{"id":7536,"date":"2014-12-15T20:21:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T20:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7536"},"modified":"2014-12-16T12:19:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T12:19:35","slug":"cold-flight-with-wim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/cold-flight-with-wim\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold flight with Wim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wim has been lucky to get a few flights in recently while I’ve had other things to do and not been able to. We expected today to be a good flying day but I almost gave up on it because it started off dull with thick mist and I didn’t think that it looked as though it would clear up enough. However, as lunch time approached, the sun broke through and I was surprised by how quickly the mist began to burn off.<\/p>\n

So I gave Wim a call and said that I’d go across to Galinat to see if the runway was firm enough to use and if it was, I’d give him a ring from my mobile. Well it turned out to be fine so while I was waiting for Wim to drop over, after getting 56NE inspected and ready to fly, I thought I’d do a quick take off and landing. Almost as soon as I left the ground, I spotted Wim approaching, so I turned round and followed him back in.<\/p>\n

We decided that we’d do a quick flight with Wim taking the lead in the Red Baron, taking in Thenon, Fossemagne and Rouffignac. I had taken my flying jacket with me to Galinat but hadn’t put it on as I already had several layers on my upper half, as well as a ‘beanie’ hat and my trusty gloves. I soon regretted leaving it behind, however, because it was a lot colder aloft than I thought it would be. It was also quite hazy, as the couple of pics I shot show.<\/p>\n

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I came up abreast of Wim several times but didn’t take any close-up pics because with the vis as it was, especially flying into the sun, I didn’t think it would be too safe. Eventually after we’d flown over Rouffignac, Wim turned in front of me on a low circuit to land back at his strip. After he’d landed and got out of the Red Baron, I did an approach and low pass before giving him a wave and heading off back to Galinat.<\/p>\n

So it was an enjoyable and very welcome flight from my point of view, as when I came to fill out my log book, I realised for the first time that I hadn’t flown at all in November on account of working on my new wood store. I just hope that the situation can be remedied by getting in another couple of flights before the end of the year \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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