I’m sure that I saw G AMPY take her first leap into the air yesterday evening – bit of a split a***d circuit though (normally the finals turn is the otherside of the house!).
Be great if it was – makes all of those hypothermic winter days spent on her worthwhile!
JC
By: John C - 1st July 2005 at 23:51
The next project I’ll be involved with is SV – Just the small matter of work getting in the way (not to mention all those jobs at home that got missed while working on PY)!
JC
By: ALBERT ROSS - 1st July 2005 at 23:45
….and now for G-CONV ???? :rolleyes:
By: alanl - 1st July 2005 at 19:07
. I noticed she now has ‘Royal Air Force Transport Command’ titles as it was being towed past Ops earlier in the day.
Tom.
Which I and one of the engineers put on this afternoon! :p
and doesn’t she look smart!
Well done to everybody involved in her transformation . 😀
Alan.
By: Atlantic1 - 1st July 2005 at 18:07
That would have been G-ANAF circuit bashing John. When i left they were trying to find an F/O for PY so it may not have happened in the end. I noticed she now has ‘Royal Air Force Transport Command’ titles as it was being towed past Ops earlier in the day.
Tom.
By: John C - 1st July 2005 at 14:26
Has she just taken off? Something DC3 like did at about 14:10.
I can hear but not see from my desk!!
JC
By: Atlantic1 - 1st July 2005 at 13:34
G-AMPY will be around later also.
Tom.
By: BlueRobin - 1st July 2005 at 13:26
G-ANAF has just flown over. Did someone put in a special request for me? 🙂
By: stewart1a - 1st July 2005 at 11:59
Not backwards!!!!!!!!! 😉
By: John C - 1st July 2005 at 11:58
Glad she’s flown, especially considering the effort that was put in getting her there!
Will, I heard the engines and dashed outside so I only caught the final turn. So she goes left, right, up, down and forwards – result!
JC
By: BlueRobin - 30th June 2005 at 19:53
AS was flying ‘PY last night so you were correct.. “News travels fast!” he exclaimed whilst I was taxying down our strip this evening.
By: Will J - 30th June 2005 at 18:32
(normally the finals turn is the otherside of the house!).
JC
…true, but finals rarely involve a full figure of eight turn, I guess they had to check ‘PY would turn in both directions 😉
By: BlueRobin - 30th June 2005 at 14:14
The (think it was) BBMF Dak came low overhead Southam early Saturday morning which reminded me you don’t see much of the Atlantique Daks about these parts. Good to hear then that AMPY is flying again.
I’m currently flying with an AFT come Dak pilot in my taildragger (AS) 😎
By: Will J - 30th June 2005 at 14:10
Absolutely right John, she was doing a brief shakedown flight yesterday afternoon, and should be up again this afternoon as well 🙂
Apparently flying fine so far!
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