I passed my QCC 1st attempt, Bristol - Exeter - Bournemouth - Bristol.
My 1st attempt at the GST I aborted, the weather was ok but visability was down to about 8k, all was ok until I was at Cirencester, I turned left to fly over Gloucester & the sun was terrible what with the shortened vis, I aborted it myself, an expensive abort that was too
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2nd try, I had a route from Bristol - Fordingbridge - Bridport - Bristol, weather wasnt great, vis was good, cloudbase was 2,500ft, turbulance was terrible, my route took me fairly close to Boscome Down MATZ, well I was struggling to allign the DI with the compass as I couldnt keep the damn plane steady and inadvertantly flew into the MATZ by ½ a mile, I couldnt climb to smoother air due to the cloub base.
I did the GH part and passed that ok.
I then retook the Nav part and had the same route, I passed perfectly, diversion all went well as did the 180deg instrument turn (he had me enter cloud for this part), tracked BRECON VOR for 5 minutes, then back in to land, perfecto
good luck chaps & chappettes
Dean