Welll, FFF & I made it, eventually
unfortunately eveepee blew us out as she had to work, much to her disgust
I left North Weald at 9:30 and routed BNN & Wycombe to pick up FFF at White Waltham. We departed west into good weather and after Boscombe failed to answer our calls, flew over Chilbolton and into lowering cloud at Salisbury. At this point we decided a divert was in order & dropped into Old Sarum for tea and lunch. The weather improved and we were soon on our way again. After a short flight we arrived at Compton, the approach to 26 reminds me of Elstree as the ground slopes up towards the threshold giving a false indication height.
HelenD & Mr HelenD were there, with Saab Dastard & friend, Mr & Mrs mcross and another pair of ppruners whose names I forget, sorry!!. We had a really good time, FFF claims the record for the cheapest round ever - 5 pints of water & a Coke! There were many interesting aircraft flying about, A Yak 52, a Robin and a pearlescent Rans.
Eventually, we all decided that it was time to leave and FFF & I departed roughly NE towards Salisbury. Farnborough Radar left me open-mouthed with the amount of traffic they handled, but FFF assured me that it was normal. The Vis. was superb, we could see the Solent & IOW andWhite Waltham appeared on time and I left FFF there. The trip back to North Weald was uneventful, it was an afternoon to enjoy a easy flight back to base.
Big Thanks to FFF for helping me on my first trip to the west of London, I learnt a lot. But as he said to me, if he had to fly in Essex, he probably be as unsure as I was in his 'home patch'
Look forward to the next one and to seeing the photos.