And now is the moment for you personally to try!

📩✨Answer to the majority of your troubles http://oFIkwYM.watchlisten.catering/apmix



barrycoombe@yahoo.com




Truly yours,barrycoombe@yahoo.com📢

Re:From:barrycoombe@yahoo.com

http://testvut.viewmysitenow.com/afjufnd/luncjcvaddsdtlck.poooufnqrdoifijw


















barrycoombe@yahoo.com




skg3@ebrevet.nu

4/29/2015 10:22:16 AM

http://freshnewsphones.com/jrrqdyjj/wegss.zklebaaupixqesvyyifzwtdnbnxxpqojhhjpdfp












4/29/2015 10:22:16 AM

To Fly to Serve!

What a great start to the season, check flying a microlight for a friend, a pleasure and delight.

To spend Saturday flying with friends is welcome start to a weeks break from work. I look at this picture and it makes me warm inside, Phil to the left who I have flown all over the UK was a student pilot who has proven decision making skills, you can find these referenced on my blog on his go around on the club Fly out to the River Wye, gets my award for Go Around of the Decade!

Bill on the right I have had the pleasure of knowing for a short period, the last 6 years! He is truly the spirit of exploration, in his retirement he puts us all to shame with his flying and exploring, he has a well developed dry sense of humour and recount's some of the best tails I have had the pleasure to hear.

The photo taken by Miguel, who is so generous & kind with this spirit, what a great day to share. \

Oddly I don't recognise the guy in the middle, he is older, and on occasion none the wiser for it!

BMAA Spamfield 2014 - Early results put Flex-wing arrivals ahead!

Bruce & Rebecca - The Proposal

I met Bruce about 18 months ago and Rebecca not too long after. For some time my flying had been slowing down and the machine sitting in the hanger for more of the time than it has been flown. In 2012 season I managed to fly just over the 100 hours the lowest tally for some time. Bruce and I decided through a set of circumstances to share G-CERW, and so, just after the February permit in 2013 we did a deal to own "RW" together.

I was apprehensive sharing a toy not having not done so before, however I look at it, it has been a delightful experience. Bruce has been so easy to be around, so relaxed and sharing has brought far more experiences than I could imagine - boating - biking are just two, and then there has been the sharing of the flying which seems to add something which I had not expected. However, without too much of a public display of affection :o), I have to say gaining a new friend has been the very best part of sharing.

To see "RW" used to Propose Marriage made the best use of our toy, that I have seen so far, and sharing in this moment in time was such an honour and pleasure - Bruce, Rebecca - Congratulations, I am so very happy to be among your friends.

I am not mad, I am LIVID!

Dave and Clint Weld new clasps at Thorney Island 

Its the first time in our history, well as far as I can recall that we have suffered a break in at the barn, well that was true on Thursday, but the second visit was less than 24hrs after the first on Friday or early today. The Barn where we keep our Microlights in behind a recently secured security gate, which one might suppose would prevent this sort of things, alas. 

Are they a they or are they a single? are they men or are they women, are they boys or are they grown up? Are they cowards, yes, they are cowards. They are thieving cowards. Do they have a backbone, no they dont, and if ever the thieving cowards read this (Assumption is they can read) please accept it as an invitation to prove to me your not a coward, just a thief. 

Mad, yes I am mad, I am mad because yes they stole £2k's worth of my kit, but more because Thorney Island and our Barn was my sanctuary from a mad, mad world, a place to be carefree and enjoy the freedom of flight and great friendship. Its a place to blow off some steam. They stole more than my tools+gps, I feel like they stole a little of my freedom, and boy am I going to get that back. 

As for these two in then picture, you dont want to meet either of them Mr Thief, but for completely different reasons.  

Turkey! Goodstuff

Balloons - Chichester Harbour

 

What a scene tonight, lifting our of a field near the Witterings, I am guessing at 20 balloons what  spectacle, one of them was a single seat! ;-) 

Flight Club - Daily Newspaper!

Check Pilot 339 - What was I thinking!

So I am sat, siting, my backside strapped to an aircraft I have never flown, with a 2 stoke engine, a type  I have trusted to fly me around the UK, but this one has spent the winter in an open-ended barn. The aircraft is loved by the owner, but not the sort of love that extends to keeping it in a reassuring cosmetic condition;) The ground is 1800feet below me and I am getting a kicking from then termal's that is already keeping me very busy and this is the point at which I have to execute flight test Stalls. Straight ahead stalls, left banked 30 degree, right banked 30 degree and I am wondering what on earth am I doing this for? 

The stalls go to plan, a nice straight forward stall break and nose drop into a mush, the banked stalls are a little more difficult to execute only because the ride is so rough that keeping the aircraft banked at 30 degrees is a challenge, one moment its 30 then 60 then level. after three attempts the exercise is over, and just the VNE dive to execute power off dive to the left and we get as close as I dare to the VNE (Velocity NEVER exceed) all the results noted on my map board and I can relax and fly the aircraft for a while, just enjoying its difference. 

So why did I sign up for this? Was it for the phone calls from pilots asking if I would do the flight test without the necessary paperwork (tsh!), certainly not for the financial reward, I left the day £20 quid down on my costs. This is a labour of love, a commitment to the sport to help other pilots with then necessary paperwork. Was it to help a friend how has shouldered all of the burden for the club over the last years? That was the initial motivation for sure, but I note my motivations have changed.

I found asking friends for money for my services more difficult than I anticipated, which surprised me, but I have to say the financial elements were never a motivation and based on this weekend wont be! I was surprised at how fickle, folk could be with my time, I will have to learn how to manage that to sure. So what does it bring? A degree of cudos, and when I reflect on the 4 Check flights of the weekend nearly 2 hours of flying 3 different types is an opportunity I would not ordinarily have had, but the most surprising and enjoyable part for me was the genuine thanks I received from those who trusted me to fly there aircraft, kept their side of the arrangement, and took time to listen to my observations, I found that humbling and rewarding, I look forward to flying for them again. 

9mph - 120mph Almost Backward..

What a hour in the air today.....the forecast was not looking good, but boy oh boy at around mid day the sky brightened the winds dropped to a gentle breeze may be 10mph max directly down then strip.

Checking the wether for a short trip to the isles of wight threw up a few odd readings on the my Airbox weather chart (?) On the deck it was 5 -10mph, Roy was finishing his hanger, and yet it was showing 30knots weather symbols, another look at the milky sky it was inviting. Taxi and Take off all normal, but as I climbed to 1000 feet (about 35seconds) The ground stopped! flying toward Hayling Seafront, at the stall I managed to get down to 9mph ;-) Not quite the flying backward I wanted, that ambition would have to wait! 

The air was warm and very smooth, from take off all the way up to 2k, but the wind gradient was on of the most dramatic I have experienced, great fun playing with the 120mph downwind, 9mph upwind speeds, and not a bump in the sky oh coastal flying!  

No 339 - Check Pilot - It is a good year!

2013 is shaping up to be a great year, already! Here is the latest line in great news, my application and test to become a check pilot has been approved, makes me think I am add one or two other qualifications to the licence  lets see  ;-) Now my first check flight.....

Commemorative Games Maker Relay Baton

Not every Games Maker had feet on the street, but we all helped to make the Olympics fun & a little safer. I still cant tell you what we did, but its was fun ;-) I shall cherish this, and pop my story inside of it for you to read in 25 years! 

It is a Games Maker Relay Race Baton, with a short note from Sebastian, now is that a real signature! 

Wing Pass - 2013 Is going to be a good....

The new test requires an increased pull load from 6kg per strand to 9kg per strand, I had fully expected my permit include having to replace the wing fabric but great news! passes the standard betts test and the new trailing edge increase, what a great relief! The flying gods are with me this year....

Spit!

Lancaster Lucky!

I can't tell you much, if anything, about how we came, as a group of Microlight Pilots, to be stood in front of a Lancaster after our VIP tour of the Battle of Britain Flight. However, if it was you on that small airfield, unable to fly this summer I can say it was more than likely we met once before. As VIP guests we allowed to walk up-to, touch, breath and feel the history of these fine Aircraft, and what a highlight of 2012, these war machines are magnificence and to be this close was very significant, a feeling that one was reaching back able to communicate with what had been before. As flying machines these are basic, they have all the wires, string, some fabric and dope too (Mr Dell's - Hurricane). 

To say this was the highlight of 2012 is not true, it was a fine second to the mission we flew, which was defiantly No1 and will be for a long while to come. To be invited was a honour, to fly was a once in a lifetime experience, and to have the opportunity to see the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in such close proximity was a childhood dream. Wow I am solo looking forward to the 2013 Season! 

  

Sadness

Scot killed in Thai microlight tragedy as he scattered ashes of close friend

By Stephen White  |  19 Nov 2012 00:01

A SCOTS microlight instructor has died after his aircraft plunged into the Gulf of Thailand while 
he and a passenger were scattering the ashes of a friend.

Award-winning pilot Tom Grieve, 57, was flying above Pattaya Bay on Saturday afternoon when his machine appeared to lose power.

Tom tried to make an emergency landing but the aircraft clipped a pier poll and crashed into the water.

Tom, who is believed to be from ­Lanarkshire, died in hospital from chest injuries while his passenger Patrick Esser, from Lyme Regis, Dorset, broke his arm.

Speaking from the Pattaya Memorial Hospital, 100 miles east of Bangkok, Patrick, 31, recalled the tragedy.

He said: "I was making a tribute to my best friend when suddenly things went terribly wrong.

"My friend Stuart Long had died of throat cancer, aged just 41, and we were about to scatter his ashes in the sea.

"I had done a rehearsal flight the previous day with Tom and everything went fine.

"We were at about 2000ft when the engine cut. Tom tried several times to start it but failed.

"He was gliding it down and aiming for a large piece of concrete to land on. We must have been going about 70 miles per hour when we clipped ­something.

"We went head over heels and crashed into the water upside down."

 

Other friends waiting below on boats saw the microlight hit a newly constructed pier before going under the water.

Khun Prichar, who saw the crash, said the GT450 microlight circled three times before smoke started coming from the engine and it fell into the sea.

Patrick added: "I managed to get out and started looking for Tom then I saw him surface.

"He seemed okay but was in some pain.

"We were taken straight for hospital and I asked him on the way if he was okay.

"He did not reply. But he looked okay.

"In the hospital, medical staff desperately tried to give him ­resuscitation but failed.

"They told me he had internal injuries in his chest."

A Pattaya-based blogger called Mike described Tom as "a very ­experienced instructor". He added: "I know this area well and it is a bad place for an engine failure since there's nowhere to go.

"A number of the deceased's friends were waiting in boats to witness their late friend's final send-off and I guess Tom was under a degree of pressure to go ahead and fly the mission."

The cause of the crash is not yet known but the blogger claimed: "According to eyewitnesses and Tom's passenger, Tom turned-off the engine in order to drop the ashes.

"It would seem the engine was turned off at a low height, some say below 500ft.

"After dropping the ashes, Tom attempted to re-start the engine without success.

"At this point, the ­eyewitness reports say he was very low/slow and banked to avoid colliding with the hill.

"The trike then 'spiralled' into one of the concrete pilings that were sticking out of the water."

 

Tom, formerly a member of the Connel Flying Club in Oban, who lived in Pattaya, was an ­experienced pilot who had received two major awards for outstanding airmanship.

The former petrochemical industry technician was well known in the ­Highlands, where he flew the "Dawn to Dusk" – taking off and landing at every inhabited island in the Orkney group in one day.

He received an award from the Duke of Edinburgh for the feat.

Tom also made the first microlight flight across the North Sea, from Shetland to Norway, and won the Steve Hunt Award in 1977 for circumnavigating Australia anti-clockwise. John ­MacGilvray, was chief flying instructor of Connel Gliding Club when Tom was a member.

John 79, said: "He was a regular visiting pilot here for about five years and for a while he was here every weekend.

"He was connected to the Connel Flying Club for about five years and then he left for Thailand about 12 to15 years ago.

"He had been out to Thailand on a couple of holidays and then, all of a sudden, he decided to join a friend who had moved there. The friend had tried to set up as a microlight instructor but couldn't because of the legislation."

Another ­microlighting pal Les Hodgson said: "What sad news.

"A very persuasive bloke and great fun to be around.

"Tom was one of the real characters in microlighting, a real adventurer, and will be missed by all those who knew him."

Eddie Cartwright said: "RIP Tom. You were a fantastic person, genuine, and always had lots on enthusiasm. You will be missed by everyone who met you."

Thai authorities are probing the crash and local media in the country reported that weather conditions were a factor.

M: 07595329158

so, RYANAir Want to save you some money....

The SYNOPSIS of the Incident Report:

The aircraft departed Charleroi Airport on a scheduled flight to Stanstead, UK. Shortly after take
off the First Officer noted that the Captain had leaned to one side and did  not  respond  to
prompting.  Realising that the Captain was incapacitated the First Officer advised Brussels ATC
that he had a pilot incapacitation problem and  requested a return to the departure airfield,
Charleroi.  An Emergency was declared.

http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/upload/general/5782-0.PDF

Flying Single Pilot will save £10.00 per flight hour, per seat. Now suppose Mr O'Leary kept some of that as additional profit, what would you save? Versus....what it might cost!....i'll be happy to Fly with Mr O, until there is just one.

Andrew Marr - Microlight Flyer!