educated guess or look the answer up). Examiners are not there with the objective of failing you. They want you to pass (at least that is my experience after recieving checkrides from a number of examiners). Having said that, they are not going to pass you if they think you are not ready (ie safe). Only you can give them that impression.

As I said, if your instructor thinks you are ready then you probably are.

March 6, 2007 at 5:07 am in reply to: Those with a PPL #436005

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You will be surprised at what you know when asked (as long as you have put the effort in with the bookwork). Checkrides are indeed expensive but you should remember that there is nothing cheap when it comes to aviation.

Go into it with a positive attitude and the experince will be far more pleasant than if you dwell on the cost of the checkride .

I can tell you with all honesty that I have felt the same anxiety for all my checkrides to some extent. With all but one I found that I had actually over prepared and things went very smoothly. The exception was my multi-engine addon to my newly acquired Commercial license. I went on a 4 day course which seemed very rushed – I still passed the checkride though with no majr problems (which was a great relief).

I am sure you will do just fine if you have put in the required effort. Your instructor would never have signed you off to take the checkride if you were not ready in their opinion.

March 6, 2007 at 3:54 am in reply to: Those with a PPL #436009

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The Oral makes a big difference. If the Oral section goes well then the scene is set for a successful outcome. Make sure that you know your stuff. If you can go in knowing that you studied hard and are well prepared then things should go smoothly. Make sure that you have properly planned the cross country using that day’s weather, checked the NOTAM’s and TFR’s etc. If you don’t know the answer to a question then don’t try to BS the examiner (they will know it immediately). Relax and try to enjoy the experience.
Good luck, I am sure you will do just fine!

January 23, 2007 at 3:56 pm in reply to: High Altitude photo #539868

Paul Rix
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LOL, I would be a little worried that the ‘men in black’ would come and take my telescope away! 😉

Paul F, sorry, I forgot to answer your question. On that pass, Discovery and the ISS were at about 212 miles above me at the closest point on that pass. The image was from the part of my video that corresponds with them being close to overhead, so I’ll guess at 220 miles ?

Here is a small presentation I put together with data for the pass from http://www.heavens-above.com .

January 23, 2007 at 2:12 pm in reply to: High Altitude photo #539989

Paul Rix
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Glad you like it :).
This is a photo of my imaging rig, set up for some deep space imaging (Galaxies, Nebulae etc)…

December 13, 2006 at 1:05 am in reply to: Replacement Dynamics for the King Air ? #224214

Paul Rix
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I don’t know of any freeware flight model mods, but I can vouch for the quality of the Aeroworx King Air 200 payware add on. The Flight model seems pretty accurate to me and the virtual cockpit is truly outstanding.

December 9, 2006 at 3:03 pm in reply to: Some photo's from work today #391496

Paul Rix
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Well, I was able to move to the States relatively easily because my wife is a US Citizen. Flight training in the UK seemed unachievable for me due to the costs involved and it seemed there were very few jobs out there. I was 31 when we moved across the pond in 2002. I started training for my FAA PPL almost as soon as I got here and took a job as a line service guy refueling planes etc at the local airport to help pay for the flight lessons. I had decided to take the whole FAA license from scratch because my Cypriot licence had expired (I got my PPL at RAF Akrotiri). After getting the PPL I worked on my instrument rating at the same airport (where I now got an employee’s discount on the C172) followed by the Commercial (had to go to another airport so that I could fly a ‘Complex’ type) and then, in short order I went away for a week of training to get my multi-engine addon to my existing commercial and instrument tickets. Commercial Multi-engine Instrument is all I needed to get on as a co-pilot on the charter side of the company I was already working for as a line guy. By now it was May of 2004. To start with I was mainly still doing Line Service with the odd charter flight (they were doing a lot of single pilot charter back then so two pilot trips were not as common). As time has gone on though the flying has really picked up, and the trend towards two pilot operations really increased (the customer has the choice of one or two pilots when they book a trip).
I guess a lot of things fell into place for me when I moved here. I was lucky to get my foot in the door with a company that found an increasing need for co-pilots. Right place, right time I guess. I had a lot of support form Erika and her family too.

So basically it took me a little under two years from moving here to get to the point where I was flying as a co-pilot (albeit part time). This past year it has been a full time position though.

December 9, 2006 at 1:18 am in reply to: Some photo's from work today #391535

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Oh it’s a hard life, isn’t it?:D

just think, you could have been on the 07:28 into Kings Cross instead….:eek:

It’s a tough job, but I guess someone has to do it :D. I have dreamed of being a pilot since I was 4 years old. I managed to get my PPL when I was 24 years old while in the RAF based in Cyprus. It took moving to the States before I was able to pursue a career flying, so I am kind of a late starter I guess.

December 9, 2006 at 1:14 am in reply to: Some photo's from work today #391542

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GA in my book 😉

Nice pics Paul, you lucky ***** ! 😀 Do you do this for a living or is it just personal transport?

🙂 I do this for a living. At present I am a FO/Co-Pilot while I build more hours. I somehow doubt I will ever be in a position to have my own personal King Air. It would be nice though 😉 .

September 2, 2006 at 3:49 pm in reply to: Bored of Trimming! #225411

Paul Rix
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Of course, it should be remembered that trimming is something a pilot does often. Small adjustments are constantly being made (at least when I fly). I’m not saying that Flight Sim does a great job with trim (manually flying an instrument approach and staying precisely on altitude is a challenge, to say the least in FS9). Maybe make adjustments to the throttle setting for fine tuning would be a work around.

August 13, 2006 at 7:20 pm in reply to: Sums it up for me. #398351

Paul Rix
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I’m sure he is not disturbing anyone. I think the risk is to himself and passenger only. I’d think that flying in such close proximity to trees and the ground would pose a greater threat than a channel crossing though. One wrong move and you would be a bear’s lunch.

August 13, 2006 at 6:18 pm in reply to: Yak 52 fatalities- a terrible month. #398361

Paul Rix
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That sounds really sensible :rolleyes: .

August 12, 2006 at 7:11 pm in reply to: Sums it up for me. #398393

Paul Rix
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😮 Impressive footage and soundtrack song.
I’m not sure I would feel comfortable flying along a river like that below the treeline though. Not many options left to you if something was to go wrong.

August 6, 2006 at 12:29 pm in reply to: Some more freeby flying games #225758

Paul Rix
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This is a neat little RC flying sim. I am using it to learn the basics of RC flying. You can pick up a USB ‘Transmitter’ for this one at a very cheap pric from eBay, but the program itelf is free, with lots of free addon planes and landscapes available. It works fine with a regular joystick (you need throttle, rudder, elevator and aileron). Lots of fun.
http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html

August 2, 2006 at 3:08 am in reply to: A potentially dumb question…. #225835

Paul Rix
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Hi Paul, do a google search for a program called ‘Fraps’.
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