Hi Guys,

I had a great flight today in Maggie Mae...Minimax 1500R. 7 touch and go's and a landing at a friends...and some flying with a couple of gliders at 3000 feet at Stonefeild gliding club.

And then there was some rain...the first for the year. All was fine until I spotted a lighting strike a few kms from my wingtip...so I decided to turn and fly home in the dry...but in the wet....if you get my meaning...LOL..lesson learnt..!

regards Arthur

Is it wonderful flying on a rainy day?
Maybe it is dangerous

Great photo's sounds as if you had a great time even though you got wet

Yes...there was virtually no wind..and the showers were quite localized.The air was loverly, and I was wearing a t-shirt and my silk scarf.

every day is a great day to fly...at no point in my flight was there a moment of the old saying...

"Better to be on the ground wishing you were flying, rather than flying and wishing you were on the ground..!"

Just trying to add some interest to my story.(and the lighting was real but the wet cockpit wasn't...and I wasnt talking rain..hmmm)

regards Arthur

Interesting photos Arthur, in a couple of them the rain looks like a frog-strangler.  Might be a good idea to put a couple of drain grommets in your floorboards.

Paul Fiebich

Heres some photos taken by some fellow pilots of 'Maggie Mae' out at Steinfeld Flugplatz 7-3-2010....(yes that is german Paul...!)

All Dust....LOL

regards Arthur

Arthur; Those are some of the best photo's I have seen of a high flying Mini-Max, nice and close-up. The rain is pretty cool also. Post some more. Bill   Keep the rubber side down!

Kudos to your photographer!  That person did a great job of capturing you and your bird in flight!  You ought to have some of those enlarged, framed and hung in your living room.

Paul Fiebich

What a beautiful photo!!

"You ought to have some of those enlarged, framed and hung in your living room."

In your bedroom too....

Quoted from Knut A In your bedroom too....

Put a female in the cockpit with blond flowing hair and it would be triple XXX and "R" rated.

Thanks Fellas...they are the best photos I've seen of Maggie Mae.

The photo of me waving is about 250feet AGL...and it looks so close.

I think it must be a very good camera....and yes there will be some plastered on the wall ...somewhere in the house or the hanger...maybe both.I am waiting for the originals on disc as I believe the file sizes are very large.

Above my bed is a print titled 'Hornet Territory'.....Teresa told me to put it there....!!

Maybe she loves me.........regards Arthur

This one may also be OK...it shows my silk scarf....LOL

regards Arthur

Isn't it dangerous when flying  with silk scarf outside?

regards  baden

I dont think so...it is NOT a traditional scarf....it is a looped peice of silk materal for show only....it cannot reach the tailplane , as it is not long enough to even get to the fin and rudder.

The material will not stretch, and is a fixed length. It has a loop at one end to go around the pilots neck...this loop is loose around the neck and unless it goes forward through the prop...which wont happen because of the slipstream. (the wind).

At best you could call it a white silk flag that looks like a scarf.

regards Arthur

Certainly enjoyed the pictures Arthur!

Thankyou they are the best photos I have of 'Maggie Mae'..Minimax 1500R in flight.

It was a fun day out too.....

regards Arthur

WOW! Great pictures Arthur.
Could you send me the higher resolution picture of bye_6035.
I'll hang it in my shop. It will inspire my work.  

Ricardo,

Wilco...when I get the photo, I'll post it. I have sent you a PM as Im not sure when I will get the larger photo.

regards Arthur

Quoted from Ricardo......

"WOW! Great pictures Arthur.
Could you send me the higher resolution picture of bye_6035.
I'll hang it in my shop. It will inspire my work."

Mission accomplished Ricardo...check your inbox....I just got the originals...they are all about 1.45 Mb...sent you 2 photos....I'll be hanging one on the wall as well....Just because they are great shots.

regards Arthur

Thanks Arthur! ...with the promise to return similar pictures in the near future

Ricardo

Arthur, you look so cool in your leather helmet, goggles, and scarf, that it almost inspires me to give up wearing my ultra-com helmet. But I'm too cowardly, and I'm used to looking like a dork now.