[QUOTE=Lindy’s Lad;1331708]’Depends on the aircraft’ is the rather veiled answer!

There is also a balance method which utilises differences in pressure to assist the balance of the control surfaces – a plate extends forward of the control surface into the aerofoil section and is acted upon by the differing pressures above and below the aerofoil. Moving the control surface alters these pressures which in turn assist the movement of the control surface.

Something like this…….

I remember sheltering under them at Biggin Hill, whilst the Red Arrows appeared out of the murk with their lights twinkling in the rain. The most impressive display was at Booker (Wycombe Air Park), around 1970 where the pilot kept the display, almost within the airfield perimiter!
In 1973, I was watching the hunters and gnats do their thing at RAF Valley, when one of these did a touch and go, again very impressive.

Assuming that it was an Auster 5, rather than a J/5 variant, probably it was G-ANHR or G-APAF. They were the two that used to offer joy flights, from the hut near the embankment beside the Adur, when I was knee high to a grasshopper. I have photos of them in the collection somewhere.

Wasn’t mutch taller myself!………thanks for the info, the latter(G-APAF) rattles a few brain cells, but I really am guessing….

CAC Mustang A68-104/VH-BOB

to quote Monty Python’s Life of Brian “You lucky, lucky *******”, watched her giving joy rides out of Parafield a few years ago, madly jelous.

For myself, my first ever flight was 1966 in an Auster J5 out of Shoreham (by Sea). Unfortunately didn’t note the Rego

The F-86 was no “newer” then the MiG-15….both from the 1948 time period.

Mig 15 first flight dec 1947 and was in front line service before F86 first flight
22 Dec 1949. That’s at least 2 years by my maths.

Comedian Richard Pryor did this over a messy diviorce but later used it in his stand up routine. Memorable is the line when the police show up “they don’t shoot cars, they shoot niggars ( nee-gars )”

First and foremost for me – Dad’s Army

Then:
Blackadder
Allo Allo
Red Dwarf (though this is meant to be coming back someday, isn’t it?)
The Two Ronnies (though I heard they are making a new series!!)
Family Guy
Futurama (why oh why was such a good show cancelled??)
Fawlty Towers
MASH
Steptoe and Son
and
Auf Weidersehn Pet too – is there definately going to be no more now that Pat Roach died then? Sad, he was great, Bomber was. (Buffpuff – didn’t they have a Yorkshireman join them in the second series for a while, the bloke who played Tosh Lines from the Bill when they were redoing Ally Fraser’s big house as a retirement home. I think the bloke, Kevin someone, played a Yorkie, didn’t he?)

All of the above, though Dad’s Army could be tricky as only Ian Lavender (Pike} and Bill Pertwee are still alive (not sure, but was last year}