Nosher Goes Flying - 28th May 2008
It's just over one year to the day that Isobel got Nosher a voucher (for the 40th birthday) for an hour's trial flying lesson at Cambridge Airport, before we finally get together the oppositely-conspiring forces of time and weather and manage to pin down a day. The day itself turns out to be not the classic "blue sky" one would expect, but has low cloud at 1500 feet and swirly cross-winds at around 16 knots, and so it seems for a while that the weather might frustrate again. But no - we take off in the Cessna 172 and Nosher is given control at about 1200 feet, for an hour's flight over the fens to Huntingdon, a spin around Graffham Water, a few manoeuvers and back to base, all the while flying through some bumpy air and even some clouds (technically flying IFR for a few moments). It's been on the list forever, so it was totally excellent to finally get round to actually flying a plane...
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Isobel carries the headset bag to the waiting plane |
The instructor checks the fuel levels |
The cockpit of the Cessna |
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Nosher, with a pair of cans installed on the head, goes throught the pre-flight checklist |
The Cessna rolls up Cambridge Airport's runway |
Cambridge suburbs |
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Nosher at the helm |
Graffham Water |
Huntingdon Industrial estates |
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This might be St. Ives |
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We cross over Cambridge Airport before our final approach |
The instructor checks around |
Final approach as we cross the A14 |
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Our Cessna - G-HERC - on the ground |
Isobel and Nosher | |
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