First words back on the ground after my first solo in I don't even know how long: please tell me that was recording. Spoiler, my shiny new recorder had other ideas. The cameras saved it. I was buzzing anyway. Rusty, Read More 3 Likes
I asked for a MATZ penetration and the internet had opinions. "You don't have to ask," they said. True. But I'd sooner have a quick word with the folk who own the fast jets and the guns than turn up Read More 2 Likes
For the record, the man in the right seat is NOT my instructor. He just sighs like one. Flew our 172 home from Kemble two-up, and it turns out everything's easier when someone else can hold the chart, mind the Read More 1 Likes
Perfect blue sky, gentle wind, flying mojo at full song. And I left KK on the ground. You might have noticed it is a 'Red heat' warning today in the UK, 35C, density altitude near 2,800ft. Sometimes the real lesson is Read More 1 Comments
Right, there's no grown-up way to put this. On the flight home from Kemble I spent a good while asking a nice military gentlemen for penetration. MATZ penetration. It's a genuine radio call, I promise, and Brize and Benson have Read More 4 Likes
We don't talk about Kemble. So naturally I've gone and written a whole review about it. ✈️ Taxi a little Cessna past rows of retired 747s and your sense of scale goes funny. A Red Arrows Gnat by the cafe, a Read More 7 Likes
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