I never get to fly on weekday evenings - but I did yesterday and it was beautiful! Yesterday I enjoyed a rare day off and spent the afternoon and evening flying with my brother John around a few airfields including White Waltham, Wycombe and the lovely Old Sarum near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Conditions yesterday evening were absolutely perfect! The forecast convective weather didn't materialise, and we could see for 50 miles plus in perfect blue skies! Evening flights in the British Summer are truly lovely - the air is calm as the heat of the day and thermals diminish, and especially on weekday evenings there is very little traffic around.
And the views! As you can see, England truly is a "green and pleasant land" at this time of year. When we have a good summer (as it seems we have this year) July and August here are brilliant!
As we departed Old Sarum, we were treated to gorgeous views of the eponymous Iron Age Hill Fort and the lovely Salisbury Cathedral. We returned back to RAF Benson, where the aircraft we were fling yesterday (a Piper Warrior G-BEFA) is based, at around 8pm with nearly 2 hrs of daylight still remaining, and retired home for tea and medals :-)
You can see the rest of the photos from yesterday evenings flight here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonhardy/sets/593584/
Andy
