We had a chat, took a look around the plane and I piled in!
Eager or what? I even took pics of the instruments!
"I think we'll go that way first" says pilot Andy Batters
"I don't THINK it'll pick up Fresh Radio, but we'll give it a try"
"What does this button do?" - "DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING!!!"
Where's the steering wheel then??
A tail view - "No, we can't fly with the lid open!"
Taxiing down the runway - towards those VERY nasty looking wires!
And we're on our way!
Up, up and away - TOTAL exhileration!
Just a tiny spot in the clouds
My view as we took off
This is looking south-west as we climbed
Flying over a very busy Ripley Show
A very blurred picture of my dad's house
Not much better
The old rail track from Skipton to Colne
And a pop festival underway (they're all in the beer tent)
Our first glimpse of the Broughton estate
This is the Watermill Park
We circled a couple of times over here
Our building is the big one on the left
And the fabulous Broughton Hall
On to Thornton in Craven
And a birds eye view of Kirkstall Towers!
Looking up over Settle
Limestone pavement above Ribblesdale
My first view of Ribblehead Viaduct
Ingleborough - a side view
What a stunning view!
We walked across here a week before - the weather was just a little less pleasant on that occasion
We never realised just how much curve there was to the viaduct
Another quick spin round to catch the . . . . . . .
. . . . entrance to Blea Moor tunnel!
Paragliders above Gayle
Semerwater - I've many happy memories here
Cam lane?
Aysgarth Falls next
A steep, banking turn to take it all in
This is Redmire - the current terminus of the Wensleydale Railway
Middleham Castle
and we're on our final approach back at the airfield
In we come
A perfect landing
An unexpected visitor had dropped in - strapped to this!!
Happy as a pig in poo!
They named it after me you know!
Can I have one - PLEEEEASE?
No - we didn't leave anything behind
Can I stroke it - please???
40 to the gallon? Not bad! Now - all we need is a landing strip at Fresh HQ
