| 1 January 2008
- Popham Fly-in by car |
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| We set off for
our airfield rather optimistically and were soon to discover that flying
early in the morning was going to be a no-no |
| So we stopped off
at Popham for a coffee with the hope that the fog would clear and we could
go on to our airfield and fly AY back for the flyin. |
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| There were many
plane spotters in the club house and soon some friends arrived and invited
us up to their hanger where they keep their planes. We enjoyed a cup
of tea and a slice of chocolate cake with them whilst discussing aeroplane
issues. |
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| The conversation
was abruptly stopped by the sound of an aeroplane engine - some brave
pilot had made it to the flyin. He had obviously flown high on
instruments. Odd breaks were appearing in the cloud and a few more
planes appeared, but by the time we felt comfortable to fly AY it was
rather too late, so we decided that a walk around the planes that had
arrived would have to suffice. |
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| It was still good
to be at an airfield on the first day of the year, with like minded
people. We understand around 20 planes eventually attended the flyin. |
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