I just had to post the link to this blog written by a fellow aviator...actually, aviatrix. They had their first experience of tailwheel last weekend and I was honoured to be the instructor they chose to carry out their new challenge. Well written and deserves to be read as it paints such a good picture of that initial onslaught of the senses.
Intro to Tailwheel
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012
Spring has Sprung
There are days when one is very lucky to enjoy the privilege of flight.
The day you take off, admire the lush English countryside below, transfer your gaze to the horizon and realise it is as crisp as a dew soaked leaf of baby lettuce. Not a cloud to be seen in the sky, you climb a little higher to tickle the soft blue underbelly of heaven.
Levelling off, you relax and drift along, free as a bird floating on the wind.
Then the reason you are up here nudges you and enquires as to 'what next?'
The heavens twirl, the greens and blues intermingle, the sea sparkles like a rough cut diamond. The windscreen is full of sky, cornflower blue sky, until the land appears again filling your senses, every detail picked out through wide open eyes...
...then the whoop of glee fills your headsets, the blood rushes through your veins and you go again, twisting, turning, this way, that way, every sense heightened, every second more pleasurable than the last and that smile returns again. Spring has sprung, let's hope it is here to stay.
The day you take off, admire the lush English countryside below, transfer your gaze to the horizon and realise it is as crisp as a dew soaked leaf of baby lettuce. Not a cloud to be seen in the sky, you climb a little higher to tickle the soft blue underbelly of heaven.
Levelling off, you relax and drift along, free as a bird floating on the wind.
Then the reason you are up here nudges you and enquires as to 'what next?'
The heavens twirl, the greens and blues intermingle, the sea sparkles like a rough cut diamond. The windscreen is full of sky, cornflower blue sky, until the land appears again filling your senses, every detail picked out through wide open eyes...
...then the whoop of glee fills your headsets, the blood rushes through your veins and you go again, twisting, turning, this way, that way, every sense heightened, every second more pleasurable than the last and that smile returns again. Spring has sprung, let's hope it is here to stay.
Back Blogging
With the advent and greater adoption of Facebook and Twitter it is easy to forget that one also has a blog...and in my case a website...to try and keep up to date too. I have resolved to try and keep this blog more active this year and beyond if possible.
The last year has certainly been a busy one. Job hunting continually, some amazing flying (I shall have to find the time to blog about some of those adventures), a holiday in Malta, a wedding, a honeymoon in an exotic place, gaining a Flying Instructor rating as well as a wife, the list goes on and on.
I have also managed to find myself editing, publishing and distributing an aviation newsletter; see Here for more on that.
The commercial job market seems pretty flat for more mature guys like myself, but I keep on trying; have sent over 1500 CVs now, so one day my perseverance will pay off I am sure.
In the meantime I am doing some instruction for Phoenix Flying as well as some instruction and other aerial work with www.aeroalliance.uk.com . I have had some amazing flying experiences including increasing my hours on twin engined aircraft such as the Beechcraft Baron 58, the Seneca and the PA31 Chieftain.
So, resolution to blog more often made, now let's see if I can keep to it!
Until later...
The last year has certainly been a busy one. Job hunting continually, some amazing flying (I shall have to find the time to blog about some of those adventures), a holiday in Malta, a wedding, a honeymoon in an exotic place, gaining a Flying Instructor rating as well as a wife, the list goes on and on.
I have also managed to find myself editing, publishing and distributing an aviation newsletter; see Here for more on that.
The commercial job market seems pretty flat for more mature guys like myself, but I keep on trying; have sent over 1500 CVs now, so one day my perseverance will pay off I am sure.
In the meantime I am doing some instruction for Phoenix Flying as well as some instruction and other aerial work with www.aeroalliance.uk.com . I have had some amazing flying experiences including increasing my hours on twin engined aircraft such as the Beechcraft Baron 58, the Seneca and the PA31 Chieftain.
So, resolution to blog more often made, now let's see if I can keep to it!
Until later...
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