There was low cloud again at North Hill this morning, so practice in the simulator was called by Duty Instructor Simon Minson.
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| Nice weather in the Simulator (Simon Minson) |
In the afternoon, some real aerotows took place in the strong easterly wind.
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| And then the real thing (Simon Minson) |
Long Mynd Junior Expedition
We woke up this morning from our bunk bed dorm with only having a few hours of sleep. Outside was strong easterlies and low cloud with fog; no gliding for us today.
With cabin fever at an all-time high, we decided to pick up Lizzie from the train station and head straight for the RAF cosford museum. As we pull in we instantly spotted a VC-10 and Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” and Charlie’s nerdiness overflowed. “What a dank museum” – said Charlie. After eye-balling the Vulcan for many minutes, we had a chat about negative G and headed back to the Mynd to grab the models and go flying(ish).
With cabin fever at an all-time high, we decided to pick up Lizzie from the train station and head straight for the RAF cosford museum. As we pull in we instantly spotted a VC-10 and Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” and Charlie’s nerdiness overflowed. “What a dank museum” – said Charlie. After eye-balling the Vulcan for many minutes, we had a chat about negative G and headed back to the Mynd to grab the models and go flying(ish).
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| Some of the group at RAF Cosford Museum (Simon Leeson) |
Josh and I had a go flying Stuart’s Phoenix model and both of us think it went pretty swell. The air was lumpy and turbulent, but the lift was there and aerial combat ensued between the combat wings. With a collision the SAS Wildthing plummeted from the sky and Simon Leeson had lost control and crashed the Wildthing far down the hill. After a ribbing from all of us about being a bad model pilot. Simon collected the wing and instantly saw that the slight collision had flicked the small power switch to the ‘off’ position. Best kill so far.
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| Look for westerly winds (Mark Courtney) |
We headed back with our whole body feeling numb from the cold and got into the warm clubhouse. The brilliant hosts made a delicious roast and we are all very grateful as it was supposed to be their day off.
A disappointing day in terms of potential for flying but we now just have to hope tomorrow is going to be better than today !
Josh ( Dat boy) and Charlie ( Unicorn)
