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So today the 13th of August 2009 was a big day for me, I sat and passed the Private Pilot Licence theory exam which is the final theory exam required in order for me to get my unrestricted licence. It would have to have been the hardest theory exam, 3.5 hours with 52 multi choice questions and a headache to boot.

Exams taken and passed so far:

Pre Solo Theory Exam
Pre-Area Solo Theory Exam
Radio Operators Certificate of Proficiency Exam
Basic Aeronautical Knowledge Exam
General Flying Progress Test (Obtained Passenger Privileges)
Private Pilot License Theory Exam

I am going to take a break for a few weeks and in September will complete my navigation training and navigational SOLO flights which once complete will allow my to take my Private Pilot License flight test which allows unrestricted flight VFR during VMC. So if the weather is good and its during daylight I can fly anywhere. My next step after that is to do a night rating and possibly twin engine endorsement, but i’ll finish up with the PPL before thinking much more on that.

So I’ve been a bit tardy with things here on this site and since things have started to get interesting again i’ll go over what I have been up too. I passed the GFPT (General Flying Progress Test) and received my first actual endorsement in my log book, this gives me passenger privileges which means I can take passengers within the training area, joy flights!!!

Since then I have taken a passenger and whilst over in Sydney recently flew out of Bankstown airport which was an amazing experience in a bigger aerodrome, my first experience sharing the sky with a Qantas 747 and feeling the wake turbulence blasting down from 1000 feet above giving my little Cessna 152 a bit of a bumpy ride.

I have also been doing a PPL (Private Pilot License) theory course and am days away from taking my PPL theory exam. Once that is completed all that is left to do is to finish my navigational exercises and then it my PPL flying test, then I get my wings and can finally start to do things like take off for the weekend and all that fun stuff.

I also flew my first “international” flight the other day, a trip to Rottnest Island over the ocean and that was good fun, wearing life jackets in a 4 seater aircraft was a novelty, managed to stuff ourselves into the plane.