DAY 11
In the Arrow again today and practising circuits....
I'd forgotten that you had a fair bit to do on take off with a floppy prop and retractable undercarriage - take off, gear up, reduce power, reduce propellor rpm, (still flying the plane of course...) and before you know it you're in downwind completing more checks....
First couple Id rather erase from memory - the Arrow truly does sink like a brick!
Slowly but surely they got better one after the other, but still not up to my usual high standards!
Once we landed I aplogised to Bob for flying like such a spud and he wasn't too mad thankfully. Apparantly everyone has 1hr of flying in the CPL course where they fly like they've never been in a plane before... I think that was mine!
Looks like we'll be grounded for the next couple of days due to the weather but will be back as soon as I'm back in the air!