Just got my PPL !

[bendead 1,085]

Hi guys,

I passed my PPL test 3 days ago on the busiest aerodrome in New Zealand, Ardmore. To give you some ideas how busy it is, last Saturday on a solo flight, I was boxed in by a WW2 radial yellow plane, a BAC-167 Strikemaster, two BC duchess, one 152, and four 172R on the run-up area.

 

 

[Jetman67 516]

Congrats

[bendead 1,085]

Thanks Wayne

[TOGA-saurus 330]

Well done man!

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

Let me know if you find yourself down at Paraparaumu at any time in your future. Congrats mate

[DanFreitas 0]

Way to go! Keep on the good work!

[MarkW 1,490]

Congrats.  Nice to hear some good news here that does no accompany the words  "new hardware", "eula" or "OOM". 

[RWFeldman 159]

Congratulations young man. Now open your wallet.

[MarkW 1,490]

Oh, there you go Rendi,  adding in a negative on Ben's good news.....but yeah he is right, its gonna cost but I am guessing it will be worth it.

[Tatave 57]

Congratulations! Ardmore does sound challenging. 

[Q_flyer 766]

Congrats man!

[billn53 12]

Many congrats to you. Got mine a couple years ago and, as someone told me, it's a license to learn. What are you going to do next?

[charliep 1]

Well done !  I remember that feeling from 41 years ago. 

 

Charlie

[Rocky_53 1,566]

Congratulations, well done...

[bendead 1,085]

Sorry for the late answer and thank you everyone

 

I am planing to get my CPL, IFR, ME, maybe taildragger and acrobatic rating. What I love about aviation is that there is always something to learn, always a new challenge available.

 

Ardmore is the busiest uncontrolled aerodrome in NZ, you can find a war museum and some shops that restore old jets, so it's quite common to line-up after a Spitfire, being followed while taxing by an Albatros or just watching a Cessna Citation land 150 meters away you while you plan your next cross-country flight outside.

 

My dream... Well buy a 152 or 172, and fly around the world, to feel what the pioneers of aviation felt.