Is That Supposed to be Flashing? TV celebrities like Jeremy Clarkson refer to light aircraft as Flying Washing machines. It gives the public the wrong impression and generally they don’t have the right impression anyway. You’ve been flying for too long to realise but your passengers, especially the new ones are full of questions and [...]
It was George Bernard Shaw (I think) who said, “America and Britain are the same in all respects, except of course their language”, or to put it another way “America and Britain two countries divided by a common language”, that one was probably Churchill. What you may ask am I talking about? I’m sure you [...]
These precise words came through my headphones from my instructor as we approached Odiham to practise a Precision Radar Approach in preparation for my IMC renewal test flight. This took me aback momentarily. Had he got on the blower to my work place and got me sacked? I blurted out the rather pathetic. “What?”. Was [...]
