Just Call Me Biggles

Yesterday I ticked another item off of my life list - a flight in an open cockpit plane! I went up from Camden Airport in a 1940s Tiger Moth. Unfortunately I had been sick all morning and had been worried that I wouldn't be able to go up, but when the time came the excitement took over and I raced for the cockpit! I was strapped in and given a lovely set of Biggles googles to wear, then we went off for a 30 minute aerobatic and scenic flight. It didn't take much to get the plane off the ground, then we ascended to 4,000 ft. It was amazing to be really experiencing the flight, with the wind in my hair (it gets surprisingly cold up there, out in the open!) Once at 4,000 ft we did some very exciting aerobatics - loop the loop, barrel rolls, hammer head - until my queasiness returned, then we flew low down over the countryside back to the airport. Truely awesome experience!!

Biggles!

The plane (me in front, pilot at back)

Take off

Back to earth