Fixed+Rotary (aircraft, not washing lines)
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Peak District, Yorkshire, UK
Age: 56
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Looking back, the PFL over an airfield was in someways more daunting. I was expecting a field to aim for and generally getting 'close enough' that the landing could have been completed.
Instead there is the pressure to actually get on the ground and instead of aiming for a 250m+ wide field I'm looking at a 60m wide runway (yes, I know it is still very wide, but from 3000ft it looks like a pretty thin and straight strip to aim for compared to the surrounding fields!).
Great fun though, and doing this all the way to touch down was a great confidence booster for future flying.
I'm going to the post office today to dispatch the various paper slips to the CAA. That will be another £149 for the application fee - nobody ever said this flying was cheap!