Monthly Archives: June 2011

Without wanting to speak to soon, the weather forecast is looking favorable for our weekend trip down to North Weald – a bit of an epic for the Auster and will involve around six and a half hours flying to … Continue reading →

Our Jim is a resident pilot at the strip and a retired electrics and avionics engineer and thanks to his efforts, we now have a serviceable electrics system. In the end, it was the generator brushes, a place Jim would … Continue reading →

The battery charging problem on JT continues to plague us and has returned with a new level of obstinacy, following what looked to be a fix after fitting a new regulator. The fix lasted two days before once again, the … Continue reading →

We have a new windsock at Whterashes! After spending the last year or so licking thumbs and holding them up in the air, or throwing bits of twig and grass around to try to assess what the wind was doing, … Continue reading →

Awoke today to blue skies and white, bubbling cumulous, with a light southeasterly for good measure. My brother was visiting and is near the end of his PPL training, so it was the perfect opportunity to give him another taste … Continue reading →

It seemed an age waiting for JT to come out of maintenance and have her ‘back on my doorstep’ but finally, I got the chance to fly her again early this week and took an old school mate up for … Continue reading →