Rigga is quite right – logs are normally destroyed after the aircraft is struck off charge, unless it is intended that the aircraft is to be sold, in which case the logs for the fitted components should be included in the sale.

For example, it is unlikely that the log cards for the Jaguars at Everetts exist (I HOPE I’m wrong), which would mean that each lifed component (anything other than certified as ‘on condition’) would have to be removed, inspected and re-certified before a Permit to fly or C of A could be issued.

I assume this relates to your Sea Vampire which was on charge with the RN. They used F700’s too (MOD F700). IF they exist, they would probably be located at Gosport, but given that the aircraft was SOC so many years ago, its unlikely that they have survived. Best break out the spanners and a licensed engineer if you intend to fly it, but if you’re just ground running, then it isn’t an aircraft. No certification needed!

Scott, we didn’t want the air ambulance to tun up (well rather they weren’t supposed to…). They were there doing their job, airlifting one of our pilots to hospital following a nasty incident.

Thanks again to all, and hopefully next year will be even bigger and better! We’ve been called a ‘mini-Sywell’. I can live with that! 😀

“I feel the need, the need for….Top Gun II”

…already in pre-production! (Tom Cruise will be returning as Maverick) 😀

When can we have them?…. when they are old enough to be placed firmly within the remit of this forum…. I can’t get excited over the F-35. Its a Yak 38 with boy-racer spoilers! The yanks seem to think that they’ve invented something new, and that it will change the face of modern warfare but what they’ve actually done is re-invented the wheel. All Harrier users and Yak 38 users have been doing this kind of exercise since the 60’s….. Bored. Move along.

I could buy a real aeroplane for that price!

A good weekend was had by all – thanks to the forumites who turned up, and of course the pilots of the 100 (ish) aircraft who arrived on Saturday despite both runways being closed for a while. The North East’s Classic car fraternity put in a superb appearance even though our advertising missed most of them! On sunday they provided a huge range of cars totaling about 40…

Special thanks to to the large scale modellers and of course Project Mobility. No doubt someone will be along with photographs at some point – eventually they will all end up on the GNFI website….

10 seconds on google produced this: http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/EGNC-CAX/

01/19 in use
07/25 in use
13/31 disused

The system architecture of an Airbus FBW system is a thing of beauty! So complex, but so reliable. The aircraft will do exactly what is asked of it, and indeed it did. It did not get into a fully stalled unrecoverable condition and it responded under the directions of the pilot. The crash looks as if it was caused by a mixture of component failure and a situation which confused the crew due to lack of appropriate training. The confusion led to a series of communication and procedural errors, which ultimately led to the loss of the aircraft.

I fail to understand just how the pilot in command did not have control of the aircraft – both pilots have a button with which they can take control of the aircraft systems. If both buttons are pressed, P1 remains in control. If P1 has command, an input into the P2 stick should be nulled…. I understand how the aircraft entered into an unsafe condition, but cannot fathom how it remained there. The pilots, and NOT the aircraft failed to recover. Given a choice, I’ll fly Airbus every time.

Anyone remember the analogy of a futuristic flight crew – a pilot and a dog? The pilot is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches anything.