Feels like cheating on speedytuesday

 

Feeling a bit Steve McQueen like today!

 

Gorgeous watch... I'm a bumper fan, and I must say that dial is something! Dibs maybe

 

The light play on these early Conquest models are super cool

 

Stainless steel Constellation 168.005

 

It's Speedie Tuesday and I just so happened to bring this baby all the way home!!!

Japan -> California -> back home to Biel

 

usual PO on artem sailcloth. my favorite combo.

 

Late hours,Wednesday already.

 

Trying to stay awake at work

 

Borrowed the summer blue Nato from Mrs. Cheers

 

Have a great evening.wearing my 1961 seamaster today

 

Rummaging deeper into the Longines box today, circa 1935…

 

Let the game begin!

 

Vulcain Nautique

 

Weather took a turn for the worse earlier so on went the Citizen,

 

Today's Flieger



...on quite a momentous day in my quest to learn to fly: first solo flight!





...although maybe not as glorious as it sounds. Out of 1.6 hours flying today, only 30 minutes were in solo flight, only 2m off the ground, staying within a 20m X 20m box. I spent 30 minutes continuously picking up, setting down, and hovering. In a helicopter as small as this, flying without a second person on board changes the handling of the aircraft dramatically: about 15% of the total weight is suddenly gone, and the center-of-mass shifts significantly to the rear. I was surprised how different it was flying in this configuration. But I made definite improvements in smoothness over the 30 minutes of solo flight.