I will add it on the list of things I should try.
My friend (the pilot) has been trying to convince me to try a Trial Introductory Flight. I'm telling myself I am more than happy to be passenger at this stage......
Thanks Dazza
Hi recflyer. Thank you
BP - I'm hoping to have enough willpower LOL
Ummmmm......in terms of my experiences.......I've been up twice so far (as the passenger). The second flight was longer and more fun, but the first flight was definitely the more memorable one. Very hard to describe the feelings I had in words, other than it was amazing! There was just so much to take in - looking and trying to make sense of the flight plans/maps, listening to AWIS/the pilot making all the radio calls, observing all the take-off/landing checks etc. My head was spinning trying to keep up with everything. I was just ecstatic having gone on a flight at all that day.
Second flight was a lot of fun but oh so exhausting. I don't know how you pilots do it - continuous scanning of the skies, position checks, changing frequencies, radio calls, looking at the maps, maintaining altitude and speed etc..... My friend (the pilot) tried to get me involved by asking me to write down the times on the map/flight plan as we were travelling. Let's just say I failed miserably (there were things written in the wrong spots/crossed out.....)
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