Birds
Feathered ones.. .. .Last weekend I was doing my annual LPC with a very wise and experienced examiner.. .Towards the end of it, he had me poling fast round the airfield at 20 odd feet to practice. .driving with no feet. In the course of this, I lost my sense of direction somewhat. As a consequence,. .when he told me to turn into wind I had lost track of where the wind was, and said so.. .. .He then told me to look at the birds, who were sitting everywhere on low wire fences. .running across the field.. .. .In 20 years of aviating, I never knew that birds face into wind in case they need to take off. .in a hurry. Several other flyers who I have mentioned this to did not know it either.. .. .You learn something new every day.