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  • November 16, 2009 at 11:54 am in reply to: Fly Globespan on the brink ? #508931
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    Todays Herald gives Globespans side of the story

    We didn’t need cash lifeline, says airline

    March 31, 2009 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Airfields inside the M25 #430698
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    could it be this? which appears to be south of Upminster

    nope, that is Damyn’s hall.

    I have had a look at the chart and there is Jenkins Farm about 2ml east of Stapleford. I htink this is it on Google

    Ken

    March 31, 2009 at 3:45 pm in reply to: Airfields inside the M25 #430701
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    could it be Stapleford?

    google map

    Ken

    January 27, 2009 at 2:14 pm in reply to: Something new perhaps ? #431515
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    Hi topspeed

    couple of things to consider, all meant in a constructive way.

    Wing position and forward/downward vision. You have a staggered biplane with the top wing at shoulder level, and the pilot at the trailing edge. Surely that will be a major obstruction to vision, and force the approach to be vary flat? would it work moving that wing to a parasol position?

    stall speed. I would consider 60 a bit fast. It makes the approach speed 78 (1.3Vs). How does that compare to other ultralights?

    interesting concept though.

    Ken

    August 2, 2008 at 4:14 pm in reply to: Moderator's message to all: Private Message spammers #432728
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    I had one titled ‘Great Site’ from crab

    July 13, 2008 at 10:14 am in reply to: DeHavilland Chipmunk over Altonhill/Onthank? #432845
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    there are 4 or 5 Chipmunks based at Prestwick. Plus some of them display together as Caledonian Chipmunks. So probably one of them.

    October 5, 2007 at 12:59 pm in reply to: My Holiday Gran Canaria #1242398
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    Rob

    thanks for sharing those.

    Did you see much movement around the aeroclub? I am off to GC for 2 weeks at the end of the month and was thinking of trying to hire a pa28 or suchlike for an hour with an instructor.

    Ken

    October 1, 2007 at 1:42 pm in reply to: SOLO AT LAST!!! #434393
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    MayDay

    very well done. have fun 🙂

    Ken

    September 18, 2007 at 9:44 am in reply to: general flight test – tomorrow #434517
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    Tips I have been given by an examiner for the flight test are:

    1. relax, fly the aeroplane and enjoy the flight.

    2. remember the examiner wants you to pass

    3. relax

    4. don’t say ‘sh!t’ or any other expletive. The examiner is sitting looking out the window enjoying the view, as soon as you swear he wakes up and is wondering what you have done wrong! 🙂

    5. relax

    Hope it goes well for you.

    Ken

    August 17, 2007 at 1:24 pm in reply to: ScotAirways becomes CityJet/AF Franchise #501249
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    I know they sold a large stake in the company to some Scottish investors (can’t remember who

    you are thinking of Brian Souter, co-founder of Stagecoach,

    A couple of our instructors fly the Do328 for ScotAirways, hope things work out for them.

    July 28, 2007 at 7:28 pm in reply to: P-40 G-KITT spotted oop north today #1320454
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    The P-40 did indeed display at East Fortune, and Mustang ‘Old Crow’ also displayed. Neither of them was in the programme.

    an unexpected delight to see both.

    July 22, 2007 at 9:30 am in reply to: 2002 Air crash in the UK ? #509931
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    AAIB report here

    July 21, 2007 at 7:59 pm in reply to: Cessna 150 crash 1981? scotland? #434978
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    your dad might be thinking of Ben Ledi, above Callander in the Trossachs. A light aircraft was found near the summit in November 1981, after a 2 day search.

    edit to add:
    “High ground wrecks and relics” gives G-BFHL, a Cessna 150, on Ben Ledi, on 17 Nov 1981

    July 21, 2007 at 7:52 pm in reply to: Sixteen Year-Old Pilot Dies In Accident #434981
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    I was thinking downwind you are a wee bit faster, in a different configuration (no or 1 stage of flap) and, most important, higher.

    July 18, 2007 at 9:34 am in reply to: Dragon For A Heron #1331394
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    Looking at this from the Scottish end, both types had long and interesting service to the highland and islands.

    I have always felt that a Heron would be appropriate for display at East Fortune, but as a type, it was the Dragon, and later Rapide, that established the services to the islands. So an example of each is needed to help tell the story of flight in Scotland.

    Now, if Newark could be persuaded to lend G-ANXB, one of the 2 Herons that worked the islands routes …

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