Brandon's flying lesson

Brandon finally went for his flying lesson which was an aerobatic 30 min flight with the Kapit Air Club.

He flew in a tiny little plane with two seats which looked like it was about 30 years old. The pilot was a really neat guy who got thrills out of scaring the pants of Brandon with barrel rolls, loops and dives.



Brandon took the controls from the start and powered up the plane and took off. Unfortunately that was the only flying he was doing because from there the pilot took over and started with the 30 mins of thrilling aerobatics. They flew over Kapit Island and did all sorts of aerobatics, like a stalled decent (when the plane goes up vertically, stops, turns over and comes straight back down again), barrel rolls, loops and others. They were pulling 3.5gs of energy during the aerobatics and B described it like a force he's never felt before, even his earphones were falling off his face from the g-force.

Libby and I drove down to the coast and were able to see this little white blip in the sky dart around, diving, looping and spinning.

Once Brandon landed he got out of the plane and touched the ground. He had this biggest smile on his face and he was convinced that the pilot was totally mad!!



Its not all madness at the air club though....the club cat has got the best job of all....sleeping in the sun.