A busy day at Tibenham Wings and Wheels

Tut! I've been neglecting the blog somewhat so here's a little write up about a great day at Tibenham Wings and Wheels yesterday.
Sunday 3rd of August we flew both aircraft into Tibenham for their first Wings and Wheels event. We managed to secure a great spot in between a Tiger Moth and  Luscombe Silvaire and  we'd only been there 5 minutes when a beautiful old Lagonda parked just next to the GT450.
We were joined by some enthusiastic students, a couple of flying buddies and Gary's wife Jo - so a good sized team to deal with what seemed like a non - stop stream of interested aircraft enthusiasts. Suffice to say our stock of leaflets and business cards is a little depleted!
Being airside we had a ringside seat for  the displays; we were in unanimous agreement that Pitts Special G-EWIZ stole the show - his party piece being a 90 degree roll at take off then flying knife edge at about 20' with smoke billowing. Brilliant flying!
In fact when we came to leave he departed in similar style, enveloping us in smoke as we held at the intersection. My call of 'G-NV is not cleared for IMC' raised a chuckle in the Control room.
All in all, a brilliant day - well done Tibenham!

Some days you just have to fly. 
I'd just finished an 11 hour shift at the day job and was on my way home - but - presented with fantastic skies after a heavy thunderstorm, I just couldn't resist the temptation. Student Pat Fenn was up for some fun so we met up for a quick flight. We topped out at FL80, VFR above ragged patchy cloud. Stunning, just stunning. It was bloomin' cold though, so a spiral descent (at up to 2000'/min) and a greaser to boot saw us on the ground lickety split. Fabulous - and well worth a late tea when I eventually got home. We love to FLY here at Mid Anglia Microlights, not just teach 
Here's Pat and November Victor with 'busy' skies in the background.

It's great when ex-students come to see us; here's Mike Farrer in his Murphy Maverick taildragger - lovely!

Watch the fantastic clip put together by our friends at Mustard TV about Mid Anglia Microlights - Click on the 'Part 2' button and fast forward to 06:33 for the start of our segment.
http://www.mustardtv.co.uk/episode/the-mustard-show-34/

Mustard TV came to fly with us on 13th May - it was great fun!

A lovely day flying the Mid Anglia Microlight P&M GT 450

Some days are just great! 
I'm going to ramble a little but there will be photograph's to compensate  I've just spent a very happy day flying the new Mid Anglia Microlight GT 450. I didn't go very far but just took the opportunity to visit some places I've not been able to for a while. First stop from home base to Beccles via the Grove Farm overhead (at Raveningham) where I taxied in and parked behind an MT Autogyro. After a coffee in the lovely gardens, I Headed off in the sunshine due west to Priory Farm; a PFL near Bungay and a low flight over the Air Museum at Flixton kept me amused until I picked up the gliding site of Tibenham and then on to Priory. The wind was totally crosswind so I elected to land north to south, rolling out towards the hangars. A cuppa and a chat with owner Bob saw me take off in the opposite direction, heading due north through the Norwich zone to Felthorpe, an airfield owned by one of our Students. 2 Tiger Moths in the circuit made a great backdrop to a chat and another cuppa before once more departing into the blue. Norwich were busy and asked me to route out to the north, despite initial disappointment at the more circuitous routing, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I was able to enjoy a great view of my old stomping ground at RAF Coltishall. Very nostalgic but I had to lament the lack of Jaguars on the pan. Next up was a right turn to the south, flying right over my house where my wife and kids were waving enthusiastically from the garden; it's been a while since I passed overhead in a flexwing! After that it was a straight run back for a landing on the westerly runway. Honestly, what a great days flying 

On the ground at Beccles. Seated in the back of the gyro is Billy our Hungarian aircraft mechanic - he was all smiles when he got back.

Priory Farm, recently refurbished clubhouse and always a warm welcome from the Priory Farm Aviators www.flypfa.co.uk/

Parked next to the windsock at Felthorpe. Taxiing past is the Tiger Moth I flew a few years back.

A watershed day for Mid Anglia Microlights - here's Gary collecting the school's new GT 450. Lessons will be starting soon! Have a look at our website www.mamicrolight.co.uk for more details.