BIGGLES

On the 5th July we went to Sywell aerodrome so that I could have my Tiger Moth experience which Matt and Jonny had given me as a retirement/birthday present.It had had to be cancelled earlier due to bad weather but the 5th was fine if a little breezy.The flight was great and very basic as it was real seat of the pants stuff.My pilot was an ex 747 captain who does this for fun and to boost his pension.We were at one time going slower than the cars below which was kind of strange,and looking at the aiespeed indicator we were only doing 40knots.He let me have a go at flying it,and it was surprisingly easy if a little bumpy.He did say that a 17 knot crosswind was about the planes limit for landing and that it was gusting 20 at times.However when i said to him that he would need all his skills to land it he said that luckily few skills were needeed and true to his word he put it down without a bump but with a lot of sideslip.
Based at Sywell are a group of pilots called THE BLADES all ex Red Arrows .They were having a corporate day and two of the group put on a spectacular aerobatic display for their guests and of cours anybody else who was there.So thanks to Matt and Jonny for yet another flying experience.