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Old 10th February 2004 | 01:28
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Cusco
 
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From: E Anglia
Location, Location, Location.

SAS is right:

Our strip in darkest Suffolk. is on the top of a hill, sandy/chalky soil and is flyable after a down pour: just fire up after the rain stops and away you go. All year flying, dawn to dusk.

Trouble is , all the grass strips we want to fly to are waterlogged so we end up visiting tarmac and paying landing fees: Arrrrgh!

Only thing that stops us flying is more than 2 inches of snow.

That's not to say we have to be a tad careful with the brakes on landing as the whole business can be a bit skiddy.

And brushing the mud spray off the undersurfaces can be a pain.

Oh and the mud which gets into the gear microswitches and gives us 'two greens' (It's a trike) can be a bit ring tweaking,
hey but what the hell this is G.A.

But waterlogged? Nah, never.

Show ya sometime: we're on the half mil.

Safe flying

Cusco.

PS

G the W :

Come and visit us sometime: we're only 27 NM to the NE of you:

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Cusco.
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