Lesson 21 - Fourth solos

This week we were in Lima-Whiskey again. The plane needed fuel, but had more than enough for one circuit, so - as it was a cold morning and Tim was a bit worried about the battery power, we did one circuit together, then taxied to the pumps where we filled up, then Tim enjoyed a walk back through the cold winter air while I set off for holding point ALPHA-1 on Runway 24 for an hour's worth of circuits.

The circuit was reasonably quiet and I only had one time when I needed to orbit for a while on the turn to base-leg. Otherwise all the circuits went well.

At the end of the session, I taxied back to Seawing and went through the shut down checks. Tim opened the door and asked how it had gone and how many circuits I had done.

"An hour's worth" I replied. Oops! forgot to count. Tim called ATC and explained that whilst his student's flying was OK, his maths was not, so please could they tell me how many circuits I had done. Apparently I had done 5!

This will be the last of the solo circuit details for a while, as we will now be moving on to some more advanced stuff: precautionary forced landings and higher rate turns.

Stats at end of lesson 21
Description	Hours as P2	Hours as P1	Take Offs	Landings
Lesson	0:15	1:00	6	6
Total	19:15	3:10	57	49