On Tue, 25 May 2004 at 19:22:40 in message
, Carl Orton
wrote:

Other differences were that when we returned, I looked for the control lock.
The instructor said they didn't use them. I then said, OK; should I just tie
it down? He said, no, there was no need. I asked about wind gusts, and he
said, "This is England!" Must not be much wind....

He was kidding you. We _can_ get very strong winds. In 1987 we had a
hurricane which did huge damage. One pilot on approach said his
instruments were showing a wind speed at about 2000 ft of 150 knots. We
do only get very small tornados though. ;-)

The club Piper Warrior my son took me for a ride in around 1989 was
destroyed on the ground in a gale a few years later.
--
David CL Francis