Wish I Was Flying » Uncategorized http://www.wishiwasflying.com Sometimes I just wish I was flying .... Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:34:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Noasis http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/noasis http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/noasis#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:05:03 +0000 jon http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/noasis

Shame that Oasis couldn’t make it to V today, but honestly I think Snow Patrol stole the show!

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]]> http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/noasis/feed 0 Camping http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/camping http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/camping#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:29:51 +0000 jon http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/camping

Camping in “sunny” Dorset

Sunny Dorset

Camping in Sunny Dorset for my mate John’s 40th Birthday … I slept remarkably well, but that may have had something to do with the gallons of beer consumed during the day! :)

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]]> http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/08/24/camping/feed 0 Review of the 2009 Cirrus SR22 http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/07/13/review-of-the-2009-cirrus-sr22 http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/07/13/review-of-the-2009-cirrus-sr22#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:42:34 +0000 jon http://www.jonmorby.com/?p=114 FlyingMag have reviewed the new Cirrus SR22 and its FIKI (flight into known icing) systems.

To say I want one of these is an understatement!

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]]> http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/07/13/review-of-the-2009-cirrus-sr22/feed 0 Malaga http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/06/14/malaga http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/06/14/malaga#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:29:24 +0000 jon http://www.jonmorby.com/2009/06/14/malaga Well, having flown to the Isle of Man a couple of weeks ago – I’d set my next mile stone as an instrument approach into Malaga figuring that would take me a year or so, I’d need to get my IR rating, save up and be able to afford the fuel / hire / etc … so yes, it was going to take me a year or so.

Well, then Cliff said “fancy coming to Spain on Thursday” … yes sure, we can go through a bunch of things we needed to talk over and plan, and get some work done – and I can top up my tan.

So Thursday lunch time, we depart North Weald in N666EX (me in right seat) .. and fly down to Spain. We did the trip in 2 legs with a fuel stop in France.

The whole trip took about 7 hours .. and yes, Cliff was actually flying / doing the landings .. but I can at least say I’ve been in the front and “experienced” an SEP/IR approach into Malaga slotting in between big jets going at almost twice our speed!

So the next step .. is to do it myself, as PIC … but that will be a while I suspect :)

We have a bunch of pictures, which I’ll upload in a few days time once they’ve been downloaded and reviewed.

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]]> http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2009/06/14/malaga/feed 0 Quiet on the Western Front http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2008/08/14/quiet-on-the-western-front http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2008/08/14/quiet-on-the-western-front#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:56:29 +0000 jon http://www.jonmorby.com/?p=22 Well it’s been quiet here for a while now I know.

Initially work just went manic, and then I got side tracked into re-validating my pilots license and then converting onto the Cirrus SR20 and SR22.

Well thats all done now and work has quietened down somewhat, which hopefully means more time to play; and some time to write!

Coming up will be brief reports from various destinations as I build my hours and look towards IMC and Night ratings for my PPL(A)
Over the coming months I’ll be taking myself, friends and clients on trips around the British Isles as company on those long trips :)

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]]> http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2008/08/14/quiet-on-the-western-front/feed 0 Bamako Rally http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2007/07/15/bamako-rally http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2007/07/15/bamako-rally#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:26:32 +0000 jon http://www.jonmorby.com/2007/07/15/bamako-rally/ Well, he’s finally done it … my mate Dave has entered the Bamako Rally.  He’s leaving October 12th and heading to Timbuktu.

They’re looking to raise funds for this year’s Round Table National President (Graham Drummond)’s charity – the hospice care trust.

All money raised will go straight to charity – no cash will be used to fund the rally – which is already paid for by Dave.

Check out their progress on http://www.madasapieceofstring.co.uk/

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]]> http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2007/07/15/gallery/feed 0 New Blog http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2007/05/09/new-blog http://www.wishiwasflying.com/2007/05/09/new-blog#comments Wed, 09 May 2007 19:07:06 +0000 jon http://www.jonmorby.com/?p=3 Ok, so I’ve nuked the old manually maintained website and blog and migrated across to Word Press

I’ll be entering some musings and articles over time

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