{"id":5062,"date":"2013-08-09T22:03:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T21:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2013-08-09T22:03:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T21:03:48","slug":"bit-of-a-hold-up-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/bit-of-a-hold-up-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Bit of a hold-up today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The X-Air move didn’t happen today. The reason was that the owner of the cow field agreed for me to use it but wants a written disclaimer that he will not suffer any liability should anything go wrong. I understand that that applies anyway once he has given his permission and that the ULM pilot is solely responsible for events thereafter. But if that’s what he wants, I have no problem with it, although unfortunately creating the paperwork that he wants took too long for the move to happen afterwards. So Wim and Regis are coming back tomorrow and hopefully things will then proceed more smoothly.<\/p>\n

I also had to arrange insurance today, which I did via FFPLUM, the French microlight association, as I already have pilot cover through them which I needed for my flying at Castillonnes. I didn’t find it that easy to do via the FFPLUM web site but eventually succeeded when I was almost ready to give up. Victor recently bought a RANS S12 from another member at Castillonnes, ready for when he gains his licence shortly, and has also been trying to insure it in the same way. He has come up against the same difficulties as I did, so maybe it’s a non-native French speaker thing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s a picture of the RANS – it’s a sweet little aircraft, isn’t it. It has a Rotax 582 Blue Top and is also fitted with a ballistic ‘chute that unfortunately needs servicing, but it’ll be a nice safety addition when it’s been sorted.<\/p>\n

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The cow field owner said that I can shift the X-Air over there tomorrow morning and he’ll come over, as he lives just the other side of the field, to pick the paper up, so that will help things along. The weather forecast looks good with only a very light north-westerly wind, so as the piste is over 300 metres long and slopes slightly from each end towards the centre, it is likely that it will be possible to take off in either direction. Here’s a pic that shows just how much longer the cow field piste is compared to the other two that I mentioned earlier on the field opposite my house.<\/p>\n

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I bought a fresh 20 litre jerry can of petrol this evening so I’ll add that to the tanks tomorrow when I’ve burnt off a bit more of the old fuel that’s already in them, by engine and taxi checks. And although it’s only a three or four minute flight to Galinat, I’ve also programmed my trusty GPS so there’s absolutely no chance of not finding the field. If things go smoothly, I might also make a small detour overhead my house and Wim’s field, I’ll have to wait and see. But anyway, it’ll be fun to be back in the air again in my own aircraft \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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