Three cheers for Shoreham ATC...
For gently correcting this pilot on my first PPL cross-country when I was about to make a real mess of joining the circuit. Very much appreciated.
On the way there, the rubber center of the yoke and push to talk button fell off into my lap. On the way back, 'transmit' stopped working on my radio (eventually plugged my headphones into the copilot's radio sockets and it started working again) by which time I had taken such a detour to avoid ATZs and orbit trying to fix things that I was out of hours for the airfield. After landing, I unplugged the GPS and the cigarette lighter socket came out of the dashboard with the plug.
Ah, and I just got home and found the aircraft keys in my pocket...
Quite a Friday 13th.
Last edited by abgd; 14th Apr 2012 at 06:31.