We missed out on flying yesterday due to other commitments, so today was going to be the day. After refuelling Hotel Sierra and a snack we were ready to go. One problem, my headset had failed again… they have to go! So I used Rosemary’s headset and she stayed on the ground with a glass or two of red wine (thanks Chris). I was expecting it to be very bumpy as it was 27 degrees and no wind, but above 2000′ it was as smooth as silk.
Fabulous visibility so I flew up the Thames, around Foulness Island, up to Maldon and back to Stoke. A great and relaxing flight. On arriving back at Stoke, it was a bit thermally on finals, so I did what Martin had showed me last week and powered down through it and pulled off a really nice landing! Just as well as Brian was there videoing it 
. It was great seeing Brian, Ginge and DF. DF is a Thruster TST and it is her colour scheme that Hotel Sierra was based on, so the two parked together look really cool!
Hotel Sierra and DF, sisters together
All in all a great day with lots of people at the airfield. Chris has shown me the new headsets he has just bought, they are the new ‘pilot’ ones, very light and very comfortable. They use the 2 GA plugs so I am going to get two adaptors for my intercom so that I can try them out. If I like them I can buy them.
