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Bogged strip

ChampChump wrote:It's the best of times and the worst of times. Shorter days, more fog, gales and just weather, balanced by all the good things mentioned already. The quality of the light is rather special.

As we reach winter, in whichever iteration it is each year, the really glorious days take on a much higher value. IMO.

No photo unless I go a-googling to resize a photo.

if you're a windows person
just open it in paint
click resize
select 50% (or 25% if you've got a really big one)
save
sorted

Thank you!

Token winter photo. The runway failed to hide, but had had an attempt earlier.

Hear, hear. Sample of one, I did a short bimble last night just before sunset and it was magic, calm and clear as described in the OP. Instead of getting back to the strip before dark I just wanted to keep flying until after dark then land at Southend for the night. However, good sense and consideration for my other half prevailed. I do now know that the lights on the, newish to me, shareoplane work so now desperate for some night flying.

Dull late afternoons with overcast and still air. Perfect first solo conditions. No glare, no shadows and no wind. Autumn flying then cold crisp days of Winter. Gin clear vis and dry air for prop, engine and wings to bite on. Little turbulence, flying weather!

Autumn and winter flying, September 2018 to January 2019...






Canada, Tomahawk and Chipmunk.
England, Warrior.
Thailand, RV6A.
Australia, Sling.

Sorry, no snow on the field, I don’t do snow if I can help it!

..............and when the weather refuses to be autumnal and you are tired of flying along like a mole trying to find its way underground, find a bit of blue and go be a hooligan for an hour doing uppy downy type maneuvers.

Here's a picture of the autumn countryside near Sheffield Park National Trust...

You realise you get those long shadows towards sunset all year round...? Just lots of you go home too early in the summer!

I can never be accused of that...

Indeed there are some very beautiful days and sights to be sampled during the “off peak” months...!

Pauls’ base leg.

I can never be accused of that...

Except perhaps never seeing the morning long shadows.

Slightly earlier.

MichaelP wrote:Except perhaps never seeing the morning long shadows.

I would guess that they'd go the other way in the morning, but have no way of knowing for sure...

No question shirley.

Don’t understand this thread. All seasons have there pleasures and challenges.

Just fly.

That is all.