Well, it’s New Year’s Day. It has been several months since my last post, and I now have a gorgeous baby son called Elliott. I had to ground myself back in June due to my advancing pregnancy, and the practicalities of being a female glider pilot. However I’m looking forward to flying once more – my first duty day at the gliding club is scheduled for the 15th of January.
I had hoped to be flying earlier – my hubby joked before the birth that he wanted me to fly within a week of having the baby! I thought it wouldn’t be that soon, but I didn’t think it would be this long either! Not only have I not been physically fit to fly really, but the weather put a total dampener on it (literally!) The gliding club has been covered in several inches (and feet, in places) of snow since mid-November, denying me the opportunity to fly even when I have felt fit.
So, at the moment my duty day is on the 15th of this month and I’m neither in practice or ‘checked-out’ (for non-glider pilots, this means I haven’t been checked out by my Chief Flying Instructor and declared fit to fly).
I just hope that the weather co-operates and allows me to get checked-out before my duty day, or I’m going to miss it!
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that next weekend will be my opportunity… as long as the weather doesn’t let me down again! I’ll let you know how I get on…
