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Niina Hautala | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. Author Archives: Niina Hautala. The week leading to graduation was full of excitement. The graduation day was finally approaching. It was also the last week we were all together. I suppose a sense of melancholy […]. Read Article →. Embraer Phenom 100 type rating. We have moved to the jet age! I finished my Phenom 100 training just about a week ago with a checkride. I now have my very first type-rating for a jet! Read Article →. April 12, 2015. Read Article →.
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IR with Bonanza | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. April 27, 2014. The view from the backseat is beautiful. This past month I have flown five IR training flights in the Bonanza and logged a little over 6 hours of IFR time. The total hours flown in the Bonanza will be around 15 so things are really moving fast. IR check ride is just around the corner it seems! Me and Lauri getting ready to go. Tuomo making turns wearing a visor. We also flew with ADI. Aleksi making a VOR approach to Pori runway 30. Cross-country ...
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Engine failures and the real Diamond | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. Engine failures and the real Diamond. March 4, 2015. Flying with a single-engine airplane in case of an engine failure, things are pretty simple. You set the speed for best glide, decide on a best available spot on the ground that you are able to glide to and hope the spot looks as suitable close by as it did up there. If in a climb, nose down, best glide speed and land ahead. In a propeller the down-going blade produces more thrust than the up-going blade. ...
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Night flying | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. September 8, 2013. Timo and Aleksi getting ready for the night. We spent the week in Kuopio at Night Flying camp. Over the four nights at EFKU we logged the required 5 hours of night flying to obtain the NF rating. Darkness falling on the runway. One of us making a touch and go. The blue light is a taxiway edge light. Taxiing at night at a strange airfield. You guessed it, challenging at first! Follow the yellow line slavishly! The city of Varkaus. Coming back o...
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Stalls, spins and circuits | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. Stalls, spins and circuits. March 31, 2013. Me measuring fuel in the morning. In the background the historical functionalist Malmi terminal building which was completed in 1938. The second week of flight training and I have done slow flying at critically low airspeed, stall. Avoidance. I have also done my first rounds in the traffic circuit. As well as a few touch-and-go landings. I’m waiting for a take-off clearance by runway 36. Photo: Tommi Likonen. The last ...
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CPL done! | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. April 12, 2015. Despite the day’s mischievous nature, I passed my CPL skill test on April Fools’ Day. It was a nice day for a change. The weather has caused us some delays during CPL training, because we’ve flown in VFR. Finally after three weeks of trying everyone has flown their skill tests and we’ve all gone commercial now! Here’s a ton of pictures from the CPL flights. I hope you enjoy them too. Night falls in Pori. Ready to leave for Kuopio. 8220;Three gree...
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Bonanza <3 | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. March 23, 2014. Finnish Aviation Academy Beechcraft Bonanza OH-BBK. Take-off. Power set. Sixty. Rotate (75 kt). Positive – gear up. And we’re off with Bonanza. What a fun plane to fly! Getting ready for the first Bonanza flight. Jusa pumping fuel. Hop on the wing, let’s go. Jusa’s first flight. It was quite cool to see and feel how it slows down when the landing gear is extended. It feels like a real (big) airplane already! Antti landing on runway 12. IR with Bo...
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Busy times | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. March 16, 2014. Kuopio at sunset in the trainer. The past weeks have been very busy and it’s going to be busy for the rest of the spring. The Bonanza trainer sessions have advanced well and PIC time building has finally started again. A few of us have already flown the real Bonanza this week. Getting ready for departure. Take off from simulated Pori. Snow and other traffic in simulated Tampere. A PAR ( Precision approach radar. Bonanza 3 →. Life as a Pilot.
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Cross-country with Bonanza | becoming pilot.
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Becoming a professional pilot. Since 2013. May 26, 2014. On the way to Jyväskylä. These past weeks have been fun flying cross-country flights in the Bonanza. I finally got to land at Helsinki airport too! We have also finished the synthetic training and are almost done with Bonanza too! Things have been moving quickly and it’s a little sad that the last Bonanza flight is just a moment away. I am nearly done with PIC hour-building too. All this means that summer holiday is approaching fast. After a climb ...
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