This thread has been quiet for a while, so I'll throw in an update.
I took a month off work between jobs in the hope of getting in a reasonable amount of flying....as can be expected the weather gods decided to break a ten year drought and the weather has been terrible. Still I've managed to squeeze in a few hours between storms which have been going reasonably well.
Spent a couple of hours over the last two days getting a basic introduction to instrument flight which is the last mandatory requirement before I can attempt the GFPT flight test which will allow me to carry passengers within the training area.
Conditions were a little interesting this morning - the TAF sorta speaks for itself really.
CAMDEN YSCN05:02 UTC, 05/07/2007TAF YSCN 050502Z 05061827025G40KT CAVOKFM12 25015G25KT CAVOKRMK FM06 MOD/SEV TURB BLW 5000FT TILL 12FM12 MOD TURB BLW 5000FTT 12 09 07 07 Q 998 1000 1002 100405:43 UTC, 05/07/2007SPECI YSCN 050431Z AUTO 28025G41KT 9999NDV // ////// 14/01 Q0997 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Due to the conditions we opted to leave the Citabria in the shed and take a Warrior up instead and spent a bit over an hour under the hood being bounced around all over the place.
I'm finding the instrument flight tricky - it is really an exercise in spinning plates, too much time spent looking at any one thing results in lots of crockery getting away from you. It was trickier today than normal as the DI was U/S, the compass was out of sight when wearing the hood and the AH didn't seem happy either.
If the weather calms down a bit then I'm hoping to get another flight in tomorrow, then back to work again next week.