Saturday 22 September 2012

Heritage Fly-In @ Otherton 22-09-2012

A short trip down the M6 to the very handily located Otherton for their Heritage Fly-In gave a very nice day out! Heading down with  no expectations we were nicely surprised when there was a nice level of activity at the airfield, nothing too hectic (although there was certainly some very busy moments!) but always something going on to have a look at. There was a very friendly atmosphere around the club and the 'FlyingPan' cafe was doing a good trade in high-cholesterol foods, perfect for microlighters! Many thanks to the very kind pilot of G-CCXN for a whiz around the local area to get some snaps of the airfield & it's surroundings!

First a few shots from my flight in G-CCXN
A Simple But Comprehensive Panel
Simple But Comprehensive Panel

G-SWOT From G-CCXN
A sort of 'air-to-air' shot of G-SWOT

G-CCXN's Pilot
G-CCXN's very kind pilot who took me up

South Easterly View From Otherton Overhead
A view to the South East from the Otherton overhead

Northerly View From G-CCXN
A view to the North from the Otherton overhead

M6 Abeam Penkridge
The M6 snaking it's way North

Otherton With G-CCXN's Wing Strut
Overhead the field with G-CCXN's wing strut

Pillaton Hall
The very smart looking Pillaton Hall

Otherton Boat Haven
Otherton Boat Haven

Short Finals For 25 @ Otherton
Short finals for 25 at Otherton

Flare For 25
Just about to touch down on 25 

A few shots of Otherton from the overhead

Otherton Viewed From The North
Arriving from the North

Otherton Viewed From The South East
Arriving from the South East

Otherton Viewed From The East
Arriving from the East

Otherton Viewed From The North West
Arriving from the North West

And the aircraft seen flying during the day...

G-BCLS
G-BCLS Cessna 170
G-BYYC Cygnet
G-BYYN
G-BYYN Quantum
G-BYZO
G-BYZO Rans S6
G-BZPZ
G-BZPZ Blade
G-CBEM
G-CBEM Blade
G-CBVR
G-CBVR SkyRanger
G-CBVS SkyRanger
G-CBXC
G-CBXC Ikarus C42
G-CBYH
G-CBYH Foxbat
G-CCJV
G-CCJV Foxbat
G-CCLX
G-CCLX Quik
G-CCRR
G-CCRR SkyRanger
G-CCXN

G-CCXN

G-CCXN
G-CCXN SkyRanger
G-CDBU
G-CDBU Ikarus C42
G-CDFG
G-CDFG Quik
G-CDIG
G-CDIG Eurostar
G-CDJD

G-CDJD
G-CDJD Savannah
G-CDNE
G-CDNE
G-CDNE SkyRanger
G-CEJW
G-CEJW Ikarus C42
G-CEWR Foxbat
G-CFFE
G-CFFE Eurostar
G-CGTV
G-CGTV Savannah
G-CHAD
G-CHAD Foxbat
G-DECR
G-DECR QuikR
G-DJAY
G-DJAY Jabiru
G-FBAT
G-FBAT Foxbat
G-IFLE
G-IFLE Eurostar
G-LNIG
G-LNIG Dragonfly
G-LVPL
G-LVPL Edge XT912
G-MWRC Gemini / Flash
G-MYWJ
G-MYWJ  Quantum
G-MZOK

G-MZOK
G-MZOK MW6 Merlin
G-MZOY

G-MZOY
G-MZOY  Mini-Max
G-OJJV
G-OJJV Quik
G-PAWZ
G-PAWZ SkyRanger
G-SWOT (C/3011 / S)

G-SWOT (C/3011/ S)

G-SWOT (C/3011 / S)
G-SWOT Currie Super Wot (C/3011 / S)
G-VAAV
G-VAAV QuikR
OK-JUA 03
OK-JUA 03 Samba XXL