Learning to Fly: Lesson 22
My 22nd lesson turns into a photo blog of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham from the air at sunset
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My 22nd lesson turns into a photo blog of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham from the air at sunset
Continue ReadingI recently wrote about decarbonising General Aviation (GA) under the heading of “Futurology”, but it turns out that that future has already started to arrive, and our travel to a future of carbon-neutral GA is accelerating.
Continue ReadingMy first solo navigation exercise, 61 nautical miles through the afternoon September sun, with a nice surprise afterwards.
Continue ReadingWe’re closer to slashing carbon emissions from aviation than we might imagine.
Continue ReadingThe night before this lesson I checked the weather. It said the skies would be clear but the wind would be 13 knots (~15mph) gusting to 22 knots (~25.5mph) from a heading of 250 degrees (i.e. from the west-ish). When I arrived at the airfield the wind had picked up considerably and there was a […]
Continue ReadingAs usual, I had been glued to the weather reports for the days leading up to this lesson and, as usual, the weather forecasts were completely wrong. The Plan (A) Over the past 6 hours of flying I’ve stayed within the circuit at the airfield, going around and around and around. I estimate I’d around […]
Continue ReadingBuckle up because this is a big one. This trip to the flight school was full of events, learnings and concluded with my first attempt at one of the nine theory exams you must pass before you can be granted your pilot’s license. Read on to see how I did. And this time I remembered […]
Continue ReadingThis trip to the airfield was challenging, enlightening, embarrassing and involved an unexpected encounter with a YouTube star. I walked into the clubhouse and met with the Chief Flight Instructor at the school who, like Jiminny Cricket to Pinnochio, would be doing his best to turn me into a real pilot. We quickly briefed that […]
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