| Isle of Wight,
Bembridge - 21 April 2007 |
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| With the stress
of the medical over and the tailwheel now reconditioned so that it does
not shimmer when landing on a hard runway we had to get airborn as soon as
possible. |
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| So we decided
Bembridge met all the criteria and headed off despite the visibility not
being as good as we hoped. |
| We took off
making contact with Popham informing them of our position. There was quite
a few planes in the circuit. |
| Off past Lasham,
Alton and Butser Hill on to Portsmouth The tide was out further than
we had ever seen |
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| Calling up
Bembridge we discovered they were using runway 12 and a left hand
circuit. Landing safely we were very pleased with the tailwheel
performance. Taxiing to row C where the fuel bowser was
positioned. We took on fuel and headed for the tower |
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| We then headed
off for our usual walk up through the woods past the windmill on onto the
village and then down to the harbour. |
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| Lunch on the
benches outside the cafe looking at the harbour and watching the tide come
in quite fast |
| Feeling keen we
set off along the beach to the lifeboat station, not realising that the
tide was coming in quite so fast. On many occasions we had to hike
over the large stones at the top of the beach. Not nearly as
comfortable as walking along the sand at low tide. |
| Nevertheless we
had a very pleasant although tiring afternoon. Back at the airfield
we stopped for a drink before heading home |
| The flight home
was uneventful in very calm air |
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| Grateful to be in
the air again and for Aerofab making AY better. |
