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Flying – lesson 14, 12 hours 5 mins
Should really keep this more up to date, time for a brief recap on where I am with the whole flying thing! Things are easier.. much easier, takeoffs and landings, circuits are very tight, I've passed avation law (first exam of seven) and I'm starting on practical navigation exercises. I've kept the same instructor (John Smith) for the past...
A good landing is one you can walk away from..
Fourth lesson today, third at Wellesbourne Mountford. Four flights, four instructors so far - I'm fairly sure I don't have any personal hygiene issues so I'm blaming luck on this one! Due to some problems with aircraft today (breaking down, students landing them propellor-first, that sort of thing), my instructor had to nip off to Leicester and...
Flying high
Well, the time finally came to the trial flight in the Cessna 152 Deb had been planning for a couple of months. After a fairly fraught start of panicking over getting there in time, we arrived at the airfield in Netherthorpe (near Sheffield, probably nearer Worksop but I haven't checked on a map) with plenty of time to spare. The instructor...