The first part of autumn sent us some good flying weather, so I took the opportunity to fly some more friends and family on pleasure sightseeing flights plus a solo navigation flight. The name of this post suggests flying amongst leafy valleys, tinged with browns, yellows and golds but as you can see, alot of my flights were local, focusing on the urban sprawl of my hometown Portsmouth. Many of the photos were taken by a friend of mine, which is really useful when you dont get a chance to do so yourself, because I am, erm, flying!
Home!
Hayling Island
On final for runway 24, Goodwood House
On another flight in early October, I undertook a short navigation flight from Goodwood to Beachy Head and back. Amongst all the local sightseeing flights, I wanted to brush up my navigation skills since the last time I used them was for the Skills Test...a very memorable day! I flew between waypoints marked on the map as VRP (Visual Reporting Points) at 2,300ft flying parallel to the coast. As I reached Lewes VRP, I flew a new heading- south east towards Beachy Head. Overhead Beachy, I did a few turns then headed back to fly my planned route in reverse. Despite the weather being decent, I found it to be quiet in the skies, I guess most people are stuck in some work office at 1pm midweek!
Brighton from the North
Approaching Beachy Head, where the South Downs plunge into the sea, aswell as a few suicidal sorts
a deserted beach at Seaford
Annotated map of my nav flight, shown by blue line
