Absolutely naff that. Nicely done though, may have been nervewracking, but you did it well as you typed that comment :) Who was your first passenger?

One of the guys from the office actually!

I'm fortunate that I work on site at East Mids Airport so when I was driving in yesterday and saw how nice the weather looked I phoned up the club and booked a plane for a lunchtime bimble. Was good that one of the guys from the office wanted to come with and split costs! :)

In a way it's a bit disappointing it wasn't my parents or wife first (I've had a plane booked the past few weekends for that but been thwarted due weather) but in a way it was good taking someone else up as I could get the stress of the 'first passenger' out of the way so when I do take family I'll be a whole lot more relaxed :D

Edit: the takeoff wasn't as nice as it could have been and didn't get to do the proposed trip to Ladybower due to a cloudbase a hell of a lot lower than predicted but the landing was a bloody greaser ;)

Oooh excellent. I suppose it's good with it not being a relation as it takes the stress out of their first flight with you, as you say. Great that he was willing to split costs. I have a few colleagues who are battling it out for the first flight, all willing to pay, which is nice. What went wrong with the take off, or was it just a case of it not being quite perfect? Shame about the cloudbase, my first flight with the Mrs, I quite fancy taking her to see her great auntie, who she hasn't seen for a long time. She lives about 30 minutes by plane, but 3 hours by car, and there's an airfield 5 mins from her house :)

Nicely done with the landing