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Volpar Beech first flight since arrival in 2005

See other thread for full history of the machine, but N2500 had her first flight on saturday, followed by hours building at the weekend prior to transiting to Australia on Tuesday

Good luck PT & Warwick!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/TEXANTOMCAT/Pa110030.jpg

We met up with a Little Friend

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/TEXANTOMCAT/Pa110042.jpg

We landed at Leicester… πŸ˜‰

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/TEXANTOMCAT/Pa110047.jpg

Plenty of room inside a Volpar 18 – note aux ferry tanks

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/TEXANTOMCAT/Pa110028.jpg

We returned to Bruntingthorpe

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/TEXANTOMCAT/Pa110027.jpg

all pretty uneventful really πŸ˜€

TT

Air to Airs by our very own Mr Burke can be found here – thanks to Colin Dabin for the T-6 Camera Ship….

http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=6927

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 14th October 2008 at 11:45

got to look into my charging rates too… πŸ˜›

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By: rossi1 - 13th October 2008 at 17:49

beech

admitting that you were wrong,youll never make a soli:rolleyes:citor

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 13th October 2008 at 14:49

you spotted that then

Shame the pilot didnt til rollout :diablo:

John, thanks for the pic – was talking to a chap who spotted a Volpar at Oxford and I wasnt sure he could be right believing N2500 to be the only one in Europe – I wuz wrong – thanks for clearing that up!

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Your pics PT?

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By: RPSmith - 13th October 2008 at 13:25

you spotted that then

Yep, I think the clue is on the building behind it πŸ˜€

Missed seeing the aeroplane though:(

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By: philip turland - 13th October 2008 at 13:19

you spotted that then

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By: RPSmith - 13th October 2008 at 13:04

Leicester’s changed a bit or, should get a new navigator before setting off for Australia might end up in Venezuala :D:D:D

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By: John Aeroclub - 13th October 2008 at 12:15

I photographed this one at Goodwood the other weekend. Good luck with the flight.

John

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/Aeroclub/Goodwood%2008/Goodwood08059.jpg

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