On the subject of Flying Things . . .
There was a Family Fun Day at RAF Wyton yesterday, where I now fly part-time as
an instructor or Air Experience pilot – air experience for young cadets in the
Air Training Corps. They had a Spitfire to visit from the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight and he joined the circuit on a "visual run in and break" ("a
pitch into the closed" is how the USAF term it sometimes) just as I was getting
airborne in my little Grob Tutor with my 4th cadet of the morning, a personable
17 year-old chap. As I turned out of the circuit the Spitfire was only 300yds
away on the break, large and dark in plan form. This was a very exciting
moment for the cadet and I reckon was probably a once in a lifetime moment: to
be airborne next to a historic aircraft like that.
We saw an Apache below us a few minutes later on, but I don't think that that
was quite as much of a moment :-)
Chris
On 24 Jul 14, at 18:32, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Love the shots, Paul. The B-24 struck a chord... had a very short ride in
>> one (Noisy as hell) back in the early 50's.
>>
>>
> Thanks, Rick.
>
> If I had several hundred bucks lying around on my desk, I might spring for
> a ride, but I have other things on the list, like that forthcoming mZuiko
> 40-150/2.8 Pro lens...
>
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