Air Sports
Hi Andy,
One exercise you might like to try is one we had at a fly-in last year, devised by Andy H at Maypole. It involves a pre-defined route including VRP’s, VOR’s etc. As preparation, you need to fly the route and take pictures of some good visual features, motorway junctions, distinctive habitation, river crossings etc. We had around 12 pictures to identify.
Each participant is given a sheet with the route displayed and the pictures in random order. If you make the route ‘local’, participants can go round it either way. The aim is to place the pictures in the correct order that they are encountered en-route. For added interest, each participant states an average speed for the route. The winner is the crew who get all the pictures in the right order and complete the route at their stated speed.
We had a range of aircraft participating, from microlights to Piper Arrows. The other advantage is that non-flying friends and partners can take part as observers, so spreading the fun of the event. No one at the event managed to get all the pictures in the right order.
Another favourite for fly-ins is spot landing competitions. I seem to recall that flour bombing requires permission from the CAA, as officially you are not allowed to drop things from aeroplanes.
Have fun what ever you do.
Safe Flying,
Richard W.