D.H.82 Jackeroo (Is that right?)

According to the late Maurice Brett’s book it had advantages over the Tiger Moth when being flown including IIRC the handling on the ground.
I’ll also echo G-ASML’s comments – it is an ecellent book.

Jackaroo

Blimey,

No wonder so many of them were ‘re-converted’ back to the boggo Tiger!

What a wierd machine. I bet its not too pleasant to fly either? Don’t get me wrong, if somebody wants to put me in the left hand front (or left hand rear?!) seat thats just dandy by me. I promise to tell lies about it if it really is a dog…..

Hairy

Would I be right in thinking that you might just have a little to do with one of the aeroplanes in the background?… :diablo:

Adrian

Yep. It was one of my and the Luton’s best days out ever! 😀

If anyone’s interested in the Jackeroo from a pilot’s viewpoint, Maurice Brett’s excellent book “Sunday Flyer” is well worth looking out for.

Interestingly no-one so far on this thread’s commented on the rather novel cockpit arrangement.

Pilot P1 sits in left front seat. Pilot P2 sits in left rear seat and the two passengers with nothing to twiddle sit on the right hand side. It was designed that way so it could use the existing Tiger Moth dual controls!

G-AOIR

Thruxton Jackaroo – Tiger Moth with sidecar!

IR was the subject of an in-depth feature in one of the mags, I think it was Pilot a few years back.

Hairy

A picture of ‘PAM taken in 1979 at Hatfield for the Famous Grouse Rally. The owner spent sometime trying to sell it, his efforts were unsuccessful so he converted it back to a Tiger Moth.

The second picture is of ‘OIR in a previous colour scheme landing at Finmere for a VAC Fly-in in 1988.

A couple of G-AOIR seen at Stoke Golding in 2003.

Mrs Neville and NZT participating at Sywell Airshow 2004, they will hopefully be performing this year to. Photo curtersy of Kevin Heap

I believe she was… Didn’t she carry the name “Myth 2” at thta time.
Ken & ‘OIR as well as Trish in ‘NZT have been to VAC events…

The Tiger Moth/Jackaroo was “Myth”, the Comanche G-ATOY was “Myth Too” and the Aztec G-AYTO she flew was “Mythre”.

Wasn’t G-APAM at one time owned by the late Sheila Scott, or was that a different machine and I have got it completely wrong?

I believe she was… Didn’t she carry the name “Myth 2” at thta time.
Ken & ‘OIR as well as Trish in ‘NZT have been to VAC events…

Wasn’t G-APAM at one time owned by the late Sheila Scott, or was that a different machine and I have got it completely wrong?

GAOIR is sometimes used by Ken as a para dropper ! It has only recently been re flown after an accident kept it grounded for almost a year.If you see Baxterley listed on the events pages then you can see it in action at its home base.

It’s not that obvious unless you look – how often do we all look at an aircraft briefly and “think oh that’s a….”?

It is easy to tell which one you is which with regard to ‘OIR and ‘NZT (apart from the colours :rolleyes: ).
‘NZT has a full length turtle deck whereas ‘OIR has but a short one…

*spits tea over keyboard*

How did I miss that?

Adrian 😮 😮

It is easy to tell which one you is which with regard to ‘OIR and ‘NZT (apart from the colours :rolleyes: ).
‘NZT has a full length turtle deck whereas ‘OIR has but a short one…

Very nice! I must confess that when I saw a Jackaroo in the flesh for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised at how good they actually look, having always thought of them as a “moff” with a greenhouse. The 1930s-esque colour schemes that G-AOIR & G-ANZT wear also help!

Would I be right in thinking that you might just have a little to do with one of the aeroplanes in the background?… :diablo:

Adrian

Trish Neville’s G-ANZT and friends enjoying the summer evening sunshine at Little Gransden last August.

(was it ever really that warm?) 😎

Found it – on a roll from my Box Brownie, which I only got contact-printed yesterday!

One Jackaroo, at Old Warden in 2005 (or is that the 1960s?)

Adrian

Jakaroo G-AOIR. Finals for Shenstone from rear lefthand seat.

I’ll try to dig out my pics of the one visiting Old Warden last October for the Autumn AIr Day – I do have a piccy on my desktop, but it’s very arty and doesn’t show the registration.

ADrian

FART! I have just looked and all I have is the arty one, and a close-up of the tailskid! Sorry about that – perhaps if you try the airshow photos forum someone else will have traken some of it and you can see which one?

If I have this right, attached should be a photo of PAJ when it was re-imported.