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  • August 1, 2005 at 1:10 pm in reply to: What's the first aircraft you've ever flown in? #420597
    Super Guppy
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    My first flight was a circuit in a Northern Executive Aviation Islander
    (G-BNEA) at Abingdon on September 15th 1979.

    July 15, 2005 at 1:14 pm in reply to: Seattle Museum of Flight #1391036
    Super Guppy
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    If you are interested in pleasure flying in vintage biplanes , you might want to check out these guys :-

    http://www.oldethymeaviation.com/airplanes.htm

    They operate from the ramp right next to the museum entrance.

    June 15, 2005 at 10:14 am in reply to: You gotta laugh #1342079
    Super Guppy
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    Overheard this year at Avalon while the RAAF F111 was ‘torching’ :-

    “Oh look , he’s using afterburner”

    May 31, 2005 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Aircraft You've Been On #605559
    Super Guppy
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    Airbus A300 Olympic , Dan Air
    Airbus A319 BA , United
    Airbus A320 United
    Airbus A321 British Midland
    Airbus A330 Qantas

    ATR 42 Air Wales

    ATR 72 KLM UK , American Eagle

    Bae 146 Dan Air , United Express , Northwest Airlink , Qantas

    Boeing 707 Olympic
    Boeing 727 Continental , Western Airlines , American , United
    Boeing 737-200 America West
    Boeing 737-300 Southwest , Qantas
    Boeing 737-400 Qantas
    Boeing 737-700 West Jet
    Boeing 737-800 Qantas
    Boeing 747-200 Pan Am
    Boeing 747-400 Virgin , BA , Qantas
    Boeing 757 Air Europe , Continental , Northwest , JMC
    Boeing 767 Qantas , Delta
    Boeing 777 United , American , Delta

    Caravelle Altair , CTA

    Cessna 402 PBA
    Cessna 404 Scenic Airlines

    Convair 580 ERA

    CRJ-200 United Express , Northwest Airlink

    DHC Beaver Harbour Air , Kenmore Air, Rusts, Sydney Harbour Seaplanes
    DHC Turbo Otter Harbour Air , Rusts
    DHC Twin Otter West Coast Airlines
    DHC Dash 7 Eurocity
    DHC Dash 8 Air South West

    DC9-30 Northwest
    DC9-50 Republic Airlines
    DC10 British Caledonian , Northwest , Continental

    Dornier 228 Olympic
    Dornier 328 Suckling , United Express

    Embraer Bandeirante Imperial Airlines
    Embraer 145 British Regional

    Fairchild Metro Sun Air

    Fokker F27 Euroceltic
    Fokker 100 Britsh Midland

    Grumman Albatross Chalks
    Grumman Turbo Mallard Chalks

    HP Herald Euroair

    Il 18 ex Interflug

    Jetstream Mk1 Pacific Coast Airlines
    Jetstream 31 Eastern Airways

    Saab 340 Birmingham Executive

    Short 330 Olympic
    Short 360 Imperial Airlines

    Trident 3 BA

    Trislander Lydd Air

    Tristar BA

    Tupolev 154 LOT

    Viscount British Midland

    May 27, 2005 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Eighths assembly ships. #1372930
    Super Guppy
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    In a similar vein , I learnt recently that strikingly painted Stearmans were used to round up stray trainee pilots and lead them back to base. The Stearman at the Zuccoli collection in Queensland is painted in one of these ‘recall’ schemes , as shown in these photos which I took on a recent trip to Australia

    April 28, 2005 at 4:25 pm in reply to: Solent Sky #1428886
    Super Guppy
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    OK , I have no problem with the ‘Solent’ bit , but why ‘Sky’. What is wrong with ‘Solent Aviation Museum’ or even ‘Solent Wings’ if you must.

    It is about as sensible as renaming the National Maritime Museum as ‘British Sea’

    April 26, 2005 at 1:49 pm in reply to: New years day accident #1431786
    Super Guppy
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    If it was Xmas rather than New Year , it could have been this accident :-

    12/25/1954
    LOCATION: Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
    CARRIER: British Overseas Airways FLIGHT:
    AIRCRAFT: Boeing Stratocruiser
    REGISTRY: G-ALSA S/N: 15943
    DETAILS: Crashed during approach

    More details here : http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/prestwickcause.html

    April 8, 2005 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Solent Sky #1363862
    Super Guppy
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    It’s a great museum , but why on earth was the name changed to something as ridiculous as ‘Solent Sky’. Apart from sounding stupid , it is not at all obvious from the name that this is an aircraft museum. I fail to see how that can possibly benefit anybody.

    April 7, 2005 at 1:22 pm in reply to: air sickness #430213
    Super Guppy
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    Stugeron? Not recommended if you’re the pilot! In my experience they dope you up and it stays in your system for over 24 hours (though te makers claim otherwise on this time period).

    I was speaking purely as a passenger. I don’t seem to suffer any adverse effects , but then I am pretty dopy anyway even without tablets !

    April 6, 2005 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Australia Photos #1367760
    Super Guppy
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    Hi

    Very nice – you were obviously in Queensland and next time you should drop me a line and visit and see some of the other stuff up here.

    Regards
    John P

    Hi John ,

    Yes , we spent 5 days in Brisbane as part of the tour. We visited Caboolture , Caloundra , Oakey , Toowoomba and Archerfield. What else did we miss ?

    Mark

    April 6, 2005 at 1:54 pm in reply to: air sickness #430273
    Super Guppy
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    I have found that ‘Sturgeron’ travel sickness tablets are quite effective at preventing air sickness (they work well for sea sickness also). They are available over the counter at most Chemists.

    February 17, 2005 at 1:01 pm in reply to: British Commonwealth Air Training Plan #1360238
    Super Guppy
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    I picked up a copy of a history of the BCATP called ‘Wings for Victory’ by Spencer Dunmore when I was in Canada recently.

    I haven’t got round to reading it yet , but I have found other books by the same author to be very readable.

    January 20, 2005 at 4:35 pm in reply to: Vickers Viscount still airworthy anywhere? #1408490
    Super Guppy
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    I don’t know if it is the same company , but there is an airline called Helijet which currently operate helicopters (and a few fixed-wing types e.g. Beech 1900) in the Vancouver area. Among other activities , they operate an S-76 shuttle service between the heliports at Vancouver Harbour and Victoria Harbour.

    I am not sure what they would need Viscounts for , though.

    January 19, 2005 at 12:09 pm in reply to: Mystery german bombers #1412181
    Super Guppy
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    They looked very similar to the aircraft in your photograph , apart from the engines , which had a square cross-section rather than round.

    Thanks for your help.

    January 6, 2005 at 4:22 pm in reply to: "Red Dawn" Hinds #1436568
    Super Guppy
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    See http://www.rotaryaction.com/r.html for more information and pictures on the ‘Rambo’ Hind mockups.

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