JAA CPL IR-ME. Training is almost complete !

Feb 23, 2009. I'm back on the apron after the IR-ME checkride, the examiner says to me that it's OK !... I'm now officially able to apply for a job in airlines and to be a First Officer in "big jets", after a type rating of course...
So I'm going ahead and I'll change once more time the title of this blog.... From now on it's gonna be BinouZe, pilot .
Within the next weeks, I'll be doing the MCC training course on Beech 200 simulator. And after that the ordeal of finding a job will begin. Wish me luck !

Shoreham, UK

Feb 21, 2009. For our last training flight before the IR-ME checkride, we decided with our flight instructor to pick up a "nicer than usual" destination, abroad if possible. We choose Shoreham, UK.
It's on the southern coastline of Great Britain.
It was a nice flight, at FL90, with London Control and all the "speedbirds" coming in and out from London... We almost felt like we were in a liner as well.
Shoreham itself is a nice little airport, with some cool stuff on the aprons and with a restaurant where we had an english breakfast : fried eggs, toasts and bacon. A little heavy on the stomach tough !
As usual, I post some pictures from that flight to share with you some of the beautiful sceneries we can see up there...

Mr Fillon (french first minister) landing in Merville

Today we had the visit of Mr Fillon, our first minister in Merville. He landed in a falcon 50 "COTAM 003". Pictures are not from me as I was about to take-off myself in a DA42, but from my friend O.C. that shot these pictures from the school parking (I hope he'll forgive me because I posted them without asking for his permission).
That's also the first shot that I got of me in control from outside of the plane...
I've never seen so many cops in Merville ^^.

Hanging out with F-GOKA on valentine's day...

We went to fly this saturday, as we expect our checkride to be in barely more than a week. We took off in the morning, just after sunrise, with the ground covered with white frost. The In-Flight scenery was quite wonderfull ! Fortunately I took my camera !

DA42 flight LFQT LFAC

Some pictures of one of our recent flights on F-GOKD a DA42 from our flight school.
IFR training flight between Merville (LFQT) and Calais (LFAC).