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| Date | 15-03-2007 |
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| Message | (Thursday 2055) Yesterday I had my yearly medical. I dread medicals to be honest, as I always fear that my eye-sight has deteriorated or my Cholesterol level has reached the upper layers of the athmosphere, but thankfully all was as it should be, so it went smooth. Today we had the day off so Sara, the little one, and myself went to the airport. Sara went for a walk while I enjoyed doing some aircraft spotting with the new lens that I bought for the camera. The weather was far from ideal but I the pictures turned out ok anyway. I'll take a look at them later and upload them if it doen't get too late. Tomorrow, as I wrote before, we have DAKA, where I am going to be the responsible head-judge for the pistol-shooting competition. Then on Saturday I'm off to the Netherlands for the weekend for some serious spotting, but it seems like winter is on it's way back... /GEA |
| Date | 13-03-2007 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 0855) The trip to the Netherlands got postponed due to illness in the family, so the plan is now for next weekend. Unfortunately it seems as if the weather will be relatively bad next weekend but that won't stop me from having a great time. This Friday we have DAKA at school, which is a sport event where all 3 officer academies (Navy, Army and Air Force) come together and compete in different sport disciplines. It's a fact that the army guys always win most of the events, so it's become a tradition that the Navy and Air Force get together with one goal in mind...to NOT let the army win. It's going to be fun. After the event we go on to dinner together and then to a party. The event rotates between those 3 every year, and this time it's our turn (the Air Force) to do all the planning and being in charge of all the practical stuff, so some of the guys at school have been really busy lately. Catch you later... /GEA |
| Date | 08-03-2007 |
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| Message | (Thursday 2205) Today we had our first Officer-lunch. We're not Officers yet but it's about time to start practising. We all thought that we were well-mannered chaps, but found out that there are more table manners than you can imagine. Anyway it was fun to learn about being a gentleman at the table and having good food at the same time. I'm almost done with the preparations for Saturday's trip to the Netherlands. I still have a few things to take care of. I'll only be there Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, so I have to plan well to get the best out of it, as the days are still rather short and the weather is still rather unstable. But anyway, it seeme like there will be some sunshine during the weekend and that the wind will be Westerly, so that makes it easier to plan, since I know what runways they'll be using. Good night now. Best regards GEA |
| Date | 07-03-2007 |
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| Message | (Wednesday 2300) I'm off to bed in a minute, but before I go I might aswell finish the day with a post in the diary. We got back to normal business today at school with the usual Military Science, English and swimming lessons among other things. Then when I got home I got a phone call from a Danish spotter webpage ( Spotters.dk ) asking me if I was interested in going to Amsterdam to take some pictures this weekend, so I said "yes thank you" of course. So this Saturday I'll be flying over there, doing some hard-core aircraft spotting and will fly back Sunday afternoon...everything is free, so that's just great! I only hope that the weather turns out nice. Anyway, it's bed time now so sleep tight. /GEA |
| Date | 06-03-2007 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 2215) Today was no normal day. We had an event called "Kadet for en dag" meaning "Officer cadet for a day," where young civilians (high-school students) who are interested in what it's like to become an Officer, came visiting us and got a taste of what it's like. The arrangement went really well. My friend Rune, who was the man in charge of the whole thing had planned well to every detail so all went smooth indeed! My task during the day was taking pictures, while my partner KER had the task of making an article about the whole thing, so we made sure to get it covered from every angle. Anyway, I made a forum online (in Danish), where I will upload the pictures from the event and those present and others interested in a carreer in the Air Force, can ask their qeustions online. Hopefully many will get some questions answered through the forum. The address is jetfighters.dk/forum if you want to take a look. I bought a lens for my new Canon 400D camera otherwise, a Sigma 170-500mm which will serve as a temporary lens until I've saved up for the Canon 100-400mm IS USM. The camera itself has a factor of 1.6, which means that with a 500mm lens, I'll actually be using 800mm! The weather seems like it's going to be good during the weekend, so I plan to go spotting at Copenhagen airport to try the equipment out. Good night /GEA |
| Date | 02-03-2007 |
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| Message | (Friday 2200) Weekend again. We finished this week with our second exam at the officer academy so far. Time seems to be accelerating away now. The exam went well, and I think that it was the case for most of us. It was probably the one subject that I was worst in, so I'm happy that it went ok and I look forward to find out what I scored. Otherwise, the weather is getting warmer, and after this weekend we probably won't have any more freezing temperatures for this winter. I've been having quite a few hacker attacks on the website these last few weeks but fotunately none of them have managed to actually hack the site, which means that my defensive techniques have been effective. I won't discuss any of them as that might result in the hackers changing tactics. That's it for now. Have a nice weekend. Best regards GEA |
| Date | 28-02-2007 |
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| Message | (Wednesday 2055) It's bed time soon as I'm wasted after today. We had the winter sports day and as it suggests, all actvities were indoors but that didn't make it any easier. It was really hard where we really pushed ourselves with very short brakes. And when there's a competition involved, people do an extra effort and in becomes more fun. My team did ok. We started off very well actually but got worse as the day went on. Oh well, it was good fun and we got alot of physical exercise out of it. Tomorrow's the last chance to prepare for Friday's exam. I'll do my best and hope it goes well. Anyway, as always I have made a plan for aircraft spotting for the coming season and this is what it looks like: March and April: Civilian spotting at Copenhagen airport May: TLP exercise at Karup and exercise at Aalborg. Also civilian spotting at Amsterdam. June: RDAF airshow, Aalborg July: RIAT, Fairford, England. August: Roskilde airshow. Also I'll be on a school visit in Finland so I hope to make some military and civilian spotting there. September: Probably Malta International Airshow. That's it for tonight. Best regards GEA |
| Date | 26-02-2007 |
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| Message | (Monday 1940) It was great to have that long weekend. This week we'll be having our second exam, also a written one but this time it's in human biology in relation to training. It's mostly about the processes that take part in the human body when you do physical activities and the anatomy of the body. It's probably going to be the hardest exam for me since I'm no too good at that stuff. In Denmark, everyone has biology in primary/secondary school, but I didn't have it as in Malta it's a self-chosen subject and since it didn't catch my interest, I chose other subjects instead. So I have a bit of a disadvantage in that way compared to my school-mates, since I lack all the basics in the subject. Anyway this morning I was in charge of teaching in the first lesson, where I had to teach about the do's and don'ts during birth, baptism, engagement and wedding according to Danish traditions and culture. As an officer, it is of utmost importance that you know how to behave in any occasion, no matter if it's an every-day happening or a special event. That's it for now. /GEA |
| Date | 22-02-2007 |
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| Message | (Thursday 2220) First exam over and it's early weekend due to meteorological conditions. It has been snowing like crazy for the past 24 hours. It's a really bad snow-storm, so bad that it has created chaos on the streets. Most of the public transport is working irregularly and some of it isn't working at all. Police advice not to leave your home in order not to get stuck somewhere in the snow. Anyway, the exam went well I think, so now we are done with Military Law which is great. I actually rather enjoyed the subject and found it interesting. That's it for now from snowy Denmark. /GEA |
| Date | 20-02-2007 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 1215) We started off with swimming yesterday and it was a hard start after the holidays. We also had an introduction to a new subject where we learn how to behave as officers. The do's and don'ts. The Military Law exam is approaching. It's no big deal, but it's our first exam at the academy. Now it's time for some personal development with our local priest. Otherwise we just had a visit by an EH101 Merlin from RDAF which landed on the football pitch here at the school. It's always great to get reminded what we're here for and what awaits us at the end of the line. Too bad F16's cannot land here. Catch you later. GEA |
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