Andrew Cummings succesfully completed his difference training.

Good year for Mid-Anglia School of Flying

MID-Anglia School of Flying’s 2005 saw eight first solos including Neil Frost (right), nine skill test passes, two night ratings, an MEP issue and Andrew Cummins’ difference training in a TR182 (left). The club pulled off a six-aircraft trip to Le Touquet in June, when 18 club members headed across the Channel for lunch.

The club’s Summer Tiki Party raised £121 for the Rosie Maternity Hospital’s Premature Baby Unit, but sadly proved to be the final social function for the club’s 16-year-old Collie, Bruno, (right), who passed away shortly afterwards. Two of the club’s instructors made the transition to airline pilot. Ben Lewis took up a post with Ryanair, while Simon Bates joined Jersey-based airline Aurigny. But, out with theold, in with the new – instructors Nick Paterson and Marcello Lioni have filled their shoes and settled in well since joining MASF in October.