Woooooo! First solo navex in the bag
Gorgeous day up here in edinburgh, amazing viz and not a cloud in the sky (and silky smooth flying conditions)
Planned the route this time and got everything prepared before I went out to the a/c. Runway 30 was open so I got to take-off pretty quickly after power checks. First alarming thing I saw was that during the climb out the oil pressure was nearly in the red
Slightly worried to say the least. Problem is that LHS has a slantly view on the TandPs so not always proper reading. Once i leveled off to leave the zone it was in the green and it stayed there throughout the flight (I checked alot tho I can tell you
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Route took me out via polmont, once out of the zone I changed to scottish for a FIS, up to dunblane then on to crieff, route was then up to forfar, but perth airfield was near my track so I called em up to get traffic info, whilst concentrating on my RT I didn't notice a drift to the right of track. Was nearly 4nm off before i noticed
adjusted to get back using SCA and i think I just about got back on just as I arrived at forfar. At forfar i turn towards balado, right into the sun, vis not good but ah well. Called up dundee for a FIS since I was going to be flying thro there ILS. They had a cpl of people doing some instrument training so i had to jink out the way of that, but then go back on track. once over the tay i changed back to EDI app for a FIS and zone clearance. Based very close to portmoak (my old gliding sight) saw a cpl of gliders on the hills, but the sun glare was bad so was really looking hard to see if there were any flying near me. Then back into the zone. Rw 30 was open so I could land there, which thankfully isn't into the sun, however with abit of a crosswind the trees near it and make some nasty turb which I got abit of. Wasn't abad landing, tho could have done with taking off all of the drift since i landed very slightly sideways, not a problem tho.
Good flight, really enjoyed it. Felt like it was pretty much there, altho I'd like to practice correcting headings abit more. I'll have lots of practice during my qxc tho lol.
Happy flying!