A day getting high

02/06/2008 by Mr Shoe Wingtips.

This article is by Kelly Armstrong who flew with Gautam Lewis, on January 27, 2008 EGTC - EGTC, 3 circuits and local Visual Flight Rules flight (VFR)

It is a crisp sunny Sunday afternoon that will see me taken up into the skies by newly qualified and keen-as-mustard pilot, Gautham Lewis. I will be his second charge since those wings were earned and look forward to experiencing first hand the fruition of many months of hard graft.

We approach Cranfield Airport – an airstrip in Northampton that has long swapped its spitfires and bombers for less deadly machines – and make our way through a series of former military barracks, set in neat little rows, buildings that now house students studying aerospace engineering.

Cranfield has rather a cosy feel to it, a sharp contrast to the overbearing and fortified nature of international airports. Once past the security gate, Read the rest of this entry »

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