My route around the island
Note: this is a post I planned to put out ages ago in November, but as usual I have been pretty busy working and doing the usual christmas festivities, so hear it is, before the year ends (approximately 4 hours as I type away!)
On one very cold, crisp late November day I decided to do my first 'overseas' flight. Overseas in this context was a grand distance of 5 nautical miles! It took 45 mins to fly the 74nm round trip around the Isle of Wight, routing Goodwood-Southsea (southern tip of Portsmouth)-St Catherines Point-The Needles-Cowes-Goodwood. It was really beneficial to keep up my navigation skills, talking to another ATC unit- Solent Radar, whilst enjoying the views. I was astonished of how small the Isle of Wight actually is, its just a big two-dimensional diamond that has broken away from the mainland. I live so close to it, but have only properly visited it once in my life! That should change next year when I plan to land there at Sandown, a trip I was planning on doing on this particular day, but the runway was in a poor condition-thanks to the previous week's nonstop deluge!
Approaching the Needles, IOW. Apologies for the picture quality, my camera was massively out of focus!
The Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth
My trusty means of transport for the small adventure!
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