What do you do when you're not flying?
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What do you do when you're not flying?
With the typical British weather we've had the last six weeks or so, I was wondering what we're now all doing with our spare time (and money? 
). What hobbies do we all have which take up our non-airbourne time?
Personally I've been doing more work, so I can afford to fly when the weather picks up.
But I've also found time to catch up on some reading, and watch some videos.
). What hobbies do we all have which take up our non-airbourne time?Personally I've been doing more work, so I can afford to fly when the weather picks up.
But I've also found time to catch up on some reading, and watch some videos.
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me and a fellow chum have whiled away many an wet and windy day in the local boozah coming up with bizarre designs for robot wars. currently harbouring a developed sense of destruction for all things mechanical.
probably best i don't fly for a while.
probably best i don't fly for a while.
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I can't precisely remember what I've been doing in these spare gaps in the winter diary, typically some extra freelance work followed by a good restuarant, some fine wine, then whisky.
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Work, prune, work, prune, work, prune, work, prune, work, prune, work, check satellite image for wx, curse the bloody winter wx in kerry, work, prune, work, prune, go home, prune, check satellite images, curse the instructor for taking his holidays, prune, sleep.
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I've just bought an Impreza which has an amazing ability to swallow cash (bit like flying really) after you finish buying bits for it but happily this has coincided with the cruddy WX so mainly it has diverted my dosh, which otherwise would have been spent flying.
So much for my 3 hours per month during the Winter season idea!
I haven't flown properly since Sywell, so I'm not sure if I scared Evo, he scared me or I scared myself...
In the meantime, I'm just day dreaming of SA in ths Spring in a 172.
So much for my 3 hours per month during the Winter season idea!
I haven't flown properly since Sywell, so I'm not sure if I scared Evo, he scared me or I scared myself...
In the meantime, I'm just day dreaming of SA in ths Spring in a 172.
Why do it if it's not fun?
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Problem is my other main hobby - driving, reparing, breaking and then repairing and generally messing around with my Triumph Spitfire - also needs good weather. So when the sun's out, I'm torn between the two (flying usually wins, but the car complains if I neglect her too much), and when the weather's crap I can't do either.
At the moment, the bad weather is giving me a chance to get ahead with my studying, which means I can spend the next few weekends recovering from various Christmas parties (mostly either car or aeroplane related!) Hanging out at the airfield is also a great thing to do when the weather's crap, because there are loads of other pilots there to talk to.
Reading and music also feature heavilly on the list of things to do, but haven't had much chance for either since I've started the ATPL exams. Hopefully I'll get a chance to catch up after the exams in February.
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At the moment, the bad weather is giving me a chance to get ahead with my studying, which means I can spend the next few weekends recovering from various Christmas parties (mostly either car or aeroplane related!) Hanging out at the airfield is also a great thing to do when the weather's crap, because there are loads of other pilots there to talk to.
Reading and music also feature heavilly on the list of things to do, but haven't had much chance for either since I've started the ATPL exams. Hopefully I'll get a chance to catch up after the exams in February.
FFF
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A bit like EI_Sparks, see if you can spot the difference:
Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Plan flights to be made while on holiday in Australia over Christmas, Hope for VMC despite copious bushfire smoke, Check Calendar: only 7 days to go!, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune
Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Plan flights to be made while on holiday in Australia over Christmas, Hope for VMC despite copious bushfire smoke, Check Calendar: only 7 days to go!, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune, Work, Pprune
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FlyingForFun. Your car problems are related to the way you relate to him! Aircraft, boats and cars should always be referred to as "he"......
As if by magic all of your problems (reliability, bits falling off etc) will vanish overnight.
As if by magic all of your problems (reliability, bits falling off etc) will vanish overnight.
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FFF - I used to have a Spitfire (Triumph, not Supermarine, unfortunatly) back when it was one of the very few open-topped cars on the market (others excluding exotica were MGB and Midget). I bought mine new in 1972 (about 1200 quid, IIRC) when I were a sprog. I kept it all its life 'till it died of rust (actually got a minor rear-end shunt, but because it was so rusty it was an insurance write-off). Great fun in the winter with the top down and the heater on full blast. And even if it rained, as long as you could maintain at least 40 you didn't get wet. I'm very tempted to get an MX5 to re-live those fun days of my yoof. It would be infinatley more reliable than the Triumph and far less rust-prone.
What do I do when not flying? If the sky is clear at night, I get my 'scope out to do some (astonomical) observing. If the weather is nice but the aeroplane not available I might ride my Honda VFR 800 bike - or my pushbike. If the weather is cr*p, perhaps a bit of reading or some writing. Never DIY! (not into that!).
Oh, and drinking, of course ;-)
SSD
What do I do when not flying? If the sky is clear at night, I get my 'scope out to do some (astonomical) observing. If the weather is nice but the aeroplane not available I might ride my Honda VFR 800 bike - or my pushbike. If the weather is cr*p, perhaps a bit of reading or some writing. Never DIY! (not into that!).
Oh, and drinking, of course ;-)
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Well besides flying....
Skydiving (although decided to leanr to fly the things instead of jumping out of them as seem too much like controlled suicide!)
Motorbikes (ride a Ducati 900SS - another cash guzzler on the services!)
Snowboarding (New Year in Morzine - Wahey!)
Wakeboarding (Get the boat out Al as I cant run fast enough down the sea wall...)
Scuba (Fascination with exploring old wrecks, not just the sort you find out on a Friday night)
Karting (Just bought myself a 90mph tea tray that does 0-60 in 2.5 secs!)
I guess I am a bit of a petrolhead really !!!
Skydiving (although decided to leanr to fly the things instead of jumping out of them as seem too much like controlled suicide!)
Motorbikes (ride a Ducati 900SS - another cash guzzler on the services!)
Snowboarding (New Year in Morzine - Wahey!)
Wakeboarding (Get the boat out Al as I cant run fast enough down the sea wall...)
Scuba (Fascination with exploring old wrecks, not just the sort you find out on a Friday night)
Karting (Just bought myself a 90mph tea tray that does 0-60 in 2.5 secs!)
I guess I am a bit of a petrolhead really !!!
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Shaggy Sheep Driver - Being the proud yooffull owner of Minx (my ageing MX5), I can assure you she (Sennadog :has to be "she" with a name like that), doesn't like this weather either. Still drives well if you don't mind feeling rather wet in the nether regions ! Every time (every day recently!) it rains the driver's seat draws in even more water - I've taken to keeping my plastic pinny permanently draped over it. I bought a can of spray-on waterproofing but unfortunately it must only be used on a dry surface...hence it remains unopened !
Aerbabe - back to the original question - work,pprune, phone airfield to see if my lesson's cancelled again, work,pprune, Christmas shopping, phone airfield again.....get my drift..
owner of Minx (my ageing MX5), I can assure you she (Sennadog :has to be "she" with a name like that), doesn't like this weather either. Still drives well if you don't mind feeling rather wet in the nether regions ! Every time (every day recently!) it rains the driver's seat draws in even more water - I've taken to keeping my plastic pinny permanently draped over it. I bought a can of spray-on waterproofing but unfortunately it must only be used on a dry surface...hence it remains unopened !Aerbabe - back to the original question - work,pprune, phone airfield to see if my lesson's cancelled again, work,pprune, Christmas shopping, phone airfield again.....get my drift..
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Sleep. Do that every day from 2am to 8am.
Read. Do lots of that. Some day I'll finish my dissertation and the nice Univ will give me my MA.
Stargaze. Like SSD, I enjoy pointing my telescope at the sky and watching the wonders of God's creation. It really is stunning what can be seen. OK, the thing looks more like an upturned dustbin than a telescope, but it does a super job.
PPRuNe. Too much, really.
Play Pooter: mostly reading, posting, and "adminning" on the Flyer List.
Talk. I do an awful lot of that...
G-UTSY should be out of the paintshop by Friday, so Monday might be lunch in Le Touquet.
Read. Do lots of that. Some day I'll finish my dissertation and the nice Univ will give me my MA.
Stargaze. Like SSD, I enjoy pointing my telescope at the sky and watching the wonders of God's creation. It really is stunning what can be seen. OK, the thing looks more like an upturned dustbin than a telescope, but it does a super job.
PPRuNe. Too much, really.
Play Pooter: mostly reading, posting, and "adminning" on the Flyer List.
Talk. I do an awful lot of that...
G-UTSY should be out of the paintshop by Friday, so Monday might be lunch in Le Touquet.
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eveepee,
Forgive the technical nature of this post but have you checked the black rubber thingy that forms a seal for the front edge of the driver's window when it's closed? The centre is hollow for draining away water when it rains, but sometimes it can get blocked - this has happened to me a couple of times, resulting in a sudden desire for waterproof trousers! It's quite easy to unblock with a long piece of wire or something similar.
Forgive the technical nature of this post
but have you checked the black rubber thingy that forms a seal for the front edge of the driver's window when it's closed? The centre is hollow for draining away water when it rains, but sometimes it can get blocked - this has happened to me a couple of times, resulting in a sudden desire for waterproof trousers! It's quite easy to unblock with a long piece of wire or something similar.
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Singaporegirl - Many thanks for the tip - Cheers - I'll check and see if I'm blocked - If I can''t find a long piece of wire I can always use the needle when I'm not sewing on my badges
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Think of all the money I am saving!
This works out rather well with Ms Thump... Each time I have a lesson cancelled I can say 'well thats another £140 I have saved'
Seems to give me street cred. when I book my next 4 lessons!
And if I do a bit of gardening instead of flying I get bonus points and no questions asked for the next financial committment to the flying school!
This works out rather well with Ms Thump... Each time I have a lesson cancelled I can say 'well thats another £140 I have saved'
Seems to give me street cred. when I book my next 4 lessons!
And if I do a bit of gardening instead of flying I get bonus points and no questions asked for the next financial committment to the flying school!
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eveepee - So the Mazdz salesman lied to me! He said there's no need to garage an MX5 - they don't leak, ever.
BTW does no-one on here ever watch telly in their free time? I'll admit to a bit of that (not much)
SSD
BTW does no-one on here ever watch telly in their free time? I'll admit to a bit of that (not much)
SSD