Cold Weather Flying

It was in the low thirties this morning, so I bundled up in lots of layers as I got ready to go flying.  It was fairly foggy when I got there and there was lots of dew on the grass.  I wanted to fly my new bomber with retracts but when I checked the runway it was pretty lumpy with tall grass and dandelions.  I got the mower and roller out and did about half the runway which really smoothed it out.  The Lancaster took off fine, it flew pretty good after a little trimming but when I slowed down to land it got really touchy.  I got it down OK on the first flight but the second flight I set a new personal best by breaking three props in one landing!

My friend Horty wanted some help with a new twin, it flew great, much better than the Lancaster.

He also brought out FREDe a cartoon scale plane.  We have flown it before, but Horty made some changes and it flew pretty good today.

As I finished the last flight on my helicopter, I notice the sunshine coming through the clouds so I hurried up shutting down and grabbed the camera for some pictures.  Horty and I were the only ones there today, Horty is always pleasant to talk with so I had a very nice day.