I learned to fly in 1985 in Manchester (Barton) and remember an early trip (with instructor) to the Isle of Man, and many more once I'd qualified. I always thought it a magical place, which is why I now live there!
This story brings back all those feelings. Why DO engines run rougher over water?
Only other comment is that the Manx people don't refer to the UK as 'the mainland' as we're a Crown Dependency rather than a part of the UK. Tony Blur isn't our PM, and we don't pay taxes towards his madcap schemes - in fact we have the oldest continuous parliament in the world (1000+ years) and that's why we have our own banknotes.
Visiting pilots ALWAYS welcome.
My aim was to visit at least 100 countries, and with Brazil, I finally did it. I'm now loitering at 104. Or is it 105, I lose count...
Unlike a lot of fellow travellers, I tend to only dip my feet into a country, quite often only staying a day or two before heading off somewhere else.
Country numbers 54 and 55 were my first trips alone - something I never thought I'd do.
In 2013 I published an e-book entitled The Red Quest, detailing my mission to visit each and every country of the former Soviet Union. Along the way I sa... full info
Stu
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I learned to fly in 1985 in Manchester (Barton) and remember an early trip (with instructor) to the Isle of Man, and many more once I'd qualified. I always thought it a magical place, which is why I now live there! This story brings back all those feelings. Why DO engines run rougher over water? Only other comment is that the Manx people don't refer to the UK as 'the mainland' as we're a Crown Dependency rather than a part of the UK. Tony Blur isn't our PM, and we don't pay taxes towards his madcap schemes - in fact we have the oldest continuous parliament in the world (1000+ years) and that's why we have our own banknotes. Visiting pilots ALWAYS welcome.