| Goodwood - 1 March 2008 |
| Our good friend John reached
the magical bus pass age last September and many of his friends and work
colleagues clubbed together and provided him with a voucher to fly the
Harvard at Goodwood |
| After several abortive
attempts the chosen day had very good weather but a strong and gusty
Westerly wind. We travelled down by car expecting the wind to reduce
as the day went on and John's flight was put back to accommodate
this. However, when the time arrived the wind was still quite
strong, quoted as 25 gusting 40. |
| John's instructor for this
session met us in the cafe and took John out to the plane for an initial
briefing. Clearly he believed the wind would not be a barrier to
John with his flying experience |
| A group of friends gathered
in the windy hanger to watch John enjoy his birthday treat. John's
grin widened as the time went on. |
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| A friend had arranged to fly
in a Cessna 172 and take a few aerial shots at the beginning of the
flight. |
| Once safely in the air we all
dived back to he cafe for a warming coffee and to chat with John's Mum who
had accompanied him down to Goodwood, but did not want to brave the fierce
winds. |
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| We heard the plane arrive
downwind over a hand held receiver and saw it on finals as
we walked back to where the aircraft would park. If it was
possible John's grin was even bigger. He had a fantastic flight. |
