Planes
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An aeroplane just flew over my place.
That shouldn't be noteworthy but I realised that it is the first plane or chopper that I have heard in over 3 weeks. The president of AOPA actually sent an email reminding everybody to try and keep the noise levels down when we are allowed to fly again. Was strange hearing one.
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@Machpants said in Planes:
One of my mates, on exchange in the Mirage, says "You can never be too safe"
I know it's a selfie but still like that you can see him taking it in his visor
haha poor technique!
Better than some of the stuff we've seen in reflections in the CV memes thread!
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From: https://www.facebook.com/flightartworks
"Dambusters departing"
Lincolnshire, shortly after sunset on 16 May 1943: Wing Commander Guy Gibson, flying AJ-G ("G - George"), ED932/G, leads the first wave of specially adapted Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron on their way to attack the Ruhr dams with Barnes Wallis's "bouncing bomb".
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@Donsteppa said in Planes:
From: https://www.facebook.com/flightartworks
"Dambusters departing"
Lincolnshire, shortly after sunset on 16 May 1943: Wing Commander Guy Gibson, flying AJ-G ("G - George"), ED932/G, leads the first wave of specially adapted Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron on their way to attack the Ruhr dams with Barnes Wallis's "bouncing bomb".
It was a great story of British ingenuity, even if the damage was not as substantial as they planned
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This lockdown is finally starting to get to me.
I went out to my wee plane today because there is an airworthiness issue that I need to fix (the engine manufacturer wants a part replaced). I need a certified engineer to do it. He is a 10 min flight away. I'm not allowed to go to another airport. I need to do a flight check for my licence which expired during the lockdown.
So I can't fly the wee beast, and I can't get it to where I can get it fixed and still have insurance, unless the repair is made. A completely circular first world problem, but fuck I wanted to just damn the torpedoes and go flying!