PPL Lesson #17: Even more circuits

More circuits. The airifeld was super busy and and it was the first time I’d heard the circuit declared “full” by the tower, which while good for the longevity of the airfield sadly meant no solo consolidation for me. School rules, apparently, though part of me thinks you’ll have to experience it sometime. 😁

Instead we used the time up for more dual circuits: 3 normal, 3 shortfield (new to me), 2 flapless, and a go around. It was good fun mixing it up with busy circuit traffic, though we had to pick our way around some /very/ non-standard joins. One aircraft that was clearly in a hurry flew over the landing end of the runway, cut in on downwind ahead of us and stuck it on the tarmac. Maybe it was sensible not to send students up solo after all :shock:

Next lesson is Tuesday, the plan for which is that my instructor just stays in the clubhouse and I go off on my tod to do a whole lesson’s worth of circuit bashing. Fingers crossed for fair (okay, it’s November: acceptable) weather. Beyond that I’m now booking 2-hour lessons so we can crack on with Nav.