The PPRuNe Spring Fly-In
Join Date: May 2006
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Happy memories of LE from 1971 when as a teenager I did casual work for the club on Saturdays for 6 shillings (30p) an hour to my flying account which funded most of the first 10 hours of my PPL including several solo flights. The hourly rate then was somewhere around £8 and hour.
Now an ex PPL, ex glider pilot living in South Cheshire, if anyone flying from Barton or Sleap or anywhere in between has a spare seat, I would be delighted to cost share. Phil B.
Now an ex PPL, ex glider pilot living in South Cheshire, if anyone flying from Barton or Sleap or anywhere in between has a spare seat, I would be delighted to cost share. Phil B.
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: South Norfolk, England
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Did you get your approval Mono?
I'm afraid I'll have to duck out now because of car troubles! It was so much more convenient when I could walk to my aeroplane in five minutes
SS
I'm afraid I'll have to duck out now because of car troubles! It was so much more convenient when I could walk to my aeroplane in five minutes
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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I'll be there, bringing a Flt Eng with me but don't worry, he has many words in his vocabulary now besides 'galley' and is potty trained. Just don't mention kippers.
Coming from Elstree, the weather forecast has been deteriorating all week. Now a possibility of lights showers and 7,000m viz around early afternoon. Enough to put me off I'm afraid. We'll see how it looks tomorrow.
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And now safely back home after a stop at Derby to see the Comet Racer rebuild,http://www.cometracer.co.uk fascinating project and well worth a visit.
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I'm sorry to have missed it.
It's the first PPrune private flying flyin that I've missed since I started flying in 2001. Not that that's saying much! There have only been two others in that period!
Our aircraft is in for its annual inspection unfortunately.
It's the first PPrune private flying flyin that I've missed since I started flying in 2001. Not that that's saying much! There have only been two others in that period!
Our aircraft is in for its annual inspection unfortunately.
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A great day out for me enjoying my first power flight for 30 years. Good to see Leicester again where I did my first solo and on the way back we called in at Sleap where I did most of my PPL flying. Special thanks to AJMortimer for inviting me on this trip, for carrying it out in a calm, safe and professional manner, and for being such pleasant company.
