Shimoda Pilot

I try, in life, to be objective. It is not an easy or natural trait, but I believe if you can be empathetic and objective of others and their judgements, you will have a far greater respect for your fellow man and, hopefully, they of you. In Early flight dreams I address the inherent desire I have to pursue a life of flying planes - it was born in me at a very early age, and I believe I recognised it strongly then. Later, and perhaps importantly, I lost sight of that intrinsi

Today marked the end of my paternity leave. The blow was softened by the fact that it was a beautiful day. Morning mist in the valleys and a sea fog along the coast broke as we ascended towards todays mountain side site (welsh mountain - big steep rocky hill). Actually, the backdrop to todays newly planted trees is quite topical - we were working above Port-talbot steel works. Some people think the massive industrial site is ugly, but I have always thought it visually so stri

Like many kids I dreamt of flying and piloting aircraft, as I grew up I remained enthralled by planes and flight. I realise that at 32, many people may see it as too late to take on this challenge. They would be wrong. I have discovered that there is no wrong time to take up flight training, In my ground school classes there are people aged between 17 and 70. I first flew in 2004 but was unable to fund further flying. In 2011 I started the theory for my PPL, I spent a little