That’s a Swiss EKW C-3605 with a turboprop indeed. It and some others started life as a C-3603 figher with a Hispano-Suiza V-12 engine in the Forties and was converted to a turboprop in the Sixties for use as a target tug, the lighter turboprop necessitating a longer nose. A third fin was added too. Most of the surviving examples were sold on the civil market in the Eighties but very few fly today. One of them has been converted back to piston power in Switzerland (I posted a pic of it in the Historic Aviation forum about a year ago or so).

When I get it I´ll pop out to the airport and take a photo of an A340. That’ll easily qualify as a vintage aircraft by the time the camera gets all the way round…..

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The zoom lock is a friction lock at it can be a pain sometimes. You get used to the push-pull action, but is annoying when you want to quickly focus in an out and the friction is set at full. Have a look at here, this very talented photographer uses the same lens; you’ll probably agree that the crispness of the pics make up for this handling problem.

I have the Canon 100-400mm lens and it’s highly recommendable. The pic of the Navion (which I believe has a door on the left-hand side) was taken with it. For an example of what a proper tubular spaceframe looks like, I suggest you have a look at a Caterham …. 😀 Nice pic of D-FOXY as well, as you probably know this aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision last year and has – as far as I know – not flown since its forced landing following that event.

“D-AQUI” has P&W R-1430 engines and it actually had two-bladed props for its first couple of years on the airshow circuit. I get to see this and the Swiss Ju 52 (which have BMW engines and two-bladed propellers) regularly throughout the year here and they sound quite different.

Percival Proctor Mk III OY-ACP, ex 62-605 (RDanAF), HM365 is on display in Danish AF colours at Danmarks Flyvemuseum in Helsingør in Denmark.

As difficult as it may seem now that you have saved up the money for the licence, don’t start now if you are not sure that you can afford to fly regularly after you get the licence. If you have to scrounge up money for an occasional flight, these will be pure horror rather than enjoyment and it’s not very safe either. Have you considered taking up gliding now and “progressing” to powered aicraft later? It’s much, much cheaper and will turn you into a very accomplished pilot. As for becoming a professional pilot, dont’ get to fixated on this idea. Whichever way you choose (commercial/military) it’s a long way with lots of obstacles and there’s great likelihood of becoming very disappointed along the way. Keep some options open before embarking on this, e.g. by getting a degree or training in another occupation beforehand.

You have to decide for (a) birdlife in the garten, or (b) a cat. The two options are not mutually compatible! Forget about keeping the cat indoors, if it wants to get out it’ll terrorize until you give up. They always have it their way. Giving it a collar with a bell is one of the more cruel things you can do to a cat; they have extremely sensitive ears which register a much wider frequency and amplitude range than the human ear.

Kenneth
(Cat Host – Appointed without prior consulation by a black moggy three years ago)