According to a book I read many moons ago about the History of the Red Air Force (as opposed to the White Air Force) ever since the civil war and especially after WW2 there was a political directive that ALL aircraft designs had to fulfil at least TWO roles in order to maximise the use of aircraft in a crisis.

This show in civil aircraft designs as the Bomb-Aimers/Gunners windows and in helicopters such as the Hind that carries troops as well as being a gunship (Why else would you design a gunship – that needs to be manoeuverable – and then add 8 to 10 troops?)

The Policy was dropped when the wall came down and Russia realised that few of their aircraft were western-world compliant and therefore not commerciallly viable.

To read about the past and present Black Country try the “Black Country Bugle” or even google “Aynuk and Ayli” (Enoch & Eli) a cartoon pair that always made me laugh as a nipper.

While the Black Country dialect may be under duress the sense of humour isnt.
I’d always though my accent had dissapeared over time, but does manage to spark through when I’m tired (or drunk) – I’m not sure which is the most often.

Another Kev – from Stourbridge, a long time ago.

US/UK differences:
Trunk – Car Boot or large travelling case

Anything flying over 20kg (I think) needs to be registered with the CAA.
Like a hovercraft’s “flight” this will undoubtedly need a licence for the pilots – and then comes the “airworthiness” of the thing and on it goes… Noise rating, min speeds, categorisation, restrictions etc, etc.

Forgive my ignorance but if a “stall” was the cause – where did all that forward energy come from?

It seems quite evident in the last Photo that the Hurri was landed with full flaps and no gear down, sliding to a halt on the oil cooler fairing.

A stall, unless from a very great height, would produce a “much deeper” and shorter event marking.

Just my opinion…

From the look of the photos posted so far – and assuming its a rented hangar and assuming that the walls are okay at the burnt end – the roof will all come off to make it safe and it would be doubtful if it was replaced.

A new roof would be REALLY costly as the former structure would not be compliant with modern standards and requirements.

Sad, but its time to say goodbye.

“Inhb” short for “Inhalt” or “Inhabe” (German) which means Contents or Contains. Can’t see it on your pic’s but I’d guess there was a pressure there somewhere.

“Prob” (date) is again German for “Probieren/Probiert” meaning testing/tested – So you have the original Test Date.

Looks like you have a fully dual-language Gas Bottle marked in English and German. It looks like the original marks were the English as they seem to be in the “right” place

…could’ve been used for anything.

G-PJLO (after one of the FC Group Directors) was imported from Taipei (ex-EVA) approx 5-6 years ago and was given a large (and v. expensive) overhaul and new FCA interior complete with long” seat pitch and new IFE systems.

Every IFE control box (in that system) is good for only 9 seats (so when one goes out all 9 seats suffered) and can be a pain to fix if away from base.

“Shoddy” is not a very objective description – but I’m still disappointed that it hasn’t worn well in your estimation. However seats do break and again, can be a pain if times don’t allow fixes.(believe me when I say that seats are “revenue” items that do get the quickest attention!)

As for the baggage hall and CC appearance and attitudes – also disappointed as they were all great when I worked with them at MAN.

IMO the recession does put a lot of strain on travel industries and that pressure can be hard to hide in appearance and attitude.

For N registered stuff – I think FAR 135 covers non-commercial flight crew needs for all private jets from A380 downwards…