What is going on? It is getting strange now. Is it Bourn or Kemble?
I should be at Kemble at around 11am. But do not feel like talking to myself!
Your comments please!

I shall be at Kemble late am. Just checked tomorrows TAFS and its looking good. Hope there is a good turnout. Again, how do we recognise each other - see earlier post.

I'll be at Kemble around 11.30, and I'll wear my PPRuNe Gatbash badge. So if you find me you'll find each other! Apart from that, the cafe isn't that big, so hopefully it won't be too hard.

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Whirly

To fly is human, to hover, divine.

def on for tomorrow and looking forward to meeting everyone.
Local met (Waddo) is saying 3500m in mist first thing but still aiming for 11.00 hrs.
Shall I bring the Scrabble? :)

B

By the way... I am going to Kemble... transiting via Daventry tomorrow morning.

B

Shouldn't be too difficult to pick out myself and Whirly anyway... a short blonde... with a short brunette wearing a PPRuNe badge... arriving in a (possibly) red and black R22!

See you tomorrow!

QNH 1013

What are you arriving in - I'll keep my eyes open for a fellow member of the 'chapter'

I'm still of for Kemble tomorrow morning - as long as weather is as Taff'ed. Unfortunately it will be in a club Traumahawk, as the Sundowner that I bought into yesterday is in the Channel islands (Do'h)

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Pessimism : Don't try it, it'll never work

Latest count for Kemble:

rightstuffer
Whirlybird
Girl Flyday
loglickychops
Chilli Monster
AirScream
AC-DC
Bat outahell
Welshbwoy
Beagler
Tiny
FNG
GulfstreamV
DOC.400
Skylark4
Genghis the Engineer
A and C
New Bloke
Mark 1
mickypitch
QNH 1013

21 people! Not bad at all :)

Now if I just manage a couple more posts tonight we can celebrate my 500th PPRuNe post - if you really want to :)

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Whirly

To fly is human, to hover, divine.

CM Will be arriving in a bright yellow 2-seater. Won't be difficult to spot me, I'll be frozen solid (no heater). Also, I'm the only one to wear a tie with a flying suit. I'll be with the only member of our group who doesn't feel the cold!
See you all tomorrow.

Sorry Folks

Last minute problems stop play. DAMN. Have a good one

:L

Weather generally looks good today but I may have a slight delay in starting because EGNX RVR is currently only 300m. Rest of country seems much better and its forcast to lift during morning. I don't need to leave for another 1.5 hours so keeping my fingers crossed. Hope to see you all at Kemble.

Verbum Sapientii chaps, following Notammed today...


PART 1 OF 2 PARTS
(R0005/01 A2 NOTAMN
Q) EGTT/QRCXX/IV/BO/W/000/030/
A) EGTT B) 0101151030 C) 0101151147
E) (AUS 01-01-0120)
1. ROYAL FLT,IN A S-76 HEL,CALLSIGN RAINBOW 1 ROMEO,TASK NO 002,
FM KEMBLE(EGBP) TO KENSINGTON PALACE ON 2001.
2. A ROYAL LOW LEVEL CORRIDOR (RLLC) WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS FLWS
DEP CP1 KEMBLE 5140N 00203W ETD 1045
CP2 SWINDON 5137N 00148W ETA 1050
CP3 GORING 5131N 00107W ETA 1101
CP4 COOKHAM 5134N 00042W ETA 1108
DES CP5 KENSINGTON PALACE 5131N 00011W ETA 1117
OPR ALT FM 500FT TO 3000FT AMSL.
F) SFC G) 3000FT AMSL )
PART 2 OF 2 PARTS
(R0005/01 B2 NOTAMN
Q) EGTT/QRCXX/IV/BO/W/000/030/
A) EGTT B) 0101151030 C) 0101151147
E)
3. PILOTS FLYING NEAR THE ROUTE SHOULD KEEP A LOOK OUT
AND MNTN ADEQUATE SEPARATION FROM THE ROYAL HEL.
4. MIL ACFT ARE NOT TO BE FLOWN BELOW 4000FT AMSL WI
5NM OF THE TRACK OF THE ROYAL ACFT, UNLESS EXEMPTED UNDER
COND STIPULATED IN JSP 318A APPENDIX 1.
5. INFO ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS FLT MAY BE OBTAINED
FM LONDON MIL ICF AND FM THE FOLLOWING ATC UNITS.
LATCC 124.6MHZ, BATTERSEA 122.9MHZ, THAMES RADAR 132.7MHZ,
LYNEHAM 123.4MHZ,
TASK 002.
F) SFC G) 3000FT AMSL )

Will be getting there (ETA Mid-day), just waiting for the frost to melt!

GV

DAM DAM DAM & DAM

FZFG at base http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif

B

(Did you see the Queen?) :)

Just got back from the airfield (80 mile round trip by car). Waited 4-hours for the FZFG to lift - it didn't, it just got worse until you couldn't see across the runway.
Hope the rest of you had better wx and made it ok.
Will try again for the next one,

QNH 1013

Well, it happened!

I was there!

Well, I wasnt there, but was flying around the area mid day ish. Had a pi*s poor flight due to me being soo tierd, so to anyone who heard me, in not usually that crap!

hehe, hope you all enjoyed,
Rusty

I popped into Bourn - by car http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif
There was a goodly crowd there and it seemed everybody had enjoyed CAVOK on their trips.

Looking forward to hearing reports from Kemble...

BTW Beagler, doubt if anyone saw the Queen - the NOTAM is for next Saturday :)

Well, if that wasn't VFR enough for everyone.

Excellent day out, 130 Knots out, 70 back, cloudless skies, unlimited vis, looking forward to the next get together.

Sorry to miss everybody, the 30 knot N-Easterly was not going to be compatible with an aircraft that flies at 45 knots.

Maybe next time.

G

Sorry people, wimped out. Spent Saturday evening at Le Touquet (Westminster Hotel v pleasant) and on Sunday made it to Bourn via N Weald, but felt too tired to go to Kemble and then slog back against howling easterly wind. Over ambitious flying schedule, I guess. Still, hooray for the first proper flying weekend in millenia. Viz wondrous: white cliffs plainly visible from the BNE VOR well inland of Boulogne. Hope all who went had fun.

Hi Guys
Chili, Girl Flyday -nice to meet you (briefly!). Saw u in the distance Whirl -hallo again.
Had to dash back to White Waltham for lunch I was hosting.
Superb vis on way back -in excess of 50 miles -could see S'ton Water and IOW easily from above CPT. Don't we deserve it!!!
So, been there, next?
I'm at RGV, Gloucester tomorrow and Tue with 'NU if anybody wants to say hello!!
Regards
Lima Mike

It was nice to meet you all. Chilli M... You are right, we are Trouble makers.

There was a very good turnout at The Bourn Butty fly-in, hope all who went to Kemble had an equally enjoyable time.

As there seems to be a fair number who frequent both PPRuNe and the Flyer List, maybe we should try and do a joint one sometime.

WF.

Hey Everyone!!

Sorry for the intrusion, but looked like a good amount of interest for forming a regular GA pprune/fly-in/bacon butty type club thing.

If anyone fancies a meet up @ either Compton Abbas or Popham then i am more than willing to gee up the owners for a mass invasion, and get the streakey bacon in!

Cheers

Foxxy

Well, the PPRuNe Private Flying Fly-in finally happened :) :) :)

Girl Flyday and I got there after an interesting trip against a 30 kt headwind, which didn't prevent us taking a sightseeing tour of the Severn Bridge on the way, but did mean it took us ages and that DOC.400 left while I was paying for fuel. However, Chilli Monster acted as our private taxi service from the fuel pumps to the cafe, and afterwards we met Skylark4, AC-DC, GulfstreamV, and New Bloke. If I've missed anyone out of that list my sincere apologies - put it down to the wind throwing my little heli around and destroying my few remaining brain cells. Anyway, it was really great to meet you all, and sorry the others couldn't make it; I ran out every time a microlight flew in to see if Genghis had arrived, as I thought he flew in any conditions - but obviously there are limits. Getting back was fun for us with a 30 kt tailwind too!

Yes, I'd love to go to Compton Abbas or Popham as I haven't been to either, but as a veggie I'll give the streaky bacon a miss - cheese butties for me please.

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Whirly

To fly is human, to hover, divine.

Curses! Still bogged in I'm afraid. Glad everyone who made it had a good time. Looking forward to the next one.

Next Flyer List event hasn't been decided yet but there is some interest in meeting up in Galway on 1 April. Any takers from PPRuNe?

PS some pictures of Bourn today at
http://www.thehangar.co.uk/bourn/panoramic.html

Well, I went to both, the Bacon buttys were superb, the welcome fantastic and I won't leave it so long next time. Lindsay was in top form and we had to drag ourselves away.

Kemble was a very pleasant suprise and it was lovely to see so many of you, sorry I had to dash off, but the 30kt headwind was a constant nag in my mind. It took us 1.5 hours to get back to Redhill.

A great day, sorry I missed the PPRuNers at Bourn, we left at about 11:30 just as it was getting busy.


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I got to Kemble about 13.00 ish, but unfortunately did not meet any of you. Great vis (We spotted Kemble from about 25 miles out - a first for me I must say!) Very friendly bunch - hope to meet up some other time.

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Pessimism : Don't try it, it'll never work

Well that was interesting.
Thank you for being indentifiable Whirly and Girl Flyday. Knowing who you were enabled me to introduce myself. I had no idea who all the others in the room were.
40 min to get there. 1hour 05 to get back. Lorries on the road were overtaking me until I cheated and went low so that the wind couldn`t see me.
Here`s to the next time, in the warm I hope.

Mike W

We need some way of identifying ourselves next time. Maybe hats like the Flyer List have. Anyone got any ideas?

Hey! My 500th Post!!! :) :) :) :) :)

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Whirly

To fly is human, to hover, divine.

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Hey Whirleybird,

You said you'd get your 500th post today!

Nice meeting you all - definately up for some more of that sort of thing.

Happy flying

GV

Nice one Whirly, the Phirst Pprune Phly-in and Phive Hundred posts on the same day. Must be a record Mr. Guiness!

Whirlybird, great trip - despite the rather bumpy conditions! Nice flying! And great to meet everyone else who made it down there - hope we can do it again soon!

Welshbwoy - sorry you missed us! Try taking a look at www.heather.flyer.co.uk/kemble.htm, and see if you recognise any of us! http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif

Popham and Compton Abbas are both well worth the visit. But, personally I think the food is far better at Compton Abbas.

G

There's a naughty comma crept into the end of Girl Flyday's link, try this one instead...

http://www.heather.flyer.co.uk/kemble.htm


WF.

p.s. nice pics!!!

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After queuing for 45 minutes to get fuel and then working our way through the tailback onto our hard runway back at base, we finally arrived at Bourn at 15.30 on the 14th after a nice smooth 40 minute flight (without the aid of the GPS)! Still people flying in after us. Nice cup of tea in friendly surroundings, then flew off back home into the setting sun. Magic!

Roll on Compton Abbas. Dates?

Cahlibahn,

I’d be a runner for Galway on April 1.

HP