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  • January 17, 2006 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Claude Graham-White. #1336792
    BlueRobin
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    I have found a glass plate of CGW from our collection. I will try to post it soon… Can you wait? 🙂

    January 17, 2006 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Vintage Autogyro #1336887
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    How safe are these early autogyros? I’d hate to see one or HP pranged! One thing getting an airframe, its enitrely another matter operating it.

    January 16, 2006 at 12:52 pm in reply to: PPL #410601
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    Find out what the hourly rate covers, for exmaple is the time from engine start to engine off, airborne time plus 10 mins, etc. Also does it include landing fees and VAT?

    January 16, 2006 at 9:43 am in reply to: Things spotters (don't) do #410782
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    Cadets are also molly-coddled in case anything goes wrong!

    January 16, 2006 at 9:41 am in reply to: VAC Snowball rally #410787
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    Any chance of the Turdy situation being sorted and returned to normal say inside of the next 5 years? They’re our nearest fuel-selling strip and it would be a shame to lose the facility due to evermore demanding movement restrictions.

    January 15, 2006 at 4:26 pm in reply to: PPL #410885
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    Hi, let’s start with a few opening questions so we know where we are.

    First of all, what type of PPL? Light aircraft e.g. Cessna 152? Microlight? Any thoughts there?

    Then, can you afford it?

    Also have you been for a trial lesson yet?

    January 15, 2006 at 4:24 pm in reply to: RAF Syerston Pics #1338199
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    Has there been some recent demolition? I visited three or four years ago having my first glider flight from there.

    January 14, 2006 at 10:41 pm in reply to: Demo of Lysander SOE Field Landing – Has Shuttleworth Tried It? #1338581
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    Just found Andy Sephton’s article from Pilot Mag on the web. The Pilot website is down so TGF Google cache. Here it is attached…

    January 14, 2006 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Demo of Lysander SOE Field Landing – Has Shuttleworth Tried It? #1338644
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    Thanks GB!

    Perhaps we can re-examine here the mechanics of how an aeroplane could put down in a small field in occupied France.

    Firstly how was the field laid out? Did the pilot land to one side of the “L” flarepath or between two parallel lines of flares? What were the distances involved? Presumably the Lysander has to do a wheelie landing rather than a 3-pointer due to visibility issues with the roundout and landing?

    I must confess to flying a Maule when I can. Early days yet but my aim is proficiency at “stripping”, that is being able to put down onto small strips of say about 350-400 yards with regular aplomb.

    January 14, 2006 at 6:26 pm in reply to: Demo of Lysander SOE Field Landing – Has Shuttleworth Tried It? #1338767
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    Perhaps you wouldn’t have to land so short but to at least have a Lyzzie land at twilight with a flarepath burning away would be atmospheric. You could adaprt the premise and make it safe. I can’t really see that being a huge problem?

    Come on Nick, where’s your sense of vision? 🙂

    Oh, don’t tell me the high viz jacket has now invaded OW? Is the bright white boiler suit not suitable?

    January 14, 2006 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Baby P-51B Mustang #411063
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    Hmm not only a Rotax but 2-stroke. Would you fit that given the time you have spent working on the aeroplane? A more proven 912 would make a better choice. Less maintenance intensive also.

    January 14, 2006 at 6:15 pm in reply to: Things spotters (don't) do #411068
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    oag, you’re nearly Trinny’s actual proportions 😀 Not sure what aeroplane he whoops Trinny was in but its usually capable enough. Surely then the reason is something else? Any budding Desmond Morrises care to explain why?

    Nice pilot. Her er.. flight suit seems to have come away. Good trick that.

    January 14, 2006 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Did Dakotas ever drop SOE Agents? #1338995
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    Yes looks like it. He’s included an entry there for an OSS op with a yank Dak also. Dates are as you say post D-Day. I guess air superiority is key when using something that big.

    Verity states the “Now it Can Be Told’ film was 1945.

    January 14, 2006 at 9:32 am in reply to: Did Dakotas ever drop SOE Agents? #1339115
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    Check Hugh Verity and We Landed by Moonlight which records 3 operational sorties to France, 1 success with 15 pax to France and 23 returning.

    Also see the log at the back. One trip by 267 Sqn seems to have been abandoned due to weather on 8/9 Aug 1944 due to weather and when attempted again on 10/11, “lavender growing across the strip made it impossible to take off with 31 passengers”. Later when they went back “to pick up the eight American aircrew, who had had to disembark, but there was no reception. The isolated farm nearby had been burnt by the Germans and the inhabitants shot”

    January 14, 2006 at 12:37 am in reply to: Mitchell Proctor Kittiwake #1339244
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    I’ve met the owner and pilot of ‘XN a few times. You always used to see Richard at fly-ins in a red flight suit with a red badana keeping his long blonde hair back. His Kitty was kept in the same hangar as Proctor G-APPL at Biggin Hill a couple or three years ago. Haven’t really seen Richard since. I note the CofA expired almost a year. Wonder what has happened there?

    Edit: I think the other one is now in a right state.

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