If you were an indoorsy kid like me, the title of this post probably brings back bad memories of slogging through muddy fields in the winter rain. But today's cross-country was much more civilised: a cosy cockpit, a chart and compass, and clear views of the beautiful terrain of East Anglia. Enjoy it with me.
Visiting Duxford
You can't fly out of one aerodrome your whole career, so on this day we went for a trip to Duxford to practise circuits there, over the Imperial War Museum. It was a productive day but we had a run-in with some cowboys.
flaps
The PA-28 has a lot more switches than the Tiger Moth, but any fool can turn a switch on and off. There's one extra control that's taking me a bit longer to get used to.
New start, new type
If you've noticed my hiatus, it's because I had to take a break from flying. There was other stuff happening outside of flying, I wasn't getting enough flying time (because of weather and technical problems with the Group's aircraft) and my Tiger Moth skill wasn't progressing. So both my flying and this blog have been on hold for more than a year. But now it's time to get back into the saddle, and to avoid the problems with Tiger Moths, I've moved to a new aircraft type and a new school.
I experienced a formation flight - experience it with me
Earlier in the season, two members of Group who were going to practise formation flying very kindly asked me to come along and ride in the front seat. It was possibly the most exciting thing I've ever done. But I didn't just sit there open-mouthed for an hour: I took a video camera along, and filmed all the manoeuvres, so you can see what we did.
Landing is just the transition from flying to taxying
I'm still practising towards the perfect landing, and it's been a productive couple of months. Finally it's starting to click.
Crowded circuit flying over Cambridge
After my last hopeful post in March, it was another couple of months of bad weather, but a few weeks ago when the weather changed, it was good enough to make two flights in one day. It was a pretty challenging day, with a lot of other traffic in the circuit, and a few more reasons for it to be challenging.
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