Lesson no.1

At Christmas I bought John a helicopter lesson and today was the day it was booked for. All week it has been the most gloomy horrible weather but when we woke up this morning, it was absolutely glorious - not a cloud in the sky and perfect for flying! So off we went to Biggin Hill in Kent.

The lesson was one hour and John was apparently a natural, taking all three controls at certain points. The instructor said people usually only get up to that standard in lesson six or seven! They flew up to 2000 feet and all the way over to the Queen Elizabeth bridge and could see all over London. He really enjoyed it so it was well worth the extortionate £250 for one hour! He could carry on having lessons at Southend airport if he wanted; the instructor said he's have no problems learning but it's just a question of money - not exactly a cheap pastime is it?!