March 2010 - Bankstown
This page is dedicated to giving updates on the progress of students in Course 161, which started in Bankstown in mid March 2010. This page will track key achievements such as first solos, flight tests, theory and fly-aways. Also, key dates for the class are included at the bottom of the page.
Latest Update! - August 2010
Congratulations to Hiren for passing his GFPT Flight Test, and for flying the most number of hours this month with 23 hours.
Also congratulations to Mark, Gareth and Jack for passing their PPL Flight Tests. They will now commence their commercial training sequences in the Tobagos.
Update - July 2010
Congratulations to Mark and Julien for completing their first navigation solo flight this month.
Also congratulations to Andrew for passing his GFPT Flight Test this month.
Update - June 2010
Congratulations to Mark and Julien for passing their GFPT Flight Test this month. Also congratulations to Jayakumar for completing his first navigation solo flight this month.
Mohammad flew the most this month, with 25 hours of which 5 was solo.
Update - May 2010
Congratlations to Gareth for passing his GFPT Flight Test and completing his first navigation solo flight this month. Gareth also flew the most this month, with 25 hours of which 5 was solo.
Update - April 2010
Congratulations to all those students that have gone First Solo; Ben (16.1 hours), Sameer (25.6 hours), Mark (16.0 hours), Julien (19.5 hours), Jayakumar (22.8 hours), and Andrew (21.8 hours).
We had a 100% pass rate for the BAK exam rate this month. Congratulations to everybody.
Update - March 2010
Welcome to all the new students who started on the 8th March 2010. Your course co-ordinator is Peter Fterniatis, and he should be your first reference point for any queiries.
Gareth is the first in the class to go First Solo in March, achieving this after 14.1 hours of flying.
Ten students passed the Pre-Solo exam, with Gareth, Ryan and Zane all scoring 100%.
Mohammed flew the most this month, with 17 hours in the first 3 weeks of the course.
See the key dates section to make sure you are aware of upcoming exams.
Key Target Dates
| Date | Event |
| 08/03/2010 | Orientation Day |
| 26/03/2010 | Pre-First Solo Exam |
| 02/04/2010 | First Solo target date |
| 09/04/2010 | Pre-Area Solo Exam |
| 16/04/2010 | First Area Solo target date |
| 30/04/2010 | Basic Aeronautical Knowledge (BAK) exam |
| 11/06/2010 | GFPT Pre-Licence |
| 25/06/2010 | Nav 3 Solo |
| 02/07/2010 | PPL Theory Exam |
| 30/07/2010 | 1st Basair CPL Exam |
| 30/07/2010 | 1st CASA CPL Exam |
| 06/08/2010 | PPL Pre-Licence |
| 20/08/2010 | 2nd Basair CPL Exam |
| 20/08/2010 | 2nd CASA CPL Exam |
| 10/09/2010 | 3rd Basair CPL Exam |
| 10/09/2010 | 3rd CASA CPL Exam |
| 01/10/2010 | 4th Basair CPL Exam |
| 01/10/2010 | 4th CASA Exam required |
| 01/10/2010 | 40 Hours of Command |
| 22/10/2010 | 5th Basair CPL Exam |
| 22/10/2010 | 5th CASA CPL Exam |
| 12/11/2010 | 6th Basair CPL Exam |
| 12/11/2010 | 6th CASA CPL Exam |
| 03/12/2010 | 7th Basair CPL Exam |
| 03/12/2010 | 7th CASA CPL Exam |
| 03/12/2010 | 60 Hours of Command required |
| 24/12/2010 | CPL Pre-Licence |






