Everybody should be able to pilot an aircraft
So, Thursday just gone I completed 4 circuits practicing take off, landings and touch and gos as per usual in a lesson in the circuit. However, on one of the landings, my instructor took control and taxied off the runway, im looking at my watch thinking c'mon this lessons an hour long and we have been flying 35 mins or so!
To cut a long story short, he said to me "right im getting out and you're going to do 1 circuit... On your own... Solo!
Yes Thursday 28th August 2014 was the day i piloted an aircraft for the first time... With my right hand seat empty. It was the best day of my life... An amazing experience that I believe everyone should have. Obviously not literally but the feeling was awesome and i hate using that word.
To the fellow aviators out there... Now i know why they say "you've got the flying bug"...
Happy flying
Pilot CR