Gday everyone,

Managed to crack into the industry today with the CFI giving me a gig at the aero club

Will be working weekends to start doing a lot (hopefully) of TIFs and joyflights (including in the Tiger when I get enough tailwheel hrs) which will, fingers crossed, turn into my first real students.

Thanks to Bob, Richard and the team for your help over the last year or so!

Will keep you posted as things progress,

Cheers

PS Any Tiger tips?

Woot Ellzy! Congratulations! That's the first step mate. Keep plugging at it and watch your horizons open up. Well done

Cheers,

Rich

Ah yes the good old Tiger. I learnt to fly in a Tiger Moth over 50 years ago!! Still remember my first solo as though it was yesterday. Funny thing about going solo in a tiger is that your instructor never was sitting next to you, so it seems like just another flight. As they used to say: "It takes little time to learn to fly it badly - and the rest of your life to learn to fly it well." Does your's have a tailwheel and brakes or is it the original tail skid without brakes? How about a pic??

Haha that's a good quote. There are a couple of good photos here: www.airplane-pictures.net/registration.php?p=VH-CKF
The club also has VH-FAS.

So it's a skid is it? Have wondered how they work one with no brakes!

What a beautiful plane Ellzy - I still remember my first time up in a 'moth minor' single wing. It was at the Adelaide Soaring (gliding) club at Gawler in SA. That was where I got the bug - I was 16 years old at the time (and dinosours walked the earth)

I am glad that you now have some 'work' and can start to share your skills; and earn a shilling or two.

If we get to perth this coming year we'll catch up.

Cheers for now. Brenton

Hi guys,

Did my first 3 TIF's today! I think I was more nervous before my first one than any flight test! Wierd.. All good fun though!

Cheers

Good luck getting them hooked Ellzy. I reckon you'd do a good job giving them their wings!

Well done E... Bet you had a great sense of achievement when it finally 'happened' and you had 'real people' on board your first 'paid' flights.

Look forward to meeting you in WA this year sometime and going for a spin - well not literally.

Thanks guys!

Ditto Brenton, but no spinning? Awww..we'll see about that. Might have to get you out in the 152!

Hey guys,

Cracked the 100hrs yesterday! Feels better when you're that type of 'senior'..