Dyan - I've just read the post on the other forum - so you did a lot of flying in S. Wales then? You might know a few friends, one who's still in Swansea area called Rob Willams and there's also my great friend Dave Wardsmith who has finally ended up in New Zealand (quite a long flight).

Good to know that - you become more interesting every time you tell us a bit about yourself.

All I can do myself these days is stand on top of the cliffs with the gulls swooping by and try to imagine I'm flying as well. It helps with a wee bit of SweetToof!

Take care mate.

dyan and sion , i know we have had shall we say our differences and i have been hard on you sion at times and dyanwell i recon. you have wanted to tell me to f off .
i am here because davey made a request and your forum supported my rantings for a period of time and i owe you guys.
Owe you what well just to say , i can say what i like where i like and i get up peoples noses at times but i have and will support your forums as well the bloody apathy out there they do not know what they are missing and well the balls up with rem i can say this you cannot was sooooooooo bad . i mean a well you know i just want to say i think you were treated badly and you have in the past and now as well had to make do and mend . Put the lot in the bin and start afresh ,why should you get all the grief for other peoples mistakes and have to make a silk purse out of a sows ear!!
I would love to see some activity on your site and in any way i can help to that end i will.

Hi Davey

Sorry - missed this post.

The name Rob Williams rings a bell, but there are a lot of those in South Wales!

I actually used to fly from Cardiff International at the Cardiff Wales Flying Club - sadly, I understand that they ceased trading in 2004 which is a shame.

Though I did do my first solo, with my then girlfriend (now wife) as a short hop across to Swansea - a quick cuppa and a toastie and then back we came.

A memorable first solo: as I was approaching Cardiff airspace, (Class A which is strictly controlled as it's an international airport) I heard a mayday call - which meant that I had to keep radio silence and as I wasn't cleared to enter the airspace, I had to circle just over Ogmore!

Then came the call from the air traffic controller asking me if I would be kind enough to see if I could locate the downed aircraft.

My passenger next to me was having kittens as I was flying around looking in fields, bushes & trees for something that could have been quite nasty (didn't know if it was a small plane or a jet at this stage).

I eventually saw a helicopter that had made a perfect crash landing - reported back and they asked me to make radio contact with him - which I duly did.

Turned out he was a police helicopter!