Can't be bothered with validations and so on so just rock up and take an instructor. If he wants to fly, that's fine with me. I've done enough of that and just want the thrill of sight seeing for a change.
USA. Grand Canyon. Viet Nam vet instructor. What a fun time! Landed somewhere for lunch, whizz bang up and down the canyon, broke a few rules and had an absolute laugh.
New Zealand. South Island. Queenstown to Milford Sound. Landed there for lunch. Wonderful winter scenic flight over the mountains.
It's cheap too (ish), just the price of a dual session. Wife sits up front on the return journeys by which time instructor is nice and comfortable and usually lets her have a waggle too.
Edit to add: I've often rented and flown in Southern Africa of course but I used to fly there for a living and so I've never really considered that as leisure flying but rather as just another preparatory practice bombing run.
Last edited by cavortingcheetah; 9th Mar 2015 at 10:16.