7th/8th good for me. I'm away 22nd but could do 28th/29th. 7th or 8th would be my preference though.

Ok we shall go with the 8th then. I will book it now.

Fine with me Rob.

Can't wait, looking forward to it Rob. What time and where shall we meet? Was there a driving element to this at all or did I imagine that?!

Ok, the 8th is now booked.

The height limit is 6ft 4" weight is roughly 16 stone.

£32 for 2 winch launches with an instructor.

Bring whoever you want to bring but if they want to fly they will obviously have to pay £32.

I cant unfortunately arrange a driving part to this as I will have to be at the club organising the flying side of it.

The clubhouse has a bar in it so drinks are available after flying or before if anyone prefers.

Time of flying should be 6 o clock so if everyone arrives by 5.30 so we can get everything organised and a better idea on numbers to fly. (He hasnt yet confirmed this time but it should be about right, If it changes I will post).

Link to the club find us page :-

http://www.uskgc.co.uk/find_us.html

Any problems you can get me on 07805001408

Flying will begin at about 5.30

Can I have names that will definately be attending ?

PeteP + Mrs PeteP, may not be in the coupe though.

Thanks for organising this Rob.

Heres the full address as it doesnt have it in the find us section of the site.

The Airfield,
Gwernesney,
Nr Usk,
Monmouthshire
NP15 1HF .

I have to farm the kids off to grandmas for the evening, but I'm definitely up for this. Are the flight times staggered or all at the same time just in case I may run half an hour late and not get there til 6?!

Ditto Pete's comment on the organising

The flights will be staggered mate, like one at a time.

Won't be able to come after all - just failed MOT...

That's great Rob, I'll see you all there as close to 5.30 as I can manage!

Have you got another car you can use Mike? I probably won't be taking my coupe either.

The height limit is 6ft 4" weight is roughly 16 stone.

Well that's my 3 brothers in law and Father in law out then - All over 20 stone and one a 6'8" !

It will just be be me to fly then - and maybe a observer.

See you all around 5:30

Mr T

Unfortunately its the cost I can't really make, even though this is a really great deal. Some fairly expensive work needs doing to get it to pass & I need to save every penny I can having just got the turbo done AND renewed my insurance!

Plus my old MOT certificate expires on Friday so I need to get it done sharpish to avoid needing to be recovered to the garage to get it done!

So far then we have :-

Petep And Mrs Petep
Hovedan
Mr Tickle

Anyone else ??

Ok,

For those who are attending today :-

There should be a short informal briefing before everyone flies on safety etc. at about 5.30 followed by flying then off to the clubhouse for snacks in the way of sandwiches that have been laid on.

I hope you all enjoy it, see you soon.

Great, see you all later! I may be sometime between 5.30-6 though.

Do I take the coop (no satnav), or the jag (satnav)?!

I decided to take the coupe in the end as my wife can no longer make it so comfort is not a question.

A very enjoyable evening, just a shame more could not turn up.

Thanks for organising it Rob.

For me the bizzare thing was discovering that the flying instructor and I went to the same grammar school and that we were taught by some of the same teachers.

It was followed by a rapid trip home; 130 miles in 120 minutes door to door.

yes a very good evening, and yes that was quite bizarre and both of you were called Pete

Glad you got home safely and not sure that too many people would have travelled so far but thanks for coming down anyway.

And to Dan, I definately heard a scream as you went up the launch ???? Well everyone did lol

I must appologise to you Rob and others. I had somehow incorrectly thought that we were flying today Doh!

I am also gutted to have missed the event and meet up.
I was really looking forward to giving this a go, I even drove up there recently just to check it all out first.

Rob is this something that may happen again this year?

Mr T.

You plonker Tony! It's definitely something I'd like to try some more of, we spoke about arranging another date sometime in August, give folk on here a bit of notice and to take deposits to make it worth everyones time!



That would have been the harness pinching my crotch, that's why you didn't hear it the second time

Quite enjoyed the empty M4 in south wales on the way home too, although try as I did, I couldn't quite replicate the sub 2 second 0-60 of the winch launch!! Now, maybe if I can fit that V8 launch motor in the coop, hmmmm....

You'll have to get your 372bhp beast on a track too Rob. Wasted on the road, even the deserted M4 in south wales!

I'll keep an eye out for if this happens again, I was looking forward to it - gutted that (another!) expensive repair bill came at just the wrong time!

Still, I suppose that owning a Coupe I should assume this will probably be the case most of the time!

As I was saying to Pete and Dan yesterday we might be able to set a date for august - septmeber time.

I will make sure its a bit more arganised this time and as Dan says take deposits so we know that people are going to attend.