Took the R/T exam today - 100% in the written. However, the practical was something else - I know the classromm temperature was about 90 degrees, but boy did I sweat!!!
I found it very difficult to stay ahead of the game, the whole exercise seeming artificial, and somewhat contrived, but I passed with no probs it seems.
I flew for the first time in 4 weeks today, a nav exercise over North Derbyshire. It went "OK", though the 3000' winds were definitely not what was forecast, so found myself 5 degrees out at one of the halfway points. A quick 10 degrees starboard sorted that, and the rest went fine, though the viz was pretty poor.
Next week I shall hopefully pass my Nav and then the Perf/Planning and A/C Technical shortly after, and that's all of them out of the way. I've worked really hard on the revision (at my age I have to!), and my wife has been an absolute brick, pushing me ever harder, and bombarding me with questions at all hours from the Confuser!! I think she knows the subjects better than I do by now!
With regards to meeting sometime, it doesn't have to be at a flying club, any reasonable pub in the right place will do. We are very spread out, so the idea might not fly (sorry!). I'm in the East Midlands, Mazzy is in Liverpool area, and others seem to be based in Yorkshire etc. I have relations in Manchester, so would be happy for it to be around that part of the world. These things are not easy to organise, but it would be great if even half a dozen of us got together. Hopefully we can pull something out of the bag.
Cheers all and safe flying (Warriors forever!!).
PS I've another nav tomorrow, South of EMA - hope the viz is better than today......
Tried to add a smilie to my last posting but the brain just won\'t work! Someone please tell me how to do it!!
Oh damn! Just seen my second to last posting covered in smilies!! The problem is I don\'t know how on earth I did it! Please help!!
Yours in embarrassment,
Mike