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| Date | 07-10-2008 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 2225) I mentioned before that we're starting a new subject tomorrow. What i forgot to mention is that we started a new subject today too. It's called Air Regulations (AR) and I guess the name is quite revealing, so I won't explain too much what it's about. Tonight I did some more studying and then Greg and myself watched Top Gun. I hadn't seen it for years I think - probably because I saw it every second day when I was a teenager and I got abit tired of it. It's a great movie and gets me all turned on and ready to get back in the air. I really hope I get jets when the time comes. Now I'll go through the red pages and then I'm off to bed. I have made a deal with myself that the Red Pages are my ticket to bed every evening which means that I won't permit myself to go to sleep before I've been through all of them just once. Like that I'll always be sharp in them and one day they might even save my life - but hopefully I'll never need them in real life. Good night! /GEA |
| Date | 07-10-2008 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 1445) I had my AOI exam this morning and it went well. I got the required 100% in the Red Pages and had a couple of mistakes in the actual handbook so I got 97.4% which is ok. Right now we just had a few lessons in Aerodynamics, the subject in which we have the final exam on Friday. It's going to be good to finish that subject. Our instructor always has some good stories from his old times flying the F101 Voodoo and the DC3 Dakota. Tomorrow we'll be starting a new subejct. It's Instrument Flight Procedures. It should be interesting but at the moment it seems a bit too early considering that we haven't started flying yet. That's it for now. /GEA |
| Date | 06-10-2008 |
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| Message | (Monday 1825) I was back at ground school today and it went ok. I wasn't completely sharp but it's better than staying at home and falling behind. This morning I visited the flight surgeon as planned and he said that he expects me to be fit for flight in about 4 weeks time. Afterwards I went to my Danish boss at the base and he mentioned that the surgery won't have any influence on what I end up flying, which is basically all I wanted to hear. It was good to be back in class. I got a couple of late birthday gifts, but as they say: Better late than never. I found my AOI instructor and he briefed me in the stuff that I had missed Thursday and Friday and we agreed that I'll be having my final exam tomorrow morning. It gives me a bit of mixed feelings as on one hand I want to get it overwith now that I still remember most of the stuff from the lessons. On the other hand I don't want to take the exam before I feel 100% up in my head. After contemplating the situation I decided to go for the exam anyway, so tomorrow I'll find out if I took a bad decision or not. You might think that it's just another exam, but as you know, every little bit counts on this course and that little difference could mean the difference between getting a jet or a multi-engine slot at the end of the day. Right now sunset is over Moose Jaw. There are low hanging clouds, lit up in bright red shades and look awesome. It's a nice contrast to the windy and cold conditions outside. Stay tuned... /GEA |
| Date | 05-10-2008 |
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| Message | (Sunday 1100) The weather is deteriorating by the looks of it. Today it's cloudy with rain and we have very windy conditions. I had really enjoyed the good weather with sunny skies every day and temperatures over 20 degrees but apparently the themperature will be dropping about 20 degrees in a the course of a few days and according to the Canadaians it will drop another 20 in another few days. I feel better. Last night I simply had to go through all the red pages just to see if I can still remember them and they were still there, somewhat fresh in my memory. I plan to study AOI today as I will be asking to have my exam tomorrow if it's possible. Everyone's expecting me to take a few days off but I feel that it would only make things worse for me. This Friday we'll be having our final exam in Aerodynamics too so I better get AOI out of the way as quickly as possible. That's it for now. /GEA |
| Date | 03-10-2008 |
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| Message | (Friday 1930) Just had a nice shower which I needed badly after the hospital. It's funny how the nurse woke me up after the surgery by saying "Happy birthday!" I thought she said crappy birthday as that would have described it better. She asked how I was doing and I mentioned that I had had better birthdays before... But this one, I won't forget for sure! A few hours later, Mike and Greg came by with a birthday cake with a big F16 on it and the text "Happy birthday GEA." It was nice of them even though I have not seen it's shadow since. The fat bastards probably ate the thing themselves. And now to the important stuff: It will take me 6-8 weeks to recover fully according to the doctor. Hopefully I won't miss so much of the flying programme which starts in about two weeks. The course director said that I should be able to catch up if I work double as hard as everyone else, which is positive. Unfortunately this week we have alot of important pre-flying courses which I simply cannot miss, like the cockpit egress trainer among others. I doubt if I can climb into the cockpit in this condition, let alone make an emergency exit. Tonight we have a Crud (Google it!) tournament at the mess and I was supposed to take part. I was looking forward to it but that's the way things go. Crud is an aggressive and competitive fighter-pilot game played on a snooker table. The stars here at the base are the instructors from Apache. They would have enjoyed beating us rookies tonight... /GEA |
| Date | 03-10-2008 |
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| Message | (Friday 1825) Back at the base. First of all thanks for all your messages and emails. I haven't read them all yet but I'll do that right after this. As you probably found out I was operated yesterday and it came just as much of a shock to me as it probably did to you. Wednesday evening I was having some aches and one of the Canadian guys convinced me (thanks, Greg!) to go and see a doctor as it got worse as time went by. They took some blood samples and asked me some questions and told me to come in for a CAT scanning next day. I went down for the scanning, feeling a bit better, and was sure that they would say that there's nothing wrong and I'm free to go home. The doctor just came and said that the results were very clear and I had to be operated. I dropped my jaw and asked: "What, like today??" "Yes, right now," she said. I couldn't believe it. Anyway, about two hours later I woke up after the whole thing and all went smooth. I was hoping they would send me home same evening so I could make today's AOI exam but they didn't. So this morning I wanted to go home in order not to miss too many classes, but no. Finally I was free to go and about 8 of the guys came to pick me up, including our course director. They had gifts and a card signed by the whole Bandit flight. It was a nice gesture. Thanks, guys! Now I'm ready to eat some high fibre food in order not to get constipated... I'm ok, so don't worry too much. The guys take good care of me. I have beer etc... /GEA |
| Date | 03-10-2008 |
| Message | Kæmpe tak COM for din besked. Varme hilsner fra Sara og Julius |
Private Message added 03-10-2008 |
| Date | 03-10-2008 |
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| Message | WTF GEA?! Good thing they caught it in time! Get up and about, and hit the books! Hope that you'll recover fast and that it won't have any influence on your attendance on the school. Kind regards SVA |
| Date | 02-10-2008 |
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| Message | I promised GEA to pass on a message here on his site. The poor guy is stuck in Moose Jaw in the hospital. Hi had a belly acke so he went to the hospital and got a scan. 1 hour later he woke up without his appendix, but they gave him enough morfine for him to smile when i visited him. So don´t worry mom, dad, Sara and all you other guys and girls out there. Hi is going to be just fine, but he might want some nice comments in his logbook  Best regards COM |
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