| 7 July 2007 - Popham PFA
Fly in |
| At last the weather
changed. The wind dropped and the rain miraculously stopped.
The sun shone. |
| Having not seen AY since
before our holiday we headed for the airfield to put things back in the
aeroplane removed for easier access and to replace the spats |
| We gave the plane a thorough
check over and since we needed fuel we decided to make the short trip to
Popham. Just before starting the engine a stranger
approached us to say that he had just landed on the strip in a LS8
glider. He was attempting a cross country from Dunstable. |
| We got airborne and refuelled
at Popham where there was the PFA flyin. |
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| We had a quick whizz past
the stalls that were still operating before heading to the club house for
coffee and a shared Eccles cake. They were enormous but rather
delicious. |
| After chatting to some other
aviators we headed home to discover the glider was still on the strip
preventing us from landing, but the retrieve crew and trailer had arrived from
Dunstable. |
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| Following one of the conversations at Popham we headed
off to view a private strip near Alton where the owner kept his Piper
Cub. Envious no, not us........ |
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| By then the glider was in the
trailer and upon seeing us wishing to land the crew cleared the runway. |
| Having done gliding many
years ago Martin sympathised with their difficult drive home with a large
trailer. However a retrieve from the airstrip was much easier than a
conventional field. The pilot did well to find and land on the very
narrow strip. |
| We headed home hoping the
weather would last for a longer trip the following day. |
