Friday 28 September 2007

Flying

Today i went flying in a Grob Tutor. The number of the plane was G-BYWP. the other plane that our squadron used today was numbered G-BYWV. My instructor was called mike and he talked a lot and pointed out loads of senery. My logged time was 45 minutes but i was not in the air that long. when i was escorted to the plane by the ground crew i had to climb up onto the wing only stepping on a thin grey strip. The ground crew put some cushions on the seat. Once in the plane he pushed the canapy so that it was almost shut. The pilot reved the engine up to full and back to idle then he taxied to the furthest runway and parked up with the parking brake on. Then he showed me the main instruments and set up the GPS. Then because we were the first ones out in that plane we waited for the oil temperature to rise to the right temperature. Then he checked the other gauges and tested the flaps. After that he put flaps on for take off and taxied onto the runway. He then took off into strong winds. He flew us to the left when ATC told us to use runway 06 on landing. he then turned us round and told me to gently hold the stick and he went through controlling the aircraft. Then he said you have control. So i flew to York Then he took over and flew around York then back to Church Fenton.