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G'day all, my name's Damien & I'm a plane-oholic... oh sorry, wrong group :), but it's true! My old man was a RAAF'y, working as a Radio Technician he served on the Iroquios in 9 sqn Vietnam & then again with 9 sqn at Amberley. He worked on the radar on the Mirage, worked on the Canberra & ECM with 482 sqn. So growing up ,what do you think I dreamed about?! Anyway, after having 4 kids & getting myself all tied up to a mortgage, I've finally got around to learning to fly (the wife always said I could after I got her a house - and she kept to her word!). In August of 2009 I signed up with the Darling Downs Aero Club in Toowoomba and comenced my flight training. I have the full intentions & commitment of completing my CPL & then seeing where it all takes me. I've currently logged 17.2 hours, solo'ing at 8.4 and about to go Area Solo on my next lesson (provided I'm a good boy on the day :) ). What I really need is a good northerly or southerly so I can do crosswind ops as that's been getting slid back due to most of the wind in Toowoomba being east/west (from my experience anyway) and the main runway is 11/29 I've completed my Pre-solo, Pre-area solo & BAK exams, now working through the practical application of that knowledge. I'll submit all of my SPL posts to this blog for anyone's interest, who might be learning, or contemplating learning (keeping in mind, as I mentioned earlier, I am a father of 4, work fulltime & having a mortgage, only get to fly about once every 1.5 weeks). Thanks for taking the time to read & I look forward to finding out what you've all been up to in the future. Cheers, Damo.
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Enjoying reading your blogs so far. I'm early days in my CPL training too so I'm sure to get a lot out of reading about your experiences.
Cheers,
Nick