Aware - Aware

Every now and again you happen across a product or a service that hits you between the eyes and is good value for money, better functionally and based on a business model that works for the customers and not the excutive board. Today at Popham microlight trade fair I did that with GPS. For years Garmin and others have been over charging pilots for hardware and raping us for updates, however today not only did I discover the "IPhone of GPS" in terms of flexibility and functionality Aware are selling the best value Aircraft GPS on the market today, £250 quid ish. Well done Mr Aware!

Simply put, this is the future of Navigation and Airspace GPS. Garmin, time to bed over and kiss your ass good bye.

2010 - First Club Sortie

Back in then saddle and back in formation, diamond 4 formation on the way past Odiham and on to Baskingstoke and then on to thermal with the Red kites for lunch at White Waltham. With the staggered leaving times we arrived within about 10 minutes of each other to fill up the circuit. Lunch and back to Popham where the shorter flight meant we filled the circuit just too much for comfort! We lost Clint on the way back but found him at home all safe and well ;-)

The first event of the year and all is well! Hampshire Microlight Club flys the 2010 season! Thanks to Clive for such a great trip...

Magic my son!

Taking my time to stroll the line at the "Popham Trade fair this year" I manage to fly the latest offering's from P & M Aviation. While I enjoyed flying the latest "hot ship" at 120mph (VNE) the experence did not compare to the sheer fun of flying the "Magic Laser" a single seat two stroke 40hp, podless!

Roots flying, no pod, no radio, and altimeter well not one that i could see! But who the hell did needs a altimeter? Take off and climb out of the circuit and I was at 1000 feet. Not high but way to high to fly this tree top flyer!

Down the the gold glow of the oil seed rape, looking through your toes at the rape bushging the front wheel, sweeping turns and swoops around the trees, pfl's from 250 feet popping over the hedge and stopping in 75 meters of meadow grass, that's flying I wandered to the wide open
spaces forgetting all of my troubles for an all too short 40 minutes.

Flying in tee shirts it was a wonderful experence, a low pass down runway 21 and final circuit to land, vfr, real vfr non radio, in a busy circuit it's time for lots of the V!

Touch down watching the grass trough my toes I think it must be illegal to fly this machine on Tarmac ;)

Grinning I taxi back, rejuvinated!