My son and I were discussing airshow participants this morning and both of us were speculating about why the CAA had picked on TFC’s aircraft for investigation and not OFMC’s as their aircraft are of the same period. Could it be that the CAA decided that they had to justify their existence by making someone’s life a misery and chose TFC just because that was the name the dart hit?
By: Wessex Fan - 31st March 2025 at 12:02
Mike,
Having heard various stories regarding the grounding of the collections aircraft, I suggest we consign this particular topic to history.
WF
By: bazv - 15th December 2013 at 08:18
Actually thinking abaht it…my idea was the opposite LOL !ie when was the first time not everybody was on the ground ; )
So the OP’s question is actually very difficult to answer !!
By: Sideslip - 15th December 2013 at 08:17
Might I suggest 21 November 1783 when the Montgolfier Balloon did the first free and untethered flight with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier as the first human to fly ?
It does depend on how one interprets the question ; )
Another way of putting the question would be, when was the last point in time that there wasn’t a single aeroplane flying anywhere in the world?
By: bazv - 15th December 2013 at 07:54
Might I suggest 21 November 1783 when the Montgolfier Balloon did the first free and untethered flight with Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier as the first human to fly ?
It does depend on how one interprets the question ; )
By: Sideslip - 15th December 2013 at 05:10
I think I would guess early world war 1.
By: Mr Creosote - 13th December 2013 at 21:49
That’s an interesting question. I’d guess just a little earlier than Derekf. So many people learnt to fly in the First World War and there were so many surplus aircraft knocking about after the armistice, I’d hazard a guess at about 1916?
By: Derekf - 13th December 2013 at 18:43
I would guess at something like 1920 maybe? Maybe even later than that. Once aviation spread around the globe?
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