Today was another perfect flying morning. Colder than yesterday, the low mists across the paddocks were beginning to clear when I arrived.
I had a pretty lazy flight, a bit of aerobatics when the moment presented itself but otherwise low and slow, guiding the Walrus around the trees and over the fields. I even flew over the top field, which I'd previously always avoided because of the floodlight posts. If you look at some of the videos it's as if a force-field existed, with the Walrus shying away any time it approached.
I also did a few slow fly-overs of the kangaroos, and might even have got a shot of a pair of them having a morning boxing match! I tried out a few half-barrel rolls to check out inverted flight but didn't maintain that for long. Also tried a negative-G pullout, but it felt quite freaky so I abandoned it half way through!
The flights ended with nice slow landings. I'm still getting the feel of the landing flare - I usually over-do it but the Walrus hangs in the air so nicely with the ground effect that's is easy enough to catch and slowly ease it down onto the deck...
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