Here it is, the licence.

It has taken me a week to put it up here but I actually had this less than 24 hours after passing the test.  I took my copy of the test sheet and my credit card and cycled into the IAA the following morning.  I had been speaking to the very nice lady in Personnel Licencing and she told me that she'd be able to print up a licence if appeared in person.  How could I not take up that offer.

Since then I've flown once.  Last Friday I booked in for some local flying.  I just wanted to get used to be in the plane on my own a bit more and to get that first P1 entry in the log book.  It was a short hop. 45 minutes that took me from Weston to Kinnegad and back.  The landing wasn't hectic; actually the landing was okay but the approach was a bit low-and-slow.  But I made it back safely.

What about nerves?  They weren't really a factor.  I was a little apprehensive, as I have been on solo training flights, but only enough to keep me on my two.  I wasn't afraid of being on my own per-se, just conscious of not having someone in the right seat to keep an eye on me.  I think my reasonable comfort in an aeroplane is probably due to the fact that I do actually have a fair number of hours up for a new PPL holder.  125 hours in fact.  Just looking at my log-book 20+ hours of that is solo time.  That's more than I'd thought.  Those solo hours have probably dulled and edge of fear I might have had.

Now I just have to guard against complacency - and fly as much as I possible can!!

Comments

[Jim Howard]

Congratulations!

[David]

Thanks Jim !!