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Flying Solo – Up from Goulburn this morning
Cloud shadows on farmland below from 4800 ft Climbing out passing Wakefield Park Raceway The little Gazelle casts a shadow on the cloud below Heading towards Lake George Gazelle 8253 – The Purple...
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A visit to The Science Museum
When we lived in London, Jim and I used to pop into London to the Science Museum and often grabbed lunch in the Victoria & Albert Museum café – which was very good value at the time. On Monday...
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Jim’s Road Trip
Jim and Kris are on a road trip. At posting, we are at Longreach, some 2000 km from home, heading from here to Carnarvon Gorge in a couple of days time, then to Lightning Ridge (Black Opal mines)...
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Easter Aviation
This Easter there was no flying, as the aircraft has been having its annual inspection, including a new instrument panel. Having said that, David Gibson flew the permit renewal test flight in perfect...
View ArticleOutback roadtrip
Jim has been away on an outback roadtrip. The URL below is a link to a photobook from the trip. http://whitechimagine.com/imagine/app.php?project=137B8411-C88D-7114-0885-EAF69509F3D8...
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Winter Flying
And another steep turn – decent flying weather And back under the clouds on the way home 4250 ft, heading broadly South. 170 on the compass and 190 on the gyro, which was having an off day. Playing...
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A first flight for Sanjay
Jim went for a ‘keeping in practice’ flight from Goulburn today, with a work colleague, Sanjay. This was the first time Sanjay had ever flown in a light aircraft, which always adds to the pleasure I...
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Buy the Book
The book is available worldwide – to help you find it quickly in your region we have added a few links Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com Amazon.ca Amazon.de If you cannot obtain it through your regional Amazon...
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Two Up Top Up – Pima County Museum and Tucson February 1981
Two Up contains a number of stories with accompanying illustrations; sometimes, however, these are just a selection of the photographs taken at the time. This post features a collection of photographs...
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Aircraft types flown and flown in as passenger
People sometimes ask me how many types I have flown, or flown in. I have made a list (click on attached PDF) that distinguishes between types taken off and landed and/or flown solo; aircraft where I...
View ArticleSport Aviation review of Two Up
Sport Aviation is the magazine of the Recreational Aviation Australia organization which supports ultralight aircraft pilots down under. Here’s what they had to say about Two Up, in addition to quoting...
View ArticleTwo Up review in Light Aircraft Association Magazine
LAA Magazine Review An excellent review has been published in the April 2014 LAA magazine, for which thanks are due to the reviewer, Alan Chalkley. Quotes from the review include: ‘a guaranteed...
View ArticleTwo Up – A Whiter Shade of Pale
Turned a Whiter Shade of Pale Follow this link to see the first story in Two Up, about learning to glide with the Air Cadets at Kenley. The hardback 2nd edition of Two Up is out now, featuring 25 other...
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Winning the Dawn to Dusk Trophy
In 1994, my colleague Colin Dodds and I were fortunate enough to win the Duke of Edinburgh Trophy, by winning the Dawn to Dusk flying competition in a De Havilland DH87 Hornet Moth. The story is told...
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