Another sunny day in New Plymouth. Being keen to get under way, I make a morning arrival to start on the Cessna 172 rating. This is the four-seater version, the most common passenger bus around.
First up was some ground work reviewing facts and figures, followed by higher flight work, stalls, turns etc. A second flight followed after lunch with circuit work. Then after finding some crash-test dummy volunteers, futher flying for a third set laden down in max weight configuration.
It’s a nice plane to fly.. now I am rated on it, the next trick will be to try and find myself a spare that I can rent, so I can finally start on some scenic flights. It won’t be happening in the next couple of days though. Everyone is having some time off. Happy New Year!
Technical: Dual 2.5, type rating