Just got back from my second flight. This time I was in Piper Warrior G-BSAW as the Cessna was in for maintenance. It started of with a more in depth talk on the effects of all the controls building on from last time. Then we went out to the aircraft, quick walk round with the checklist and got strapped in. After starting the engine I taxied out to runway 10 where we did the power checks, again still followng the checklist. Takeoff was at about 60 knots, slightly faster than the little Cessna I was in last time. Immediately after getting airborne it was obvious it wasn’t going to be so bumpy! We turned left towards Wolverhampton, I caught a quick glimpse of Ounsdale School as we passed over Wombourne then followed the M54 West towards Telford. Ahead I could see a big hill sticking up in an otherwise flat landscape, The Wrekin! Overhead this we turned South towards Bridgnorth and the airfield.

On the way I was taken through all the primary and secondary effects of the controls at both high and low speeds. Then went through and practiced trimming the aircraft at various attitudes before moving onto the effects of flaps. This was a slightly more strange feeling then everything so far; as I pulled the flap lever up (it’s similar to a handbrake on a car) the plane shot up as more lift was generated. Going back down the opposite happens, if you put the flap up in one go it causes a small drop in altitude.

After this we were heading back towards the airfield to join for landing. Away in the distance towards Wolverhampton it looked a bit grey, there was a threat of storms like yesterday and it had started to get a bit more bumpy. On the final approach we were a bit high, I was still doing most of the flying with the instructor guiding it in places and suddenly we hit the ground with a small bump, hold the brakes on and turn off to the right to taxi back to parking.

Another good flight! Hoping to have another booked soon, possibly next week.