PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - The scariest part of flying
View Single Post
Old 5th February 2011 | 10:02
  #76 (permalink)  
Redbird72
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 128
Likes: 0
From: South East England
I agree with the added fear factor of mixing with microlights; my biggest scare to date was arriving at a small airfield's circuit on my first post qual flight to find that 20-odd french microlights had also chosen it as their destination

I allowed myself to put too much of my attention into looking out (they all seemed to be aiming for the runway at various heights and from half a dozen different directions) and let my speed get horribly low. Had to leave the circuit for 10 mins to regain my composure, and by the time I returned, most of them were on the ground and sanity was restored.
Redbird72 is offline  
Reply