Apr 27
No flying this week as the lesson I had booked was cancelled due to bad weather, but I did get one thing out the way – my CAA medical. I don’t actually need to have one of these until I fly solo (which won’t be for another 2 or 3 months at least), but I …
Apr 20
I’d originally booked two lessons this week on Wednesday and Thursday – unfortunately due to poor weather neither of them happened. Fortunately there was a space for this morning, such that with a bit of rearrangement of my day I could fit it in, and fortunately the weather was good enough… I’d already had the …
Apr 11
Today was my ground lesson – the idea of this was to cover all the procedures on the ground (pre-flight checks etc), and learn how to taxy around the airfield. I arrived a bit early, and while waiting for my instructor to finish the previous lesson saw another Hercules being tugged around, and a pair …
Apr 06
Yesterday I had a trial flying lesson with Cambridge Aero Club at Cambridge Airport. I’d decided to do this before signing up for the course in case I discovered I was petrified once in the air etc (while I had been up in a light aircraft before, I was about 14 or 15 at the …
Apr 06
Well, what to write on my first blog post I wonder, I suppose an introduction to what this blog will be about is probably a good start… The primary reason I’m starting this is I’ve recently decided to learn how to fly and get a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL), and having read a few blogs …
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