Reality bites !

If you are serious about pursuing this interest, get amongst people who know of what they speak, and probably your best angle is to join the Melbourne SAAA ( Sports Aircraft Association of Australia).

With a model building background you could comfortably start on a Pietenpol Aircamper, which could also be used for part of your flying training. This is a do-able route to becoming a qualified pilot, aircraft owner, and getting experience of the handling qualities of vintage light aircraft.

Interesting stuff! I am wondering if you are a pilot at present, or if that is still on the ‘to do’ list. I would have great reservations about taking my visual landing cues from a camera, via an in-cockpit screen, as if you were combining this with external and peripheral views, as is normally the case whilst landing, your eyes will be constantly re-focussing and trying to adjust to different light.

I would go so far as to say I don’t think it can be done. It is not the same as, say, an airliner using a camera to help in taxi. This may then negate the whole advantage of a glass cockpit.

A blue-ish Volpar Beech 18 over Chesham 14.30 hrs, heading north.

Not the Brunty one is it? I thought that had buzzed off.

I am destined never to see this aeroplane ( if it exists)

The ‘no shows’ started in May with Abingdon Fayre. The probability of a display act scrubbing is a direct function of the number of engines- think Vulcan!

It was a bit of a curved ball, but that tail just shouted ‘Pietenpol’ and as such it is by no means an obscure or unknown type.

After all, it only lasted 5 hours !

Ok , how about this?