P.S. Any fan of the Chipmunk is a friend of mine. Did you ever have the screws on your rocker covers fail? I keep coming across more occurrances of this. Worrying.

No never had that problem, gasket on the oil filter fail, vacuum pump and I became quite used to giving the impulse a quick tap now and again. I ended up flying about 500 hours over two summers in them and became a lifelong fan.

Is it possible that you are taking yourself just a little too seriously DBW?

Or maybe you are? I don’t think you are going to answer are you? I guess we will just have to draw our own conclusions then. I’m guessing Trinny is actually a fella with a latent desire to be female then.

Poor old DBW! You really know how to hold a grudge! I must admit, I had to look quite hard to remind myself why you feel so hard done by.

I think that the time has come to get over your little problem. So you missed the big thread with the obvious title “LEICESTER FLY-IN” and asked where the Fly-in was…. So you got teased a bit. Worse things happen at sea.

I hope that you and the “fun guys” get over your little hissyfit soon. There is a lot to be said for female company once you macho types have calmed down, lowered the testosterone levels and remembered that this is supposed to be a fun pastime – not a competition.

Now cut the macho crap please, there’s a dear.

I’m confused, a mate of mine who went to Leicester reckons you are in fact a hairy male JP driver.

If that is true why the pretence of being a woman? Do you harbour a secret or not so secret transsexual desire, have a split personality, half female or bat for the other team?

perhaps you could enlighten me? there’s a dear.

You’ve obviously been talking to DP who has probably embellished some stories!!

🙂

Bet they are accurate, and as for photo’s I’ve got plenty of incriminating one’s of you Mr Barrell.

I agree with everything Gromit has to say and would add that before you buy a share have a look at the way the group is set up, does it have a written agreement for instance that details how it is run and how you would leave the group when you want to sell?
I’d also advise you to meet the other shareholders and see how you get on with them. Ask how many shares are for sale, if the are several it’s a sign of a badly run group. I know of at least one group that has 50% of its shareholders clamouring to sell.
Insurance is another issue, you would be jointly and severally liable for any damages caused by the aircraft so avoid anything that doesn’t hold adequate 3rd party cover.
Don’t let all that put you off though, aircraft ownership, group or sole may or may not be more expensive in the long run but it does afford far more freedom than hiring from a school/club if you want to fly more than a couple of times a month.

For Norwich Airport to move to Colt would probably be uneconomical, apart from the need to build a terminal, new hangars would have to be built to house the current KLM maintenance operation as the Colt ones aren’t big enough. Also don’t forget it isn’t that long ago that Omniport purchased Norwich Airport from the council, or at least 80% of it. I don’t think they would abandon the investment they have made. Plus all the stuff Auster Fan said about road infrastructure etc.

DBW, I think you may have woken up with your serious head on today!!!

Reading this as an innocent bystander I think Trinny has been fairly tongue in cheek.

If you think, count me out of any forum fly in though. I couldn’t keep up with the witty retorts.