There is a FAA school at Norwich that does the conversion, written and flight test for the full works or the necessary paperwork based on a JAR PPL. They can even do the fingerprint bit!

Telephone 01603 301991.

Why would an organisation like NASA that can put people at least into orbit and operate Space Shuttles be sooo crap at faking photo’s then?

I must confess I’ve been trying to follow this thread and have read it several times to try and make sense of it. All I can come up with is the following,

The Apollo missions never went to the moon but landed at Antarctica where they found moon rocks which had been thrown down when someone else crashed into the moon. The exception to these rocks were the ones that landed on a grassy knoll and caused some kind of incident. All I’m trying to work out now is what type of cheese Mr 666 thinks the moon is made of and obviously eats before bedtime and if Amazon women from Mars actually exist or not.

In all seriousness I can’t see what the elbow/rock picture is meant to prove, Moggy’s picture blows Mr 666’s argument out of the water, although the coloured lines are kinda pretty. I don’t think you are going to change his view guys but good luck trying!

DB you are quite wrong, there’s nothing personal at all, except I hate to see behaviour like that in an aircraft. I know at least one person who has lost money at this characters hands though.
In answer to your question I fly non radio reguarly but I always phone my intended landing field beforehand and then go and talk to the A/G operator and book out before departure.
He was in fact fined for flying without a C of A, to me its immaterial if it was only a signature or not. You may have sheds loads of work done at a garage for an MOT but if you then take it away before the paperwork for the actual MOT is done I’m guessing the Police would still take a dim view.
Lets also not forget the fact he started in a hangar, with no consideration for others aircraft in there which may or may not have included Moggy’s aircraft from my understanding. He then taxiied out of the hangar with no consideration for who or what may have been about to pass the hangar doors, taxiied out without any consideration for other possible airfield users and lastly took off towards a car on the runway which by his own admission reversed at the last second to avoid being hit by him. IMHO both him and the car driver should have been done for that! His sole defence was that the aircraft had a valid permit to test and that was what he was doing despite the fact he isn’t CAA approved for the task, he then seemed to argue against himself by saying someone in the maintenance organisation had told him it had a C of A. I suspect if it wasn’t the CAA who had just prosecuted him, you would roundly condemn his behaviour, at least I hope so and that you don’t agree with any of his actions. As for the amount of the fine, it’s the judges decision and he obviously had all the facts to hand.

Propstrike,

With all due respect, have you actually met the guy concerned? We know him well up here in Norfolk/Suffolk and many are actually of the opinion that the sentence was well deserved having been at the receiving end of his non-payment tricks.

I would suspect the Airfield fire vehicle was doing a mandatory runway inspection when he shot onto the runway and accelerated towards it.

As for non radio not being illegal, it clearly states in Pooleys for the airfield concerned non-radio strictly PPR. How does that stand up in terms of ANO? maybe someone can answer for us? If not illegal it was terrible airmanship, for instance was parachuting going on? was anything in the circuit? By all accounts he didn’t even bother with a headset such was his haste.

I was of the opinion that the fine was the highest the court could give for the offence and as for costs, well he was found guilty so better him than me or you through our taxes, solicitors and barristers cost!

Frankly if I saw someone start in a hangar, taxi out at a high speed (according to eye witnesses) and take off with no power checks etc with a vehicle on the runway I wouldn’t have a problem appearing as a witness against them.

He should have had his licence pulled as well.

It was well deserved, the person concerned has left a number of places under a cloud. I know of at least one place he happily walked away from owing them more than £600 with the words

‘Take me to court if you think you can win’

As far as I’m concerned, well done CAA, justice served.

Just had an annual on one of our aircraft done, 7 days from delivery to collection, very good engineers, AND price as quoted. That was our fourth with those guys and never had a time overrun or problem with price etc. Can let you know where by PM if you would like.

PS915 was delivered in PR blue and then painted in prototype markings after a few years (4 or 6?) of use.