New car, and the first CP44 solo...

Not my solo unfortunately, but menno had his solo check today and got a green light for his solo circuit... so off he went! I regret to inform you that he made it all the way round without crashing, much to my disappointment -here's a picture of the happy dutchman having finished the solo:



All being well (both weather-wise and aircraft teching-wise) I should have my solo check tomorrow, and if I manage to pull some decent flying out of somewhere my solo circuit should follow.... fingers crossed! A few of the other guys on my course also have their solo checks booked for tomorrow so there's going to be a lot of praying going on.

In other news, myself and Mr Mahoney are now the proud owners of a 1992 Mitsubishi Galant pictured below - we decided that one minibus and one car between the 12 of us on the course wasn't really cutting the mustard, and at NZ$1300 (~£500) who could say no!?




So that about wraps things up for now - hopefully I'll be able to post about having gone solo very soon! The aim is to get everyone's 1st solo on video so hopefully I'll be able to put that up too when the time comes (assuming the landing isn't appallingly embarrassing).