Ground school

Blessed are the people who have good visibility to fly, you need to be proud about the fact that you can fly. Since there was no flying at Kpong Airfield today, we decided to do ground school revision with everybody who shows up at the Airfield to fly. unfortunately,there were no outsiders so, the Girls got to do that which was very good for them because it gave them the chance to ask as many questions as possible which they will not otherwise ask in the presence of other people.

The chief flying instructor Jonathan Porter made the lesson very easy to learn and remember,on behave of the the Girls, a big thanks to WAASPS for the lessons today.

Cleanliness is key

The girls told me today that, they would like to spend sometime in the workshop to identify some new tools that they are not yet familiar with. Examples are bigger torque wrench, long nosed pliers, oil filter removers and two air tool oilers , many thanks to Paul H for the oilers and the oil filter removers.

Drawing properly

The girls learnt to make nets and exploring drawing three dimension from two dimension forms through the use of paper and CAD.

Arranging the Aircraft Stores

Today, the girls and I started putting the Aircraft stores in order, which is arranging and sorting out the parts to make it easy finding parts during build. We all enjoyed the dirty work of the day and I was proud of the girls for the efforts they put into making that workshop a nice and comfortable working place.

Start of term Exams

Another term has begun for the students in the Academy.
The girls started the day with FOD ( foreign object debris ) walk which is the most important thing at an Airfield like ours where flying lessons for the girls takes place, the girls after their walk on the runway had breakfast and sat in the class ready for the start of term Exams, all students as happy as the HAPPY birds that spend a lot of their time flying in formation with the aircraft at Kpong Airfield.

First flight of 2012

My first flight this year was with a young lady of fourteen who in the air was not sure about how to express her feeling of excitement and every now and then will look into my face with her face filled with a beaming smile,she was on the controls for 80% of the flight , although the visibility was not the best ,we enjoyed every minute of it .We got back and the young lady turned to me and said " you have changed something in me " so l told her then, you need to help me change that of others one flight at a time.

New term

In preparation towards the return of the AvTech students into the accommodation, have purchased two additional 90Ap batteries. These batteries will provide a further two hours of light per day with negligible additional diesel burn at the Genset. With 15-25% increases across the board, creative economical thinking is essential.