Lydd!

We've had a bout of awful weather but I finally managed to do a solo Navex to Greenham Common and Overton so now on to better things. Here's the Sky Demon track of the departure and return to Blackbushe - departing overhead to the west and rejoining on the dead side from the North (the bottom of my picture below. Note the extended downwind leg)

Sky Demon magic!

Last week we finally did a Navex to Lydd with a view to using that for my first solo land-away. Lydd is the longest flight I've flown myself at 1:20 going out and 1:10 coming back. We did do a flight all the way round the Gatwick zone last year, but Barrie flew some of that.

Alpha November on Delta Apron at Lydd

A couple of notable firsts here. Lydd's circuit is partly over the sea and after we'd landed it turned out Charlie apron was full, so they sent a marshall out to direct us as the first aircraft on Delta apron - very cool!

The flight itself went pretty well - lots of radio work Blackbushe to Farnborough LARS West to Biggin Hill (avoiding Kenley) to Farnborough LARS East and finally Lydd ATIS followed by Lydd Approach. We used both radios in Alpha November so that four frequencies could be set in advance.

A great flight and I'm looking forward to repeating it as my first Solo Land-Away!