A bright day in February [one of the very rare ones, this winter!]. The club aircraft [known to us all as Deo] has been away all winter for a respray and a new engine and we’ve been using a hired plane. Now our own aircraft was ready and we had to return the hired one …
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A Winter’s Tale
Last Friday I took a slightly nervous flyer for a flight around Cornwall. It was a classic winter’s day: bright and cold with a few clouds sailing along serenely at 3000 feet on the brisk northerly wind. The wind was a bit of a problem actually, because we don’t have a northerly runway at Perranporth! …
Unexpected weather …
A lovely couple had booked a trial lesson to celebrate a special anniversary. They wanted to look at the beautiful Cornish coast, and Jane had always wanted to fly a plane, but things didn’t quite go as planned! Here’s what happened. Derek and Jane arrived at the airfield in good time. The weather forecast was …