What a nice day!
 

Could see pretty well the whole of East Anglia from 9,000' above Diss this morning.

(Made a bit of a nonsense of the nav planning, though - no real need for lines on the map and watches and waypoints and so on when you can see pretty well the whole route in one go.)

I'd say a brilliant weekend.

Some great nightflying from Wellesbourne last night and a great day for strip flying and a sarnie run to Conington.

Fantastic to chase those winterblues awary for a bit!

Couldnt agree more!!

Completley hands off at 5000' over Chatsworth looking West a clear view of Manchester and the Mersey Estuary beyond. Just wish the right hand seat wasnt empty so I could share the joy.

Its what flying was what I used to dream about!!

We managed a sarnie run into Conington too.

R22 from Sywell - arrived 1015 and lifted 1100 approx.

RC

I was annoyed on Saturday to have to spend it inside due to a prior commitment. But a Sunday spent low level in the peak district, lunch at Sherburn and back to North Weald in the setting sun soon restored the balance.

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Saturday spent building bookshelves.

On Sunday I had a delightful flight in the Luscombe from Popham to Kemble for lunch. Bumped into AndyR and Irv at AV8.

Was that Monocock I saw in a maroon Luscombe with a silver fin heading north-west over Hungerford around 15:10?

When you can see South Marston from Popham it does make the nav easy.:p

Hi Mike

T'was me!! I was off for a bit of cloud dancing.....:cool:

Agree, it was an A1 weekend.

Had a wierd experience on Saturday. Went to Compton and when I changed onto 122.70, the world and his missus seemed to be on frequency. I then started hearing calls for Bodmin (understandable), St Mawgan (less understandable), Sywell (OK, but surprising) and position calls stating north of St Albans (no idea!).

I assumed the weather/atmospheric conditions were perect for radio transmissions.

Anyway, another eye opener was the fact I took off with a 4kt north-westerly and arrived at Compton in a 19kt north-easterly. :ooh:

Saturday was fab wasn't it? I'd booked the club Warrior for an hour to take the new BeauWoman up for her first go, and we couldn't have asked for clearer and calmer conditions over Cambridgeshire. Off at 12.30, gentle wander down to see her parents house, waggle the wings at a very pretty little yellow Cub following the A1 south at Biggleswade, track up north to waggle the wings at BeauWoman's neighbours, then a climb up to 6500' to see just how far we could see. Hmm, nice view of Northampton, Peterborough, Bury St Edmunds and all points in between. Perfect day for a chug. Problem was, the world and his granny all seemed to have the same idea, poor old Cambridge ATC had to ask us to hold off for a while when we came back so they could find us a gap in the circuit.

Indigestion by 1115 due to rushed sarnie?;)

Went to Peranporth Saturday, it was a fab day and surprised how quiet it was. Flew back at night in a cloud free sky:O

Are the shelves still up Mike??:{

Twas in deed a pleasant day yesterday.

Took the mighty steed upto Clacton with a girly who'd never been in a small aircraft and enjoyed such apleasant day she's looking at having ago herself!!

VEEPS :ok:

I had no trouble getting back, but had to queue to take off ... calling "ready for departure, no. 2 at alpha" (whilst no. 1 was waiting for landing traffic) is not an everyday experience at Cambridge.

Revenge of the shift workers
 

One may have missed the weekend but this one had the pleasure today of uncluttered sky, next-to-nil (cross)wind and a re-positioning flight that put the soul back into the body.

One hopes the nine-to-fives (well, some of you) had to envy one, just this once.

Impersonally galumphing on this frabjous day,
cc
:D

Do you always do touch and go's to 2000' ??? :cool: ;)