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Flight training General

Historic flight

Dreaming the moment…

Here I am, flying a B25 WW11 Bomber with John Romain. Tip for students, keep eyes open whilst flying…!

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Flight training

Some useful French ATC Phrases for when ATC is closed for lunch..!

DOWNWIND – VENT ARRIERE POUR PISTE 10 (DIX)

BASE – ETAPE DE BASE POUR PISTE 10/28

TURNING FINAL – DERNIER VIRAGE POUR PISTE 10/28

OVERHEAD – VERTICALE

JOINING D/W – NOUS INTEGRONS VENT ARRIERE POUR

CROSSWIND – VENT TRAVERSIER

LATE D/W – VENT ARRIERE PROLONGEE

LONG FINAL – LONGUE FINALE

SHORT FINAL – COURTE FINALE

GOING AROUND – REMISE DE GAZ

RWY IN USE – PISTE EN SERVICE

RWY VACATED – PISTE DEGAGEE

TAXIING HOLDING POINT – ROULONS POINT D’ARRET POUR PISTE 10/28

READY FOR DEPARTURE – PRET AU DECOLLAGE

ENTERING RUNWAY – JE PENETRE PISTE 10/28

BACKTRACKING – JE REMONTE PISTE 10/28

LINING UP – ALIGNE PISTE 10/28

TAKING OFF – DECOLLAGE PISTE 10/28

LEAVING ZONE – SORTIE DE ZONE

RIGHT TURN – VIRAGE A DROITE

LEFT TURN – VIRAGE A GAUCHE

SLOW DOWN – MOINS RAPIDE             

12 – DOUZE, 13 – TREIZE, 14 – QUATORZE

15 – QUINZE, 16 – SEIZE

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Equipment Flight training Ground training

Modern GPS

Garmin’s GTN750

The GTN750 – now quite common and a very capable and powerful GPS/Com/Nav and quite a lot more! Here displaying a flight track from Guernsey to Fowlmere via ORTAC.

‘Touching’ the STBY frequency allows a new frequency to be entered using either on screen keypad (appears automatically) or by turning the Frequency Selector knob (Bottom Right) – thereafter Touching the ‘Top’ Frequency ‘flip flops’ the STBY Frequency into use.

Dick Rochfort (Garmin) has a useful YouTube tutorial area.

I can offer familiarisation training on the GTN650/750 and GNS430/530 series.