"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return" - Leonardo da Vinci




Thursday, 27 January 2011

First Blog, First Flight......

My first flight was on the 25th May 2010 and was with Sky Leisure Flying school with Ian McInnes from Brighton City airport (Shoreham). I had a 2 hour taster session to see what type of aircraft I feel was right for me to gain my PPL. The 2 aircrafts were a Piper 38 Tomahawk and a Cessna 152 ii. After 10 miutes of being in the Cessna I was sold compared to the Piper, reason?? Its a fantastic aircraft with alot of history and YOU fly the aircraft, the aircraft doesnt fly you. Of course its harder to fly but why would u like to fly if its easy?? its all about using your brain at the right time plus not forgetting the view you get as this aircraft is a high wing. Below is one of the aircraft we use at Sky Leiure and one of my favourites G-BNSI.
I have now over 14 hours logged and 3 exams passed. This is a start of something amazing and something I wish not to do as a hobby but as a career.

2 comments:

  1. Great first post Kevin. Look forward to your next installments. As I mentioned I found it very helpful when it came to my skills test to be able to refer to flights I did.

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  2. I also found my blog to be a great help both during my PPL training and since gaining the license. Best of luck, and look forward to reading further updates.

    Andy

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