> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:10:49 -0500, "Viva" privacy.net> wrote:

>>...let us know how it went. How nice to have
>>your son home for a while.

>
> It went very well, although expensive of course. The ace pilot had to
> do a proving flight first (that was expensive too). Our flight
> (piloted by my son) of an hour and a quarter, and his proving flight
> of about 40 minutes, together with the instructor's time, landing fee,
> VAT, etc., came to about, ummm, 350 quid. They wouldn't let him have
> the whizz bang Slingsby Firefly because he isn't qualified enough,
> apparently. Also, the cloud ceiling was too low to prat about doing
> loops, so we got a flying pig instead. We circled the airfield (near
> Scunthorpe), got permission to fly over the runway at Doncaster
> airport, then skirted Sheffield to fly over the hills and viewed the
> dams up there (Ladybower etc.). Then we skirted Sheffield a bit closer
> on the way back and I saw my house from the air. Then back to sunny
> Scunthorpe. It was huge fun, and a grand day out.
>