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QNH1013 - I knew it was a Jodel really - sorry, the camera download was done last night after a long day where I was a tired puppy and I just had Low'n'Slow's Auster on the brain!! I've updated the photty titlein MSN Groups, but need to go home, rename the file I uploaded and then all references to Austers will be gone. Sorry I didn't mention you in the PIREP or acknowledge on the photos it was you. I blame it on premature Alzheimers! 
I was only returning to my a/c (the red / white C172 G-BGRO parked to your right) when you were just starting and making a quick dash to catch the throttle before the donk died, so was not available to help you pull through / start. I have hand swung before now in winter when the spamcan battery dies, but wouldn't say I'm experienced / confident about it.
I was only returning to my a/c (the red / white C172 G-BGRO parked to your right) when you were just starting and making a quick dash to catch the throttle before the donk died, so was not available to help you pull through / start. I have hand swung before now in winter when the spamcan battery dies, but wouldn't say I'm experienced / confident about it.
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Curcuit Basher....
That's actually me fiddling with my pilots case next to the aeroplane, not Brooklands.
Nice photo of 'BI as well though, thanks (think that might just be about to beome wallpaper on work PC)
Nice photo of 'BI as well though, thanks (think that might just be about to beome wallpaper on work PC)
Why do it if it's not fun?
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Woke up nice and early and checked the weather forecast, which was promising good, flyable weather. But a look out of the window told a different story, that cloud looked very low.
I did consider going up IFR, but the Cessna was booked, so I was stuck with VFR in the Europa. Still, I drove down to the airport and did all those pre-flighty things that we have to do, while waiting for the cloud to lift.
Eventually, decided to give it a go. Gave MikeS an ETA for me to collect him at Coventry, taxied to the runway and took off. At 1500' I started getting into the cloud, and had to level off, but I still thought I'd be ok. But over the course of a few minutes, the cloud pushed me lower and lower, and the ground was getting higher and higher. Before long, I was down to 1200' - I knew I was coming up to the Stokenchurch mast, and decided that turning back would be the better option.
Safely on the ground, I called MikeS, and then spoke to Kolibear and Eveepee. But forgot (or didn't think) to call Coventry ATC, who were expecting me! Luckilly, I'd parked just outside the window of the operations room, so that when they called White Waltham, Vicky, who answered the phone, could tell them that she was pretty sure I was safe since she could see my aircraft out the window!
Anyway, I spent a very pleasant day sitting in the bar at Waltham, chatting to a student pilot who was hoping to do her QXC. Gradually the cloud started to lift, and by early afternoon it was looking very pleasant. Too late for me to make it to Sherburn, because I had to get back for a birthday party that night, but definitely flyable.
It wasn't much longer before my new, excited friend was sent on her QXC, to Sywell and Thruxton. I had to stop reminiscing about my own QXC and various other fun logbook entries, and I also headed up, and to the west, to position the aircraft for another group member who wanted to fly on Sunday and was convinced the weather would be better out west than it was in London. I left the Europa at Garston Farm (a very nice farm-strip near Lyneham, with a nice smooth 800m grass runway, if anyone's interested) and got a lift back by road with the guy who I was positioning the aircraft for. An enjoyable day, even though I didn't make it to Sherburn, and my North of England chart has still never been used in anger.
Oh well,
FFF
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I did consider going up IFR, but the Cessna was booked, so I was stuck with VFR in the Europa. Still, I drove down to the airport and did all those pre-flighty things that we have to do, while waiting for the cloud to lift.
Eventually, decided to give it a go. Gave MikeS an ETA for me to collect him at Coventry, taxied to the runway and took off. At 1500' I started getting into the cloud, and had to level off, but I still thought I'd be ok. But over the course of a few minutes, the cloud pushed me lower and lower, and the ground was getting higher and higher. Before long, I was down to 1200' - I knew I was coming up to the Stokenchurch mast, and decided that turning back would be the better option.
Safely on the ground, I called MikeS, and then spoke to Kolibear and Eveepee. But forgot (or didn't think) to call Coventry ATC, who were expecting me! Luckilly, I'd parked just outside the window of the operations room, so that when they called White Waltham, Vicky, who answered the phone, could tell them that she was pretty sure I was safe since she could see my aircraft out the window!
Anyway, I spent a very pleasant day sitting in the bar at Waltham, chatting to a student pilot who was hoping to do her QXC. Gradually the cloud started to lift, and by early afternoon it was looking very pleasant. Too late for me to make it to Sherburn, because I had to get back for a birthday party that night, but definitely flyable.
It wasn't much longer before my new, excited friend was sent on her QXC, to Sywell and Thruxton. I had to stop reminiscing about my own QXC and various other fun logbook entries, and I also headed up, and to the west, to position the aircraft for another group member who wanted to fly on Sunday and was convinced the weather would be better out west than it was in London. I left the Europa at Garston Farm (a very nice farm-strip near Lyneham, with a nice smooth 800m grass runway, if anyone's interested) and got a lift back by road with the guy who I was positioning the aircraft for. An enjoyable day, even though I didn't make it to Sherburn, and my North of England chart has still never been used in anger.
Oh well,
FFF
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Wycombe - sorry, I managed to get you and Brooklands all confuzzed, and will sort the piccie filename when I get home tonight (have changed the title in MSN Groups and the link for now).
Low'n'Slow - sorry, just ran along the line of parked a/c thinking "I'd best get some piccies or I won't be able to contribute anything to the PIREP" - didn't have chance to get posed piccies or anything so fancy. Sorry I didn't get the chance to stop and blether (or butt in to Whirly's conversations long enough for a proper chat!), but there's always next time!
CB
Low'n'Slow - sorry, just ran along the line of parked a/c thinking "I'd best get some piccies or I won't be able to contribute anything to the PIREP" - didn't have chance to get posed piccies or anything so fancy. Sorry I didn't get the chance to stop and blether (or butt in to Whirly's conversations long enough for a proper chat!), but there's always next time!
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Genghis
I was the bearded gent that accosted you in the bar.
A non flying day for me as I've got Project Propeller at the end of the month up to Elvington, so the cash is a bit tight at the moment.
Spent Saturday pottering down to Kemble to drop off a couple of parachutes for repacking, and as it was a nice day I decided to go down to Compton Abbas for lunch, then a leisurely drive back to London.
Glad some of you made it to Sherburn.
RD
I was the bearded gent that accosted you in the bar.
A non flying day for me as I've got Project Propeller at the end of the month up to Elvington, so the cash is a bit tight at the moment.
Spent Saturday pottering down to Kemble to drop off a couple of parachutes for repacking, and as it was a nice day I decided to go down to Compton Abbas for lunch, then a leisurely drive back to London.
Glad some of you made it to Sherburn.
RD
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Yes, a thoroughly good day out, and nice to be back "home".
As well as waiting for the weather to improve, we also needed the services of an engineer to drain out some fuel, as some kind soul had thoughtfully filled 'BI to the brim , making us 100Lbs overweight
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Wycombe did a very good job getting us through the murk on the way up, its just a shame his IMC has lapsed, otherwise we''d have been able to go above it all.
I didn't get to spend a lot of time talking to you all, as my parents, who live near Hull, came over, so I spent some time with them as well.
I think the Gazelle was leaving just as we parked up.
CB - I'm afraid its not me in the picture at all. Wycombe is kneeling on the ground, and the person standing behind the door is the third member of our crew, who isn't a Ppruner (yet!)
As far a those who didn't make it go, I think the weather thing is an excuse, and it was the idea of the dragons that put them off, which is pretty silly really, as they were really very friendly. After all none of us suffered anything worse than minor second degree burns, and they only ate a couple of people, and I'm sure one of those was by accident
Looking forward to the next one.
As well as waiting for the weather to improve, we also needed the services of an engineer to drain out some fuel, as some kind soul had thoughtfully filled 'BI to the brim , making us 100Lbs overweight
.Wycombe did a very good job getting us through the murk on the way up, its just a shame his IMC has lapsed, otherwise we''d have been able to go above it all.
I didn't get to spend a lot of time talking to you all, as my parents, who live near Hull, came over, so I spent some time with them as well.
I think the Gazelle was leaving just as we parked up.
CB - I'm afraid its not me in the picture at all. Wycombe is kneeling on the ground, and the person standing behind the door is the third member of our crew, who isn't a Ppruner (yet!)
As far a those who didn't make it go, I think the weather thing is an excuse, and it was the idea of the dragons that put them off, which is pretty silly really, as they were really very friendly. After all none of us suffered anything worse than minor second degree burns, and they only ate a couple of people, and I'm sure one of those was by accident
Looking forward to the next one.
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Hi Whirly. First off the pictures need to be based somewhere on the internet.
Many, in fact all of the ISP providers provide free web-space, for example BTinternet give you 50Mb of free web-space and that is a lot of photos.
When you have them on some web-space, you then link to where they are when you use the IMG tab when composing a post. You look at the photo in your browser and right click, then click on copy. When you write your post and include the IMG link you then paste what you just copied into the box that comes up. Repeat this until you have done them all. It takes a while but keep at it.
If the thought of getting your free web-space and uploading your pictures there first freaks you out then there must be someone on here who can 'host' them for you. I.E. you e-mail the piccys to them, they put them on their own web-site and you link to them as explained earlier. Simple really..!
You can get free space from MSN but I don't think the links from them work when using msn as a host so avoid doing it that way.
Good luck......
Many, in fact all of the ISP providers provide free web-space, for example BTinternet give you 50Mb of free web-space and that is a lot of photos.
When you have them on some web-space, you then link to where they are when you use the IMG tab when composing a post. You look at the photo in your browser and right click, then click on copy. When you write your post and include the IMG link you then paste what you just copied into the box that comes up. Repeat this until you have done them all. It takes a while but keep at it.
If the thought of getting your free web-space and uploading your pictures there first freaks you out then there must be someone on here who can 'host' them for you. I.E. you e-mail the piccys to them, they put them on their own web-site and you link to them as explained earlier. Simple really..!
You can get free space from MSN but I don't think the links from them work when using msn as a host so avoid doing it that way.
Good luck......
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Thanks for the mention Knobby. Whirlybird missed me off the original post. 
The whole weekend was good fun, made slightly more fun for me by the fact someone reported seeing something fall off my aircraft
Everything seemed ok so after a low fly over the airfield with quite an audience looking up to check my wheels I managed to get down and meet fellow ppruners.
Don't know how whirly forgot me, I was big enough to see.
The whole weekend was good fun, made slightly more fun for me by the fact someone reported seeing something fall off my aircraft
Everything seemed ok so after a low fly over the airfield with quite an audience looking up to check my wheels I managed to get down and meet fellow ppruners.
Don't know how whirly forgot me, I was big enough to see.
tKF,
That's me standing in front of PLBI on the left, and non-Ppruning (at the moment) crew member Rex to my right.
Ppruner Brooklands was the other with us, not in this photo.
That's me standing in front of PLBI on the left, and non-Ppruning (at the moment) crew member Rex to my right.
Ppruner Brooklands was the other with us, not in this photo.
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Northern Highflyer,
I'm sorry I left you off the list.
And apologies to people I haven't identified in the piccies too.
I have a big hole where other people have a memory.
I'm sorry I left you off the list.
And apologies to people I haven't identified in the piccies too.
I have a big hole where other people have a memory.
