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I took the opportunity of taking in a CD of the weekend's photos to book Delta Mike for a trip to Kemble. Although it's only 30 miles away, I've never been, and I needed to get some solo time in the DA40, if for no other reason that to boost my confidence after last week.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="747c4280.jpg" border=0 width="452" height="296" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">During the engine run-up I noticed a problem. The Manifold Pressure gauge started cycling back and forth between 27 inches and 0. Back and forth, back and forth. It started at high revs when cycling the prop and continued through idle and afterwards. Although th engine itself sounded normal, I wasn't particularly happy, and so taxied back to the fuel pumps. I spooke to the engineer, and he hadn't heard of it doing this before (although Alistair thought it was a known issue), and gave the plane a run-up test where it no longer exhibited the problem. Since it didn't seem to affect the engine, I decided to go, and keep an eye on it. It was also fortunate that I came back, since I'd forgotten to fill in the booking out sheet (oops).</div> <bR> <div> Second time, properly booked out. The wind was pretty much straight across the runway from theSouth. There was nobody in the tower, and so I made my calls to Enstone Traffic. Echo Delta had departed from 26 moments earlier and so I followed suit. I changed frequencies to Brize, but they sounded very busy, so I just kept a listening brief. I routed well clear of Little Rissington, although there appeared to be no gliding going on, and then to Northleach Roundabout and Cirencester. </div> <bR> <div> At Northleach I contacted Kemble Information. 08 right-hand was still active, and there were a couple of aircraft in the circuit doing touch and goes, and I elected to join downwind. This was the point it went a bit pear-shaped! I'd spotted the runway, descended to circuit height and positioned nicely for the join. At this point it dawned on me that considering the amount of traffic on the radio, the place looked pretty deserted. Look out the other window... Ah, Kemble! Yes, I'd managed to set myself up downwind for Aston Down. Oops! This was despite reading the warning in the VFR flight guide.</div> <bR> <div> A guick apology over the radio, and my downwind join became a left base join. Despite unsettling myself with this mistake, the landing was fine, if a little long, and I taxied around to park on the grass in front of the tower, and shut down.</div> <bR> <div> The £12 landing fee was paid in the pilots' shop at the bottom of the tower. Before I'd set off, Ben had asked me to bring back a postcard. Strangely enough, they sold them in the shop, and so I bought one and sat writing it over a coffee at the AV8 cafe.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="74858fb0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="251" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">Returning to the plane, another quick transit check, get settled, start  up and request taxi. "Golf Delta Mike taxi to hold Bravo 3, report ready for departure". Okay, the plan in my book showed B1 and B2,  but not B3. Back on the radio for clarification; it's actually at the side of the crosswind runway. Okay. The power checks were fine, with no abnormal activity on the MAN gauge, and I was cleared to line up. Then "Take off your discretion" and I was off.</div> <bR> <div> The route back was pretty much the reciprocal of the route out. Again I listened to Brize on the way. They were only working one plane - G-HEVN, also heading for Enstone. They would be back a few minutes before me. Switching to Enstone at Stow on the Wold, I could hear several microlights in the circuit and so joined overhead. Runway in use was 08. The landing was reasonable, deliberately long to avoid taxying the entire length of the runway.. I parked up on the grass next to the TB200, since Ali was blocking the taxiway with Echo Delta.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>