Christmas Day Flying
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I've always had a bit of a stupidstition about flying on Christmas Day.... and today was beautiful in New South Wales (just west of Sydney) so there was no excuse, blue skies, around 24 deg C and I own the plane....but I cant bring myself to do it because if I was to come unstuck it would stuff up everyone else's day. 
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What a stunning morning!!
20 minutes of beautiful clean air and no reply from Farnborough or Lyneham!!! Perhaps they were getting stuck into some figgy pudding....
Happy Chrimble all......
20 minutes of beautiful clean air and no reply from Farnborough or Lyneham!!! Perhaps they were getting stuck into some figgy pudding....
Happy Chrimble all......
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I woke up to an absolutely gorgeous picture postcard Christmas day...I'd photograph it and post it here if I knew how to.
Unfortunately, that amount of snow in the Welsh hills is far better for looking out at than trying to drive in, never mind what conditions would actually be like at Sleap if I could get there. So no flying for me.
I guess that's what I get for living on a hillside with about the most stunning view in the world...ok, a little exaggeration, but it is rather beautiful. Ah well, maybe I should go sledging instead. 
Merry Christmas one and all, whatever you do, and here's to blue skies and light winds in 2005.
Unfortunately, that amount of snow in the Welsh hills is far better for looking out at than trying to drive in, never mind what conditions would actually be like at Sleap if I could get there. So no flying for me.
I guess that's what I get for living on a hillside with about the most stunning view in the world...ok, a little exaggeration, but it is rather beautiful. Ah well, maybe I should go sledging instead. Merry Christmas one and all, whatever you do, and here's to blue skies and light winds in 2005.
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Glorious weather!
Airborne for exactly an hour - lost count of the number of loops, avalanches and rolls that I did!
Headed up to N Norfolk to run through my display sequence for a young lovely - messed up the avalanche but kept the whole thing running along smoothly.
Nowich was closed but I have a sneaky suspicion that I spoke to Cusco (AlphaCharlie just happen to be his last two).
Then back from N Norfolk, around Norwich and looped and rolled all the way. Over a very desolate bit of the broads, I practiced my avalanche into stall turn into avalanche into stall turn until I felt that I'd made enough noise in one place!
Ah - makes you feel good to be alive!
Merry Chrimbo, all
Stik
Airborne for exactly an hour - lost count of the number of loops, avalanches and rolls that I did!
Headed up to N Norfolk to run through my display sequence for a young lovely - messed up the avalanche but kept the whole thing running along smoothly.
Nowich was closed but I have a sneaky suspicion that I spoke to Cusco (AlphaCharlie just happen to be his last two).
Then back from N Norfolk, around Norwich and looped and rolled all the way. Over a very desolate bit of the broads, I practiced my avalanche into stall turn into avalanche into stall turn until I felt that I'd made enough noise in one place!
Ah - makes you feel good to be alive!
Merry Chrimbo, all
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Xmas day
Excellent morning's aviating: Clear skies over Norfolk.
Still got back home before anyone else was up.
Stik Yep I did speak to you I think: A coupla stations were calling Norwich: including me as the ATIS was out.
Eventually got Yarmouth Regional QNH from London inf (Forgot to set QFE at the strip.)
I was over Holt at 10.00 local but didn't see any aerobatting:
Hope the totty was impressed.
Could see for ever to the North but into sun a bit dodgy.
Merry Crimley to one and all and safe aviating for 2005.
Cusco
Still got back home before anyone else was up.
Stik Yep I did speak to you I think: A coupla stations were calling Norwich: including me as the ATIS was out.
Eventually got Yarmouth Regional QNH from London inf (Forgot to set QFE at the strip.)
I was over Holt at 10.00 local but didn't see any aerobatting:
Hope the totty was impressed.
Could see for ever to the North but into sun a bit dodgy.
Merry Crimley to one and all and safe aviating for 2005.
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Merry Christmas,
Started with a brisk 3-ship formation around the locality just to blow the cobwebs off. Then I did a 3:25hr marathon in a Super Cub from Kent to Norfolk via Suffolk and back, never saw Stik or Cusco even though I was in the same neck of the woods....Weather was superb, could see for miles although into sun the whole way home..
Did a recce of the old Woodbridge airfield and boy, was that large strip of tarmac tempting! Went and 'said hello' to my daughter and a few friends, then headed back via the Norfolk Broads and the East coast. Waved at a lone yacht on the river West of Lowestoft...
Flew virtually all the way home at quite a lot less than 500ft, completely legally and just to exercise the privelage.
Was on London Info all the time, but the only person I heard was a coastguard S-61 en route from Portland to London with a casevac into KCH. Incidentally, this was the first time i had used London Info for years; needed to know if D138 was active.
'twas one of those special days that doesn't happen very often. Although after 3:25hrs, I wished I had taken a flask of coffee for some inflight drinkies!
Have a good 2005
z
Started with a brisk 3-ship formation around the locality just to blow the cobwebs off. Then I did a 3:25hr marathon in a Super Cub from Kent to Norfolk via Suffolk and back, never saw Stik or Cusco even though I was in the same neck of the woods....Weather was superb, could see for miles although into sun the whole way home..
Did a recce of the old Woodbridge airfield and boy, was that large strip of tarmac tempting! Went and 'said hello' to my daughter and a few friends, then headed back via the Norfolk Broads and the East coast. Waved at a lone yacht on the river West of Lowestoft...
Flew virtually all the way home at quite a lot less than 500ft, completely legally and just to exercise the privelage.
Was on London Info all the time, but the only person I heard was a coastguard S-61 en route from Portland to London with a casevac into KCH. Incidentally, this was the first time i had used London Info for years; needed to know if D138 was active.
'twas one of those special days that doesn't happen very often. Although after 3:25hrs, I wished I had taken a flask of coffee for some inflight drinkies!
Have a good 2005
z
I had intended flying boxing day - but am on the tail end of a cold, stll can't clear my ears, so can't - despite gorgeous flyable weather. Oh well.
However, Mrs G bought me a radio controlled aeroplane for christmas, and (amongst others) I have my 3 year old neice staying for whom I bought a HUGE polystyrene glider which we spent a large part of christmas day throwing up and down the stairs at each other to her huge delight (if not my sister in-law's
who doesn't entirely approve of all of my and her husband's interests 
).
So, all is not lost.
G
However, Mrs G bought me a radio controlled aeroplane for christmas, and (amongst others) I have my 3 year old neice staying for whom I bought a HUGE polystyrene glider which we spent a large part of christmas day throwing up and down the stairs at each other to her huge delight (if not my sister in-law's
who doesn't entirely approve of all of my and her husband's interests ).So, all is not lost.
G
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Still picture postcard snow scene here.
It might be OK at Sleap, but the airfield's officially closed, it's a long drive to find out it's unflyable, and I'm not even sure I could get my car out. Maybe tomorrow....
It might be OK at Sleap, but the airfield's officially closed, it's a long drive to find out it's unflyable, and I'm not even sure I could get my car out. Maybe tomorrow....
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Didnt fly yesterday/Christmas day as I dont think Mrs SD would appreciate my leaving her to cope with all the Family that turned up, didnt feel too bad though, weather was c&*p anway.
But.....today was one of those perfect cold clear winter days, and I just had to get airbourne - absolutely wonderful!!
Regards, SD..
But.....today was one of those perfect cold clear winter days, and I just had to get airbourne - absolutely wonderful!!
Regards, SD..
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Unfortunately no flying for me either.....woke up to a glorious xmas day AND boxing day (dammit!) and i have the worst flu at the moment and have done for a week
Did fly in Wales in the week though (when I though lack of voice was pub-smoke-loud singing induced.... turns out it was the worst head cold ever and it didn't agree with me upon descent....probably didn't help that I had been upside down!), but wasn't quite so glorious. Itching to fly at the mo!
Did fly in Wales in the week though (when I though lack of voice was pub-smoke-loud singing induced.... turns out it was the worst head cold ever and it didn't agree with me upon descent....probably didn't help that I had been upside down!), but wasn't quite so glorious. Itching to fly at the mo!
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Its typical of this year's weather that when we get not one, but two days fantastic weather and they over a weekend too, it should be on the two days of the year when its certain that 99% of us won't be able to fly.
I hope that everyone who made it into the sky had a great time and to the guy in the Cessna 150 who came over this afternoon, I wasn't in the slightesy bit envious.
Its going to be terrible weather on tuesday, as that the earliest that I can get the aircraft.
Happy Flying 2005!
I hope that everyone who made it into the sky had a great time and to the guy in the Cessna 150 who came over this afternoon, I wasn't in the slightesy bit envious.
Its going to be terrible weather on tuesday, as that the earliest that I can get the aircraft.
Happy Flying 2005!
