Category: Debriefs

This was the first day of my second week of flying. My first exercise was to carry out a solo nav exercise in prep for me potentially heading out on my qualifying cross country this week. Things could have gone a bit better. I would be flying from the Spinnaker Tower to Guildford to Petworth … Continue reading Debrief – Tuesday 18th July

The weather on day three took a bit of a turn for the worse: the wind picked up and the clouds came in low. This meant it was a good day to get in some practice force landings and low-level navigation. The low-level navigation was interesting. I lost all of my normal bearings and quickly … Continue reading Debrief – Thursday 22nd June

Day one of my week of flying is over and it was an eventful one! I got 2.2 hours of flying time in and covered a lot of stuff. The first flight of the day involved my first solo adventure out of the circuit as I wished; a flight around the Isle of Wight. I … Continue reading Debrief – Tuesday 20th June

There isn’t too much to report about this flight other than I spent some more time around the circuit. I hadn’t flown for two weeks so it was a good way to refamiliarise myself with how to fly. During the flight I practised a combination of: normal approaches; flapless approaches; glide approaches; short field approaches. … Continue reading Debrief – Saturday 10th June

A good chunk of my last eight hours in the air have been spent flying around the circuit and I have finally gained enough solo time that my instructor has the confidence to send me up on my own; from start to end. Agenda for today Practice short field landings Practice glide approaches Land on … Continue reading Debrief – Saturday 15th May

On the morning of the 6th I woke up with nothing planned for the day other than reading and watching a film. My phone starts ringing and it is my instructor – interesting! “Jordan” he says “Do you want to go flying?”. “Of course!” I say. Two hours later I am walking across the apron … Continue reading Debrief – Saturday 6th May

Every week I attend an evening course to help me get through the studying required for my PPL ground exams. Debriefing each session should help me with reinforcement of what I have been taught. We are currently studying navigation in preparation for my that exam. In previous sessions we have been working with the whizzy … Continue reading Debrief – Ground School – Tuesday 2nd May

Another Saturday and another morning in the air! The weather was slightly overcast with some gaps and a light breeze blew from the north. The agenda for today Get better at checklists Crabbing on the Downwind Watch my speed on the Base & Final legs The airfield was nice and quiet at 08:30 in the … Continue reading Debrief – Saturday 29th April

This was only a short session and I would have about an hour in the air. It was a nice day; clouds about at 4,000ft and a light wind blowing across the runway. The agenda for today Circuits Cross-wind landings Solo circuits As I turned up at the airfield my Dad was just heading off … Continue reading Debrief – Saturday 22nd April