The London skyline
viewed from overhead the farm airstrip.
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Your instructor will show you the aeroplane
and explain briefly how it works. You will be helped to put on any necessary
protective equipment and shown how to get into the aircraft. Once you are
securely strapped in the aircraft, the instructor will join you and give you a
safety briefing. Then you will be flown to about 2000 feet above the Essex
countryside where you will be able to experience the sensations of flying a
microlight and may be offered the chance to operate the controls yourself under
the instructor’s supervision. You will then fly back to the airfield and your
instructor will land the aircraft and taxi it back to the starting point.
The lesson follows the same pattern as the
Microlight Experience, but there will be more time spent on explaining the way
the controls work and you will have a longer opportunity to fly the aircraft.
By the end of the flight, many people find they are able (with help from the
instructor) to keep the aeroplane reasonably straight and level, turn it to fly
where they choose, and to climb and descend.
The longer flight also makes it possible to
travel further from the airfield and to enjoy more of the Essex countryside.
This flight gives you an introduction to what
microlight flying is all about. In addition to the experiences of the
Microlight Trial Lesson, you will fly to another airfield in Essex and land
there. Depending on the activities taking place on the airfield, you may have
the opportunity to visit the hangars and see the aircraft. After a brief rest,
and perhaps a cuppa, you and your instructor will take off again and return to
Saxon Microlights home field.
You may wish to take more lessons before
committing yourself to leaning to fly and obtaining your microlight pilot’s
licence. Your first lesson includes free temporary membership of Saxon
Microlights for one month. During this time you can take up to 5 hours of
lessons at Saxon Microlights before becoming a full member of the club, but you
will not benefit from the discounted rates available to full members.
Please note that microlight flying is very dependant on
the weather. The exact form and content of your flight with Saxon Microlights
may vary from the descriptions below depending on the weather conditions
prevailing at the time. These descriptions are for guidance only.