Passed the pilot tests!

Flying purpleToday is a very happy occasion indeed, I passed written examination tests for my glider pilot license.

There were two hundred questions in ten different areas and I had 98.5% total with only three wrong answers. It was fun - and everything related to flying is when you are prepared.

To become a pilot I need to know a lot of different and interesting things like:

  • Fact that the suction below a cumulonimbus (the big stormy cloud) can be up to 40 m/s (it means it could propel you upwards 2.4 km in a minute!)
  • How to spell YU DCM (that's our towing plane marks) using communication terms - Yankee, Uniform, Delta, Charlie, Mike
  • G force of 5.3 is accomplished in a tight turn at 79 degrees angle

On Saturday I have a second part of the test - the practical examination in the air.



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4 Comments

  1. Jonathan D.
    Sep 27th, 2008

    Indeed. Congrats!

  2. ervin
    Sep 25th, 2008

    Vladimir, my congratulations! I hope, you'll continue your passion of air gliding very successfully and truly enjoy the endless freedom, when you are up there...moje cestitke!

  3. WyccadMyste
    Sep 24th, 2008

    You are adventurous, aren't you?

    Congratulations :-)

  4. Kym Huynh
    Sep 23rd, 2008

    Congratulations on passing! I still need to do my tests mmm.

    The Vlad... flying... to infinity and beyond!!

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