This is what it's like to fly:
Yesterday, nice day, very wet, about 10 knots southwesterly, no-one else flying -- too muddy, but we don't care.
Haul the machine out, mud everywhere, stick the dog in the back and climb in.
Fly from the strip to home, about 10 minutes, land in one of the many fields near the house which I use, about 15% gradient, 300 yards, out of wind and across the slope.
Have a cup of tea.
Take off 11.30 with the missus, 12.10 at Bolt Head, 60 miles away. (
http://www.devonstrut.co.uk/pages/ai.../bolthead.htm). Fence is acros the strip, reducing it to 400m -- irrelevant to us. Checked out River Dart on the way and circled around to watch crazy canoeists.
Walk down the hill into Salcombe for lunch. Potter about.
Back to the strip after lunch.
Low level around the coast then up to Dartmoor, Tavistock, Bude, North along coast, stop in friend's field by the coast for a pee and a breather, creating two large furrows in the process and spumes of mud over the wings and fuselage (bugger!), then Hartland and to Saunton, check out Hercules doing beach landings, open the door and take some nice pics, back along the Torridge estuary lowish level, Eggesford at 4pm and at school parents evening for 5pm.
I won't say there's nothing else you can do this in, but it sure is fun and stress-free in a Super Cub. Didn't have to talk to anybody either.
QDM