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My First Flight Training Lesson

This was a day, I will never ever forget. No cancer will destroy this beautiful and amazing experience I had, For my 21st Birthday, my awesome parents got me the most awesome present ever. They got me an experience package for me to go up in a WW1 Tiger Moth Airplane for over an hour. In the air, my father got to come along too, in his own plane.For that one hour, I got to leave the world behind, I felt I was free up in the air. It was priceless.

Also on my birthday I got to recieve another awesome gift from my awesome fiance, in which it was an actual registered flight lesson. Learn to Fly it was. Many thanks to Tristar Aviation for offering me this opportunity and Jessica. I learnt the basics of flying a Cessna 2 Seater Aircraft, manage to do Taxi, Takeoff and fly in mid-air. Word's cannot describe the experience, but I do have some photos I would love to share with you.


(This was the WW1 Tiger Moth I flew in, from Point Cook RAAF across Melbourne, via MCG and Sandringham)


(Me, preparing a safety check, also preparing aircraft for flight- Moorabbin Airport)


(Another selfie, getting too excited at this point)






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