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| Date | 14-01-2006 |
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| Message | (Saturday 1050) You never get tired of weekends. As you've noticed, I haven't written anything since Tuesday. That's because not much has happened since then. I will stop the diary here and then archive it in months so that it's more accesible. Then I'll make an update list instead of a diray, where I'll be writing about website updates and interesting happenings that have to do with flying. I'll do that during the weekend or some time this coming week. Just for the record, the diary has had 38100 hits during the time that I've been writing. I hope that you got a clear and realistic view of life in flying school. Take care and thanks for your interest. If you're a person between 18 and 26 and dream of flying, then this is the time to do it. Once you turn 26, it's too late- so go for your dream, give it all you've got and hope for the best. Where there's a will, there's a way. Best regards GEA  |
| Date | 10-01-2006 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 1635) The Merlin arrived right on time. It did a couple of fly-bys escorted by a S61 and 2 Fennec helicopters. It was nice to be present at the event. I have uploaded a couple of pictures in the gallery if you want to take a look at our new machine. /GEA |
| Date | 09-01-2006 |
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| Message | (Monday 1630) Just had a good game of indoor football with the guys. We had a rather uneventful day today. First we delivered our flight gear which includes flying suits, jackets, gloves, boots etc. Then we waited for the clouds to clear up. There weren't many clouds, however with these temperatures we know that there's icing in them, so we don't take any chances, even with only few clouds. The parade went ok last Friday. It was a bit longer than we had expected but it was a new experience for most of us. Alot of speeches were held, also by the Air Force General among others. Quite a few things will be happening tomorrow. 726 Squadron officially move from Aalborg to Skrydstrup. So after take-off they'll perform a formation flight over the base before they leave, then they'll tour Denmark before finally landing at their new home in Skrydstrup. Over here in Karup, we have the Air Force's first EH101 Merlin helicopter arriving. It's planned for 3pm local time, so everyone's anxious to see it arriving after all the delay. The Air Force has ordered 14 of them, 12 of which will be delivered this year, and the last 2 next year at a rate of about 1 per month. I hope that they won't be needing too many young pilots on them... That's it for today. /GEA |
| Date | 06-01-2006 |
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| Message | (Friday 1005) Just been to the base doctor and dentist for the yearly medical check for pilots. All went ok, so that's good. Today we're wearing our nice blue uniforms as we have to take part in a parade. The flying school will be closed down as an indivdual unit and reopened as part of the new Karup Wing, which is part of the Air Force reforms. On Monday, those of us who have passed their final check, will have to deliver their flight gear back to the school. So yesterday was the last day in our beloved flying suits. It will be a long time indeed before we slip into them again, but that's just the way it goes. Have a nice weekend. I certainly will! /GEA |
| Date | 05-01-2006 |
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| Message | (Thursday 0955) We visited 726 Sqn yesterday and got briefed by a pilot, who also showed us some videos that they've made in the squadron. Unfortunately 726 will be disbanded in a couple of days, where the aircraft will be transferred to Skrydstrup AB. When it happens, all of the F16's will then be stationed at Skrydstrup, shared in 2 squadrons of 24 operational aircraft in each squadron. It's a shame that we won't have any F16 in Aalborg anymore. The pilots seemed to really enjoy life 'up North.' That's it for now. /GEA |
| Date | 04-01-2006 |
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| Message | (Wednesday 1055) I just delivered all of my books back to the school. It's strange in a way that flying school is over. It feels like I've been here all my life, yet as if we just started last week at the same time. We'll be here at the flying school until everyone has flown his final check. Tonight we'll be visiting 726 Sqn (F16) at Aalborg air base which is about 1½ hours drive from here. It's going to be great to see some jets. After flying school, all sergeants (including myself) will be posted back to FFOS (Sergeant school) to have half a year of group-leader training, where we'll be teaching new recruits in how to become soldiers. The two Lieutenants on the team will be posted to Skrydstrup AB on job training where they'll be on an F16 squadron and experience life as fighter pilot first hand. They'll help the pilots in practival duties and get a back-seat ride once every while...lucky bastards! That's it for today. Flying is cancelled due to freezing fog and very bad visibility. /GEA |
| Date | 30-12-2005 |
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| Message | (Friday 1810) Back home from Malta. The weather isn't as we had left it last week. We returned to a white landscape covered in snow which is quite a contrast to the 15-20 degrees that we had on the last day on our holiday. Anyway, it's great to be back home again even though it's cold. The 3 final checks just before Christmas have all been passed which is great news, so now there are only 3 more checks to be flown (if my matemathics are correct) and then the whole of EK0205 will be done with the course at flying school. That's probably it for this year, so I'll write again next year (in a couple of days...) /GEA |
| Date | 20-12-2005 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 2130) Finally it's Christmas holidays for me. It's great to get some holidays after all the hard work at school. Unfortunately another guy failed his final check today, so that always gets your mood a bit down. Tomorrow 3 more final checks will be flown if the weather permits. Hopefully they'll all make it through the needle's eye. My fingers will be crossed. /GEA |
| Date | 19-12-2005 |
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| Message | (Monday 2005) Flying got cancelled. The weather actually got better in the afternoon, but by then it was too late to start flying. As you know, the days are very short at this time of the year. This afternoon we played a good game of football (indoors of course). It was great fun and it had been a while since the last time when we kicked some ball together. Afterwards we went out shopping for dinner and we cooked together. All that's left on the programme is watching a DVD together and perhaps eating some pop-corn during our 'entertainment.' /GEA |
| Date | 19-12-2005 |
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| Message | (Monday 1020) It's snowing outside and it's rather hopeless flying since we have moderate to severe icing in the clouds. I was in charge of the weather briefing this morning and I didn't have many positive things to say about the weather. So we're on hold until further notice. The front is supposed to have passed by noon so instructors are still hoping to get a flying day out of it. So now it's a question of waiting and seeing how the weather develops. I won't be flying of course so I have a bunch of practical things to take care of. /GEA |
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