This flight,however,was different. I would be taking up a man who is recognized by my fellow aviators as a "Legend". Now I must admit that I was as nervous for this flight as my flight test but I was never going to let anyone know that. I try hard to never impress and rather just do what i'm supposed to do. I think I did that on this flight.After all,it's pointless trying to impress a 747 Captain in a Cessna! We took off from runway 19 and headed to the southern slope of the Helderberg. I kept my eyes on the Hobbs meter. Very close to being overhead my house, while in a steep turn, I hit 60 hours. Graham was at the controls at the time and I felt honored that he was with me. I don't celebrate every 10 hours in my logbook but this was the first time I didn't have to do a 10 hour check with an instructor! Getting back to the flight, Graham taught me some very helpful tips while we were up there. Such as how to find out where you will make contact with the ground by finding a stationary part of scenery(hard to explain in words,easier shown in the cockpit). He also improved my crosswind landing by about a million times. I botched the first one but after he had shown me the correct method it became a lot easier. After the flight he explained some more techniques to help me and advised me on how to better my flying. I don't really know what I was afraid of. He turned out to be an awesome copilot and I can now understand why all his students love him. I'm not going to write much on what he said to me but it was great to be able to share a cockpit with him. I can honestly say that he is exactly the type of pilot I want to be one day.
Thank you for all the interest you have shown in my flying over the years Graham! You are an awesome role model and I can't wait to work through the next step of my flying with you.
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