Simulator training continues

For the past few weeks I have been flying in the FNTP for about three days a week and have now logged about 10 hours in it. So there's about 25 still left!

Coursemate doing some unusual attitude recoveries

After the three FNPT-rehearsal flights and the following basic instrument flights we've started to go through VOR, DME and ADF/NDB a little bit more deeply. We've flown and intercepted different VOR-radials and practiced the more challenging basic ADF-procedures. What's made these flights more fun is that even though we will move to approach and landing -training later on, we are already making practice holdings, approaches and landings usually based on the radio navaid that's the subject of the exercise.

Ready for departure at Tampere

At first the approaches were quite basic and the instructor helped a lot by giving radar vectors etc. but now we've been bit by bit incorporating more things to them and I feel that the challenge level rises very smoothly. It doesn't feel overwhelming but still there's certainly no place for any overconfidence!