Wednesday, September 19, 2007
day 03
Shortly: today we had navigation (interesting !) and more about instruments (working about the altimeter and vertical speed indicator (VSI)). And I saw a plane making a go-around this morning; hooray :p
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
day 02
Today was the first day we had "meteo" ... and to get into the right mood for that, there was this morning ... RAIN. The typical belgian rain. Anyway, I went trough it with my bike, to the railway station, arrived there really on time (good to know for tomorrow), took the train to Kortenberg (direct and only 10 minutes !), then again by bike to SFA (at least I'll practise sport 4 times a day :p), this time they received the fax from SFA with my name on it @ the security entrance :-), drank a coffee with my other classmates and went to the classroom on time.
And then we waited ... and waited ... the teacher wasn't there and wouldn't come. Normally we would have had 3 hours Mass and Balance, instead of that we went to the departure area of the airport to drink something. Expensive but sweet :-). Some of us went into the B-terminal, but since I don't have my airport badge already I wasn't allowed :(. Another time then !
In the afternoon, we had meteo. Interesting, but also not easy. The book of Instrumentation is crying for attention, gonna have a look at it now ;-)
Hasta mañana !
And then we waited ... and waited ... the teacher wasn't there and wouldn't come. Normally we would have had 3 hours Mass and Balance, instead of that we went to the departure area of the airport to drink something. Expensive but sweet :-). Some of us went into the B-terminal, but since I don't have my airport badge already I wasn't allowed :(. Another time then !
In the afternoon, we had meteo. Interesting, but also not easy. The book of Instrumentation is crying for attention, gonna have a look at it now ;-)
Hasta mañana !
Monday, September 17, 2007
day 01
Wow ! (and that's not the Vista Wow, or the abreviation of the famous but weird game ... ;-))
It looks like we'll have to play it hard. I never thought something else, but after day 1 I realised that there won't be many evenings without making resumes of what I've learned that day. Today was filled with radio communications in the morning and Instruments in the afternoon. And that's certainly not only about how to turn on your radio and change the frequency or how to read how fast you fly. So, if you don't hear something from me for a while, I won't be taken by aliens or eaten by my big fat cat, but just ... studying. And doing some observation flights in the weekends, trying to tune the communications to the frequency of Studio Brussel ;-).
Start of the day: everything went well, I was able to get out of my bed (not that I slept that well), took a shower, had a fast breakfast, got on my bike to the railway station and was there nicely on time ... the only problem was that they wouldn't let me in trough the security office at the airport. Since I still don't have my airport badge the people from SFA have to send a fax to the security people to tell them I should be allowed to enter. Well, that fax didn't arrive this morning. After waiting for about half an hour, they received a second fax ... . I can't wait to receive my airport badge !
schedule of this evening: diner and study. Hooray :-) (I'm not complaining at all !)
It looks like we'll have to play it hard. I never thought something else, but after day 1 I realised that there won't be many evenings without making resumes of what I've learned that day. Today was filled with radio communications in the morning and Instruments in the afternoon. And that's certainly not only about how to turn on your radio and change the frequency or how to read how fast you fly. So, if you don't hear something from me for a while, I won't be taken by aliens or eaten by my big fat cat, but just ... studying. And doing some observation flights in the weekends, trying to tune the communications to the frequency of Studio Brussel ;-).
Start of the day: everything went well, I was able to get out of my bed (not that I slept that well), took a shower, had a fast breakfast, got on my bike to the railway station and was there nicely on time ... the only problem was that they wouldn't let me in trough the security office at the airport. Since I still don't have my airport badge the people from SFA have to send a fax to the security people to tell them I should be allowed to enter. Well, that fax didn't arrive this morning. After waiting for about half an hour, they received a second fax ... . I can't wait to receive my airport badge !
schedule of this evening: diner and study. Hooray :-) (I'm not complaining at all !)
Friday, September 14, 2007
Cleared for take off !
- Medical certificate: confirmed that everything is OK, will be send on monday
- introduction day at SFA: cool, received my flightcase, 2 ties (for the uniform), some other stuff I'll need and already 9kg of books :p. That are 6 books, there are still 9 missing ... .
- # Holidays: very low. Pressure: very high. Workload: very high. Observation flights: 14. Motivation: very very high :-)
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Still on the ATC Clearance channel ...
Since a few days, I am again able to walk normally, to use my bike, to take the stairs several times a day to go to my room without the need to take a break after every 4 steps ... that feels good :-). As I'm still waiting for the piece of paper that says I'm qualified to become a pilot (professionalism of the belgian government), I already started refreshing my knowledge of physics (thanksfully, it isn't that long ago I studied all that). My room is totally clean, my bookshelves are almost empty, ready to receive the books I'll have to study the next 8 months.
one more week to go ... I'm getting pretty excited about it by now !
Swiss International Airlines vs. Sobelair, Airbus vs. Boeing
physics
desk #1 (study)
desk #2 (computer)
one more week to go ... I'm getting pretty excited about it by now !
Swiss International Airlines vs. Sobelair, Airbus vs. Boeing
physics
desk #1 (study)
desk #2 (computer)Saturday, September 1, 2007
You know you want to become a pilot when ...
Hi folks,
rest vs. busy
stay in bed vs. move your apartment
don't use stairs vs. my room at the 2nd floor
don't raise overweight boxes vs. pack stuff into boxes and unpack them back at home
the text before vs. was the advise of the doctors after the research and test of my heart, last wednesday. The part after the vs. is what I did the last days, because I had to. I guess that's why I feel a bit tired now ... .
One may wonder: what the hell did they do? Well ... they connected cables trough my heart via the groins (they say it's the easiest way like that ...) and did some tests for about one hour. They made my heart beat faster and harder, but the hardest part was actually when they put the cables into my body. Even with 3 anaesthesias it could feel it quit well ! Thanksgod the doctor and assistants were very friendly. There was actually also a handsome assistant, maybe it was because of her that my heart beated that hard and fast ;-). The principle doctor told me everything was ok, so he wrote a report that stated my qualification to become an airline pilot. What a relief !!
Afterwards I had to lay in bed, totally flat, for about 3 hours. After those 3 hours I could get up, but as I was still a bit tired and felt groggy after standing up, I decided to stay in bed for another hour before trying to get up again.
another sleepy hour passed by when a doctor woke me up and told me that everything was fine. Normally, the research was going to be in the afternoon, but they managed to put me on the schedule in the morning, so I didn't have to spend the night in the hospital. At about 8 o'clock in the evening I could leave the hospital.
You know you want to become a pilot when ... you feel happy after such an examination, just because it saved my future plans and desk above the clouds :-)
I guess I'll spend a lot of time in my bed the next days, hopefully I can walk again "decent" next wednesday.
to be continued ...
rest vs. busy
stay in bed vs. move your apartment
don't use stairs vs. my room at the 2nd floor
don't raise overweight boxes vs. pack stuff into boxes and unpack them back at home
the text before vs. was the advise of the doctors after the research and test of my heart, last wednesday. The part after the vs. is what I did the last days, because I had to. I guess that's why I feel a bit tired now ... .
One may wonder: what the hell did they do? Well ... they connected cables trough my heart via the groins (they say it's the easiest way like that ...) and did some tests for about one hour. They made my heart beat faster and harder, but the hardest part was actually when they put the cables into my body. Even with 3 anaesthesias it could feel it quit well ! Thanksgod the doctor and assistants were very friendly. There was actually also a handsome assistant, maybe it was because of her that my heart beated that hard and fast ;-). The principle doctor told me everything was ok, so he wrote a report that stated my qualification to become an airline pilot. What a relief !!
Afterwards I had to lay in bed, totally flat, for about 3 hours. After those 3 hours I could get up, but as I was still a bit tired and felt groggy after standing up, I decided to stay in bed for another hour before trying to get up again.
another sleepy hour passed by when a doctor woke me up and told me that everything was fine. Normally, the research was going to be in the afternoon, but they managed to put me on the schedule in the morning, so I didn't have to spend the night in the hospital. At about 8 o'clock in the evening I could leave the hospital.
You know you want to become a pilot when ... you feel happy after such an examination, just because it saved my future plans and desk above the clouds :-)
I guess I'll spend a lot of time in my bed the next days, hopefully I can walk again "decent" next wednesday.
to be continued ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
every new beginning ...
... comes from some other beginning's end.
Today it was my last day at the RVP/ONP. I worked there for about 1 year and 11 months (started in october 2005), as webdesigner. My colleages described me as a crazy person, I guess they were right ... :-).
co-workers from over there, if you read this: TAKE CARE AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING !!! I will never forget about you all, even not at 40 000 ft. ASL with a crew of nice female flight attendants ;-). Don't forget to do the scrum meetings on time, don't spend too much time at the coffee machine and don't forget to feed the plants ! ;-)
Hasta la proxima, chicos y chicas, que te vayan bien !!
Today it was my last day at the RVP/ONP. I worked there for about 1 year and 11 months (started in october 2005), as webdesigner. My colleages described me as a crazy person, I guess they were right ... :-).
co-workers from over there, if you read this: TAKE CARE AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING !!! I will never forget about you all, even not at 40 000 ft. ASL with a crew of nice female flight attendants ;-). Don't forget to do the scrum meetings on time, don't spend too much time at the coffee machine and don't forget to feed the plants ! ;-)
Hasta la proxima, chicos y chicas, que te vayan bien !!
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