Some good points here chaps!
Just a little note about flying near mountains. It was on my skill test that I discovered how dangerous it can be. With the examiner, approaching an area south of the Lake District - found that we needed near enough full power and lots of back pressure just to keep the thing level - scary at the time but didn't last very long!
I was lucky with my first passenger, in that he was very calm. I have taken up some 'hard as nails' people who just turn to putty in the air - quite funny actually
Cheers
Lee
