After about twelve months of searching, I managed to get hold of a genuine World War 2 era US aeronautical first aid kit container. Ebay is wonderful! It even came with some 80 year old medical supplies: a pair of rusty scissors, tourniquet kit and Australian shell dressing. These have now been replaced by more modern contents. It looks great:
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To celebrate, I decided to nip over to Fife Airport in Glenrothes for coffee. It’s only about a 25 minute flight. After pulling the aircraft out into the light…
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…and taxying over the freshly cut, still slightly damp grass:
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…we ambled over to Fife airfield in lovely sunshine. The parking area for aircraft is just over the fence from the car park and I spent some time chatting with one of the enthusiasts who regularly sit there watching the aeroplanes. The Cub did look lovely with the shiny wings:
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Eventually I was able to get to the main building to pay the landing fee and order coffee and cake. Very nice it was too…
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After refuelling the pilot it was time to go. The aircraft did not need fuel but if it had, Fife have a self service system visible in the background:
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There were some weird plantations on the way back…
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Compare the picture above with the next one, taken a few weeks later. The field are greener and drier, and the yellow oil seed rape crops are ripening nicely…
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The weather did have some surprises up its sleeve…this forecast is for one of my days off:
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But we went flying anyway before the wind got too strong. It was straight down the runway so no real problem.
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Spring weather in Scotland – it’s all part of the adventure.