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SOMP Flying at Andrewsfield now (about 7 miles shy of stansted). Originally started at Southend over a year ago and had 4 lessons there, but then had to delay to get on top of money and save for thailand trip. swapped to Andrewsfield when met a 737 training captain (top bloke) who thinks real flying is cessna's, not pushing buttons, so he's just as enthusiastic as me.
Enjoy the grass runway with its own unique challenges (such as the rumble strip drainage
) and best of all, the clubhouse has caffrey's. MMMM, caffreys 
Et tu?
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SOMP Flying at Andrewsfield now (about 7 miles shy of stansted). Originally started at Southend over a year ago and had 4 lessons there, but then had to delay to get on top of money and save for thailand trip. swapped to Andrewsfield when met a 737 training captain (top bloke) who thinks real flying is cessna's, not pushing buttons, so he's just as enthusiastic as me.
Enjoy the grass runway with its own unique challenges (such as the rumble strip drainage
) and best of all, the clubhouse has caffrey's. MMMM, caffreys Et tu?
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Flying c152's out of Redhill. Grass strip - bit cheeky on t/o but fun nonetheless.
Great clubhouse (no Caffreys though) and my instructor is 21 years old
All in all a good bunch. I just wish the weather would let up!
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Flying c152's out of Redhill. Grass strip - bit cheeky on t/o but fun nonetheless.
Great clubhouse (no Caffreys though) and my instructor is 21 years old
All in all a good bunch. I just wish the weather would let up!
SOMP
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C152S - good stuff 
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I recently was controlling in the tower, and was treated to a student talking to himself whilst doing his first solo, he must have got hold of your script 'cos it was almost verbatum.
Had he not had an open mike we would all would have been deprived of the pleasure of his 7 minutes of glory.
.I recently was controlling in the tower, and was treated to a student talking to himself whilst doing his first solo, he must have got hold of your script 'cos it was almost verbatum.
Had he not had an open mike we would all would have been deprived of the pleasure of his 7 minutes of glory.
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niknak Pleased I didn't do that, the air would have been blue at times :o
Don D Thanks for the heads up, at least can
now and get it over with, while still praying for a weather miracle. Will still go to field anyway as have air law exam tomorrow too. I've got that all sorted 
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Don D Thanks for the heads up, at least can
now and get it over with, while still praying for a weather miracle. Will still go to field anyway as have air law exam tomorrow too. I've got that all sorted 152small
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The BBC just gave a severe weather warning for the weekend with gust's up to 80 mph, so you can go flying if you want without the benefit of a titchy plane.
Phew ! Glad I have already had my flying fix this week and the weather should be better for my next fix on Monday.
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The BBC just gave a severe weather warning for the weekend with gust's up to 80 mph, so you can go flying if you want without the benefit of a titchy plane.
Phew ! Glad I have already had my flying fix this week and the weather should be better for my next fix on Monday.
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Well done on the solo - it's a terrific feeling isn't it!
As well as using the official Met site I use http://www.weather.co.uk . They give a forecast for about a week in advance and seem to be pretty accurate.
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According to BBC weather (anyone know of any better weather sites?)
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Afternoon all
Just got a strange look from housemates when I cracked the first beer at noon, but there are a couple of reasons for this (apart from I drink too much).
First, have no car for a week as it in garage getting repaired after some W$%^&r reversed into it
Second, have had a v succesful day in the old flying world. Actual weather was a fair bit calmer than weather predicted (though still fairly windy) with approx 18 knots down runway gusting up to about 28, so was still able to get up dual. In spite of how good I've felt all week from going solo despite usual bollox in workplace, didn't feel that not going solo again was second best option. I suppose I was glad of the chance to prove to instructor that last week was not totally a fluke.
Also, it is great to have someone on board to be a part of the experience, which I guess is why there are always so many folk sharing a ride whenever somebody goes flying.
Had a terrific lesson doing steep turns. With the "assisting" wind making things lively, it was like a rollercoaster at times, albeit one which I was in control of, which makes it the best rollercoaster ever. I was pre-warned that steep turns is often the thing that ppl trainees find the hardest (any views on that?), so prepared myself for being a bit frustrated (same as I did yesterday when Don D posted the 18 hour predicted forecast.
I am personally feeling quite lucky to be flying with someone who has a s%^t load of experience in many different types of "self propelled heavier than air flying machine" (more to follow). Not that I see anything wrong in the slightest with low hours instructors boosting their own experience by guiding others. I just think that (in my case at least) having someone who knows the airplane back to front, and as a result of this experience, is able to predict any mistakes I might make before I've even thought about making them myself helps. Its certainly good for the confidence when someone is exploiting your capabilites almost to the the limit but well within safety boundaries.
I performed a few spiral dive recoveries and everything went well, although my door did fly open during one tight turn. (The doors on a 152 make the walls of a Butlins chalet look like they belong in a luxury mansion ). No danger of me falling out as strapped in tight, and at 6 ft 2 have enough trouble getting out of the F%^&er on the ground as it is.
Because of the headwinds, we decided to fly straight in to runway, probably a good idea as winds meant groundspeed was pretty unimmpressive. Good landing before a bumpy circuit, but was pleased that I managed to make allowances for the tough winds on crosswind and base legs. Last full stop landing was a bit heavier than I would have liked, but suppose I have got to get used to this and not let it hang on me and dent confidence.
Got out in my usual clumsy manner (feel like I am trying to post myself through a letterbox at times), and a few comical moments as we furiously tried to tie down 152 while it tried to runaway in the wind- still not convined that the lever called parking brake is connected to anything!
Straight in to an air law exam, was out after about 25 mins. CAA must stand for Consistantly Ambiguous Answers. Actually finished after about 20 minutes, but spent the last 5 mins developing schizophenia and constantly crossing out and remarking questions. Came out with a pass of 85%, which I am happy with, though would have been 90 if didn't try to second guess the semantics of paper for last 5 mins.
No flying for 2 weeks as having no car means no flexibility, and back up to liverpool next weekend for seriously large and cheap drinks. My sympathies for anyone not able to fly because of weather, know how gutting it is.
Sorry if this is a bit long or all heard before, but once I start something, don't like to do a half-arsed job. Am now on my 4th beer since starting this post, oops
Keep it safe and fun
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p.s thanx for all the weather help!
Just got a strange look from housemates when I cracked the first beer at noon, but there are a couple of reasons for this (apart from I drink too much).
First, have no car for a week as it in garage getting repaired after some W$%^&r reversed into it
Second, have had a v succesful day in the old flying world. Actual weather was a fair bit calmer than weather predicted (though still fairly windy) with approx 18 knots down runway gusting up to about 28, so was still able to get up dual. In spite of how good I've felt all week from going solo despite usual bollox in workplace, didn't feel that not going solo again was second best option. I suppose I was glad of the chance to prove to instructor that last week was not totally a fluke.
Also, it is great to have someone on board to be a part of the experience, which I guess is why there are always so many folk sharing a ride whenever somebody goes flying.Had a terrific lesson doing steep turns. With the "assisting" wind making things lively, it was like a rollercoaster at times, albeit one which I was in control of, which makes it the best rollercoaster ever. I was pre-warned that steep turns is often the thing that ppl trainees find the hardest (any views on that?), so prepared myself for being a bit frustrated (same as I did yesterday when Don D posted the 18 hour predicted forecast.
I am personally feeling quite lucky to be flying with someone who has a s%^t load of experience in many different types of "self propelled heavier than air flying machine" (more to follow). Not that I see anything wrong in the slightest with low hours instructors boosting their own experience by guiding others. I just think that (in my case at least) having someone who knows the airplane back to front, and as a result of this experience, is able to predict any mistakes I might make before I've even thought about making them myself helps. Its certainly good for the confidence when someone is exploiting your capabilites almost to the the limit but well within safety boundaries.
I performed a few spiral dive recoveries and everything went well, although my door did fly open during one tight turn. (The doors on a 152 make the walls of a Butlins chalet look like they belong in a luxury mansion
). No danger of me falling out as strapped in tight, and at 6 ft 2 have enough trouble getting out of the F%^&er on the ground as it is.Because of the headwinds, we decided to fly straight in to runway, probably a good idea as winds meant groundspeed was pretty unimmpressive. Good landing before a bumpy circuit, but was pleased that I managed to make allowances for the tough winds on crosswind and base legs. Last full stop landing was a bit heavier than I would have liked, but suppose I have got to get used to this and not let it hang on me and dent confidence.
Got out in my usual clumsy manner (feel like I am trying to post myself through a letterbox at times), and a few comical moments as we furiously tried to tie down 152 while it tried to runaway in the wind- still not convined that the lever called parking brake is connected to anything!
Straight in to an air law exam, was out after about 25 mins. CAA must stand for Consistantly Ambiguous Answers
. Actually finished after about 20 minutes, but spent the last 5 mins developing schizophenia and constantly crossing out and remarking questions. Came out with a pass of 85%, which I am happy with, though would have been 90 if didn't try to second guess the semantics of paper for last 5 mins.No flying for 2 weeks as having no car means no flexibility, and back up to liverpool next weekend for seriously large and cheap drinks. My sympathies for anyone not able to fly because of weather, know how gutting it is.
Sorry if this is a bit long or all heard before, but once I start something, don't like to do a half-arsed job. Am now on my 4th beer since starting this post, oops
Keep it safe and fun
152small
p.s thanx for all the weather help!
