Month: August 2017

Sandown Airfield, Isle of Wight We headed off to the south coast on what was forecast to be a clear sunny day with limited chance of rain showers. Strubby to Sandown flight log Santa Pod Raceway Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight Southampton docks Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower Sandown Airfield from the south Sandown Airfield…

Eddsfield, Yorkshire We took off from Strubby 26 grass for the first time, with Ian at the controls. One stage of flap and we still only just got off before running out of runway. Outbound flight log Overhead the Humber estuary with Grimsby and Immingham Docks off to the left. Eddsfield is a 700-metre grass…

Shipdham Airfield Ian took the outbound leg with a nice tailwind and headed south over The Wash. Although there are several aircraft in the hangar, Shipdham is a quiet field and there was no other activity while we were there. Outbound flight log At the airfield Return flight log Kev took the return, intending to…