Flight Log: Radio Failure at Wycombe Air Park

The weather forecast promised a great flying weekend, and so I quickly booked G-FIGA for a Sunday afternoon trip. I studied the map for destinations that I haven't flown into yet, and settled for Booker Airfield, a.k.a. Wycombe Air Park! Unfortunately there was no (affordable) PA-28 available and we had to go for a small …

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Flight Log: Shobdon

A few weeks ago, after one of my IR(R) lessons, I met my friend Bartosz at the airfield. He said he had G-BAHF booked all afternoon and was planning to do some flying, so I asked him if I could just ride along. We chose Shobdon as our destination, and he would let me fly …

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Flight Log: Shobdon Interruptus

Preflight Sometimes things just don't work out well. This was one of those flights: a friend and I planned a coffee trip to Shobdon near the Welsh border on a sunny Sunday (it's in the name, isn't it?), and I had CY booked again for a 4 hour slot, but this day was supposed to …

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Flight Log: Coffee and Cake in Nottingham

Preflight Finally the day has come: I had CY booked for 4 hours on a Sunday and the weather turned out to be bloody gorgeous, which meant I could take Evie out to Nottingham for a coffee and a cake! One of my challenges in 2017 is to fly to many new places. I decided to …

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