Sabre 28 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 The Jubilee celebrations presented an opportunity for a little flight from my home base EGNT Newcastle up the coast into Northumberland to Holy Island also known as Lindisfarne. It is a tidal island which is accessible at low tide by a causeway. The island has a rich history Northumberland's patron saint, Saint Cuthbert, was a monk and later Abbot of the monastery on the island, and his miracles and life are recorded by the Venerable Bede. Cuthbert later became Bishop of Lindisfarne After parking up at Northumbria Flying School next to Newcastle College Aviation Centre it was a short but wet walk across the tarmac and into the little Jaguar liveried F33A Bonanza. All pre-flight checks made it was time to set off for the afternoon's journey. Passing the College's hangar Despite the rain it was a busy afternoon at EGNT so we waited patiently for clearance Cleared for take-off and off we go Heading east towards the coast Turning north at Blyth to follow the coast Well at least the rain has stopped and I've found the Northumberland sunshine Passing Bamburgh Castle - not far now On to Holy Island and the causeway is in view Circling out to sea to fly over the island and continue the journey in a westerly direction Over the Northumberland market town of Wooler and the turn for home Poor visibility and the Newcastle Tower deny permission to land at present due to low cloud cover A couple of circuits to the west sees the cloud ease and EGNT gives permission to land Home at last although a little low for the lorry driver I suspect Back at the flying school and time for a cup of tea. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,301 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Great series of fanastic shots and the scenery, along with some nice looking POI's in the landscape, made for an enjoyable couch flight. Always liked that Bonanza too, sweet paint job. Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Great shots! Well done buddy Link to post Share on other sites
Clem Wu 1 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Awesome shots mate! Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Brilliant Graeme, A fabulous set of shots, very interesting info along the way, great plane and scenery and some very colourful language from the lorry driver. Loved it all.. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Great shots Graeme! Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Bravo! Stunning shots, loved them. Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 1 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Great shot`s with some very nice scenery and some great info too. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,489 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 You've well and truly arrived Graeme, your new system is doing you proud Link to post Share on other sites
PanzerFodder 0 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Greats shots buddy . Nice to see you flying the first plane that I ever got you to buy . Cheer's...Graham... Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 28 Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Thanks to everyone for you comments. Just nice to be up and flying again. @Graham, yeah the first of many - I think this may have been my first payware aircraft in FSX Link to post Share on other sites
PanzerFodder 0 Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Thanks to everyone for you comments. Just nice to be up and flying again. @Graham, yeah the first of many - I think this may have been my first payware aircraft in FSX Think the Bonanza was my second payware plane, I got the Do27 first, and should have stuck with it TBO, its a real big step up from the default planes and puts most of my other payware aircraft to shame, apart from the A2A and Milviz stuff . Hey maybe I should stop buying new stuff all the time, and do a world tour in the Dornier 27, (it could take several months of flying just to get our of Europe though ). Cheer's...Graham... Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now