Second day of flying

The plan for today was to do some circuits and radio work. The problem was the wind which was in the high 20′s gusting to the high 30′s.

Oh, and it was a crosswind too! 1.3 hours logged of probably the most tiring circuits I’ve ever done.

I think the radio stuff is now coming together, I just need to get used to saying both less and more.

Less in the sense that you hardly say anything at all at a towered airport – no calling final, no advising you’re leaving the frequency and so on.

More in the sense that when you’re not at a towered airport, you make constant updates telling people of your position and intention. The language is very informal too.

We did five circuits at Jean (0L7) and three at Henderson before calling it a day. It doesn’t sound like a lot but it was!

The workload at Henderson was high – we used both runways, and did two right hand circuits and one left hand one. You have to be careful in the circuit there as well – if you extend too far, you end up in Class B airspace.

When we returned, we spotted a fantastic looking aircraft sat in a hangar so stopped off on the way back to the terminal building for a nosey:-

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