Why did the CFI have to fly with you dual if you had completed the requirements for a PPL and passed the GST?
He set me a quite amusing task.
Leave Old Buck,find a site of military historic significance in the Waveney Valley,I said it must be Flixton Aviation museum, he said "OK, if you want it to be,then count all the aircraft on the ground!"
Next I was to find Reedham ferry,see which way it was travelling and count the people on board(he was tongue in cheek for the last bit),then find Acle and see if bridge was open or closed.
Right I said,"I'll be 10 mins putting a few lines on the chart."
"No you won't, you are going to eyeball all this,and I'm coming with you to check you do it all"
We had a great time,and I did it all,weather was bad and we were skirting cloud etc ,he couldn't have let me fly VFR anyway.
It was very good experience,and I reckon my CFI knows what he is doing as last year he logged 50 years of professional flying.
From Lightnings to Cherokees!
Lister
