Just a correction.....it is actually gusting 47 knots. (54 miles per hour). Certainly one of the most windy if not the most windy.

Apologies for no posts for a time - been a busy period and now catching up a little as the wind today is gusting 40 knots at the moment and the cloud is pretty low. Good day for groundschool or aircraft polishing!

Many congratulations to Paul Osborne from Scilly who passed his NPPL Skills tests, did his last ground exam, flew his solo navigation flight all in a two week period in October.

He is now the holder of a pilot's licence and no doubt will be coming quite regularly from St Mary's Airport on Scilly to Land's End. He is our first 'home grown' student (not trained elsewhere during his flight training) and we are very proud of him getting through the final stages so quickly. We do not underestimate the hard work put in on his behalf getting through the ground exams in the time he did. Well done!

(Paul is pictured left with Examiner Mark Hillier in the orange vest)

Well done to Paul Osborne who has done Navigation, Meteorology, Human Performance and Flight Planning Ground Exams in the last two weeks. That's quite an achievement!

Fantastic weather here at the moment and forecast to be good for the rest of the week. Wind is from the East so we are using runway 07 (for the first time in months!) and the summer haze has died down making it clear up high. Come on in if you can - the flying is wonderful!

G-EOLX is now back after its annual! It is all working well, apart from the ADF, which has been sent off to workshops to be fixed. As we have a few students now studying for their IMC qualification it is pretty important that it now points to NDBs when we need it!

Apart from that the rest of the kit is functioning well and we also have a NATS AWARE GPS box as a back-up for when we do long journeys.

All going well here - students progressing well here and so we may have some more skills test passes soon.

Just as a heads-up, the most common challenge is getting the Ground school in! The flying is good and fun, but don't underestimate that there are a number of exams that need to be studied for and passed before you can take your final skills test. We have a number of good students who fly quite well now but are being held back because they have focussed on the flying and not got around to reading the books. Of course, we will help where we can with revision to pass the exam but there must be an element of self study!