The Flying Instructor
‘Get the nose up boy’ said Alan Foster, my instructor. I pulled back on the yolk and the nose rose but too fast. ‘I have control’ Alan said as he corrected my feeble attempt to land the plane. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a bad pilot, I just have this problem with landing. ‘Try again’ said Alan. I did and although it wasn’t pretty, we managed a very bumpy landing. At the debrief Alan put a video in the player saying that this is how it’s done. He explained that it was his daughter on her first...