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By StratoTramp
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#1884667
Yeah frequency. I think I've gone back a bit. We were a bit pressed for time, but I reckon if I had a second attempt it would have been ok :lol:

Good to know we all go through the same things :thumleft:

Running out of holidays now too to take for flying, desperate situation. :lol:
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By Milty
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@StratoTramp as someone who is used to big bits of tarmac with wide open approaches, it blows my mind every time I see you fly into your home strip alongside the tree and threading it between the hedge.

I struggled to find Kemble today. If not familiar with it, find it on Google earth. It’s like a massive scrapyard for commercial airliners like 747’s. How the hell you find a grass field strip in a sea of grass fields I’ll never know :lol:
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By StratoTramp
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#1884672
I like the old ways, Instructor kept his skydemon covered :lol: In the clip i was actually turning so I could show him it as it was bang under the nose.

tbh it's only 33nm, but my wind calcs and headings were good. Lots of landmarks too. I was a sceptic of the half mil versus the quarter. Didn't think it had enough info. But now I'm a convert :lol:

Maps are for winners can't beat a good old OS.
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By JAFO
#1884697
StratoTramp wrote:[Also sorry to @JAFO the number of times I say plane and airplane is ridiculous - :roll: "must try harder, F- see me after class".


There was an "airplane" at 1:30, so I'll let you off.

The little copse of trees that you can see at 0:40 reminded me of the time when I had an airprox with a tractor the other side of that wood. I can neither confirm nor deny whether I was too low or he was too high, either way, it surprised both of us.
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By StratoTramp
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#1884771
Do have to be careful that's good advice. Wouldn't help with the tractor but I do tend to call final on the base (dog)leg.
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By JAFO
#1884800
@StratoTramp - The tractor that I met was on the opposite side of the wood to the airfield, so, essentially, on the downwind leg. :D
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By StratoTramp
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JAFO wrote:@StratoTramp - The tractor that I met was on the opposite side of the wood to the airfield, so, essentially, on the downwind leg. :D


What!? how big was it! :lol: :shock:
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By PeteSpencer
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A landing biplane at Seething several years ago collided with a tractor/cropsprayer which just happened to be crossing the threshhold in an adjacent field.

Both people on board,both very experienced pilots, were killed: one instantly, the other, the owner, died in hospital a few days later.

Be careful out there: it can happen to the best pilots, suddenly and unexpectedly.
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By T6Harvard
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#1885183
Most of us know @JAFO is extremely safety conscious and writes for comedic effect but those are words of wisdom @PeteSpencer .

( Didn't seem appropriate to 'like' given the outcome )