Excellent news WB, with licence issues alledgedly 45% down on two years ago GA needs all the new pilots it can get.

I am intrigued though, was this your first flight in 17 years, if so why did the instructor not supervise the pre-flights, especially if it was a type new to you?

Thanks DBW, I was a little surprised that I wasn’t supervised closely, although I think she was watching from the Clubhouse. I did go back with a list of things I couldn’t find (Pitot head, fire extinguisher, strainer & 3rd strainer point) and she took me around them, she also double checked my fastening of the cowling, a common mistake on the Warrior, but they were OK. Otherwise I just followed the checklist religiously

And it’s even more embarrassing to forget that the flap lever isn’t the handrake/parking brake, like what I did last week……… fortunately I was still on the ground, but my God did I feel a prat! Why I did it, I don’t know, as I had never done that before and hopefully will never do so again.

It’s alright, I did try to steer whilst taxying with the Yoke at first….I was lucky because I had accidentally put the alierons into wind, so my instructor commented on my good practice…. 😉