Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:43 am
#1303083
Well, you may learn something from this, I know that I certainly did.
Flying the Bulldog out of Bournemouth last year on the day of the airshow.
Great I thought, see the Red Arrows from the air.
Didn't realise that the airspace around Bournemouth would be closed for 45 minutes.
S**t, and then the fuel gauges were getting quite low, and they're not very accurate.
After a while I radio'd Bournemouth Radar to suggest that I was running low on fuel, and was asked "Do you wish to declare an emergency?"
S**t once again I thought.
I could imagine the Red Arrows having to stop displaying whilst I landed back at Bournemouth.
Or I was suggested to divert to Compton.
I thought better of it and decided to risk it, and leaned the engine as much as possible.
It all worked out for the best though as I got to land right behind the Red Arrows, and got some great pictures of them from behind whilst taxi'ing.
What made it all worse though was having my wife with me, and she's not the happiest flyer as it is.
Oh well, it's good to share.
Flying the Bulldog out of Bournemouth last year on the day of the airshow.
Great I thought, see the Red Arrows from the air.
Didn't realise that the airspace around Bournemouth would be closed for 45 minutes.
S**t, and then the fuel gauges were getting quite low, and they're not very accurate.
After a while I radio'd Bournemouth Radar to suggest that I was running low on fuel, and was asked "Do you wish to declare an emergency?"
S**t once again I thought.
I could imagine the Red Arrows having to stop displaying whilst I landed back at Bournemouth.
Or I was suggested to divert to Compton.
I thought better of it and decided to risk it, and leaned the engine as much as possible.
It all worked out for the best though as I got to land right behind the Red Arrows, and got some great pictures of them from behind whilst taxi'ing.
What made it all worse though was having my wife with me, and she's not the happiest flyer as it is.
Oh well, it's good to share.
I wish I could fly.....