The 10′ span Model DC3 used in Airline (made from the Inwood Plan) has turned up recently at a Large Model Association event, in it’s original markings.

I’m sure that ‘Blue Max’ will put us straight on it, as I suspect it was ‘Uncle’ David Boddington that built and flew the DC-3 model for Airline.

He also built the BE-2 and Fokker models that were used in the BBC series ‘Wings’ – remember that?

All I’ve seen are some short exerpts, including the opening credits. These feature the models intermixed with the BE-2c replica, heading stage left off the runway on full right rudder, in an incipient ground loop, no doubt after hitting the camera helicopter’s rotor wash!

Got me too. April fool or not – nice one!

Well this local forumite already has way too much of his own stuff to look after, without taking on anyone elses commitment…

Likewise. I felt quite safe sitting down here in Buckinghamshire……..

A friend of mine operates a Taylor, although not a PC. But, if there’s anything specific you want, let me know and I’ll ask him.

It seems a very straightforward and ‘honest’ aeroplane. The Taylor certainly offers a higher performance on an equivalent VW engine than my Luton Minor! I think Steve’s cruises at 75-80kts at around 2,800-3,000rpm (as opposed to 55-60 in the Luton!). We both seem to average about 3gph fuel consumption.

The only thing I have heard from some other Taylor owners, is that monitoring speed control on approach is critical. Get too slow turning finals and the VW probably won’t have enough oomph to drag you back onto the right side of the drag curve in time.

The stall comes in with a bang (I think at just under 50kts but I may be wrong) and it usually comes with a pronounced wing drop, so low and slow could really ruin your day.
Other than that though, and that could be said for a lot of aeroplanes, it looks like a really nice machine!

I use Notampro and find it excellent, with one big BUT….

If there are multiple NOTAMs for a single location, it only highlights the first one. The others are there in the text, but randomly scattered in the order the CAA (bless ’em) process them.

For example, the NOTAM for Blenheim air show earlier this year, highlighted the freefall drop at 16.15, but didn’t highlight the full NOTAM for the afternoon-long airshow, the additional NOTAM for the Red Arrows, or the fact that Oxford Airport was effectively closed from 13.30 !

I have e-mailed a comment to NOTAMPRO on this, but haven’t heard anything back, so I guess its still the same.

Wow, a busy week. I’d better start negotiating my pass outs from ‘she who must be obeyed’!

what is Spt looking at on the Tower?

I reckon he’s lining up a ‘pot shot’ at all the people on the wrong side of the hedge!

A great show, in particular one of the best Spitfire displays I can remember seeing anywhere in recent years. It was the perfect finale to OW’s 2005 season.