'Spectacular Panarama'
This is the kind of view students get during the cross country phase of their flight training at Carlisle, which lies close to the Lake District National Park. This is Bassenthwaite Lake with Skiddaw mountain on the right

The look that says it all! An early solo stage student during a 'long hop' exercise flying the open-frame training Benson

VPM on 'finals' for Carlisle runway 25.

Gyroplane pilot's playground. Part of North Cumbria's flat plain which meets the shores of the Solway Firth