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Flight to Dorset - September 2010

by Andy Snap

Reasonable weather at home meant the opportunity for a flight to one of my favourite airfields - Compton Abbas in Dorset....alas the weather en-route wasn't quite so perfect..

24 photos · 21 views
Cloud building before the off
Dodging the showers over Wiltshire
Breaking into the clear stuff
Low level scatterred clouds at 2000 feet
Salisbury Cathedral in the clear
Safely on the deck in Dorset
G-IGGL
Moored up at Compton Abbas
Compton Abbas Locals
Off for an aerobatic sortie
Mission Accomplished - The ÂŁ100 Victoria Sponge
Busy airfield
Local training sortie no doubt
Contact
Extra gets airborne
Thruster airborne over G-IGGL
Aggressive Take-Off
Back to basics aviation
Compton Abbas Airfield on the climb out
Rainbow near Boscombe Down
Cruddy weather on the return flight
Troublesome skies ahead
Keeping clear of cloud and in sight of the surface
Clearing skies over Berkshire