Or the pilot who would walk up the aircraft between the passengers wearing dark glasses and using a white stick?

Another favourite of mine was the wartime instructor who had a novel way of encouraging students to go solo. I’m not sure which aircraft it was, but the stick was removable so he used to tap the student in the front cockpit on the shoulder and then cast the stick overboard. One student, having heard of this took a spare stick up and when the instructor threw his stick away, so did the student 😀 Apparently the instructors fingers were a bit of a mess on landing from trying to fly the aircraft using only the socket! History doesn’t record what happened to the student.

John C

I was wondering what had happened to the DC6’s out of Coventry – the base/finals turn is right over my house 😀

So when do the rest of the AACF get moving then?

All I see at the moment is fly.com buses..

John C
on walkabout from General Aviation

What is it with Cranfield? The comic has Taylor Aviation offering a 45 hour PPL package for £3825 + VAT including exams and ground school. Flyteam are offering a 32 hour NPPL course for £2700 – I expect this is plus VAT as well. I must admit to becoming quite cynical about these prices after listening to the advice on here!

Had a long chat on Saturday with Lucy from Northampton School of Flying – learnt a lot about transitioning between NPPL and JAA PPL either during training or post training. What I didn’t know was that any post NPPL P1 hours count towards a full JAA PPL subject to medical – is this right? I got the impression that with a further 10 hours, medical and GST one can move on from the NPPL. I’m open to correction here! This makes the NPPL a far more attractive proposition to a pauper such as myself….

John C
Put my bike on Ebay last night 🙁
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2483323486

you’re not snapper in disguise are you?

One smelling pistake and I get accused of being a froggery…:) I was quite distracted by Germany’s impending exit at the time, but I won’t apologise as it is a sign weakness and I’ll be torn apart by the dark creatures lurking in the gloomy recesses of the forum.

John C
Time for my medication please nurse.

I went to college at what was Lanchester in Coventry. Is now the University of Somewhere..

Had a 15th floor room overlooking the Cathedrals.

That’ll be Coventry University then 😉 I’ve just finished a Degree there (never too old)
just working on the project, albeit slowly.

Small world innit!

I’ve got to finish that then give up smoking and SWMBO says I can fly 🙂 🙂 Smoking covers one lesson a month….

John C
Watching the Czech Republic giving Germany a tough time; 1-1 with 18 mins to goat time of posting…

A ground controller, mmmmmm, been thinking of what that could be, only conclusion I have reached so far is that it’s one of those people you see at roadworks with a Stop / Go board. Am I close?

Car park attendant? Traffic Bollard?

John C
Leaky cabriolet = wet bum 🙁