IIRC it was near Manitoba.

Did you see the new Land Rover Disco3 ad during the first ad break? One aircraft I think was a Ryan STM but the red radial low-wing monoplane? Any ideas?

Dare I ask about ACSS and its next flight? Good to see it back together again anyroad. Hope to make the next one, if not exams at Shuttleworth in a fortnight may mean I shall be visiting sooner.

There used to be two at Coventry. Atlantique still retain G-BXES, G-BNPH was sold and retains a valid CofA. Haven’t seen BXES fly for ages though.

Stick your mate Craig behind a megaphone and emulate. That should give enough volume 😀

Bah all the time the interesting noises were happening I was stuck in class the wrong side of airside 🙁 Didn’t see much apart from the Canberra being tugged to the far side and later the Yak taking off. Posting of photos therefore appreciated 🙂

Where did the Annie go?

Luton is not great for PPL. There used to be a really small outfit iirc but not sure if they are going. Light aircraft are quite rare there.

We discussed Liverpool recently identifying LFS and Ravenair.

I know three people who learnt at EMFS. I have also flown in their ex-C172R. Seems a good outfit with competitive prices conducted at an interesting regional airport (freighters, airlines, GA, allsorts).

Traction as in air over the prop or coverting torque to go-go-go! through your car tyres 😉

Alternatives? You need to source I would imagine an isoprop alcy mix that is safe to use on paintwork. Does Halfords do anything similar?

ICAO unsurprisingly has a regs on it and so is liely to be replicated in JAR-OPS also. ICAO DOC 9640 – Manual of Aircraft Ground De-Icing/Anti-Icing. Just out of interest there are three methods of removing ice whilst on the ground. From my textbook:

1. Hot Water … heated to a maximum temperature of 95°C … pressure sprayed onto the airframe to melt and blast away the snow/ice. After a surface has been de-iced, it must either be dried or treated within three minutes.

2. Fluid DE-icing … applied heated to a minimum temperature of 60°C at the nozzle in order to assure maximum efficiency and sprayed at a pressure of 100 psi.

3. Fluid ANTI-Icing … normally 100% concentrations of type II/IV fluids are used for anti-icing purposes on uncontaminated aeroplane surfaces… normally applied unheated. In extremes of climate…can be heated to a max of 60°C but if the fluid is overheated the thickening agent in the fluid forms into a gel.

The ideal one therefore is the last item. Spray, leave, then wipe off the slush.