I too heard of the free landings game on Saturday morning via text on me moby.
So we jollied off on Saturday pm and got the VIP treatment in the Citabria - absolute greaser of a landing if I say so myself - I was sweating cobs at the thought of groundlooping and showing myself up to the hordes at Manch but all was well.
Got excellent views of the BBMF flypast and the Junkers 52 arrival.
Then got another slot and did it all over again on Sunday (including the greaser!).
Both times I had just a bare 2-3 minutes wait at Sale Water Park. Barrelling down the approach to 24R at 130 mph was lots of fun albeit a bit nervous of being caught in wake vortex or nudged from behind by a 767.
And Sunday evening, I put the Citabria to bed at her new home in the NW - Liverpool airport, in the Keenair hangar. Hopefully she will shortly be available for considerate taildragger pilots to hire, so a decent tailwheel/entry level aerobatics/strip flying machine is at last around in the NW !!! That is, if you can stop me flying her. She is a beaut
