| 5 August 200 7
- Devon Strut Flyin - Treborough |
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| We had been
looking forward to revisiting Treborough, We have not been able to
attend a Devon Strut meeting yet this year. However many have been
cancelled due to bad weather. We stopped off at Henstridge to fill
up with fuel, before completing our trip to one of the highest airfields in
England. |
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| The circuit was
very busy when we took our place. However we aborted our landing going around as the plane
that landed in front of us was rather a long time on the runway.
Much better to go around than hope he would clear in time. It
gave us another opportunity to see the magnificent views over Exmoor and
the Bristol Channel to Cardiff. The second approach was successful
and we landed taxiing to the end of the runway. Here we waited for
another plane to land and then joined three others backtracking to park in
the grass off the runway. |
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| As usual with
Devon Strut flyins we were met with a welcoming friendly smile and invited
to walk down to the tent and sign in. On the way down we met some
familiar faces and enjoyed catching up on the news. Lunch was a
cheese and ham roll, cake and a very welcome coffee. |
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| Martin was
introduced to a gentleman from the Devon Strut who built model aeroplanes,
and spent a delightful time chatting over battery packs, the difficulty of
obtaining tissue and dope etc and the finer arts of flying models. Martin
is now heavily into spending much time when not flying the full size
models, building small electric powered planes. He spends many hours
smoothing the balsa wood to make a perfect angle and perfecting all
aspects of the plane. We then watched many of the planes leave and
decided to take off up down hill on runway 07. The wind was across
the runway so it seemed sensible to prefer the downhill slope. The
weather had been wonderful and we were so pleased to meet up with old
friends. |
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| After taking off
we headed towards Glastonbury Tor and the wonderful landmark of the cement
chimney. Then the white horse became visible. Later we spotted
a crop circle. |
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| We continued home
as the weather started to break up. Luckily we arrived home before
the rain started. It was only a short shower, but welcome after the
heat of the day. We cleaned the plane and put her away ready for the
next time. |
