Im just curious how they would go about it if they pulled it off (which they probably wont) Like, I wonder if they would carry a third pilot to ‘marry’ the couple, afterall, if one of the flying pilots were to do the job then the aircraft would be flown with one pilot in the cockpit which i’m not sure the CAA would be pleased about.

To be a legal wedding it would have to be the aircraft commander who performs the ceremony, much like the captain on a ship, from where the basic set of powers held by the a/c commander come from. Restraining people in their seat, having them arrested by the authorities, off-loading them on-route, refusing to carry a passenger/item and choosing exactly how much fuel to carry (in the UK at least, since I’ve heard the US carriers let the dispatchers decide this!!!!!!!:eek:) are some of the other well known powers we have.

Of course, currently the wedding part would only be able to take place in international airspace, where the regulations of the country of registration of the a/c hold sway. if you want to do it on the tarmac, you’d need to talk to the local authorities.

Clicking on the footnote link in wikipedia takes you to an official RAF page about their history, on that page is the following:

“The Royal Air Force is the world’s oldest air force of any significant size to become independent of army or navy control.”

Less than a squadron or two is just a flying school for the lucky/rich/well connected few imo. 🙂

At least you took the wings off! Tell me this is destined to become the mother of all home simulators!!! 😀 Of course the only button you need working is on the overhead panel and marked ‘ATTEND’. Then just the small matter of getting your wife/gf/sig other to play along. Maybe even in uniform……….but I digress! 😀

What about all the nasty microorganism growths you get in fuel tanks? Surely you wouldn’t want to transfer them to any other vehicle? It’s why, when you have to de-fuel an aircraft, that you can’t put the fuel in another one. Only options are to dispose of it or to put it back in the same aircraft. I guess any naive punter who bought the fuel would have found it out to their cost later on.

If anyone’s got one from a 109G I’ll take it off their hands!

Don’t forget this one!

Is that a genuine red/white diamond pattern or one they made up?