Student Pilot License

These photo's were taken while I was learning to fly. Because I was too young to drive, either my Father or Mother would have to drive me out to the airport. This gave them ample opportunity to take pictures while I was flying. Most of the pictures are of when I was flying SOLO circuits-that means I was on my own. There are also some pictures that I took when I took my Brother Andrew for a flight into what's called the Bankstown Training area, which stretches from Bankstown Airport all the way to the foothills of the Blue Mountains. This was the area that I was restricted to fly in while I had my Student Pilots Licence.

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This is my Favourite plane-VH-SLB A Cessna 152-I'm SOLO!	My second favourite Cessna 150-VH-HCE "the Blue Cessna"-it's coloured blue! I am also SOLO on this occasion!

On approach to land-SOLO!	Again on approach to land-the weather wasn't very forgiving on this occasion!

I am just above the runway, notice the DC-3 on the right. It had an engine failure the week before and its port (left) engine is not present. A few months before the family and I went for a scenic flight on that DC-3. It used to fly over our house all the time!	The cockpit of VH-HCE "the Blue Cessna" before a pre-flight inspection.

Me in VH-HCE "the Blue Cessna" Note the blue colour of the aircraft! This is just before another hour of SOLO circuits!	Airborne-SOLO!

Taxiing out for an engine run-up then takeoff-SOLO!

Here are some photo's I took when I took my Brother Andrew for a Blue Mountains Scenic flight in the Bankstown Training Area.


View out the right passenger window	My brother-his first flight!

Warragamba Dam	Me at the controls-concentrating hard!

Great view of the Blue Mountains	Warragamba Dam (Sydney's water supply)

Me at the controls!	Prospect Reservoir

Some area in the Bankstown Training Area?	Built up area in the Bankstown Training Area?

Overlooking the pipelines running from Warragamba Dam to Prospect Reservoir-Australia's Wonderland is just visible under the wing!	Some area in the Bankstown Training Area?

Looking back at the Rudder and Elevator!	Some tracks and Roads-the Olympic Mountain Biking was held here!

Looking out front-on the way back to Bankstown Airport!	Joining final for the left runway at Bankstown Airport.

I completed my Private Pilots Licence in a Socata Tobago TB10. It has four seats, low wing with a Constant Speed Propeller, i.e. a propeller that allows the pilot to change the angle/pitch of the propeller to allow the plane to maintain high speeds.