Wow....touchy touchy!!! First of all, nowhere in my short post does it ever mention "PPL"...so I dunno where you got that from. I simply repeated what I heard on the radio (i.e. public) which was : "a first year student (didn't mention any license) who was flying solo, practicing taking off and land...

AstroNOT wrote:Good Job, Boys!

My apologies....Good Job, Ladies!!

I'm told a first year doing solo circuits banged one in causing the nosewheel to collapse. Extensive damage to the front end and right wing tip. All college flights are cancelled for the next 2 days.

Any more details?

Good Job, Boys!

What was the gear issue they had on the previous day?

An exception could be made concerning 40 + year old pillote desiring to go a bit faster in their career because the clock is runnnig twice fast for them if they want to end-up in a descent position @ 50 instead of being on the dock or on the ramp loading bags in an aircraft they would fly @ 59. I d...

Major Bedhead: +1 All the junior pilot all got hired with less than 2000 hrs, ( even 250!!!) and were used to getting paid shit wages. Now they're chasing iron, got a fancy new uniform to sport, and livin the high life (if you want to call it that...) Actually I had over 4000 hrs when I started at J...

confederation college has the same problem.

me too

My advice: study seperately, write the saron first, its mostly just memorization...i.e. cars. Also, you will have to draw on your saron type knowledge to correctly answer questions on the samra..specifically in the nav and met sections. Neither one is particularly difficult...a week's worth of study...