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We’ll focus on introducing you to basic aircraft handling skills. Get the weather information from the Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS) and coordinate with ATC to depart Liverpool, following the Entry/Exit route known as “Mersey Lane” to Seaforth at the control zone (CTR) boundary, before practicing some basic handling once in uncontrolled airspace.# C( N# K# y9 x a
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Get your first introduction to the approach and landing attitudes before re-entering the control zone, navigating visually between VRPs and completing an approach.% m9 m" m& g) _2 ?4 m2 a' _
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Now it’s time to nail down the basics of both the normal and low-level circuit at Tauranga on New Zealand’s North Island, learning the downwind checklist and cementing your aiming point skills. $ Q3 y. V0 Q3 _! k" [: p - ^. k# T+ m. N/ n5 t' X5 X+ PVFR 04. LOCAL FLIGHT - [9 m: d: U. u$ G2 `$ nLeave the airfield and travel across the New Zealand countryside in your first taste of flight in uncontrolled airspace before performing an Overhead Join.% ~5 Z5 k, \* |7 A: [5 i( `
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Discover both the challenges and rewards of taking to the skies after darkness falls over Lake Ontario, relying more on your instrumentation to guide you safely from Toronto to your destination. , m! M* H& B& N5 U8 d 9 @' b1 B# L& C4 o, AVFR 06. CROSSWIND 2 L" J7 K. G. {Battle the elements above the Shetlands as you are introduced to the control inputs and handling effects of crosswind conditions and drift, before returning to Sumburgh for a short field landing. 9 c, G: |7 {$ h7 t& z& b 4 q) E. Y* j; Z7 FVFR 07. ABNORMALS: L; p9 g. O& U. ?
Things don't always go to plan. Run emergency drills and engine failures, using the decision making structure that will keep you safe in the face of adversity., n: E0 W5 L" f% e$ N) Y2 C
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VFR 08. MOUNTAIN FLYING $ x* e- }& b% S, gCarve your way through mountains and valleys in our Mountain Flying lesson. Learn how to fly safely amongst high terrain and turbulent air currents./ d- o8 D( b1 ~( d- t3 T
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VFR 09. UK TRIP$ C! E6 i e$ M4 f' t& v! H* q7 V$ O
Leave the popular Elstree airfield North of London and make your way around the capital, crossing the Thames at Dartford and making a stop over at Biggin Hill. Then continue South towards the coast, avoiding Gatwick airspace towards Shoreham.: b# Z% E, m. H+ x% f7 u3 ?
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Depart Seattle’s Renton Municipal airport and cruise through valleys, over bridges and across lakes as you tour the Washington landscape. Remain safely below the Class B airspace near the major Seattle Tacoma and Boeing Field airports. ; E! h& x. k. {& F# ]% b, u . Y0 Q( a3 E9 U& D" e$ ^4 X4 }VFR 11. NEW ZEALAND TRIP ' j& Y& U( d: {( yBehold the stunning New Zealand South Island as you make a quick hop out of Milford Sound to Martins Bay before settling in on a long stretch to Queenstown, marvelling at the snow-capped mountains and meandering rivers.6 z3 [/ E2 l4 n/ @' \# B
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Once you are confident with your skills, take your virtual Skills Test and fly a full flight profile with your examiner, to put what you've learned to the test." w; O& Z! y4 P& U% d' m2 d