FlyingInIreland

Hi Mark

With regards to how long it takes between applying and taking the test, it varies on examiner ability but generally you won't take more than 2 or 3 weeks....unfortunately you have to wait to receive your licence to exercise the priveleges of a ppl.

Regards
Batman

Thanks camroc

Have aero weather (good app for tafs and metars) was looking more for a site with atlantic charts so I could predict a few days / hours myself

Hi all

Just wondering what people are using to check there aviation forecasts these days, I use met eireanns briefing service myself, just wondering is there any better options out there ?

Cheers

If you want to here ze air raid sirenz come to cork aiport bout 8ish every wednzday.....eerie so it is!

Hi Batman, comparitively speaking it's pricey for an app but given that its a very specialist app (Irish pilots, maybe a handful visitors) there's a limited market for EI-KEV. The price has to reflect his development costs....if had a market of hundreds of thousands I'm sure it would have a lower p...

Yikes €19.99 i know it may be a very useful app to a lot of pilots myself included....but its pricey !!

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Check your PMs keith

Did you get my pm regarding the headset Keith ?

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Rang the iaa today ...to convert over to microlights is just a case of 5 hrs training and a flight test which leaves you with a microlight rating on your current ppl Donal and nosedive ye were both right! That just leaves the question is it worth doing...ie what type of machine to buy at what cost a...

Jeez if thats the case nosedive it would be great....

Cheers Donal

Out of curiosity how many of the hours counted and what training you did here consist of ?

Hi folks I currently hold a ppl with about 200hrs flown mainly on c172's and pa28s, like most of ye here i love my flying but its starting to get prohibitively expensive, also the school i hire from are training mainly commercial students now and hiring an aircraft now for any significant period of ...

Could'nt agree more with Buzz...all thats needed is discipline there is no excuse for leaving a headset in the baggage compartment or thrown in the seat....airoshane is right to up to a point i know they are trying to get people to buy there own headsets but the view that there not also trying to ma...