Half-way into Block 2

Well we have survived without too many serious incidents into week 5 of our 8 week block 2. Subjects to ram into our little brains include Meterology, General Navigation, Instruments and Human Performance and Limitations.

In comparision with the other 3 blocks of subjects, this is the biggy! Just a lot of info to take in.

Met- Well put it this way, in AGK we were all looking at the planes taking off, just reminding ourselves of what the end-game is, now were spend out breaks outside looking at the clouds and guessing the cloud names! Yup, we be geeks.

G-Nav, in the begining our CRP-5 (wizzwheel) seems like a very clever piece of kit, not as much now, a bane for some!

Instuments- Just info info info info. After getting our heads around altimetry (oooh that's fun!) we be learning all about how the various instruments actually obtain the info they're displaying. However, it ain't type specific, I guess that is the reason why today we had to endure the facts about the inertial nav system (INS), a bit of kit that was made obsolete 20 years ago! Go CAA!

HP&L- Coming from a strong biology background, I was initially given a gagging order by our intructor, cos lets face it, the CAA lock themselves into a room and convince each other that they are right. CAA facts and reality don't mix well. So we have to learn all about how the CAA view the limitations of your average pilot. Did you know that humans can function as pilots with a body temperature of 40C!!!?? No me neither........