Cuban8 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I tend to go out only on good days now until the spring. Not much fun getting cold and muddy this time of the year........now if we had a nice warm clubhouse to thaw out in after a flight, drink tea in and chew the fat, then that would be a different matter! C8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 We're in that fortunate position. It makes a tremendous difference to winter flying and means there's normally a hard core who will go up whatever the weather. Very often there'll be an improvement during a rainy afternoon and flying will be possible if you're on site and reasonably ready -and there's always the pub at the end of our access lane for a proper thawing session afterwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Well I voted I hibenate, however today Mr Bott drug me to the club field at the crack of sparrows whatsit, (10Am). Had to scrape the windscreen (well I would have had to if I didn't have a button in the car that defrosted it for me ) Boy was it cold. Flew the leccy Wot4 to see if the fingers would operate in the severe temperatures. Barely was the answer. I spent the next half an hour taking piccies of Chris's P2000 cavorting about the sky. Good fun. The sunshine eventually thawed my fingers out and I was able to give the 86" Chippy an airing. Well anyway, apart from the cold it was lovely smooth air, and brilliant sunshine, and good company. Still think I will try and continue to hibernate Cheers Danny (Frozen dept) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smalley Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 What a girl spent a great few hours at the patch today blasting up and down with my Boomer (warm hands on exhaust after landing ) and wringing the neck of my seagul yak54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 lol you got it, i blame thin blood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne drinkwater Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I'm fortunate to live in New Zealand's North Island and usually we fly all year round its funny but the weather actually seems to settle down in the winter and we get some really calm days, but there are only a couple of weekends that we cannot fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 That's often the way over here, Wayne. Some of the best flying conditions are to be had in the winter - with the days after a snowfall often being the best of all, with anti-cyclonic blue skies and light (if any) winds. The only problem is keeping the fingers warm enough to take full advantage and these days usually falling on a Monday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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