Y'ere never too old to learn.

[Riley]

Getting a bit jaded with jamming occasional passengers into the rear seat with only peripheral views and/or the back of my grey head, today I securely fixed 70kg of lead ballast on the front seat of the Champ ('Solo from front seat only'), refuelled to 1/2 capacity in scuttle tank with wing tanks dry, and did an hour of bunny hops and circuits driving from the rear seat. It's a toss up which were less impressive - my departures or my arrivals but I neither scared myself nor bent anything so I will perservere. With full control in both positions, the business end of the snub-nosed little Champ still looked awfully far away when viewed from the rear seat economy section. I'll leave the ballast in situ till I either achieve acceptability or end up in my first ground loop. All good fun at a privately-owned quiet country strip. cheers