Congrats Aerbabe!!

Go and collect airfields, the £100 cuppa is well worthwhile!!

Sharing a flight with another PPL is a great way to learn.

Do regular DR flights, for fun.

IMC excellent idea, if it only sharpens up your flying.

IMHO you are never better than when you have just completed your PPL, until you complete your IMC or IR training!

E me if u ever drop in to White Waltham -it's only about 30-40 mins from Coventry.

Interesting post-PPL reading for me was Nigel Everetts <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1874783268/026-1509256-7013255" target="_blank">Beyond the PPL</a> which gives some useful advice for the low hour PPL.

Well there`s a little cross country for you.
Out of Coventry...route over Wellesbourne...turn right at Worcester...land at Half Penny...sorry Wolverhampton..quick Heli ride with Whirly and then back to Coventry. <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

bcfc,
Was the book an Xmas pressie? I seem to remember recommending it to you in December. Good, innit?

Aerbabe, suggest you read everything you can lay your hands on, AAIB, CHIRP, GASIL websites and at least one pilot/flyer type mag. a month. And PPRune, of course.

Duxford is a good venue to fly too. Perhaps we should have a PPrune PPL fly-in there.

WHC, yes is was a pressie...to myself. Missus is sick of flying books what with 3 magazines a month! Tks for the recommendation.

Aerbabe, you can do a complete circle around Birmingham if you come up to Halfpenny Green, which is great fun, and makes a good XC. I did that the time I dropped in to see you - except I went to Gloucester first. I had a fun time explaining to Coventry ATC that I wanted to go back to HG the "wrong" way, but I'm sure you're more used to them than I was.

Get across to Caernarfon and do a tour of the big mountains of Wales, maybe get down a wee bit lower at a weekend (preferably).

Or

Get up to Dundee/Glenrothes/Perth, even the west side of the fine land and see some truly epic scenery. If scenery is what floats your boat.

No hassle with airspace either, mostly f or g up there. Might be a bit of a treck in a 152 or similar though without tanker support!

Hi AerBabe!

Everything everyone's said is good advice. Next time you get down to west London to visit me, we'll hopefully get some better weather than last time and I'll take you flying in the Cub - and I guarantee that the tail-wheel checkout will be the next thing you'll want to do after that!

Flying with other pilots is always really cool. You can share duties, so that one of you flies and the other navigates and handles the r/t - then swap over for the return. Also means that one of you can do the after-landing checklists while the other one begins to taxy back, as long as both of you are familiar with the type. A bit like flying airliners! But don't get into the habit of only flying with other pilots, or you'll lose the confidence in your ability to fly by yourself.

And, to give your flying a purpose, I like to arrange to meet someone at an airfield. Could be another pilot from another field - arrange to meet at a field half way between the two of you - or you could visit non-flying friends at their local airfield, and take them for a ride! (Have an idea of where you're going to take them beforehand though - flying without a proper plan of where you're going isn't too hard if you know the area, but once you get out of your local area it takes a lot of work.)


Now, on that last point, I was thinking it might be nice to have a PPRuNe Private Flying fly-in this spring - what do you guys think? I'm sure there's enough of us that any non-pilots on the forum, e.g. those of us still working towards the PPL, could get a ride with the pilots, so there should be no excuse for driving, unless the weather is too bad to fly!

I'm quite happy to arrange something in south-east England if there's enough interest, but I can't start arranging it for 2 weeks, because I'm out of the country at the moment and don't have any UK charts or airfield guides with me... But if more than a couple of people are interested, I'll start a new thread going.

Whatever you do, though - have fun!!!

FFF
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I'm in <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

Count me in for the fly-in if it is in the South of England, FFF, although it will be a drive-in for me unless someone can divert to Goodwood to pick me up. No PPL, yet...

I'm now thinking (dreaming) about an IMC post-PPL. I've just had my first lesson of instrument flying for Ex. 19(a) - enjoyed it a lot, and found that it pointed out more than a few bad habits with my flying. Just got to do the PPL first <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">

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I'd love a flyin but please make it between 20th Feb and 20th Mar cos I'll be home then. After that the Auster will be laid up getting it's * annual through April.

Whirly, that would be great! Since you're not coming to CovBash 2002 I'll have to come and catch up with you soon. I've landed at Tatenhill before, so the nav shouldn't create too many problems! When the weather cheers up a bit I'll arrange something with you <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Bervie, flying over the Welsh mountains is on my 'must do this summer' list! I only wish I could afford to go out to the Canadian Rockies and do some mountain flying there... <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

FlyingForFun woooohoooo!!!! Only two weeks until we get you back, which means only three weeks until we get to drink vodka together again <img src="tongue.gif" border="0"> Mind you, after you've been dragged out flying with me, you might wish you were back in the USA <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

I think a fly in is a great idea. I was going to organise one last summer, but ran out of money for the PPL. I was thinking of Sywell. It's pretty central for a lot of people, has a great bar, and a hotel on the airfield. Not much of an adventure for me though, so other suggestions greatfully received!!! :) :) :)

I'm well up for a fly-in - like Evo, though, it'll be a drive-in or ride-in unless it's at Redhill (unlikely after the Worts GA Field thread!) or I cadge a lift.

Hersh

OK, now I know this is a long time away but....

I'm going to Duxford on Friday 12th July, weather permitting. Why that day? Its the day before the Flying Legends airshow, so most of the exhibits will be there, but none of the crowds. I did it last year & it was a really good day out.

Now if we are thinking of making a weekend of it, then Duxford is out, but if we are just aiming to meet for a coffee, then it might be worth considering.

Plus if there are any Duxy Ppruners, I might be able to fulfil lifetime dream No 2 & sit in a Spit.

Up for it FFF -date? time? location? Start the new thread!!

Duxford on the 12th? Sounds a great idea!! But does clash with the Goodwood Festival of Speed....decisions.....decisions........

DOC

Count me in for Duxford. Possibly room for one (smallish) cost sharer in an R22 from Halfpenny...er.. Wolverhampton. Go on, spoil youself. <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

FFF, excellent idea - new thread needed!. .Evo7, I'm Gwd based, so you may not have to drive after all....

Slip

Ok - new thread coming up!

Duxford sounds like a good idea, but I think a Saturday or Sunday would suit more people, so I'll probably try to arrange something in addition to Friday 12th July.

The new thread is at <a href="http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=53&t=001146&p=" target="_blank">http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=53&t=001146&p=</a>

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Slipslider

Sounds good - I'm happy to pay my way.

(Having checked your profile, I think we share an employer and at least one flying club - two if you're a member at Goodwood. Are you going to the AGM on Friday?)

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Evo7, affirm, well spotted! :) . .I'll e-mail you off forum, from business id.. .Slip