Simulator
I have a partial skills test first thing Saturday morning and will not be able to fly until then.
So I've been up to Norwich airport this afternoon to use a simulator,not one of the £million things but a good bit of kit based around a Cessna 172 (or a twin of some sort) costing around £50k.
It was really excellent,I did lots of steep turns ,stalls etc and also some VOR exercises.
As a finale we did an instrument landing into Norwich and it was so real I was waiting for the landing sounds and couldn't understand why we were still flying.
"You've landed" said the instructor.
Cost was £75 /hr plus dreaded vat.
OK,it's not the same as flying but I reckon if the weather is rubbish in the winter at least one could keep the old hand in.
Any thought?
Lister