Frustrated with this damned summer
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what bad weather? It's not that bad. I suspect more likely that the free time people have for flying coincided with bad weather days. I have done over 300 hrs so far this year. Was in Guernsey and Quiberon at the weekend, Dunkirk this week and have been out today after fixing the runway lights.
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155 hours so far this year... all VFR & in a microlight. From North West Ireland to Southern England, Isle of Wight and Scotland. Blois in France at the end of the month.
Not the right country if you are a fair weather pilot.
Not the right country if you are a fair weather pilot.
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Jonkil, are you one of the group of 4 microlights from Donegal ?, if so it was us who met you all at Otherton on your trip of the UK in May this year.
You microlight fellows seem to be the pilots who add real hours to your log and doing the real touring, well done.
You microlight fellows seem to be the pilots who add real hours to your log and doing the real touring, well done.
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Generally a nice day today, but courtesy of a nice big storm sitting over Peterborough too windy for me in a Cub! So another week to wait for lesson #4 
Like I said, the weather is fine until I try to fly!
Like I said, the weather is fine until I try to fly!
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Hmm,
Been looking at getting from NE Scotland to High Wycombe all week. Want to do it in a oner but there's always a belt of rain somewhere in the way.
Ah well keep waiting and doing the local thing!
Been looking at getting from NE Scotland to High Wycombe all week. Want to do it in a oner but there's always a belt of rain somewhere in the way.
Ah well keep waiting and doing the local thing!
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It's only rain - you can fly through it. If you wait for perfect VFR conditions the length and breadth of the country you will never go anywhere. We have a maritime climate and many separate weather zones.
Catch as catch can is the only way to do it.
Catch as catch can is the only way to do it.
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Originally Posted by JohnHarris
Jonkil, are you one of the group of 4 microlights from Donegal ?, if so it was us who met you all at Otherton on your trip of the UK in May this year.
You microlight fellows seem to be the pilots who add real hours to your log and doing the real touring, well done.
You microlight fellows seem to be the pilots who add real hours to your log and doing the real touring, well done.
Yes indeed I was part of that group in May. I was in one of the C42's. Excellent touring trip where we flew back via Wales and across to Wexford and up home. Thanks for everything that weekend and we will return when we have a bit more time to hang around !
We flew to the IOW again a month later to the Spamfield event.
There is a good report on the May trip HERE.
Looking forward to a trip up the western Isles in September.
