The best conditions...

...for flying today. Jim flew his Mig, Ian flew his F16, I flew the Yak, and Brian flew his Piper Pawnee. The weather was so good, I managed a couple of flights with the Ember.

Brians Piper Pawnee

Brians Piper is a nice model, built from a Hangar 9 kit, its an ARTF powered by an OS 52 fs four stroke engine and guided by Spektrum 2.4 Ghz radio.

Ians F16 was impressive, together with smoke system, he has afterburners in the tail pipe. Actually, its an array of ultra bright LEDs switched on by a micro switch at 3/4 throttle and above. Had me and Jim fooled as there was some flames exiting the tail pipe on start-up, so we thought it was alight while it was flying.

There was a lot of microlight activity today, this is a particular menace to the jet pilots as jet aircraft use up so much airspace. Microlight pilots don't seem to be aware of the dangers of flying through our airspace. A record of the number of movements was taken today.