Originally Posted by
POBJOY
That does sound rather more 'interesting' than scratching around Halesland in a Prefect to get that third gull on the little enamel badge,
Never got to Halesland; my 3rd gull was obtained after my CFI said 'take '150 solo and don't come back for at least 15 minutes'.(I did 18 min, climbing a bit higher than I should have but I don't think the crew of the Britannia saw me)
This was at Bovingdon in 1965 which as far as I know was the first ever 'C' certification at that airfield; my schoolteacher was standing watching me too; he had just got engaged to the sister of one of my instructors and had been invited to have a looksee.
My longest flight was from Halton in a Prefect (24 min)