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April 5, 2004 at 7:49 am in reply to: Duxford Messerschmitt Queries #1808327

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The first pic is the aircraft nearing completion at Breighton with the Real Aeroplane company http://www.realaero.com/news/news.htm at the time it was owned by the Old Flying Machine Company. The nose was a mock up.

April 4, 2004 at 11:13 pm in reply to: PPL #438136

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No, did my JAR in America with a CAA licenced school

April 4, 2004 at 10:27 pm in reply to: A class two JAA medical #438142

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I had an eyesight test as part of the medical.

April 4, 2004 at 10:20 pm in reply to: PPL booking #438145

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I think you need to be 17 to go solo. Have a look at the CAA website.

April 4, 2004 at 10:16 pm in reply to: A class two JAA medical #438147

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Need to be checked out by a CAA doctor with regard to general fitness, eyesight etc. The CAA website will give you contact details for the examiners in your area, you will need this if you are going for your JAA licence, better to get it before you book a course.

April 4, 2004 at 9:59 pm in reply to: PPL booking #438148

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I’m 34 at the moment, booked with them after emailling them a few times, think I filled out their online enquiry form to start with, also phoned them up once as well. All very helpful and run by a pair of Englismen as well as having some English instructors.

April 4, 2004 at 8:24 pm in reply to: PPL #438150

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Thanks for the kind words guys.

brenmcc1, I’ve replied to you on the other thread. I’d had a couple of hours general handling in a 172 and a few in a Harvard before i went, but nothing much.

Damien, best of luck with yours.

Steve, thanks for your advice.

Moggy, see in the East Anglian skies before long

Wysiwyg, I did suggest a Yak 11 owner leant me his aircraft today 😉 He’s probably still laughing.

R.Weaver, The answers are A,B,A………… I found Nav one of the easier exams but then I am a bit odd.

April 4, 2004 at 8:13 pm in reply to: PPL booking #438152

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Having just returned from San Diego I can thoroughly recommend going the US route, it’s not easy going, but with a bit of studying and a couple of hours flying per day a reasonably clued up person can achieve it in around 4 weeks. I’m glad I didn’t try it in 3 weeks as I feel that would have been hard going. I think there were 2 days during my 4 weeks when flying wasn’t the best weatherwise. Cost wise you are probably looking around $5000 depending on the aircraft you learn in, I went for a 172 as that is what I am likely to be flying here when the nice man at the CAA sends my licence back. My only slight gripe was the lack of ground school, however there was plenty of study material for self study which I found easy to deal with.
For me America was the only way to go as I doubt that in the UK I would have had the patience to stick at it for 12 / 24 months. The people I learnt with can be found here http://www.flyaaa.com/ and were very flexible and accomodating. The reasons I chose them were that I could learn on a 172 (or PA28) for a very similar price to that of the 152 and you get your own room in a shared 2 bed appartment (a 2 mile cycle ride away). If you need any more info let me know, best of luck.

April 4, 2004 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Yak-9 Flies in Oz #1808789

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Yak 1 and 7 had wooden wings, 3, 9 and 11 were metal

April 3, 2004 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Flypast Spitfire article #1809932

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Re: Warbird Survey

Originally posted by Olds Cool
They have missed some fairly major airframes off it. 2 spring to mind very quickly.

Having looked at it again the Hurricane info is a little off and I can see at least one Spitfire not listed. But some previously very quiet projects are listed.

April 3, 2004 at 10:52 pm in reply to: Yak11 ID's #1809934

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Was G-KYAK’s incident caused by engine failure? I understood it to be a failing in part of the fuel injection system which is kept alive by oil pressure. For some reason these don’t like being operated upside down for long and will cause the engine to quit. A similar thing happened to G-OYAK some years ago whilst in the pattern at Earls Colne, happily the owner at the time got it on the ground without further incident.

April 3, 2004 at 7:09 pm in reply to: Another Saturday on the ground :( #438165

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You speak with forked tongue Mr Slowly, I saw the Rapide flying today 😉 In fact we landed just behind it. Bit of a breeze about today though.

April 3, 2004 at 6:58 pm in reply to: Flypast Spitfire article #1810265

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Re: FlyPast

Originally posted by COSMIC WIND
Not another Warbirds survey, reminds me of the constant ‘Best of’s’ on the box, cheap article to fill the pages.

Researched a lot better this time though, some very up to date info in there.

April 3, 2004 at 6:55 pm in reply to: Yak11 ID's #1810285

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😉

April 3, 2004 at 6:54 pm in reply to: Where are they now? #1810306

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Re: Where are they now?

Originally posted by Dave Homewood
There was a Buchon (owned by Sir Tim Wallis in 1980’s, sold when Spitfire XVI came to NZ I believe. I heard he’d intended to re-engine it with a DB601)

Avro 504K replica – where did this go? Is it flying?

Hayabusa Oscar – where did this go? Is it being made to fly?

Zero Replica?

The other Hurricane projects that went into restoration at the time when Sir Tim Wallis and Tony Ditheridge set up Hawker Restorations to restore the now flying NZ Hurricane? Did any of them get restored other than Sir Tim’s? I think one was a Sea Hurricane.

The BF109F that Sir Tim was reported to have bought. It was ex-Russia and very complete.

The Buchon was sold to Charles Church who had it restored and is now in America with Jim Cavanaugh.

The 504 was completed by AJD as a static for a museum in Australia.

Oscar ended up in America

Harvard / Zero is in Australia.

Hurricane AE977 is owned by Tom Friedkin and is at the Planes of Fame museum at Chino with an inch of dust on it. BW881 is still under restoration.

Not sure about the 109F, however there was a 109E in the collection at one point which is still under restoration for another owner.
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