08:30 Ben turned up bright and early, and we set off for Earle's Colne, to pick up a machine to fly to Bedford.
09:00 Ben and I seemed to be stuck in traffic, somewhere near Clapton.
09:30 Ben and I seemed to be stuck in traffic, somewhere near Clapton.
10:00 Ben and I seemed to be stuck in traffic, somewhere near Clapton.
11:00 We made it to Earles Colne. Simon had left the keys with the folks there, who seemed unfamiliar with the Rules of the Air, and it took a bit of persuading to give me the documents for the machine. In the event of a crash, they said, there would be nothing left. And also that they would be closing at 6pm, after which we'd be landing on our own.
11:30 Realised we'd have to push the machine out of the hangar, and have to put the handling wheels on first.
12:30 A nice flight, good Basic Service from Farnborough, and no mess ups from me. Ben took a bunch of photos, the one below sums it up:
It took about an hour to get there. A circuit to see where was good to land, and I plopped the machine down on an H. A lady turned up in a car to take us to reception and lunch was.
The food was quite nice. We checked out the crowd - it was all of us, Simon's heli crowd, versus two or three groups on corporate outings.
