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Looking skyward (or not Flying enough…)

Posted on March 29, 2018July 21, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

There is a joke that you can tell who the pilot at a gathering is because he’ll either tell you or he’ll look up at every single passing aircraft. I’m in the latter category. I don’t tell random people I’m learning to fly because the follow up questions usually relate to how much it costs…

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#NotFlying

Posted on January 11, 2018June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

“Hi, my name is Mike and I’m addicted to flying. It’s been 20 days since I last flew….” Good grief. 20 days. I’m not sure I can remember what those big flat things sticking out of the side of the aeroplane are anymore. The Flight school has been closed from 22 dec to 2 Jan…

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Why do I fly?

Posted on November 5, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

I’ve been sitting on this one for a while now. I wanted to write it in response to Fly Like you Mean Its post “Why do We Fly”, but I’ve been really busy doing talks for congresses and sorting out the various things needed to keep the house up and running… If there’s one thing…

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Into the circuit

Posted on August 13, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

Lesson 7 Date:- 11 August 2017 Aircraft: – ZS-CCT Route: – FALA –– FALA METAR: –METARMETAR FALA 111300Z VRB06KT CAVOK 23/M00 Q1027 NOSIG Hours:- 1.6 Total Hours:- 11.3 Having got my stall/spin sign out last week it was time to get my circuit on. I was really looking forward to the new challenge and spent…

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