denopa wrote:
all clear, should get my medical back in a few days
Oh what a pity, I would’ve taken care of the beautiful Meridian for a while for you to help out! 
Just joking, welcome back!
denopa wrote:
Update: £350 and a 24h ECG later, all clear, should get my medical back in a few days…
Congratulations! Having been in a very similar situation myself, I know the feeling…
Update: £350 and a 24h ECG later, all clear, should get my medical back in a few days…
Peter wrote:
What was the problem?
Some trace was showing “potential anteroseptal myocardial damage”. When I look online it seems most of the automated reports are driven by electrode placement. So now I need to do a 24h monitor thingy… Let’s see.
denopa wrote:
I took the family in the Meridian for the first time
denopa wrote:
I went for my medical and got failed
That is the very highs and the very lows of flying in just one post.
What was the problem? The machines are occasionally wrong. But also being hungry can bugger up an ecg.
You can fail an ECG for being abnormal by being too fit – They end make me do push ups for a few minutes to induce some stress. If you’ve just done a half marathon in your best time, that could be it.
On saturday, I took the family in the Meridian for the first time, coming back from the south of France. LFTF doesn’t have customs and we had to take fuel so we stopped at Clermont LFLC. 30 minutes from touchdown to take off, that must be the fasted turnaround I’ve ever managed while taking fuel !
The routings were a bit weird, but with the wind this was still faster that going via the north east of France. I would have hoped for better shortcuts especially at FL280..
Nice views of Mont Saint Michel however !
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It was my first time flying airways into Southampton from France, and I initially wasn’t too happy about being descended so early, but then I thought “it’s a turbine, not an overstressed piston like the Mirage, relax!”
Then on Monday I went for my medical and got failed because of an abnormal ECG reading, which is a bit surprising given I had a perfectly fine effort test a few months back and ran a half marathon in a new personal record time just 10 days ago, so now I need to sort that out…
Peter wrote:
Yes; I am tearing my remaining hair out trying to see if the fly-in to EDNY will happen, and then my trip to Croatia after that.
The weather there will be total crap and even IFR arrival is possible most of the time, I wouldn’t fancy freezing there. Regarding Croatia, still early to say but doesn’t look promising. Current forecast predicts snow next Tuesday which may or may not happen but strong bora will definitely blow from today until mid next week.
Flew to Riga on Wednesday, weather was usable but nasty- Sahara sand, 4-50km headwind, and strong thermals. As the Savannah doesn’t have much extra speed, flew at about 2000ft as a compromise. Spilve looked exactly as before, guy came and collected 20eur landing + 2×5 for parking. On Friday the return flight was much nicer with a bit of tailwind and smooth air.
