NigelPocock wrote:

Derek Piggot turned 80 last year and celebrated it by flying a 500km in an ME7
- in england!

Nice to hear, and congratulations to Derek !

I had a memorable flight in a Janus with him out of Lasham,
uh some 15 years ago now iirc, just before he retired as CFI,
including cloud flying and close encounters with the smoke
pillar of one of those stubble fires, common towards the
end of summer: Smoke stinging in your eyes and lungs, rough
as hell, narrow and irregular core, but extremely rewarding
with strong lift when you manage to center it - not an
easy task in those rough conditions and on instruments.

Finally broke out on top of the broken cloud layer and
had one of my most enjoyable flights ever, once the smoke
had cleared from the cockpit and you could see and breathe
again.

But what's an ME7 ?

Cheers CV