Thursday Fly In @ the Shearing Shed

[Predator]

Cold and foggy start to the morning but it soon changed to a bright & sunny day with little wind for an almost perfect flying day.

There were 6 in attendance today with a couple of regulars missing due to other commitments.

Those there all flew multiple craft and apart from a less than perfect landing by Rudolph all went off without a hitch. Well we can say that as Kermit & his trusty camera were missing today, & if Kermit didn’t capture it on film it didn’t happen.

I flew my rebuilt ZOHD Altus twin and can happily say it flew just as well as it did before its collision with Terra Firma several weeks ago.

Also got a nice 20 minute FPV flight with the Kobuz glider (video below)

DaveP (Rudolph) had a mini helicopter for show and tell today and whilst he reckons he is still in learning phase it flew very well.

Over the lunchtime BBQ 4 of the 6 pilots had a wee drop of the whisky that is soon to be produced & sold on site (a sample of which was gifted to us last week by one of the distillery partners), the consensus was that although the first swallow kicked like a mule, once the throat was numbed sufficiently to be able to appreciate the flavour, it was a fine & flavoursome drop indeed.  GG & Ron went for seconds but at 47.3% the rest of us who needed to drive showed a bit more discretion, and yes Kermit we kept a wee dram for you as directed.

After the BBQ lunch & the imbibing we had a few more flights before packing up and heading home, no doubt to do it all again once the few days of predicted wet weather clear again.

[Kermit]

GOD damn that was exciting  especially cremorne   new sites  clear weather  perfect conditions   Whisky .. thank you all for saving me a tittle bit  THE next BBQ will be interesting  …………………………………….just say’n

[Neil]

Another great flying day indeed! If only I’d remembered to charge my radio battery too, I would have had more flights! 😜

Ron wasn’t here today, but I made sure to have his second for myself! 😜

[Predator]

With Hoppy returned to the Phillipines (for the Aussie winter) and Kermit off on sick leave we are a bit light on in the video department this week, but at least Neil (with grateful assistance of Sinker) did make an effort to get a couple of pics on his phone.

[Gadget]

It looks like flying has taken a turn.

I was with you “in spirit” while drinking a Whisky Sour on the cruise ship in Alaska.

[Kermit]

GORD I dont want to   sound off but dont you all think MR GADGET is looking  a tad OLD   his mooshtarge  is the colour of the Sinkers hair  AN BEFORE ANY ONE SAYS what hair  ( an thats cruel  )  if you look behind his left ear there is at least 3  strands white /grey    ……………………………………………………….just say’n

[Gadget]

Holidaying can be very stressful Mr Kermit 😜

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