Lovely Sunny day in E. Lincolnshire yesterday…
…..Blue Sky with a Spitfire in it… from East Kirkby..
Grey skies today….but to brighten things a little we have just (1-20pm) had a white Cessna overfly us at Spilsby …..carrying some underwing stores…
G-PDOG…I assume..??
It is local.. but I have not previously set eyes on it….so very good to see it out and about.
Clive.
By: J Boyle - 1st March 2006 at 14:27
With the tail surfaces of the 190/195 series, I seem to remember.
I have heard that too, but to me they look a bit smaller. I’ve always thought they were 170 units or perphaps a bit larger….but without the two side by side it’s hard to tell.
The 195 was/is a large airplane in comparison…5 seats and a big radial up front, so it would need a large fin/rudder.
BTW: Trivia…the original nickname for the L-19 was going to be SkyHawk.
By: T6flyer - 1st March 2006 at 13:15
With the tail surfaces of the 190/195 series, I seem to remember.
Not that I recall. Tubular metal airframe, fabric covered, but not sure about the control surfaces.
Auster AOP.9 control surfaces are metal.
Martin
By: Auster Fan - 1st March 2006 at 09:27
The Cessna 305 (L-19/O-1) utilized the basic wings of the period Cessna 170 (with large flaps added) and a purpose designed fuselage.
With the tail surfaces of the 190/195 series, I seem to remember.
The Cessna was all metal including the control surfaces… Was the Auster?
Not that I recall. Tubular metal airframe, fabric covered, but not sure about the control surfaces.
By: J Boyle - 1st March 2006 at 05:44
How different is the Bird Dog to the Auster???
Earlier Austers were based on the British Taylorcraft pre-war lightplanes…designed by the same man who designed the Taylor (later Piper) “Cub” series. WWI pilot A.L. Wykes started Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) in early 1939 and produced 23 aircraft under license before the war started.
The Auster 9 was an entirely new post-war design
The Cessna 305 (L-19/O-1) utilized the basic wings of the period Cessna 170 (with large flaps added) and a purpose designed fuselage.
The Cessna first flew in Dec. 1949, the Auster in May 1954.
The Cessna was all metal including the control surfaces…
Was the Auster?
By: ChampMagic - 28th February 2006 at 21:11
Its in a different colourscheme now
By: T6flyer - 28th February 2006 at 18:07
How different is the Bird Dog to the Auster???
Only had 20 minutes in the Bird Dog, but it has a more power (213hp Continental v 180hp Blackburn Bombardier) than the Auster and therefore was/is a lot more maneauverable (umm need a spell checker?) than the British design. 9 has three seats opposed to the O-1’s two.
Martin
By: Yak 11 Fan - 28th February 2006 at 17:57
How different is the Bird Dog to the Auster???
By: T6flyer - 19th February 2006 at 15:06
The other British resident Bird Dog (ex F-GFVE I think) is today in its hangar at Belle Vue in North Devon. Its currently up for sale if anyone is interested…..
Martin
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