grth_bbtt 0 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Today saw me having a trial lesson with Sussex Flying Club at Shoreham airfield. As flying is a tad to expensive for me at the moment ill stick to having flights every now and then till I can fund the full PPL course without worry. When I say fund I really mean when im in my 20s/30s and have a job Anyhooo back to the flight. G-BYTY was the craft in use for me today and after some attacks from the resident seagulls, I managed to grab a few snaps in the picnic area Yankee tango parked up The lads refeulling Seems the seagull gets everywhere An RAF islander hops off Taxi to runway. They were brave enough to let me taxi it out to the runway and back to parking. Heres us doing full power test. Control check Sorry for the poor video quality and filming. I was on my digi cam and was on traffic look out DD2Dwrl1Szo&feature A shot shortly after taking off Lancing college After being handed control and told to climb to 2,500ft and fly a constant heading, the instructor wanted a go with the camera :blush: Over Worthing Making sure were nice and level. Remember no HSI in VFR That white tent area down there is Butlins. We done a few 360 turns over here. Some golf course We were then entered in what seemed like Heathrow traffic pattern. We wernt able to get a word in edge ways on the radio due to so much traffic. We were told to hold west of the field and they would call us back in 10 minutes. This meant more flying for me and somewhat extended my session time from 45 minutes to 60 We finnaly got told to join the circuit around 8 or so minutes from out R/T On our way back now. Brighton in the distance On the overhead On base On final Once again im sorry for the video quality 6ODabc_FWkc&feature The brave lad even let me taxi back to parking Thanks for looking! Shoreham is a great airfield and certainly one I wouldnt mind doing a spot of filming at! Link to post Share on other sites
wisemanp 0 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Looks like you had a great day Gareth! Nice pics and videos, it certainly looked busy! Link to post Share on other sites
TapA321 0 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Great shots/videos Gareth. Looks like a nice airfield. I like the top-down views of the airfield too. Oh and love the seagul shot! Cheers, George Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 You lucky bugger! I love Shoreham, I worked there for a short while and have flown in (not as pilot) a couple of times in a Navajo. Nice weather today but a bit gusty down in Bournemouth where I was. Thanks for sharing Gareth, I really enjoyed this post :smile: Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Great post Gareth! I've flown into Shoreham many times on FS9 using the FS Flying Club scenery, and the fs scenery looks almost as good as the real thing! Link to post Share on other sites
aniceguy 0 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Absolutely stunning. Congratulations mate. A well deserved present no doubt. Looks like you had the best time of your life there :smile: Well done as well Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Very nice Link to post Share on other sites
icudan 5 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Great set of pictures and videos Gareth, something i hope i can do one day. Link to post Share on other sites
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