Mark certainly stretched my comfort zone with this flight. It wasn’t part of the syllabus but I certainly took a lot away from this short and eventful flight. Human Performance and Limitations was fundamental and is a really important factor…

Flying is all about making decisions and judgement, unfortunately on this flight I made an error in judgment, with poor decision making that would have lead to a crash. I think if it had been a real emergency, I wouldn’t…

A bad flight is followed by a good flight. The difference between the 2 flights is marked and I was feeling so much better. This flight felt like I was back on top of my game, the emergencies felt normal,…

Flying and decision making go hand in hand. I was certainly finding the influence of frustration and how my decision making speed was influenced during this flight. This was that lesson that didn’t go as expected, it was a variable…

Learning different ways to land and take off was something I thought I had in the bag, but Terry used a good calm evening to expand my skills set. It was definitely a good evening and I really learnt more…

MOCK GST. This was certainly my first flight test in over 20 years and brought together the lessons I have previously received. This flight was used to identify the areas that would require improvement or retraining. The SSR (Standard stall…

Steep turns and spiral dives took a bit of getting used to but is definitely a lesson I needed to cover. I initially struggled to get the balance right and actually found the steep turns easy, probably because the power…

When you need to relax while flying, sometimes doing something silly makes the world a better place. Mark realised I was just working too hard and used a funny technique to make me relax and this helped a lot. The…

UNUSUAL ATTITUDES and Not being sick -Fly a flexwing can create some interesting situations that require an understanding to recover from them, This lesson was certainly one that I actually enjoyed, however, I’m sure my instructor was trying to make…

Getting back into the circuit involved something I have never done before, precautionary landings and approaching at different heights. This was certainly a new experience for me and set me up for the circuits at Darley Moor. Every flight I…