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Sunday May 5th, 2024
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Road to FI - Becoming a flight club instructor
Several months have passed since my previous exam sitting, and I’m still nowhere ready for the next sitting. I’m still working on it, and will eventually go for the next attempt - there’s just been to much else happening lately. But most importantly, a couple days ago I started instructing in my local club!
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Friday November 10th, 2023
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Road to FI - Third exam sitting (CPL theory)
The three weeks since the previous sitting has been spent watching more BGS webinars, doing practice exams and reading books. Not much time left for flying, or anything else for that matter. Just like before the previous sitting.
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Friday October 20th, 2023
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Road to FI - Second exam sitting (CPL theory)
The three weeks since the previous sitting has been spent watching more BGS webinars, doing practice exams and reading books. Not much time left for flying, or anything else for that matter.
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Friday September 29th, 2023
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Road to FI - First exam sitting (CPL theory)
As mentioned in the previous post, my goal was to start with the CPL theory exams at the end of the summer. According to the internet, the last day of summer in 2023 was Saturday September 23rd. I did my first exam on September 28th. So I almost made it. But at least I have finally started!
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Thursday May 25th, 2023
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Road to FI - It's official!
Yesterday I finally received my new certificate, with the FI(A) rating added! It took about one and a half month, just as expected.
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Saturday April 15th, 2023
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Road to FI - Training in Hungary
When I was writing the the previous post I was getting ready to leave for Hungary. Now I’m happy to say that I have completed the training!
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Sunday March 26th, 2023
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Road to FI - Back on track
A little more than a month has passed since the previous post, and a lot has happened since then. I am happy to finally be able to say that this time I have studied more. A lot more. And I am getting ready to leave for the practical training in just a few days.
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Friday February 17th, 2023
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Road to FI - Preparation is key
A couple months has passed since the previous post, and just like the last time I still haven’t completed more than the three subjects I was done with after the first month. As mentioned in the previous post, I have decided to focus less on when I finish the CPL theory and more on actually managing to finish without getting burned out. After all, I am still doing this on my spare time, for fun.
That being said, I had still hoped to progress through the material in January. For various reasons, that didn’t happen. I do however still hope to get more done in the remaining weeks before my planned trip to Hungary.
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Monday December 12th, 2022
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Road to FI - Slow progress
More than two months has passed since I started studying using the Evionica CBT, and I still haven’t completed more than the three subjects I was done with after the first month. I started working on Meteorology, which is both a hard and interesting subject, but haven’t made much progress. I think I focused too much on my pre-defined schedule, which made it harder to stay focused and motivated. On top of that a lot of unforeseen events (outside of aviation) took most of the time I had available to study. And with the future of the local airplane being a bit uncertain now, I started having doubts about the entire thing.
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Sunday October 23rd, 2022
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Road to FI - First month of study
Almost a month has passed since I started studying using the Evionica CBT, and I have managed to almost complete three subjects. Almost because a bug in the CBT won’t let me finish the third one. I had initially made a plan I intended to follow every day, but flying and other activities got in the way half of the time. And some of the elements covered are simply so hard that I need some breaks in-between studying. But even though I am slightly behind the schedule I made for myself, I am happy with the progress.
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Monday October 10th, 2022
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Road to FI - Preparations and self-study
Sharing the joy of aviation with others are probably my favorite part of this wonderful activity. And I have for a while dreamt about being able to teach others to fly. I have talked about it with my wife, and my instructor, several times. And now I’m at the point where I have completed most of the prerequisites for the FI(A) training. I only need a little more than 4 hours of dual instrument, and then I have all of it.