I did it!!

Lovely here.

Dozens of historics overhead everyday 🙂

Nearly all of them F15s (Well there’s one in the museum at DX now so they must qualify)

Moggy

Pistons is better. Spitfires is best.

hm, it’s terrible in Lincoln too….. i mean all we get is the odd spitfire, hurricane, the lanc, tornado, chipmunk, vc-10, sentry, jetstream, f16, mirage…………….. i won’t go on 😉

Aviation enthusiasts really should live within 5 miles of an airfield for their own health if anything! 😉

best regards, steve

We get Flybe, BA, BMIbaby and the odd fat Albert.

I only see the odd contrail, occasional police helicopter, and Janie. Oh, the old days. School playground, A10’s. Run around, F111’s. Blackbirds one day, Phantoms the next. I hate jets.

Chris, Leah, Happy New Year.

Moan moan moan!
I get the occasional Chinook, a rare glimpse of a Navy Lynx, fair-weather spam, and the bloke up the roads racing pigeons!
Sometimes I would kill for the occasional mundane fixed wing exciter! Y’don’t know yer born, you lot!!!

Flood.

Originally posted by Auster Fan
I’ve only seen Janie once or twice in the flesh – at Flying Legends, so difficult to comment, although I’ve seen BBD more often. Don’t want to offend you, so I’ll reserve comment! Personally, I find it difficult to chose between a P-51 or a Griffon-engined Spitfire as arguably the best sounding and looking aircraft. They’re both beasts. Then there’s always the Sea Fury …….! Either way, I’m just very grateful to the people who keep them flying for the likes of me to dribble over. Living where I do, daily aviation occurrences are limited to Sikorsky S-76s and Fokker 50s, so I tend to make the most of warbird events, when I can get to them. Nothing quite like 6 or 7 P-51s in a scramble at Duxford to warm the cockles of the heart!!:)

Like me then. My aviation scene is pretty limited. I’ve just about had my fill of PA28s & 34s, C130s, VC10s, Tristars and if I’m lucky maybe a C17 or one of RAF Benson’s Merlin Helicopters. I need variety, preferably big piston engined machinery.

I’ve only seen Janie once or twice in the flesh – at Flying Legends, so difficult to comment, although I’ve seen BBD more often. Don’t want to offend you, so I’ll reserve comment! Personally, I find it difficult to chose between a P-51 or a Griffon-engined Spitfire as arguably the best sounding and looking aircraft. They’re both beasts. Then there’s always the Sea Fury …….! Either way, I’m just very grateful to the people who keep them flying for the likes of me to dribble over. Living where I do, daily aviation occurrences are limited to Sikorsky S-76s and Fokker 50s, so I tend to make the most of warbird events, when I can get to them. Nothing quite like 6 or 7 P-51s in a scramble at Duxford to warm the cockles of the heart!!:)

Auster Fan – we know what your son thinks. What about you then?
😀

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Auster Fan

Still, BBD looks better than Janie………………. so my 10 year old son tells me!!:) [QUOTE]

No accounting for taste I suppose 😉

I’ll ask him!! At one point BBD was the desktop wallpaper on his PC, but I’ve replaced it witha real aeroplane – G-ASFK!! You’ll have to look it up! Where did you learn to fly and in what?

Originally posted by Auster Fan
Leah

I’m new to this forum, but (belated and very jealous!) congrats. There’s nothing wrong with Austers – they got me interested in aviation in the first place!! Halcyon days watching Austers on pleasure flights from North Denes in the 60s and 70s (sigh), two of which are still about.

Still, BBD looks better than Janie………………. so my 10 year old son tells me!!:)

Thank you. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with the Auster, I just don’t like it, hehe.

And i believe you son needs an education in P-51’s, hehehe…. na, each to their own.

leah

Leah

I’m new to this forum, but (belated and very jealous!) congrats. There’s nothing wrong with Austers – they got me interested in aviation in the first place!! Halcyon days watching Austers on pleasure flights from North Denes in the 60s and 70s (sigh), two of which are still about.

Still, BBD looks better than Janie………………. so my 10 year old son tells me!!:)

Originally posted by Learning_Slowly
Oh I am sure they do, as I said I have never flown one, however you didn’t see the size of the guys that he had with him.

No, I didn’t but i have flown in our auster with three big people, And it gets of the ground with no trouble.

Originally posted by mike currill
See it’s starting to grow on you already 🙂 not so long back you were slagging the Auster now you come to its defence. I’ll never understand women.

haha… there is nothing wrong with the plane, i just don’t like it… lol

Originally posted by At6Pilot2B
Austers get off fine from very short runways, good rate of climb with two up and full tanks.

See it’s starting to grow on you already 🙂 not so long back you were slagging the Auster now you come to its defence. I’ll never understand women.

Originally posted by Learning_Slowly
There is plenty of power in an Auster… as long as there is only one of you in it downhill, with 4 knots straight down the strip.

Never flown one but heard the trim was really weird.

Not so much weird as the method of operating the trim adjustment varied from on model to another.
The Auster has sufficient power for simple aerobatic manouvers with two on board so don’t knock the old girl.
Having seen what can be done with them by a reasonably competent pilot I stand by my previous statement about its landing and take off ability.

Oh I am sure they do, as I said I have never flown one, however you didn’t see the size of the guys that he had with him.

Originally posted by Learning_Slowly
I have nothing against Austers they look a nice little plane but I like to make sure I can get off thr runway without sweating.

Austers get off fine from very short runways, good rate of climb with two up and full tanks.

Originally posted by Yak 11 Fan
Map, what’s a map????

Map… the object used to hit me round the head when I get lost.

David, I haven’t flown an Auster but have a friend who has and he got scared in it, having said that we usually fly a Super Cub.

I have nothing against Austers they look a nice little plane but I like to make sure I can get off thr runway without sweating.

I mean by not having people shooting at you! LOL. Austers didn’t have an easy time of it over Normandy – I mean in being able to fly the bloody thing straight and level without somebody shooting at you when you have no power to escape!

But I know what you think I meant, and yes, I should have phrased it better. Nothing lucky about ‘look but don’t touch’ – I don’t envy you one bit!!!