Toppers:
Thanks for the encouraging note
The kids will enjoy it, I'm sure - but I am going to make sure my wife is comfortable with the exercise as well.
Whirlybird:
Re- taking plane-full of people, have managed 3 trips to date with 4 people in the plane - on the longest of these (Wycome -> Wolvermpton -> Wycombe) I was the only pilot, so pretty comfortable at this stage with the overall workload.
On that trip, I was surprised at how nervous I felt on the takeoff roll (had never previously felt like that!) but settled down pretty quickly once we were under way. I think it was an overwhelming sense of responsibility (not a bad thing)... this will no doubt be more so when I have my own flesh & blood along for the ride!
BTW, totally impressed with the number and quality of responses toi my question in single afternoon... PPRUNE RULES, OK!
Andy