On a day of intense flying in two aeroplanes, BE2e 8646 and RE8 3551, Greg spends almost 5 hours in the air over the course of five flights and 25 take offs and landings, three of which were in his first cross country flight:
Log book entry
Date: 7.4.18 Hour: 7.50 Instructor: Lt Thomas Machine type and No.: BE2E 8646 Passenger: Self Time: 35 min Height: 1000 Course: [Aerodrome] Remarks: Dual. Six landings.
Date: 7.4.18 Hour: 8.35 Instructor: – Machine type and No.: BE2E 8646 Passenger: – Time: 25 min Height: 1500 Course: [Aerodrome] Remarks: Solo. Two landings.
Date: 7.4.18 Hour: 11.15 Instructor: Lt Thomas Machine type and No.: RE3551 Passenger: Self Time: 1 hr Height: 1000 Course: [Aerodrome] Remarks: 12 take off and landings.
Date: 7.4.18 Hour: 2.35 Instructor: – Machine type and No.: BE2E 8646 Passenger: – Time: 1 hr 50 min Height: 3000 Course: Cross Country Remarks: Landed at Andover & Netheravon
Date: 7.4.18 Hour: 6.45 Instructor: – Machine type and No.: BE2E 8646 Passenger: – Time: 1 hr 5 min Height: 2500 Course: Aerodrome Remarks: Practice turns & landings (2)
The single flight in the RE8 at 11:15 am was real ‘circuits and bumps’ practice: 12 times around in one hour.
The cross country solo flight from 2:35 to 3:35 pm reached 3,000 ft and covered a course of almost 50 miles: 24 miles to Andover, another 10 miles to Netheravon, and then back home to Yatesbury:
First take-off at 7:50 am and last landing at 7:50 pm: a long day.