Flying continues..!

The long-awaited flight period finally began this week! Last year we managed to fly about the same flights corresponding to the PPL flight training (which includes about 50 hours). Actually just the two last cross-country flights to controlled and uncontrolled aerodromes were all that I didn't get to fly last year because of weather and the beginning of our theory course.
So now we are supposed to continue where we left from. Our flight instructors have made a rehearsal programme to us, which includes one flight in the traffic circuit, one training area excercise, one basic instrument flying excercise and one cross-country flight. Last tuesday I flew the first two of these and now I am qualified to fly solo in traffic circuit and training area again.

Cessna-flights continue! I sure missed these little birds :)

Our CPL flight syllabus includes a total of 185 hours of flying divided into four different phases (not to be confused with the phases in the index I made). Last year we completed phase 1, which included all the flights up to the point where you are qualified to fly your first solo flight. Before the beginning of the theory course, we got almost into what's the end of phase 2. Phase one and two combined match the requirements for the private pilot's licence. So now we're about to enter phase 3, which begins with the familiarisation training to the Cessna 172 and ends to the point where we are ready to begin flying with the Piper Turbo Arrow IV. So phase 4 includes all of the Piper flights.

I bought a nice and handy case for my pilot's logbook :)

However, my course's familiarisation training for the 172 is delayed a bit further and for the meantime we'll continue to fly happily with the 152. Tomorrow, if weather allows, I am about to fly a couple of solo flights. Flying sure feels very exiting after such a long period of theory studying!