Alex Brett
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May 25
Weather again
Despite the weather starting to get very nice this week, sadly in Cambridge on Wednesday and Thursday (the days I had lessons booked) it decided that it would only do so in the afternoon, and leave things overcast at 200 feet or so in the mornings, thus no flying this week 🙁 I have however …
May 16
Straight and Level (2)
The weather forecast had been looking promising, and I woke up to a good METAR and TAF, so I didn’t bother calling to check the weather and just went down to the airport. While waiting for my instructor (Susan this time) to get back from her previous lesson, I had a chance to have a …
May 11
Straight and Level (1)
I checked the METAR when I got up this morning, and for the first time ever I saw CAVOK which was nice to see – the wind looked like it could be an issue, but it would depend on what it was doing by the time the lesson started. I go to the aero club, …
May 10
Effects of Controls (2)
Today both the weather and my health (I developed a cold over the weekend which meant I cancelled the lesson I had booked for yesterday as I wouldn’t have been fit for it) came together and I finally got another lesson. When I got to the airport I wasn’t sure if the lesson was going …
May 04
Weather
Just a quick update to say that unfortunately all 3 flying lessons I’ve had booked this week have been cancelled due to bad weather, which after last weeks was also cancelled is starting to get really frustrating 🙁 – I suppose it could be worse though, at least I am learning during the week when …
Apr 27
Medical
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
Effects of Controls (1)
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
Ground Lesson
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
Trial Lesson
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
Introduction
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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