Goodbye Warrior, Hello Seneca

Last Friday I passed my fourth progress test, which was my last flight on the single engine aircraft. The test consisted of instrument flying;  holding, approaches and general handling, and it went very well. Since then it has been a very busy weekend of studying in preparation for the start of multi-engine flying which begins this week. We fly the Seneca aircraft at Oxford both for our CPL test, and for the instrument rating back in the UK. It has two 6 cylinder, turbo charged, 200hp engines; and is fitted with constant speed propellers and retractable undercarriage, both of which are different to the Warrior. It cruises at 140 knots compared to the Warrior’s 95 knots, and is a much more complex aircraft so it is going to be a steep learning curve. Our CPL test is only 11 lessons away, and if we are successful then we could be  heading back to the UK in just over a week. In fact, some of my course mates have already left, and are enjoying the relatively freezing weather as we speak!