Friday 30 December 2011

On the move



Last time I flew from Great Oakley I had to move four aeroplanes out of the hangar first, get mine out, then put the others back....all before I could fly; then do it all again when I got down. So I wrote to the landlord to ask whether there was an upper limit he had in mind for the number of aeroplanes in the hangar, as I have to move three more than I had to when took up residence 8 months ago and was worried about the potential for hangar rash. His response was rather abrupt and I did wonder if I'd need to find emergency hangarage, as he suggested I might want to go somewhere else.

It wasn't notice, exactly, but I felt it wise to look elsewhere just in case anyway, and am pleased to say that I have found a hangar where I will probably only have to move one other aeroplane and the landlord seems a decent bloke. It is rather a basic set-up, with only one runway, but it is closer to home and cheaper. I hope I am doing the right thing. Lizzie is skeptical, but we'll just have to see.

Today I flew. I was rusty. I haven't flown for over a month. But it was great to be up again.

Tuesday 20 December 2011

And, what if you used a set of these for jacking up your trike and castoring it around the hangar?

I am working on an idea suggested on the BMAA forum by Kev Armstrong for a flat-on-the-ground trolley platform which you can roll your trike on to, then lift using trailer jockey wheels....then castor it in any direction for moving your trike in the hangar
. Apparently some blokes at Beverley have made just such a contraption.