pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:20 am Post subject: report |
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Not strictly Kolb but there is a clip on youtube of Chris Saysell pylon racing in a weightshift. Pretty exciting.
Chris and Rob Grimwood took microlight flexwing title at the World Air Games in Italy. Another Brit couple took second, beating the opposition by 20 seconds.
Last weekend was the centenary of Bleriots flight across the Channel from Calais to Dover. Last weekend there was a re enactment involving several Bleriot monoplane replicas and 300 microlights. About 170 were Brits who flew to France on Thursday and Friday and flew back in a cavalcade on Saturday. The rest were French and Belgians. There was also a parade of veteran a/c. I drove to Dover for the event and although it would have been better to have had a grand parade of micros at under a 1000ft flying along the waterfront en masse it was not too bad spaced out over 2 hours.
The Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Flight did several very low passes over the field and the town. I also chatted to a Lancaster pilot who was shot down over Berlin on a Pathfinder mission. He is now well into his eighties and is trying to get his pilots license again. I talked to him about the advantages of microlights(ultralights) over light aircraft and I reckon he will go for it. A game old veteran!
Just thought you might be interested. If you are not there is always the delete button.
Cheers
Pat
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