Gusty Cancellation ... Again

Flying Hours Today 0:00, Total 11:25

Saturday was a good day for flying, but the weather forecast for Sunday wasn't looking too good. An early rise and a quick visit to the Met Office website to download the latest F215 - low level weather - and F214 - UK spot wind chart.

I also printed the TAF and METAR pages. They didn't make good reading. The TAF for Leeds Bradford - EGNM - had the ominous 36018G30KT entry...

I called my instructor as he was en-route to the airport and read out the bad news. He was going in to check to see if it would be feasible to go for circuits at Gamston.

Twenty minutes later he called back with the bad news that today would be another cancellation. The gusting northerly weather was all across the eastern side of England.

Learning to do controlled approaches in gusting wind would not be a good use of my time and money. As we have also now covered the other 'back-up' exercises such as basic instrument operations and steep, level turns, there was no point in taking to the air today. Roll on next week...