Flying As A Hobby

Postet av Amin Cadie den 3. Jul 2016

This week, Kristin asked me to write about a hobby: so I decided to write about my passion for flying.

Since my first experience as a passenger when I was a child, I knew flying a plane would be a priority on my list as a hobby at least. I'm fascinated by the physics and engineering behind it too, so while growing up; I read as much as I could about aviation.

10 years ago: near my hometown Harrogate in North Yorkshire; I got in touch with a school called Multiflight at Leeds/Bradford International Airport and decided to start with flying lessons. The aircraft I'm using (pictured below) is a Robin HR200 single engine aircraft.

In August 2016 when I visit home I'm going to take an hour or two in a Cessna172 with my instructor and show my wife Marie the Yorkshire landscape from above (also pictured here); and I'll surprise her by serving on board her favourite: some "Kvikk Lunsj" chocolate and a carton of juice which is a treat in Norway usually when hiking or skiing.

Below are some pictures I took after a ground-check and shortly after take off:

Picture 1: Cockpit of the Robin HR200. This aircraft has a "joystick" rather than a full control column. All the vital instruments are displayed conveniently: Airspeed / Vertical speed / Altimeter (altitude reading) to name a few.

Picture 2: Shortly after take-off: North Yorkshire landscape

Picture 3: View from the windsreen of the cockpit

Picture 4: Ready for take off!!

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