I was picked up from Tree Tops early in the morning by one of the MAF staff members who lives in Cairns, and taken to the MAF base at Mareeba to start my 4-day assessment.
The MAF base at Mareeba is divided into two separate areas: the flight training school, and the engineering group (who also handle line standardisation training for MAF pilots going to the field). Students coming through the flight training school won't necessarily become MAF pilots, but they are still taught various skills that MAF pilots will need.
Today consisted of tours of both facilities and meeting the various people who work there (and asking them lots of questions), sitting in on a couple of briefings and tagging along for a flight. Tomorrow the assessment starts in earnest by me having to give a couple of presentations/briefings.
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The flight line at MAF Mareeba - the aircraft currently here (not all pictured)
include C172, C182, C206, GA8 Airvan and C208B Grand Caravan |
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| Student and instructor preparing for a flight |
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| Mareeba from the air |
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| Me with CPL student Tali and her instructor Hans |
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