Sunday 28 March 2010

Waiting for the throttle body...

Nothing exciting to report - KI's throttle body has been received by Ellison in Washington State and we should get it back early - mid April or so.
The clocks went forward last night and now evening flying is definitely on the cards; by the time we have the plane back in the air sunset will be around 8pm! Can't wait. In the meantime I've been flying the Shadow a fair bit and would have got up in the Foxbat except for a bloody frustrating puncture on the ORP at Honington last weekend. Grrr!
I've arranged a flight in a Tiger Moth for the end of April and am really looking forward to it - don't know if we'll manage some simple aero's but I'll certainly ask the question!
Hope to have something more to post about learning aerobatics soon :-)

Saturday 6 March 2010

6th March 2010 - Nice flight before a 3 - 4 week lay-up


Had a nice 35 minute flight today; nothing too adventurous, just loops and rolls at the western end of Marham airfield. Managed to cock my entry up on one, too slow and not committed so locked the controls, chopped the throttles and let things sort themselves out! I found the aircraft in company with a Harrier which had diverted in after a birdstrike - remembered to take some pictures this time though.
Spent the best part of 3 hours getting the Ellison carbuerettor off; it will be winging its way to America on monday for a refurbishment as there have always been issues with the engine 'bogging down'. Enough's enough so I hope to be flying the Nipper again in April. In the meantime I should be getting a couple of flights in the CAP soon and will of course keep flying my Shadow.
Clocks go forward soon; I can't wait!