Glad to have the beautiful weather back! Hardly a cloud in the sky, and gentle breeze from the North means we are using runway 34. We are pleased to welcome back Steve Burrough as an instructor with us today - he was an instructor here at the old flying school (leaving in 2007) and is here for a week now to renew old acquaintances and have a working holiday! He is an excellent instructor and it is great to have him on board.

At the moment Steve is flying G-OCPC with Ben Williams, who is making great progress in his training (his fourth flight) - won't be long before he is in the circuit!

If you are able to get down here today the Breitling Stearman aeroplanes are here at the moment ready for their display at Land's End resort. Starting sometime around 2.30pm, they also have wing walkers as part of their show and are well worth seeing. Last year two of our younger students (Shannon and Harriette) were able to actually climb onto the aircraft and check out the wing walking harness.

Wow!

Pretty amazing couple of days!

We have had some fantastic weather, and done a good bit of flying. This culminated yesterday in our flights for the BBC. We can't say too much yet, but have a look below:

http://www.naturalnavigator.com/all-roads-lead-home-cornwall-filming/

Sounds an interesting programme - scheduled to run in September/October and worth looking out for!

The press release from the BBC is below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/06_june/22/adventureexplorationhistory.shtml#panel6

A fair bit happening over the past few days here at Lands End. The recent good weather (until this afternoon!), have made for some great flying.

Liam Barr took to the skies on his second flying lesson with us, with his dad Tony observing with a keen interest from the rear

seats of G-EOLX.

A rather gorgeous day enabled the Over family to get airborne with Glen in G-EOLX for a trial flying lesson.

Nigel Hallard has been in and flying, having ventured to Compton Abbas and back on the 4th of July in LX. Eagerly awaiting his arrival, Glen and Andrew were pleased to find that Compton Abbas has several airfield webcams.......no pressure Nigel, but Big Brother was indeed watching you!

Some may also be aware that we have a new face helping out in the office now and again over the next couple of months. Having recently completed his Commercial pilot's licence and Instrument rating at Exeter, Andrew Evans will normally be on the end of the phone for any bookings or enquiries.

G-OCPC is back from its routine 150 hour maintenance visit to Bodmin, so is once again available for training or hire.

Thats all for now, here's hoping for some good weather!

Well done to our famous student Shannon Hassett. Escaping from flying training for a while she took part in the Round the Island Yacht race last weekend. To find out more

http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/sport/cornwall/9107760.Ellen_MacArthur_praises_Truro_High_School_pupil/0




We are very proud of her and hope the experience will help her master taking off and landing in G-OCPC!