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Category Archives: flying
Bust Ribs and thwarted plans
Well – what do you know? It’s a weekend of beautiful weather – cold, crisp air and blue skies with light winds and in a good direction for the strip. Perfect! I had booked JT for the weekend for a … Continue reading →
North Weald Article Added
In the absence of any flying of late – I’ve added in the Article on our trip down to North Weald for the Air Britain British Classics Fly – In in July of this year. It featured in the September … Continue reading →
Posted in Air Britain, airshows, Articles, aviation, British Classics Fly-In, flying, flying events, North Weald, vintage aeroplanes
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Tagged Air Britain, Auster, flying, Flying trips, North Weald, vintage aircraft
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Wing into the Wind
After two months of enforced Auster abstinence, I grabbed the opportunity to blow the cobwebs away and get into the air yesterday. Arriving at the strip, I found Jim already out with his machine – a nice, two seat, three … Continue reading →
Posted in Air Strips, aviation, farm-strip flying, flying, Microlights, vintage aeroplanes
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Tagged aeroplanes, air-strips, Auster, crosswind, crosswind landings, farm strips, farm-strip flying, flying, vintage aircraft
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New ‘Pioneering Pilots’ Section
Read about the pioneering pilots of Scotland under a new section under the Articles and Events Header of the website. New pilot profiles will be added on an ongoing basis – you can read about Captain Ted Fresson, the founder of Highland … Continue reading →
General Update
Not a lot has been going on since the North Weald trip – just rain, mostly, and work, and being tied up with stuff, generally. But here’s the latest ‘Gen’: North Weald Article: A full article will appear in the … Continue reading →
It’s a Wash Out
Ahhhh, the great British Summer; persistent low cloud and rain has been the order of the day and the opportunities to fly have been roughly, nil. There were some lovely days early last week but I was working – looking … Continue reading →
North Weald Trip
We made it! 12 hours and 40 minutes flying and a shade over 1000 nm for the round trip. We were blessed with unbelievably good weather the whole weekend – almost tailor made for taking an old aeroplane to the other end … Continue reading →
Posted in Air Britain, airshows, aviation, British Classics Fly-In, flying, flying events, North Weald, Touring, vintage aeroplanes
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The Lines Have Been Drawn!
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
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 →
Further Electrical Fickering and Frustration
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 →
The Auster Diaries 