Author Archives: Tony

For the last couple of days I have been watching the weather forecasts for today and they kept on showing a 3 to 4 hour window for flying. As this is the first chance I have had to fly since the … Continue reading →

We had a great day out today at the Flying show at the NEC. There were a good number of new aircraft to look at as well as the usual accessories shops. Flylight showed it’s new flexwing, what can I … Continue reading →

Despite getting over a cold, I thought it would be a good day to go flying, not too high just circuits to get the feeling of Hotel Sierra again and to give her a bit more of a shakedown flight … Continue reading →

We spent all day at the airfield waiting for the clouds to go above 300′ and the visibilty to go above 3000m with no luck We then woke up today to bright sunshine, and we can’t go flying today Oh … Continue reading →

While down at the airfield today, I had a phone call from Dave at Skycraft, my permit arrived today in the post Unfortunately the weather was not flyable today, but hopefully next Saturday it will be.

Still waiting for the paperwork to allow me to fly Hotel Sierra. It is with the LAA and the head of the technical dept, who is on a course for a week Still today, Roger, Keith and I were putting … Continue reading →

Today started early with a 2¼ hour taxi ride to Lincolnshire to pick up Hotel Sierra and fly her home. What a great flight. She behaved perfectly. The fuel computer was not working, but I got a 1:20 hour flight in for … Continue reading →

Yeh, some good news for a change. Hotel Sierra has passed her test flights, now ready for collection… tomorrow?

I had half an hour with my instructor today, just doing circuits to blow out the cobwebs. I really enjoyed it and it took my mind off everything else going on at the moment.

A good day today, I am ready to go flying! I am insured again, I have a 30 minute flight booked with my old instructor on Saturday to blow out the cobwebs and my flying watch (clear to see dial) … Continue reading →

Here is the latest photo of Hotel Sierra. She is ready for her flight test as soon as the test pilot is well enough to fly her. UPDATE: A replacement test pilot might have been found subject to insurance. Fingers … Continue reading →

Reports earlier today stated that  the safety cage was connected to the rear fuselage and that Hotel Sierra was back on her own 3 wheels! They were just connecting up all the controls. Getting exited now.

After a delay in getting the safety cage from Rans in the USA, we are nearly there. I visited Skycraft today and they were taking Hotel Sierra apart. She ‘should’ be all re-assembled ready to be reunited with her wings … Continue reading →

The new safety cage is on it’s way and should be in the repair workshop in a couple of weeks. Hotel Sierra will be stripped down next week ready for her re-build

What a great day yesterday down at Stoke for our Home to Roost Fly-in. The weather was flyable so we had several aircraft fly in to enjoy the hospitality and BBQ. I arrived just as Dave and Steve from Damyns … Continue reading →

This weekend is our annual fly-in at Stoke. I am really looking forward to this even though I have nothing to fly yet. It usually is a good social. Still no news on the parts for mine yet

It has been a several weeks since we were at the airfield, but this weekend we felt like visiting again. It was good to just chill out and chat to everyone. It did get a bit expensive though Our cover … Continue reading →

I am starting to get itchy feet and want to go flying, still, my friends, my wife and the weather are all working hard to keep me busy so that I don’t miss it too much The latest I heard … Continue reading →