Tuesday 22 July 2014

Q


Next, must test fly the Q, before deciding whether to keep it or to keep the Quantum

Fantastic....am back in the air



Two permits, new medical form, insurance, transfer documents, blah blah blah...endless bureaucracy sorted out after a year grounded by pulmonary embolisms etc....


Sunday 1 June 2014

Quantum 15 / 582 For Sale

Now that I am heading over to the dark side, I am going to keep my new Pegasus Q as a cheap, fun flexwing and sell my more expensive Quantum to raise funds for a share in something fixed wing.

Bryan Smy has inspected, flown and permit-passed both the Q and the Quantum and he says both are great fliers, but if he could choose one, he'd have the Quantum, which he reckons has 6 years left in the wing. He said the pop it made as the Betts tester pricked the wing was a very good sign. I am delighted. He did some servicing on it, replaced the thingummies that the pylon slides between, sorted the brakes, renewed all the bungies which hold the ribs in (after a year out of flex flying, I cannot remember the names of things). I have re-organised the service history in the file so that everything is very accessible. I wish my house was that tidy!

Bryan put me on to someone who is looking for a Quantum, and he came and had a look. I was embarrassed by how dusty and muddy it was (no water at the airfield), so when he had gone, I used a large bottle of drinking water and some Fuchs-Off to spruce both my planes up.

I will get all the details together and do a proper advert, but for now if there is anyone who is interested, please email tinworm@hotmail.co.uk




I have just realised that I have had my Quantum exactly three years. Here's the blog entry

Sunday 11 May 2014

finally getting back in the air


Had the pulmonary embolisms, the long period on Warfarin (now off it), the fortnightly blood tests, etc and now that I am fit, I am keen to get back in the air. I am waiting for my Medical Declaration to be signed by the GP, have renewed my lapsed BMAA membership and....

...have bought a second plane! It is a low hours Pegasus Q. I plan to permit it this week and possibly get the Quantum done too. Then I will sell the Quantum. I will get better economy with the Q, and because it is a cheaper, older aeroplane, I think I will feel I can justify having it, later in the year, when I hope to get a 3-axis aeroplane too.

And with the latter in mind I need to complete my interrupted fixed wing conversion. So, exciting times!