To Buy or Not to Buy, that is the Question

Kreisha Ballantyne is one of the most recognisable aviation writers in Australia. With experience writing for several aviation titles, Kreisha has a broad base of experience, an ability to tap into important general aviation issues and a talent for expressing in simple terms what everyone is thinking. An active pilot, she lives and loves aviation.

Recently, while researching an article on debriefing, I came across a series of small notebooks that I kept while learning to fly. Ranging from 2008-12, the notebooks were my personal post-flight notes as I progressed from complete and utter student to flying solo across Australia.

While some of the notes were painful to read–“WTF is stalling?” “windsock tip points at the into-wind rwy” “ask instructor what OCTA means” “remember, landing is just a graceful stall onto the rwy!!” and, my personal