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THIS year’s Spamfield was epic, according to Cath Spence. Read her full report in your next MF.
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By Jove, Biggles, what a cracking feast of entries this month: 23 great pics, ranging from Venice and Monticello in sunny Italy to just as sunny Ailsa Craig, that hunky chunk of Scottish granite, taken by John Mundy on his way to Glenforsa airfield’s 50th anniversary fly-in.
In between those two are a couple of dawn delights from Spamfield, which according to MF’s Cath Spence was epic. Read all about it in your next issue. VIEW THE JULY ENTRIES. |
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Those taking part ranged from nervous newbies to seasoned veterans such as Adrian Jones, who won the precision circuit event with this very impressive display in his immaculately restored Shadow.
His prize was a Sharpie pen, showing the disturbing commercialism that’s creeping into microlighting these days.
Full Open Series report in your next MF.
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Deepak defies death daily
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CAN someone do Deepak Mahajan a favour and buy him a weather app before he does himself a mischief?
Deepak, in the meantime, here’s a handy hint at no charge: if the windsock has torn itself off the pole, stay on the ground and make a nice cup of tea.
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AFTER being grounded in Heraklion, Greece for over a month after Fedex lost the documents he needed, Mack Rutherford has now made it as far as Dubai before setting off for Iran, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
The 16-year-old is bidding to become the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. His big sister Zara, 19, in January became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, and the first to do it in a microlight – the Shark, which is the same type Mack is using.
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World exclusive – new C42Bee
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“There was a real buzz around the microlights, and everyone swarmed to the BeeMAA trailer,” said his better half, MF reporter Cath, who’s obviously been well trained in the MF Global HQ School of Puns.
“I left before the end, and just wonder how the owner got them off.”
‘Clearly they were all drones,’ concludes MF Deputy Editor Norman Burr.
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Jamming sessions at Spadeadam
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IF you’re flying anywhere near RAF Spadeadam for the next few months, don’t be surprised if your GPS has a fit.
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SPOTTING a flock of geese dead ahead on climbout can be a disaster. Ask Sully.
But not for French flexwing pilot Christian Moullec, who flies with them. Spotted by Brendan Digney.
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ROBERT Morgan is the controller who talked down passenger Darren Harrison after the pilot of a Cessna Caravan passed out.
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INSTRUCTORS will tell you that wise pilots learn from their mistakes, and even wiser pilots learn from the mistakes of others.
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THE pilot and passenger of this Italian Tecnam P92 were lucky to live to tell the tale when they hit a cable in the mountains.
The pilot was injured but survived, and the passenger was rescued. Spotted by David Bremner.
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The former jet-ski champion rose to fame after crossing the English Channel on his device in 2019. |
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Radar? So last week, dude
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THE next time you struggle to land in a gentle crosswind, spare a thought for the Waco glider pilots putting their frail craft down in small French fields at night under fire in Operation Overlord, the 1944 landing by Allied forces 78 years ago this month.
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SINCE we started with the new Tom Cruise movie, let’s finish with it. The real thing cost $170M, but the team at Cracked could have saved the producers a fortune. They’ve made their version for $20.
Warning: contains really silly juvenile humour. So we know you’ll like it.
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