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May

flying with friends : Luca – Cranfield to Connington (EGTC-EGSF)

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It was last may that i took my friend Luca flying out of Lasham during the early part of my private pilots licence training. That time Paul was giving me lessons on stalling and steep turns – we also went cloud bashing as it was put to me. The day was boiling hot and visibility was great. Luca was sick in my rucksack 3000 feet up which meant that we had to finish the lesson early. I did manage to get a few circuits in at RAF Odiham though. Continue reading ‘flying with friends : Luca – Cranfield to Connington (EGTC-EGSF)’

04

May

Flying with friends : rusty birthday flight to get cake

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Last year we took Rusty gliding from Lasham – the weather then was sublime. This year, Edward and I, had planned to take Rusty home to Norfolk to have lunch with his parent for the day to celebrate his birthday. Well, seeing there was a party on Friday night, we did not see him until mid afternoon on sat. The weather was also not as brilliant as last year..so, with weather and a later departure, i planned a route to Wellesbourne Mountford instead and get Rusty some birthday cake. This we did and once back in london we ended the day with some fish and chips or as i like to say cod and potatoes, wizardora see ya lata… watch the short slideshow with backing music from The Doctors of Love, which is one of Rusty’s bands….
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03

May

Flying from Cranfield to Wellsbourne (EGTC-EGBW)

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Weather is starting to get better so the best way to spend a day for me is to do some flying and keep building my hours. My initial ideas was to fly to Sibson. Local weather around the airfield was not brilliant and i still want to explore destinations with longish runways before i start to visit fields with short grass strips. So instead I plotted a route to Wellsbourne Mountford (EGBW), close to Birmingham CTR. Continue reading ‘Flying from Cranfield to Wellsbourne (EGTC-EGBW)’

28

Apr

Under Heathrow control zone : flying from White Waltham

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Early this morning it was looking like a fine spring day was going to be had…however by the time i check the weather online i was not sure if i would get to fly from a new airfield – White Waltham. This airfield is one of the oldest in the UK and i have met many pilots who trained here. I had arranged to meet Bruno who is one of West London Aero Club’s instructors. We met last year at Cranfield and become good friends. White Waltham is just on the edge of the London Control zone. Continue reading ‘Under Heathrow control zone : flying from White Waltham’

26

Apr

EGTC – Check ride in G-AXIO

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It has been more then 28 days since i flew Terry’s PA28. The Cessna 172 is still in the maintenance hanger awaiting some parts. Thus, i had to have a check ride with Terry to make sure that my flying skills are up to scratch – I was given the all clear. Continue reading ‘EGTC – Check ride in G-AXIO’

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Apr

Smiling Wings : Scottish Aero Club, Perth; 19th April 2009

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(Edinburgh – UK: April 17th, 2008) Aviation Without Borders and the Scottish Aero Club will be hosting an ‘Introduction to Aviation’ day on 19th April 2008 beginning at 10:30 at Perth Aerodrome. The day is named, for obvious reasons, Smiling Wings day and, with the support of EADS, will be Aviation Without Borders’ first in Scotland.

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28

Mar

Gautam Budha Airport

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I picked my friend up from Heathrow this morning. He returned after spending a few months in Nepal. During his travels, he met a photographer. My friend Paul explained to the photographer that I was a pilot and to his surprise he had taken this photograph of Gautam Budha Airport (my own name is Gautam)….a nice message from the photographer too which reads “Dear Gautam, maybe one day you will fly to the birthplace of your namesake”

cheeky me has edited the image to make me the Budha….zoom in to the face for a close up. I have to one day visit this airport..

04

Mar

Skyline

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My friend Owen Williams now lives in Thailand. This latest creation from his mind has an aeroplanes among other transport vehicles.

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25

Feb

Local VFR flight: Cranfield to Oxford: C172/G-ECGC

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When i woke this morning, I hadn’t expected that i would be doing some flying. Days that are this full of surprise are magical. Through my home window in West London, i could see the sun beaming through the high clouds. With my morning coffee , I called Cranfield having checked the TAFS and METARS on the web to book G-ECGC.

Continue reading ‘Local VFR flight: Cranfield to Oxford: C172/G-ECGC’

28

Jan

Flying with friends : kelly

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The last few times i flew G- ECGE have not been so great. i have been trying to master how a different set of hand controls are used on a type of aeroplane that i did not learn on. When i say not great, i had to get used to taxiing, and knowing how the steering works on the Cessna 172, with the differential breaking. Fine tuning the landing was also took a few hrs to get right. Continue reading ‘Flying with friends : kelly’

27

Jan

Flying with Rusty: pictures

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A week or so a ago, I took my first passenger flying from Cranfield. Here are some pictures which Rusty took from our plane trip…We flew from Cranfield to Connington to have lunch.

20

Jan

low flying

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This short 30 sec clip from you tube made us laugh…

17

Jan

Plane trip: cross country; EGTC – EGSF – EGTC

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Cranfield (EGTC) to Peterborough Connington (EGSF)

Wind: 280 / 20 – TAS: 100knots

To introduce my friend Rusty to the world of general aviation, i planned a short route to Peterborough Connington. A sweet little airfield. Continue reading ‘Plane trip: cross country; EGTC – EGSF – EGTC’

17

Jan

My first passenger as a PPL pilot.

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Yesterday, Wednesday 16th, the weather was sublime for January. The sky was clear, the wind was gentle and both myself, the aeroplane and one of my greatest friends were all free to do some flying.

Continue reading ‘My first passenger as a PPL pilot.’

09

Jan

Barry Cardno : Let talent Fly : flying with union hand controls: NZ

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Last year we interviewed Barry Cardno from Wanaka in New Zealand. He is a terrific person who is in the later stages of publishing his book about his experiences of having a plane crash and life before and afterwards. He sent us this brilliant video of hi flying in NZ. You can just make out him using the bolt on hand controls during take off and landing..

He told me “You might be able to tell its warm here by how my 160hp Cessna 172 never lept into the air off any of the airstrips (all at 1000+ ft ASL, and 28-30′C). There was three of us on board, but the trick is always fly to the conditions.”