It's The Longest Day
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It's The Longest Day
Sunrise at my house today is 04:33 local, sunset is 21:19 local; with the extra half hours that is 17 hours and 46 mins of legal day.
So, what would you do if you could do anything (aviation related) with all that legal daylight.
So, what would you do if you could do anything (aviation related) with all that legal daylight.
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Okay, I've got an NPPL and am therefore limited to UK, Day VFR; here's what I'd do (and if anyone's got a Cub they want to lend me then let me know):
Preposition the day before at St Mary's on the Scilly Isles and then fly as low as possible with the door open to Unst via:
The Lizard, Bodmin, Thruxton, Conington, Beccles, Sibson, Blackpool, Carlisle, Islay, Benbecula, Inverness, Wick and Fair Isle.
Doing it that way I can take off at 0346 and don't need to land at Unst until 2221, giving me over eighteen and a half hours to do it; time enough (maybe) for fuel stops, breakfast at Conington, lunch at Blackpool, a ride on the donkeys and a nap on the sand dunes, stop off for a bottle of malt at Islay and a late dinner (with my malt whisky) as the sun goes down over Unst.
I'd see a fair amount of the UK (sorry Wales, I was in a hurry) what a way to use an NPPL on the longest day.
Then, of course, next year I could do it again but go via Wales and then cross the country to take the East coast northwards.
I'm sat here at my computer, pretending to work and looking out at the blue skies and slight breeze damning the fact that I have to work for a living.
Work is the scourge of the flying classes (sorry, Oscar).
Preposition the day before at St Mary's on the Scilly Isles and then fly as low as possible with the door open to Unst via:
The Lizard, Bodmin, Thruxton, Conington, Beccles, Sibson, Blackpool, Carlisle, Islay, Benbecula, Inverness, Wick and Fair Isle.
Doing it that way I can take off at 0346 and don't need to land at Unst until 2221, giving me over eighteen and a half hours to do it; time enough (maybe) for fuel stops, breakfast at Conington, lunch at Blackpool, a ride on the donkeys and a nap on the sand dunes, stop off for a bottle of malt at Islay and a late dinner (with my malt whisky) as the sun goes down over Unst.
I'd see a fair amount of the UK (sorry Wales, I was in a hurry) what a way to use an NPPL on the longest day.
Then, of course, next year I could do it again but go via Wales and then cross the country to take the East coast northwards.
I'm sat here at my computer, pretending to work and looking out at the blue skies and slight breeze damning the fact that I have to work for a living.
Work is the scourge of the flying classes (sorry, Oscar).
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Not being pedantic but if you start in lands end and finish in Unst the times would be: S/R. 04.14 S/S 21.41 UTC. That would be 17hrs 27mins! I have made the same mistake myself flying from Biggin to Leeds!
As for the longest day, i think i would like to get the Six and take a couple of seats out, replace then with big ferry tanks and have a go at a transatlantic in a single record!
Not being pedantic but if you start in lands end and finish in Unst the times would be: S/R. 04.14 S/S 21.41 UTC. That would be 17hrs 27mins! I have made the same mistake myself flying from Biggin to Leeds!
As for the longest day, i think i would like to get the Six and take a couple of seats out, replace then with big ferry tanks and have a go at a transatlantic in a single record!
I hear it could possibly be available for sale however!
not that it matters as I have my "Night Qualification"...it's not a rating.
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Indeed you are correct with the sunrise and sunset times but is "Day" not legally half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset? Thereby buying me my free hour for donkey rides and malt whisky?
It doesn't matter how much daylight you have in Reykjavik, there's still nothing to do.
Indeed you are correct with the sunrise and sunset times but is "Day" not legally half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset? Thereby buying me my free hour for donkey rides and malt whisky?
It doesn't matter how much daylight you have in Reykjavik, there's still nothing to do.
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J.A.F.O you are correct about the S/S + 30 rule, i didnt include that. But what i was mainly pointing out was the extra 41 mins of daylight due to the difference in ss sr times due to location. Totally agree on ending the day with a good meal and a Malt Whiskey, have you tried Glencoe Cask Strength? 56% proof i think, must be taken in moderation especially if you are flying home in the morning!
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If I'd flown for 18 hours to get there, it'd be open.
Back to the Icelandic topic; the first time that I visited Keflavik the crew chief welcomed me with "Welcome to Keflavik, there's a woman behind every tree, there are no feckin' trees, though."
I was young and shallow, perhaps I did not appreciate all of its other attractions.
Back to the Icelandic topic; the first time that I visited Keflavik the crew chief welcomed me with "Welcome to Keflavik, there's a woman behind every tree, there are no feckin' trees, though."
I was young and shallow, perhaps I did not appreciate all of its other attractions.
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From: Cambridgeshire
Summer Salstice-Posted on ATC
This morning I was disturb by some C152 wanting to cross my Class D airspace, en route Avebury Stone circles, forgetting what day it was after a long night I said, why?
"I just like looking at weird hippies dancing naked"
Which was even funnier when he couldnt get VMC and had to bin it!!
Was it really worth getting up that early?
NM
"I just like looking at weird hippies dancing naked"
Which was even funnier when he couldnt get VMC and had to bin it!!
Was it really worth getting up that early?
NM
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Originally Posted by J.A.F.O
Doing it that way I can take off at 0346 and don't need to land at Unst until 2221
Originally Posted by H Ferguson
is Unst still open ? ,i taught that it was disused, wasn't Unst a military airfield ?
Knowing you could get home that way kept me sane (and relatively sober) for the 18 months I worked up there!
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Well, if you have a plane with an endurance a little over six hours and fifteen minutes, you could go night flying without those pesky night take offs and landings.
So that gives an extra hour, meaning you only need 5 hours and 15 minutes endurance. Well my Beech Sundowner is good for about 6 hours at reasonably normal cruise settings; so that means I could do it and still have 15 minutes more than legal daytime VFR reserves.
Except that it would be a moot point for me as I am night rated and rather enjoy the night takeoffs and landings
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From: 59°45'36N 10°27'59E
Ahhh..
Sunrise 00:07 on the 15th of May.........Sunset 22:00 on the 24th of july.
No use for the night rating now, but rather essenital in a few months..... (That, a s*** load of thermal clothing, and a HUUUGE engine heater for the Cessna.......
)
Sunrise 00:07 on the 15th of May.........Sunset 22:00 on the 24th of july.
No use for the night rating now, but rather essenital in a few months..... (That, a s*** load of thermal clothing, and a HUUUGE engine heater for the Cessna.......
)
