Big day...

Wednesday the 6th June 2007... the day someone was foolish enough to give me a Pilot's license!

It all happened very rapidly in the end, got called up to come in and do my last solo consolidation yesterday afternoon after having already canned it in the morning, then took the PPL this morning. Despite some showers and a fairly strong wind, the weather held out well enough and I managed to get the flight done... the lovely man saw fit to pass me, which was nice because there were a couple of points at which I thought I might be done for! Lee is up doing his test as I type this, so hopefully he'll also pass!

So, here I am... 6 months later... and I'm finally on the wings course! It's timed to perfection, because there is a farewell 'do' this evening for cp39 who are leaving NZ for the sunny shores of Britain for the last time, and it is at these events that they hand out the all important epaulettes to go on your shirt for the newly qualified pilots (me!) - the true reason why everyone wants to be on the wings course!

In other news CP43 have started to go home, with a few left behind until tomorrow - so best of luck on the exams to them! We're now the next course to come home, so much to do between now and then that I imagine the 4/5 weeks left will rocket past.