Chocks away!!

As promised, here are the pics of my maiden flight with Captain J and co-pilot John. Ok, I admit I felt pretty queasy for at least one and a half of the three hours we were up in the air, and I slept for the rest of the time, but J asssures me this is completely standard procedure. And I think I only screamed once (when he tried to show me a "zero gravity" moment) :). We flew from an airstrip at Lognes, just to the east of Paris, to Deauville and Fécamp on the Normandy coast. The cliffs you can see in the pics are at Etretat. That was where John and I changed seats (no mean feat in itself) so he could have a go at the controls on the way back. J, as you can see from this pic, was a model of cool, calm composure, though he looked pretty knackered afterwards as it was his longest flight to date. I'd go up with him anytime. All in all, highly recommended. Stand by for next month when rhino75 starts dating an astronaut and goes to the moon.