thanks for the replies so far ...gte
Frelon .. someone got me a red-letter day and I'm planning to maybe do a gliding lesson as part of that .... need to call and find out where close to London it can be done.
SNS3Guppy - Very informative and hellpful thanks! It makes me realise that engine failure do not necessarily go hand in hand with kicking the bucket. At the same time, still a bit of a concern that you also experienced a few .... but I appreciate it's because you fly/flew a lot. Just thought in an ideal world it would be nice to fly without all this drama
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