Lesson 36 PPL
21 Aug 2005My third land away, this time to Exeter, this was a pre-run through before doing it myself solo. I went up with my instructor so that he was there for any questions or to step in if I missed anything, but I was doing all of the flying.
The trip up was all ok, we got told to join left downwind for 26 just as another plane was cleared to do exactly the same thing, so we were pretty close to it. They were keeping an eye on us on radar though, so we got told to head south of Exeter and then fly round in circles for a bit to let other traffic which was a bit faster in.
Eventually we were told to join again and there was a FlyBe 737 on final as we were flying downwind, so I got to watch it land from the air before we lined up behind him (with enough of a gap to allow for the wake turbulence). The landing was pretty good and after paying the landing fee we went in to the flying school for a bit to say hello (Plymouth and Exeter’s flying schools were, at the time, the same company and instructors, planes, and students often switched between the schools).
Then we jumped in our plane and flew home again practicing some basic instrument flight on the way.