where's oily been ?: Microlight Flying

This weekend I have been to relive my other passion,microlight flying.
I have nt flown my aircraft for a couple of years now and I have decided to ressurect the hobby.

This is my flexwing microlight. Its a Mainair Sports Flash 2 Alpha.
It was manufactured in 1988 so is now 24 years old but in excellent condition.

To fly this aircraft you need a pilots licence and to maintain the licence you are required to fly a minimum of 5 hours per year, which I have nt achieved in the last couple of years so I now need to satisfy an instructor that I m still competent.
So I booked some time with the flying instructor who taught me to fly 13 years ago and I took myself off to the airfield, St Michaels, in Lancashire where I keep my aircraft.
He spent 1 hour and a half putting me through some excercises, landings and take offs, slow flying, stall recoveries, steep turns, recovery from a spiral dive, recovery from unusual attitudes and engine failure forced landings. I think I did OK but I have requested a little further training next week to build up my confidence again.

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