We left London fairly early on a sunny September Indian Summer Morning. I did some training at Norwich with a terrific instructor called Jack Mills. The aeroplane I flew then was a PA28 Warrior ( GBSSC). Our routing would take us over Bourne, then NE of Cambridge, before crossing the Lakenheath MATZ. Those American controllers…
Read MoreIt was a great surprise to see Laurent Martin waiting for us at the flying club last Friday. He’s now finished his engineering course at Cranfield and to celebrate he came flying with me and Anthony. In the video, we are flying the C172 using the Union Aviation hand controller. During his year at the…
Read MoreBefore departing from Cranfield for Duxford, we heard that the Red Arrows would be flying overhead Cranfield at exactly 2pm local. The Senior Air Traffic Controller was on duty and he wanted to make sure that inbound traffic to Cranfield be on the ground by 1.30pm. We made it back by 1.20pm. The Red Arrows…
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