Ok, apologies for not uploading this sooner … it’s been a hectic few days! (mainly celebrating to be honest September 14th Well, finally got to do the Qualifying Cross Country today. Initially had to do some familiarisation with Elstree’s patterns as it turns I’ve only ever landed there once, and that was under instruction. The [...]
Today was supposed to be the 2nd attempt at doing my qualifying cross country run, with a brief solo nav before hand just to warm up. I arrive at Cranfield to find the plane has been double booked, and instead of taking off at 1pm I don’t finally get the go ahead until 3:30pm … [...]
Today we flew into Duxford for the day, and I took my first official / real passenger in the back seat! After Duxford we came back “the long way round” via Southend Airport before returning to Elstree All in all a very pleasant day! There are a few pics from Duxford on my blog’s gallery [...]
Went past the flying school this afternoon and popped in to say hi / see about sorting the exams. Turns out a student hadn’t turned up, and the plane was free for the next 90 minutes or so … when they said “did I fancy some flying” they didn’t have to ask twice! So we [...]