{"id":16627,"date":"2020-08-23T23:32:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T21:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=16627"},"modified":"2020-08-25T17:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T15:08:17","slug":"and-then-there-were-two-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/and-then-there-were-two-2\/","title":{"rendered":"And then there were two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up until June I owned three ULMs (ultralight aircraft), a Savannah MXP 740, an Xair and a Weedhopper. However, I couldn&#8217;t justify keeping all three &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t fly them all enough for a start &#8211; so much as I loved it, in June I sold my lovely old Weedhopper leaving me with just the Savannah and the Xair. We had a very hot July\/early August here in south-west France so I was unable to fly either as much as I would have liked and they spent most of the time in the barn where they are kept, gathering dust and bird droppings.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Xair is covered up, the Savannah isn&#8217;t so yesterday I pulled both aircraft out of the barn to get to the Savannah so I could clean it today. Just as I began videoing them with my Fimi X8 SE 2020 quadcopter a large black cloud moved in and centred itself right overhead the airfield and it began to rain. Wouldn&#8217;t you just believe it! However, I kept shooting and here is the result.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BV83YGCA8yU?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I made an early start this morning and was able to pull the Savannah out of the barn, give it a good clean and get it back into the barn before it got too hot. Here&#8217;s a shot that I took after I&#8217;d finished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/22aug20_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/micro-trike.co.uk\/images\/22aug20_01_s.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get to fly it because I&#8217;d enjoyed a bit of a heavy evening last night at a &#8216;March\u00e9 Gormand&#8217; in Plazac and thought that it would be unwise to fly given how much I&#8217;d had to drink. However, it looks as though the coming week will bring a few good flying days so I&#8217;m going to make sure that the Savannah gets some air under its wings after having stayed on the ground for several weeks, far too long. 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