Hi Mudmover
Never changed one (engine fitted) on a metal harrier so cannot compare LOL !
The worst things about that particular FFP was that I had been let down (as usual) by the sparkys/greenies/fogduckers – we had a prop caption in the cockpit,they of course said ‘its the ffp’…I say are you 100% sure,its a tw@* of a job ?they say ‘absolutely no doubt’.
rgds baz

Good old ‘fairies’! Same thing happened to me twice!! Both occasions was the fuel press tx sw,after that with the same cockpit indications would ask the ‘chocks’ to remove the port gun and you could access the switch through a small circular access panel-bingo it was usually the problem on the GR3s.

Two previous posters have said how strange it is to see the cockpit again-it’s the same for me thinking of how many times I sat in there doing Tie-downs,pressurization checks etc,Max bleed wet accels were always fun!:)

Ginger Lacey

Here is a picture-not very good I’m afraid-when he was CFI? at Grindale Flying Club,Yorkshire,sometime in the 70s.

1417 Flt circa 1985

That’s an interesting ‘oil tank’ as well,not standard Auster J5 issue!:rolleyes:

What’s wrong with Austers?

Absolutely nothing! 🙂

Excellent post.Thanks