Trial Flight

For G's birthday last year, I bought him a voucher for a Trial Flight in a microlight plane at Scone Aerodrome. This was in compensation for him selling his motorbike and using the money to fund a new bathroom. I thought the thrill of a flight would make up for some of the excitement he was missing out on.

For one reason or another, he wasn't able to book the flight until May this year, and it was cancelled at the last minute because it was pouring with rain.

We finally headed off to Scone on a dry day, but the sky was black as thunder. I watched as he got taken through the procedure by his instructor, Bill, and then they taxied off down the runway, and disappeared off into the black, black sky.

I missed him coming into land on the return, but when I went to meet him he was looking a bit green around the gills! He says he probably won't want to repeat the experience, even although he got to take the controls himself for a bit.

Oh well, I'll just have to think of something more appropriate for next year.