I once flew a plane, ask me anything

Why? Under what circumstance?

At my school you had the choice to do DofE or Combined Cadet Force (CCF)- or both for the Super geeks. I chose CCF and the RAF branch, we got to do all of the stuff the army bit did - camping, burying your poo, playing with guns etc etc, but also, fly planes ?

I use the term fly rather loosley, there was a man actually flying it, I just steered for a bit.

Where did you fly it?

What kind of plane? Did you feel in control? Would it have been hard to flip it over?

I really can't remember. But I remember the instructor guy pointing out a helicopter and saying it was the queen, so somewhere near her helicopter pad perhaps...

Probably not, but I didn't try, if i had gone again i would have been more brave.

Sadly not, I only got to do it the once so only did the basics. Would love to do it again though and spin around a bit.

Wow, I'm impressed. I can't think of a question!

Flying is awesome, I loved it. Completely different to flying a helicopter but that is also awesome.

Did you love it enough to want to get your PPL?

I did this too!! my uncle has his light aircraft pilots licence and took us up and i flew over lowestoft and the norfolk coastline!!

Faebelle, if you were on a passenger plane going down in an emergency, would you feel more qualified than the average person to take the controls and be guided down? (Assuming no qualified pilots on board, obviously).

I would love to, but I think money and other boring factors would make it pointless/impossible to try.

I'm quite surprised how many people have done this too, I thought I was special [:'(]

Hell no!! If I was on a plane full of children or something I might feel more qualified, but I can imagine a passenger plane is a whole different kettle of fish. I would give it a go though!

I'm sure you are special! ?

That's what my mummy always told me ?

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Same!