The last year has been a struggle with bureaucracy, and finally my much loved aeroplane has a new set of paperwork and can be legally flown. During that year the hangarage charges continued, maintenance had to be done, and I am just about to renew the insurance, all in all an expensive business.
Whilst so grounded I visited the coast, and went hill walking, and took friends to see local sites like castles, lakes, etc.
Frequently in those same spots the distant sound of a Rotax motor could be heard high overhead, and eventually curiosity made me follow a tiny microlight aircraft to its base in rural Cardiganshire.
Some people still live the flying dream...an older couple with a Thruster microlight, based on a small field with a canvas hangar, close to an old mansion, and a little hamlet of aviation friendly people. No rent, no regulators, no hassle, they just go flying wherever and whenever they wish.
The dream of flying is not yet dead.
