Farewell to Filton airfield
It was a sad day for aviation when Filton airfield closed at the end of 2012. A bit bloody irritating too because it was really useful for Bob to fly into work on occassions. Yah boo sucks to British...
View ArticleLeicester and back
Womble went to the hairdresser this morning and came back with pink hair. Not that this has much to do with Bob's trip, but Bob was waiting for a delivery of a couple of crates 2006 St. Emilion Grand...
View ArticleKia car ad for 2013
The Kia hamsters have featured in adverts for the Kia Soul since 2009. Here, and on Bob's home page for January 2013, are the hamsters in thieir latest video "In my mind". The Kia Soul seems to be...
View ArticleFirst trip of the year
Owing to the snow and ice that we have had in January, Bob has not had the chance to go anywhere much. Last year was a bit of a disaster with regard to the weather, so let's hope this year will be a...
View ArticleCamera test
Bob's first test of his new head mounted camera didn't go well. It is rather difficult to see the status lights, especially when the thing is attached to your head. It is also very easy to turn it off...
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IMC club trip to Manston
Piggy and Bob at Manston.Since passing his IMC rating test earlier in the year, Bob appears to have become a member of the IMC "club" and was invited to go on a trip down to Lydd and Manston....
View ArticleJust before we slip out of the month of love..
Bob thought you should really get to see this rather wonderful hamster tribute to St. Valentine's day. One for lovers everywhere and a certainty for the March video on the home page.
View ArticlePiggy assaulted again - what a rubbish day
Bob hasn’t flown for a while and upon visiting Miss Piggy at the weekend he noticed the nose wheel was a bit short of air. This was quickly rectified using an electric pump provided by Honda, the...
View ArticleA hanger for Miss Piggy
The fact that persons unknown have entered and played about in Bob's aeroplane has led Bob to consider the very real risks of launching into the sky in a machine that has been subject to who knows...
View ArticleBob flies the 737-800
Cambridge airport has acquired a Boeing 737-800 simulator and anyone can have a go, but it does cost a bit. Bob and 3 other pilots from the flying club tried it out last night. It is a great...
View ArticleBattery problems
Bob tried to fly yesterday, only to discover that Piggy's battery was flat again. There is clearly something amiss, although the charge applied the other day was minimal to say the least, the hour or...
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Another flying season at last
Piggy on the apron at Bourn after her annual inspectionBob flew Miss Piggy to Little Staughton a week or so ago for her annual inspection, the biggest expense of the flying year. She did very well this...
View ArticleNewport Roman Villa - well almost
After the hail and huge cumulonimbus (that's big clouds) of yesterday today, Sunday, seems to have turned out well, so Bob leaves for the airfield early to manoeuvre Piggy out of the hangar in...
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Protect our garden creatures - protest now!
Innocent genome about his daily businessGenome's hat - evidence of dark goings on at HinxtonBob and Womble were out for a day trip when we noticed the outrageous practice taking place on our own...
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Charlecote manor
Chalrecote manorBob was due to go to the ilses of Scilly today, but given the outlook for the weather tomorrow, we decided it wasn't such a good idea. We met up at the airfield and made that sensible...
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