Monday, March 2, 2026
Doing a flight lesson by Isaac
When doing a flight lesson you start by going in or calling the aero club to book a date.
When it is time for the lesson you drive into Nelson or Blenheim. I do the Blenheim flight school but it is personal preference.
When you arrive there you will talk to the front desk and wait for the flight instructor. When the instructor arrives they talk to you about what you will be doing in the aircraft in this lesson. Then you and the instructor go out to the airplane, at this point you do a preflight check.
A preflight check involves going around the aircraft and checking for anything out of place, missing bolts making sure that the yoke works. The yoke is the steering wheel for the airplane. It's not a circle but a y shape. It does not just spin left and right but it also can be pushed in or pulled out for up and down. You give the airplane full flaps and check to see if they are locked down, if so good. A preflight check is to see if everything is in order.
Next you go to the engine, where you are mostly checking for bird nests, the reason for this is when the engine is running the nests can catch on fire. The engine has two sets of spark plugs, if one fails the other one will work. After that you go to the other side of the aircraft and do it all again. Next you go to the back of the aircraft and check the rudder which steers the aircraft left and right. The rudder uses foot controls to operate. If the plane passes all the checks so far then you check the avgas levels with a dip stick. The avgas is the fuel and it is a light blue colour. Finally if it all looks good then you can get in the the plane.
When you are in the plane you flip the master electronics, and the master avionics switches. Then the flight instructor and you will follow everything else that is in the aircraft book which is in the plane. The book tells you how to get the prop spinning. Once you have done this you use the radio to talk to the tower(ATC) on frequency 122.800. Then you taxi to the runway, throttle up when the airspeed dial hits green, pull the yoke towards you gently and you will start to fly. When you are up in the air you talk to ATC one more time to say where you are going.
Proceeding with the lesson when the lesson is complete you talk to ATC once more requesting to land. To land you reduce throttle and engage flaps. When lined up you slowly drift down and touchdown. Then you taxi to refill the gas tanks in the wings, after all of that you kill the mixture and the engine dies.
Now you can exit the plane, go inside and fill out your logbook. It has all the information logged in it like flight time, what airplane you used, who taught you and most importantly how many hours you have done. Now you're one step closer to becoming a private pilot. As a private pilot you can do jobs in your aircraft like an air taxi or even apply for a job at an airline.
Sunday, March 1, 2026
TEO401 Master Chef by Ocean
This is me making the sausages, I have to be careful the oil doesn't spit at me from the
pan.
I had to make a yogurt oil garlic sauce and whisk it together
The next step after I cut the sausages up is to poach the eggs. I cracked open a couple
of double yolkers!
Then after they are poached, I place them carefully on the yoghurt sauce and sausages .
I had to melt 50g of butter in a pan until it was brown and then add chili flakes ½ tsp.
This is what I am pouring onto the eggs. I tasted the sauce first and it blew my socks off!
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