Anything happening out there today (Sunday 20th)?
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Anything happening out there today (Sunday 20th)?
Once this mist clears and last nights wine wears off I shall be looking for somewhere to go.....
Anybody know of any gatherings / events today or will it be another full english at the local?
Anybody know of any gatherings / events today or will it be another full english at the local?
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Hey Monocock,
I think you missed out! The weather at Avalon has been gorgeous all weekend - a definite improvement on midweek. Anyway, it's over as i write, but I am z + 11hrs.
How is the wx back home; someone said it was T-shirt wx!!
Hope you get airborne and I hope there will be some fine wx next weekend. Must dash, flight home boarding
I think you missed out! The weather at Avalon has been gorgeous all weekend - a definite improvement on midweek. Anyway, it's over as i write, but I am z + 11hrs.
How is the wx back home; someone said it was T-shirt wx!!
Hope you get airborne and I hope there will be some fine wx next weekend. Must dash, flight home boarding
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Managed one circuit (with an instructor) ... couldn't see the runway all the time, in clould part of the time, no horizon (which doesn't usually bother me but I wasn't too happy during the climb), navigating partly by known ground features, never done a bad weather circuit in this type before ...
Oh well, try again next weekend.
Oh well, try again next weekend.
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My sympathies Gertrude. I was all set for Kemble yesterday but the clag never really cleared. Got a "late pass" from the Boss today to try for Wellesbourne but I can't see my 2 km marker from my study window so I guess it's the Malaysian GP on TV and a "kicking the cat" session. I'm on the N herts/XCambs border by the way.
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I'm dusting off my wings, doing a few tentative circuits, reckoning I'm ready for the flying season to begin in earnest... and... "now what???"
Going to sulk.
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After a long long wait I got to do a bimble along the coast, above a very murky inversion layer. Coming back in was fun, no forward vis into the sun so navigating by looking directly down 
Thank goodness for the new screen.
Mono , she's back (yesterday) so expect a visit soon And flying well too 
Thank goodness for the new screen.Mono , she's back (yesterday) so expect a visit soon
And flying well too
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Took off to revalidate on a 172R into broken @ 600 feet then overcast @ 1200 and proved the validity and appeal of the IMC rating when we [Me & CFI] broke through to perfect VMC on top at 3000 feet.
Thouroughly enjoyed myself and even did an SRA back in due unservicable ILS.
Now to negotiate the cost of same with my beloved...anybody got any tips?
M
Thouroughly enjoyed myself and even did an SRA back in due unservicable ILS.
Now to negotiate the cost of same with my beloved...anybody got any tips?
M
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Now to negotiate the cost of same with my beloved...anybody got any tips?
It worked. She even talked the club manager into a discount, which I'd never have been able to do.
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Here in the SE it was mightily crap!
Planned to fly from Redhill to Eastwell manor, near Ashford, Kent for a nice lunch and a bit of jazz. That idea was shelved due to nasty claggy mist / haze so it was into the car and down the M20 (plan B)
Wasn't the arrival I had planned, but imagine my surprise to see an R44 sat on the helipad beneath the gloom.... I decided he must have flown in the day before - hope they weren't in a hurry to get back
Still, good to see it was clear today while I was at work
DBChopper
Planned to fly from Redhill to Eastwell manor, near Ashford, Kent for a nice lunch and a bit of jazz. That idea was shelved due to nasty claggy mist / haze so it was into the car and down the M20
(plan B)Wasn't the arrival I had planned, but imagine my surprise to see an R44 sat on the helipad beneath the gloom.... I decided he must have flown in the day before - hope they weren't in a hurry to get back
Still, good to see it was clear today while I was at work
DBChopper
