Just an update on my progress

[Guest RaMpAgE]

Haven't been on the forum for a while.

 

Have done all my tests - BAK, pre solo, area solo

 

Am getting ready to go for my GFPT and touching up on

 

Stalls, PFL's, Prec. searce, short field landings etc.

 

I was just wondering if I can just skip the GFPT and keep going

 

with the PPL.

 

Is this normal procedure? I've done about 30 or so hours so far.

 

Cheers

 

 

[richo]

Hi there Rampage.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can skip the GFPT and just continue on to PPL. But there's some advantages to doing the GFPT. Firstly, it allows you to take a passenger for a local flight, with the permission of your instructor. But more importantly I think is that it conditions you for your PPL test flight procedures. Lots of us get pretty nervous when an ATO climbs in beside us for the first time - and i think its good to get over those nerves on the GFPT flight rather than the PPL flight.

 

Maybe your situation is different. I see you're from BDG so I guess you'd be taking the test with Chris Gobel, and if you've flown with him before maybe it wont make much difference if you go on straight to PPL. But, at 30 hrs, you've got a way to go until PPL.... I dont think I'd be able to resist the GFPT for the privilidges it gives....

 

Oh yeah - i did my gfpt with chris too!!

 

Cheers

 

Richo.