Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Have not been on many but the flight i remember the best was my first flight,i had to fly to the isle of skye to work on,of all things a s11a ex mil ambulance,ugh.The first bit was on a one eleven ,i was impressed with the aceleration and short take off. I changed to a Norman Britain Highlander at Glasgow.The sky was Blue with snow on all the high peaks,i even recognised some of the tracks we had travelled in the Landrover.The view of the island as we circled and the bumpy landing. made it unforgetable for a first flight.i know ,why go all that way to work on a Landrover. Well she wore very long boots.:cool2::cool2::sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I know ,why go all that way to work on a Landrover.Well she wore very long boots.:cool2::cool2::sweat: Ah I recollect a photo of your S1 and her ambulance in a post recently. As my grandfather used to say, "it will draw you further than gunpowder will blow you"...............I'm sure you get my drift :-D:-D:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Ah I recollect a photo of your S1 and her ambulance in a post recently. As my grandfather used to say, "it will draw you further than gunpowder will blow you"...............I'm sure you get my drift :-D:-D:-D Thats the one,got more pics in the loft,:cool2: think one is of the boots.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Thats the one,got more pics in the loft,:cool2: think one is of the boots.:-D It's not the boots we want to see the pic of.........:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 It's not the boots we want to see the pic of.........:cool2: She is wearing them,its late getting excited,you wont sleep.:nono: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 She is wearing them,its late getting excited,you wont sleep.:nono: If Pat sees it neither will you in any comfort:rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 If Pat sees it neither will you in any comfort:rofl: Pat has met the lady in Question,now it gets interesting:-D:-D:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Pat has met the lady in Question,now it gets interesting Intriguing :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Yes a few pilots are members with a few more on the sidelines. Aircraft I have owned. Chipmunk, Tiger Moth, Piper L4 Cub, Stinson 108 Voyager & Druine Turbulent. As for Austers the AOP 9 can drop a wing on landing (Just what you need on a short strip) early Austers are better unless you are tall because eye level is down the wing root. I am looking at an Auster 5 to fill in the gaps between customer projects. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I am currently restoring an Auster IV, MT243. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Adrian My day job is mostly wood & fabric aircraft so if I can be of any help please don't hesitate to give me a call. My full contact details are on the LAA inspectors page for HP23. What engine do you have for the Auster. Alan Turney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Forgot a couple of Islanders, one at JSPC Netheravon for my parachute course, the other at JSPC Bad Lippspringe near Paderborn, whence I was posted (Paderborn, not the JSPC) immediately after the parachute course. Netheravon had a Dragon or a Rapide in the hangar which the sports parachutists preferred over the Islander because it was so slow they could all get out close together. But it VOR during our course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Mostly whirly-birds. Bell Jetranger Chinnock Augusta 109 Scout Lynx Hughes 500 Flown many times in a Herc - landed at Sennalager training area in the dark where the pilot nearly got it very wrong. Frightened the pants off me. I was the only one on board as the squadron lads had parachuted out as part of an exercise. Flown RAF Tri-Star - very civilised. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Alan, thanks for the offer, we have to learn fabric covering soon! We are doing the engine at the moment, it is the Lycoming O-290-3. We have two and so far have not had to buy many parts, not that they are easy to find! Some parts are the same as O-320 but a lot of it is special and long out of production. Where are you based, Booker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Based at Booker with a workshop at home big enough for a wing or fuselage. I have just finished painting (1 Hour ago) the second wing of a Chipmunk I have put new fabric on but i still have the elevators to do, you are welcome to come and see how to not make too much of mess of things. Have you flown an Auster before? Aircraft engineering is mostly the use of smaller hammers and the use of language such as How the F*** did they do that up. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Alan, might well take you up on that. I have not yet flown an Auster, I am in a group, we were flying a Citabria and now we fly an RV9 that we finished last year. I have just over 200 hrs most of which is tailwheel and farm strip. There are three of us in the Auster group, Andrew has CPL, IR and FIR with over 2500hrs and like many of his generation (!) learnt in Austers. He has described their foibles in great detail! He also remembers the Lycoming being very noisy so we have gone for silencers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Adrian, that Auster would be a great plane to do that airfield tour in that we talked about a while ago! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Even an Auster should be called an aeroplane. The last Auster type in my logbook is an A61 Terrier, Great fun to fly! On the landing just as it stops flying both hands had to heave the stick back and keep it back or the dreaded Terrier Trots would make life very exciting. The only aircraft that I have found more exciting (adrenalin inducing) is the single seat Pitts S1. Yes I do like to fly with the green stuff above me. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 A Dodge Weapons Carrier.. :shake: I managed to get a 4 wheels of the ground so that counts...:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Had some great flights with Adrian over East Anglia aboard the groups Citabria before they moved on to new aircraft projects. Maurice Hammond's WWII Auster Maurice Hammond's 1945 P-51 D Collings Foundations 4231909 B-17 G Liberty Foundations 4297849 B-17 G Ken Wakefield's Piper Cub L-4 Unknown owner Piper Cub L-4 Ken Broomfield's Tiger Moth - One week before the crash! And very, very nearly a Lockeed Constallation in 1997 (but not quite!) RAF Lyneham's C-130 Flight Simulator Numerous other aluminium cylinders that fly at 35,000 feet1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Numerous other aluminium cylinders that fly at 35,000 feet I don't think that really counts, more like getting on a bus than flying! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Deuceman and I had a bit of fun aboard a plane a couple of years ago; Keep 'em Rolling S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 C-47 flying over Normandy and along the invasion beaches last year at 800ft. There is nothing like it. Want to do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Deuceman and I had a bit of fun aboard a plane a couple of years ago; Keep 'em Rolling S. OK - that is impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I don't think that really counts, more like getting on a bus than flying! Not quite as easy going as it sounds, sometimes, ask the passengers on a certain Airbus which tried to emulate a flying boat this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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