subevo

sorry to take so long.ive recently sold my pegasus xl due to work commitments i.e. no free time.i used to fly from strathaven airfield which being 20 miles from glasgow no one knows it exists.you can fly to ireland and the isle of man.
i trained at connel near oban and the scenery is amazing.one of my mates flew from the shetland islands to norway a 5 hour crossing with a home made fuel tank in a flash 2 alpha flexwing.he was the first person to do this in a microlight.he also flew around the coastline of austrailia reaching speeds of over 100mph.he has some amazing photos.one where unknown to him, his detatchable fuel tank was hanging off and just clearing his propeller half way over the sea to norway. he is always planning adventures e-mail him at greivetom@hotmail.com

Seamus300

Now this is the kind of thing we like..
There is a 10 week trip planned to fly around Australia late next year, it is advertised in my flying club. I would absolutely love to do something like that, I think flying 5 hours over sea with a homemade fuel tank hinges on insanity though!
There is a mass crossing of the Channel next year, circa 200 aircraft, I think we will be doing this, should be quite a sight!

Pete Croney

Update

I passed my GFT (General Flying Test) yesterday

I still need to log a few more hours before I can send the paperwork off for and get the license in my hand but to say I am pleased is a massive understatement

Dave T-S

Took ya long enough

Well done

Scot123

Good to see a thread about airsports. Some great pictures as well Aplogies for hi-jacking it, but is there anybody else on this board who skydives?

RussP

For a hobby, i race hovercraft. We use a lot of microlight engines, mainly in the lower powered classes, all 2 strokes, 447/503/462 Rotaxs' are pretty common. Weight is absolutely crucial in hovers. The bigger classes run Snowmobile engines, we're up to 180bhp in many of the top F1's .

And all i can say is i'd be bu99ered if i'd go up in a microlite powered by anything with Rotax written on the engine! I understand the new 4 strokes are more reliable, but the 2 strokes do just stop, for pretty much any reason they can justify to themselves.

I'm not too worried about falling 9 inches, 900ft i'm much less keen about!

Russ

Pete Croney

LOL at Russ

A lot of your training is about coping with an engine failure, but then that's the same for most aviation training.

A major part of your test is being able to safely get down when the examiner says "engine failure". In real life, they are pretty reliable and I doubt we stress them as much as you would in a hovercraft as we are only on full throttle for take off.