- Learning to Fly: Lesson 22My 22nd lesson turns into a photo blog of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham from the air at sunset
- Decarbonising General Aviation (Oct ’23 Update)I 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.
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 21My first solo navigation exercise, 61 nautical miles through the afternoon September sun, with a nice surprise afterwards.
- Futurology: The Path to Zero-Carbon AviationWe’re closer to slashing carbon emissions from aviation than we might imagine.
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 20The night before this lesson I checked the weather. It said the skies would be clear… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 20
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 19As usual, I had been glued to the weather reports for the days leading up to… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 19
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 18Buckle up because this is a big one. This trip to the flight school was full… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 18
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 17This trip to the airfield was challenging, enlightening, embarrassing and involved an unexpected encounter with a… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 17
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 16Clouds covered the sky and grey cotton wool balls hung lower than the overcast here and… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 16
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 15So, in case you didn’t see it, this isn’t actually lesson 15, lesson 15 happened a… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 15
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 14 1/2I’ve spoken a bunch of times about the weather looking grim on my drive north to… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 14 1/2
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 14An overcast day but that shouldn’t be a problem. Winds quite light but variable. Will I finally get to solo today?
- Learning to Fly: Lesson Lucky 13?Checking the weather in the days before this lesson I was 50/50 whether I would be… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson Lucky 13?
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 12This was the lesson I’ve been waiting for ever since I decided to learn to fly:… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 12
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 11After my ego (and nerves!) had taken a comprehensive battering at the previous lesson my mindset… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 11
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 10I’ve mentioned before that pride comes before a fall. Today proved this once again: this was… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 10
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 9Well! It’s been 7 months since my last lesson due to Long COVID keeping my medical… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 9
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 8Stalling 2. This was one of my most fun lessons yet. Building on the basic clean-… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 8
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 7“We’re doing stalls today,” said my instructor. This was the lesson I’d dreaded the most. Being… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 7
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 5Another day driving into dark clouds expecting to do ground school took a turn for the… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 5
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 4I did not expect to fly today. When I woke up it was raining and the… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 4
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 3I arrived still buoyed by the joy of unexpectedly landing at the end of my second… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 3
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 2We briefed today’s lesson then headed out to the Cessna, past an attention-grabbing 1950-vintage RAF Chipmunk,… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 2
- Learning to Fly: Lesson 1Dec 31st 2021 23:59 – As the minute hand of Big Ben hoisted itself to point… Read more: Learning to Fly: Lesson 1