The challenge is to land at
every strip, not just the easy ones
Harwicke (near Shobden ) is probably in the tricky category , and the steep downhill departure was exciting as the ground dropped away before we were actually flying.
We thought Bromsgrove was very very difficult and only just made it .........then realised we had landed on the very short grass section they had cut for the model planes
and in fact had lots of runway to spare.
Cardiff international to St Athan was a very short flight, 3 mins !!
For sheer panic nothing beats Birmingham international . However all the panic was in the tower not the C42 !!! and you could just sense the sheer blind panic when we called in for airfield info and join ........ The reply back was you want to land here ??? (Yes we had PPR'd but I dont think they get many microlights land at Brumyham airport)
Brize gets the prize for the biggest circuit as the tower had us on a proper 747 plus size circuit, and we were so far away I lost sight of the airfield. I dread to think how much £££ per minuet the Hercules costs sat at the hold waiting for us to land
You also get the chance to wind up the controllers at big jet airports with a short landing demonstration , which is normally followed by "Sorry dont take that exit its the next one"