Buddy

[Morph]

I have heard that some of these okes can actually drink the odd beer too, but thas just a rumour...

No way

[John Young]

I am Big D, I am a Patch flyer and proud of it

Whatever "pulls your chain" Bud - just fly safe and enjoy your time in the air.

Tip: Exponential increase in logistics is proportional to distance from home base.

Regards
John ex-CIB

[DarkHelmet]

Hello, my name is DarkHelmet and I AM A PATCH FLYER!

As long as I am in the air I am happy! My work is hectic lately and just a circuit gives me the fix to continue the next week! It is not uncommon for me to drive 75km to the field - pre-flight and fly 5 minutes to Aeroden and sit and talk flying with Basie at Aeroden over a cup of coffee and then fly back and lock up.

My softness is kind enough to allow me a day at the field to unwind but I am ALWAYS working when at home (or sitting on the forum here ) So I do try to make some home time on the weekend by sacrificing some flying.

[DieselFan]

So after you all stopped laughing at the newbie, will someone please tell me what a "Patch Flyer" is.

Think of it as a tabacco addict using a patch...we're all addicts, admit it, know we're the problem yet still can't seem to get rid of it

You can see the way DH starts off - Microlighters Anonymous - hence the fictitious names. It's an indiscriminate drug, affecting the business owners to the guy on the 125cc Scooters scooter. They say the only cure is to keep at it until you get bored, BUT it takes a while as Demon is still trying to quit and you can see he pulls bar less and less nowadays so pehaps it can be stopped

[Tracer]

Hi, I'm Tracer and I addicted to Microlighting...

I still have a long way to go, but I already see what the guys meant when they said it becomes a way of life.

[DarkHelmet]

BUT it takes a while as Demon is still trying to quit and you can see he pulls bar less and less nowadays so pehaps it can be stopped

pulling the bar less and less...

This is a whole new topic on its own! Big D gets fatter and fatter as he buys faster and slicker aeries. I am investing in my trusted safari everytime just to be able to fly. Big D takes the approach of upgrading and selling his last precious for a new precious that is faster and more recent than the last.

I invest in my trike - new crank going in this year - Big D side-steps the issue by just "upgrading".

In fact it works out to the same monetary effect. I still fly slow and have to pull bar to keep up with him. I lose weight by having to pull bar more and more to keep up with him... Dish had first hand experience of my "bar in stay with Big D" maneuvre on Sunday

Big D gets bigger and needs to invest in faster aeries with more lift to keep himself up...

I bar in and fly alongside him smiling (although every muscle in my body is aching trying to keep up!)... I bar out and outclimb him!


I fear for my life - a BIG microlighter is going to try to break through my 3 foot steel gate to kill me for calling him BIG

[Aerosan]

Hi my name is Aerosan and I used to be a patch flyer...........until I plowed the bloody thing

[DarkHelmet]

Sanna - you are supposed to plow the fields! Not the hilltops!

[Gyronaut]

Hi, My name is Len and I am a committed patch flyer. Fortunately my patch is quite spectacular.

I want one of those badges please!!

[Gyronaut]

Wasn't me Demon (Would love to take the credit but can't, not this Len)

By the way, before I get some smart comment about 'my patch', herewith some pics..

OOPS, it says "Sorry, you have reached your maximum Upload Quota Limit of 256 KB" ?? I havent uploaded anything for ages.

Help?

[Dish]

Eagle 1 tells me that Lens Patch is Most spectacular... read that anyway you like.. ha ha but seriously, flying around that area of the world must be an absolute treat..

DH - My mate your forgetting one thing and that is that BIG D has a lot of experience with other bars.. and I dont mean alcoholic, I mean the type that support 8,000,000 kilograms precariously balanced above his head... That is one hell of a strong oke, so if I were you, I would probably refrain from calling him fat... he might just take offense and we wouldnt want that..... To quote Obelix - "im not fat im just well covered"

Goodness I enjoy this site

[Morph]

Us Capies don't have a cabbage patch, we have a Vineyard

[Big-D]

DH wrote

bar in and fly alongside him smiling (although every muscle in my body is aching trying to keep up!)

Sorry bud, but as you say it is a good workout and I always reward you with beer after flights

D

[Gyronaut]

Trying again

[Coyote]

I have heard that some of these okes can actually drink the odd beer too, but thas just a rumour... [/quote]

I know of a few who think they are detectives - always on a case- Jeees I crack myself up sometimes.