Examiner Deals With Student Jitters
By Gary Wiblin, Editor, International Aviation Safety
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I was booked to do an initial PPL test with a pleasant chap a
while back. I had often met him milling about our flying club and
judging by his obviously studious nature the test was to be a walk
in the park. After doing a good, thorough pre-flight inspection we
strapped ourselves into the aircraft for a perfect flight.
Everything was going along just great. The pre-start and
after-start checks were of a very high standard, brakes were
checked, taxi speed was kept in check, controls were held correctly
relative to wind, radio work was excellent, and the take-off and
after take-off checks were flawless. I was wishing that there were
more pilots of such a high calibre around.