If I tell you that, you'll be able to find out who I am I train out of Chiltern Park, my Nav Ex was to Enstone, via Didcot, Abingdon, Farmor Reservoir, Eynsham to Enstone. I made a minor misjudgement and got a little spooked but ultimately ended up at my destination. Funnily enough, when I landed at Enstone, I told them I got a little lost and they asked where I was heading. I said here at which point he smiled and said you ain't lost then
@Bodie Ahhhh I see you often from my back garden! and the sun should have been behind you...LOL Joking apart, it does give you a horrible feeling, when flying, and you suddenly get 'disoriented' .. I also trained at Enstone and then Chiltern Park.....
Yes it should have been and was behind me but it was a breezy 34mph sw wind and cloudy with sun shining through in places, generally making the vis a bit pants. It was a challenge but I think it was good that it didn't go perfectly (learning from mistakes is a good thing) I did my 2nd Solo Nav ex the following day and it went brilliantly
Perfect for avoiding danger zones and general navigation when flying a light aircraft. About as useful as an umbrella on a motorcycle. As I believe you well know...
Ken Wallis was the stunt double for Bond, flying the autogiro 'Little Nellie' .. He passed away at 97 in 2013... A real character....RIP
There was a chap that used Autogyros to display at air shows He may have used a Wallis. He met his end when he pulled up from a shallow dive too steeply an it ripped the rotors off. It was quite some time ago but was caught on camera I watched a program recently where an autogyro was rebuilt and commissioned to fly gain and I am sure in that it said that Wallis wouldn't let anyone have or fly his aircraft anymore
All Ken Wallis's Gyros are in storage at Shuttleworth and Little Nellie is actually on display there. On 9th June, there's a Gyro event taking place and they are hoping to see 75 fly in for the weekend.
I'd love to learn to fly, definitely at the top of the list. I was reading in a mag yesterday that the seaplane base in Lake Como near the girlfriends family house is the oldest in the world and one of the busiest for people learning to fly.
