Solo cross country qualifier blog
Hello all
I thought I'd share with you my flying expedition today for who ever may be interested !
After a month of cancelled bookings due to rubbish weather we've had recently not to mention the after math of the US hurricane ! Anyway finally today the weather was good enough I was beginning to lose hope!
So last nights forcast looked promising problem was im in work (Monday to Friday) so I can't miss this oportunity ! Phone in sic!
Pre flight planning all done feeling quite nervous actually managed to jump in the wrong aircraft !! Not a great start
So in the correct one now CFI says don't cock it up , like I want to? no sir I'll try my best
After finally tuning the radio for airfield information I'm ready to go
So I'm at 2,500ft planned altitude everything looking ok hmm where's halfpenny green airfield ? Oh dear not quite on track I'm thinking holy **** it's the 1st leg and not looking rosy finally I find the airfield and everything back on course. Got to Gloucester airport no problem and a smooth landing followed and straight to the loo to spend a penny and grab a coffee Jesus I need one ! The next leg is an easy one plenty of reference points and everything normal
Land at Leicester but miss the taxi way turn off ! Oops not good so o ask for permission to back track the runway thankfully there ok with it I feel a bit of a muppet not bur I was over concentrating in my defence ! Last leg back to home airfield talk to east midlands for zone transit gulp here goes but actually it went ok they give me clearance and swarm code I even manage to input correctly!! Land at home airfield and what a relief I've done it !!!!
Today has been truly amazing and now looking forward to skills test