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Flight Description
When I was on camp at RAF Haton, we where
given the opportunity to go flying. As
Halton didn't have a runway, we went on the
bus to nearby RAF Benson. I waited in the
waiting room for about an hour or two before
going up. I was the 10th
cadet to fly out of 24 I think. They kitted
me out and off I went! Before taking off, my
pilot asked me if there was anything in
particular I would like to do, and I
answered “Aerobatics please (=D)”. He
told me the girl that went up before me
looked terrified when he asked if she wanted
to do any, and was glad that I wanted to.
We took off and as soon as we where up, he
gave me control. He let me use the throttle
and air brakes. I was completely in
control.
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We found a suitable place and began the
aerobatics! We started with him
reminding me how to do the barrel roll, loop
and stall turn whilst I was following
through. Then I took control and did them
myself. The pilot then did the figure
of eight and asked if I wanted to do it
myself. A kind offer, but I was
starting to feel ill from the heat in the
cockpit, so I turned down his offer.
We went to land, and decided to do a fake
emergency landing. It wasn’t much
different to a normal landing, the only
difference was that the engine was off,
which you don’t need during landing anyway.
All in all, it was a good flight, one of the
best I have been on. The pilot was
very friendly and it was nice to fly in a
different area, on a nice day. I would
like to go back to RAF Benson and look at
the Merlin’s and Puma’s some time, and maybe
have a flight in one of those, but also in
the Tutor again, as the surroundings were
nice, although I couldn’t go looking for my
house as it was too far away. |
