What a day have I had!!!
2.0 hours first solo nav in the Warrior... YWOL-YSCN-YMIG-YGLB-YWOL... full stop at Goulburn. Was a bit bumpy near Mittagong and just before Goulburn (SIGMET for severe turb current... but I didn't get much more than mild chop).
Landing at GLB was something else... horrible, horrible, horrible
. Landed on the grass strip, a bit sideways due to crosswind (not entirely happy with xwinds in the warrior as yet...
and overcorrected with rudder so I was sliding all over the shop... got it down but should have gone around and tried again...
The last little bit to Wolly was really nice, had a 14 or 15 knot tailwind component, it screamed home... landing at Wolly much nicer, one of the first in the Warrior that I have actually been happy with! All up a great learning experience, great fun as well.
One more dual nav to come, then another solo one then PPL flight test... almost there now!
Oh, and Mazzy:
I am getting seriously pi55ed off with the weather. It just so happens that every flight I have wach week is cancelled and it is a pain in the a55
You get used to it eventually!!
I've just come off the back of a three-month run of bad wx... it's now broken and in fact this one tofday was the first nav I have EVER done the first time it's been scheduled!!
Adam