On Monday 18th August 2008 I successfully completed my first area solo. This included flying with no instructor or passengers from Essendon (YMEN) to the Point Cook (YMPC) training area. Upon reaching the training area, I did some Precautionary Flying which is conducted at 500ft above the ground and then some practice engine failure procedures from 2500ft. After an almost perfect landing back at Essendon, I cursed that my instructor wasn’t there to see how good the landing was!

All in all, I had a ton of fun, operated the aircraft safely, and was very happy with my performance while flying solo as Pilot In Command. Next up, Aircraft General Knowledge exam in two weeks!

Release 12.6 (31 Jul 2008):

• Added default WMP skin back in
• Rejigged build kitchen for things to come.
• Fixed multi-selection of messages in tmail.exe (Email Application)

As always, head on over to the Dopod page to download it.

More updates!

Changes include: Release 12.5 (24 Jul 2008):

• Ported Windows Mobile 6.1 build 20270
• Ported XIP build 20270 from Kaiser
• Removed SQM
• Added IrDA stack
• Added Diamond theme for those who like that kinda thing
• Fixed the disappearing act with the taskbar and HTC X Button

Grab it from the Dopod page…

It’s been a good couple of weeks… Last week I passed my GFPT, this week I passed my first Commercial Pilot License (CPL) exam - Human Factors. I ended up getting 3 questions wrong, and a mark of 90% - far beyond the required 70%!

Next up, Aeroplane General Knowledge (AGK) exam :)

It’s been a while coming, but yesterday I passed my GFPT! This is the first stage of my aviation training and allows me to fly as a pilot in command between our home base (YMEN) and our training area at Point Cook (YMPC).

The fun part is that I’m allowed to take passengers as well :)