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School closes down
Effective 5. September 2008 North American Institute of Aviation has temporarily suspended training operations, with no date set for restarting. The school is looking for a buyer, but it seems unlikely that it will resume operations in the near future. I have not completed my training, and therefore I’m in abit of an unfortunate situation. [...]
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Today is really the day which supersedes every other day in importance. It started off quite normally with dragging myself out of bed quite early in the morning, heavily deprived of sleep due to a combination of intense work the day before preparing for the checkride and a general sense of excitement about what the [...]
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- "En dag kommer Microsoft-PCer til å sitte på museum, og folk vil peke på dem og le" -sitat Daniel #
- Updated the NAIA article on Wikipedia from a single-sentence stub to a proper entry, complete with an infobox, three paragraphs, external links and references. It can be found here. #
- "[It] reminds me of the Facebook groups I've seen for procrastinators... "don't worry, you can join tomorrow" .." -Daniel #
- From a pilot's operating handbook detailing the dangers of a non-recommended procedure: "..a stall may occur which may cause uncontrolled contact with the ground..." #
- "Maintain high airspeed, lest the Earth should rise up from below and smite Thee!" -Barry Schiff #
- First commercial theory stage test is passed #
- Was in Columbia yesterday and finally got my FAA Private Pilot License. Shouldn't be long then before I start my solo cross-country flights. Today is the national day of Australia. Happy Australia Day! #
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ozwegian [ɔz-wē'jən] adj. of or pertaining to Arthur Haakonsen; noun - Arthur Haakonsen; an Australian-Norwegian student pilot currently residing in Conway, South Carolina.
Arthur grew up in Oslo, Norway with Norwegian and Australian parents. He spent a sabbatical in Sydney, graduated from high school with an International Baccalaureate and served in the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Currently attending the North American Institute of Aviation, he is undergoing the Professional Pilot Program.
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