PPL | Lesson #4 | 17-07-16 | Circuits and First Landing!

Circuits are a part of the training I’ve looked forward to. Despite it being essentially flying in rectangles, it’s very procedural and repetitive and brings together every part of flying – take off, climbing, turning, straight & level, descending and finally landing! After following my instructor through the first, I successfully managed to land the next 4, albeit a little bumpy! Flying the downwind leg introduce another acronym for pre-landing checks – BUMFICHH. Brakes, Undercarriage, Mixture, Fuel, Instruments, Carb heat, Harnesses and Hatches. This can sometimes be BUMPFICHH where a variable pitch propeller is involved. Highlights 13:40 – Take off 20:00 – Touch & Go #1 26:35 – Touch & Go #2 - FIRST LANDING! 33:12 – Touch & Go #3 40:08 – Touch & Go #4 46:50 – Landing My next lesson is booked for Wednesday 20th July where it will inevitably be more circuits. I’m filming using a GoPro Hero4 with suction mount and a special adaptor to capture the headset and ATC audio. If anyone would like any more info on the set up – just drop me a comment below! Thanks for reading and watching. All comments are welcome. If you’d like to see more please like and subscribe ✈