solo success
hey guys, thanks for all the input, and congrats Wayne, i know how you feel
did some taxi work at clifton with trevor, then we went out to warwick to do the same thing on bitumen, that was a lot more difficult but it made it all come together for me
flight back to clifton was a hoot, two cloud layers, one at abt 4 and tother at abt 6k feet, flew between them both, what a thrill - got back to the field at 5k ft, told trevor i'd sighted the field, he said "Oh good - engine failure" and pulled the throttle on me
all i can say is, if ya ever have an engine stop onya, hope it's at 5 thousand feet - what a doddle, i just trimmed her nicely and flew around until i got to my downwind/base turn, from there on it was just another glide approach - Wow
after that we did a few circuits with some quite nice takeoffs/landings, so trev jumped and away i went - fair takeoff (like a rocket one up - wow), good circuit and a pretty good landing, flared a tiny bit early but just let her float a bit b4 going through with the pullback, just a tiny bounce and Yahoo, i did it !!!
after the obligatory celebrations (and a little calm down) trev said to jump in and take 460 for a little fly - took off and flew east for 5 mins, then nth, west, and south brought me back to the field - two touch and goes (all nice landings) and it was all over - impossible to describe the feeling of being up there alone, looking forward to doing more of that in a more relaxed style this weekend
as for my solo, what a day, one i will remember for the rest of my life
cheers
bp
ps hey John, more info on your 912 Drifter pls m8 - can you email me some pix?