since I wrote last time, we've finished 3 of the 7 subjects we need to deeply know for our exams, that are planned to be on the first week of March.
The first and longest subject we went through was Aircraft General Knowledge (AGK), which deals with Airframes, Hydraulics, Electrics, Pneumatics, Flight Controls with a huge section dedicated to all the various types of engine
Then we moved onto Air Law, a little bit more boring, because of all the laws and regulations we have to know, but still interesting as you start to understand, for example, all the lights you can find in an airport and you're given a little preview of the instrumental procedures for departures and arrivals.
Lot of things to learn by memory!
We've then been through Principles of Flight, probably the most difficult subject so far, because you need to understand all the physics which is behind all the flight maneuvers and, from that, be able to predict the behavior of the airplane in certain circumstances.
We've just completed our last CBT day for this question and I can say that I can understand much more than before how an airplane flies!
| Where I hope to be from the next years on... |
| PFD and ND! |
| Landed safely, despite the ENG1 fire! |
| A more complete view of the flight deck..ok something definitely went wrong (ECAM) |
We are now ready to head to Meteo for the next week and a half (not much time, if you think about the huge amount of information we'll be taught), which promises to be an interesting subject!
Hope to update you soon