today, june second two thousand and seven - a date which will live in glory - the single male heir of the lu family has been suddenly and deliberately bestowed upon the private pilot's licence by flying and ground instructors of the singapore youth flying club.
woo~ im a certified pilot now, no shit!
i've never been this neverous in n years and especially because as i'm leaving tomorrow, i won't be able to re-test and part should i *toot* up. there's so much that could go wrong from pre-flight briefings to the post-flight oral assessment, and something did go wrong. of all the things, the weather report for today was not in. the changi meteorology office screwed up - again. it's common for them to forget to send us the report especially on saturdays when only pvt lim dickson(that's his real name, as indicated on the report) is on duty i suspect. the examiner asked for my assessment of the weather(since technically i'm captain for today's test) and i thought we're good to go.
the actual flying part was trival(but of course). only problem was that there's too much cloud cover, a good 4-6octas and given the constrains of the training area, i had to constantly dodge the clouds while performing the flying exercises. it is dangerous to fly into clouds due to the unpredictable up/down drafts which can seriously upset the plane.
on the ground he quized me on the various aircraft systems such as fuel, electrical and oil. he also asked some unexpected stuff like what kind of extinguisher for use in electrical/chemical fires(powder/co2). when he asked me about the private pilot's licence privilages, i knew that i had passed. i can't show it as technically the assessment has not ended yet. one thing i can do, for example, is flying pin to thailand. what i cannot do is have her buy me a drink in return, because private pilots cannot be rewarded for flying. the rent is about $250/hr and it'll take take us 6hrs to get there, tiger costs $1.99 though... sorry prcs, the little plane can't make it to china just yet. after explaining to him what i can and can't do as a private pilot, he stood up and gave me a big handshake announcing officially that i had passed. next step: commercial pilot's licence, then i'll be entitled to squeeze my passengers dry.
all the saturdays, chem tutorials, phy lectures and pe lessons lost paid off today and i'm really glad that this chapter ended successfully.
now that most of our ccas have ended, we can all go full steam ahead for the a levels, keep struggling all!
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