What do you do when you're not flying?
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Hey Keef:
G-UTSY Paint job:
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Not starburst purple with moons and Harry Potter stripes?
Please say it isn't true:
On another tack: When are you thinking of a trip to Calais for a few ILSs?
March is looming if you get my drift.
Aaaaah.......... memories.
Safe flying..
G-UTSY Paint job:
Tell me more
Not starburst purple with moons and Harry Potter stripes?
Please say it isn't true:
On another tack: When are you thinking of a trip to Calais for a few ILSs?
March is looming if you get my drift.
Aaaaah.......... memories.
Safe flying..
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If I'm not flying, then I'm birdwatching. Its the only pastime I know that you can do anyplace, anytime.
Come to think of it, I can go birding when I am flying - I remember the Ringed plover I scared doing PFLs at Foulness, a Common Tern we raced down the runway at Stapleford.... excuse me, I'll just go & sew a few more badges on.
Come to think of it, I can go birding when I am flying - I remember the Ringed plover I scared doing PFLs at Foulness, a Common Tern we raced down the runway at Stapleford.... excuse me, I'll just go & sew a few more badges on.
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Who has control - If only I was a birdwatcher - I might have missed that unfortunate magpie at Rochester the other month 
Shaggy Sheep Driver - Don't all car salesman lie ? I thought it was part of the job description.
Shaggy Sheep Driver - Don't all car salesman lie ? I thought it was part of the job description.
Why do it if it's not fun?
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Singapore, my car also suffers from leaks in wet weather, and it doesn't have a black rubber seal thingy! Any other ideas? I did find that replacing the seal on the front of the soft-top a few years ago helped, but with the soft-top up I get leaks through the holes for the hard-top bolts, and with the hard-top on I get leaks through the holes for the soft-top catches. Whichever top I've got on, I get leaks from the (un-sealed) front of the windows. With the hard-top on, it's not too bad because I have seals at the top and back of the windows, although they are not the grooved seals that you're talking about. But with the soft-top up, there are no seals around the windows at all!
Who, I also like to do a spot of bird-watching, although I'm not sure we're talking about the same kind of bird
FFF
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Who, I also like to do a spot of bird-watching, although I'm not sure we're talking about the same kind of bird
FFF
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FFF,
'Fraid I don't know much about Triumphs (though a long-gone ex-boyfriend of mine did own a gold TR7 in which we drove down to Italy one summer
). I seem to recall he had all sorts of problems with it as well.
I think the answer is that for quality and reliability you have to look to the Orient. For example, surveys always seem to show that MGF owners have far more problems than MX5 owners...
[Sits back and waits for flame throwers to be aimed in her general direction]
'Fraid I don't know much about Triumphs (though a long-gone ex-boyfriend of mine did own a gold TR7 in which we drove down to Italy one summer
). I seem to recall he had all sorts of problems with it as well.I think the answer is that for quality and reliability you have to look to the Orient.
For example, surveys always seem to show that MGF owners have far more problems than MX5 owners...[Sits back and waits for flame throwers to be aimed in her general direction]
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I've being getting accustomed with getting up every day and working for a living. It's not too bad really. Nice to know I can retire for 4 years in September and go study instead.
Spend rather a lot of time on the computer doing various projects, flying club website (it's very good), an article for the BBC Midlands website, and lots of studying for college and finishing off my A Level. Haven't PPRuNed a great deal at all lately! :o
Do my bit of plane spotting every day as I pass the threshold of BHX on the A45.
Also helping to build a Vans RV-9A at the bottom of a friend's garden. It's extremely good fun and puts a whole new dimension on flying for me. Can't wait till it's ready, hopefully for Kemble in July!
Haven't been in an aeroplane for about 8 weeks or more, and am a bit stressed about the lack of progress I've made on the PPL. Tends to be if there's money in the bank I spend it
Have had 3 weekends away lately on drinking missions. It's been fun, though I miss my flying so much. Maybe Sunday.
Spend rather a lot of time on the computer doing various projects, flying club website (it's very good
), an article for the BBC Midlands website, and lots of studying for college and finishing off my A Level. Haven't PPRuNed a great deal at all lately! :oDo my bit of plane spotting every day as I pass the threshold of BHX on the A45.
Also helping to build a Vans RV-9A at the bottom of a friend's garden. It's extremely good fun and puts a whole new dimension on flying for me. Can't wait till it's ready, hopefully for Kemble in July!
Haven't been in an aeroplane for about 8 weeks or more, and am a bit stressed about the lack of progress I've made on the PPL. Tends to be if there's money in the bank I spend it
Have had 3 weekends away lately on drinking missions. It's been fun, though I miss my flying so much. Maybe Sunday.
Cook, eat, drink, shout at teenager, talk flying, read about flying, shout at teenager, drink, occasionally take some exercise currently martial arts which are a wonderful stress reliever - the one time you're actually encouraged to hit somebody.
Oh, and a part-time PhD in airworthiness, plus writing a couple of books.
G
Oh, and a part-time PhD in airworthiness, plus writing a couple of books.
G
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When not flying.....
- Work (we've covered that one already on another recent thread!)
- PPRuNe
- Help out with local ATC Sqn + Gliding School (could take most of waking hours doing these!!)
- Keep Mrs CB happy - a demanding job in its own right!
- Dream of what rating / training to go for next [IMC / Tailwheel / Aeros if I'm being sensible(ish), Multi / IR / CPL / FI if I'm having a really bad work day, ATPL(F) if I'm having a lifetime's worst work day ]
- Plan next flight
- Walk dog
- DIY (it can only get better!!)
- Used to be motorcyclist, but sold that last year due to poo weather and nowhere to keep bike at new abode
- Work (we've covered that one already on another recent thread!)
- PPRuNe
- Help out with local ATC Sqn + Gliding School (could take most of waking hours doing these!!)
- Keep Mrs CB happy - a demanding job in its own right!
- Dream of what rating / training to go for next [IMC / Tailwheel / Aeros if I'm being sensible(ish), Multi / IR / CPL / FI if I'm having a really bad work day, ATPL(F) if I'm having a lifetime's worst work day
]- Plan next flight
- Walk dog
- DIY (it can only get better!!)
- Used to be motorcyclist, but sold that last year due to poo weather and nowhere to keep bike at new abode
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Hi Cusco
No, the same colour scheme as before - just having the red bits touched up, because the pigments have broken down and the outer coating cracked. They're doing the blue as well, for reasons I didn't understand, and the leading edges cos they were a bit thin.
You'll recognise her just as before!
I'm "current" on the IR till some time in January. Did a load of ILSs in Calais a couple of months back, and an IFR trip to Biggin last Sunday ending with an ILS.
Hadn't flown IFR for a while, and it was noticeable! Must do it more often.
No, the same colour scheme as before - just having the red bits touched up, because the pigments have broken down and the outer coating cracked. They're doing the blue as well, for reasons I didn't understand, and the leading edges cos they were a bit thin.
You'll recognise her just as before!
I'm "current" on the IR till some time in January. Did a load of ILSs in Calais a couple of months back, and an IFR trip to Biggin last Sunday ending with an ILS.
Hadn't flown IFR for a while, and it was noticeable! Must do it more often.
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When not flying . . . .
Spend time trying to work out how to ring fence the money saved from not flying so my wife doesnt spend it on her rotton horses!! 
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A bit of Flight Sim for me. It gets better all the time and the really great thing is that if you don't like the weather you change it! Now if Microsoft could do that in real life...