I have a soft-spot for the 111, I used to play on the Channel Airways ones aged 4, flew on Courtline ones in the early ’70s, and then years later went to Dublin in an EAC one from Luton in ’96, and after years of Boeings, it felt closer to travelling in a Hawker 800 than a 737 – much more agile and less than half the distance from the ground on it’s undercart, which on roundout made me wonder for a moment if he had forgotten it!

Anyone prepared to guess whether the use of a Gnat doing touch and goes to clear snow is a tall story (or not)?

There was an article on it recently in either Pilot or Today’s Pilot, I will try and find it.

Camlobe’s post rings so true of my meagre experience with RAF Techs…

Aah Ozplane, were you the one sat with the Auster Chap in the clubhouse?
I may have spoken to you if that was the case, Rhys and I had our lunch at the next table after he had been out to play in the Warrior:
I am sure if Tom Cruise had worn a Bob-the-Builder hat, he would have pulled Kelly McGillis much faster…..

My guess is that the black stripes on the wings in the photo are for orientation purposes

I found this in my copy of Aircraft ’69, a 12′ model made of GRP dropped from a Helo at 4000′

Google brought up

A The Sherwood Flying Club Ltd
Nottingham Airport, Tollerton Lane, Tollerton, Nottingham, NG12 4GA – 0115 981 1402

B Donair Flying Club
East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2SA – 01332 810 444

I have no experience of either

Moggy

Joe Petroni operates his Auster from Tollerton, I assume he will have had contact with the club there at some point?

One of the issues is that in the UK they don’t like to mix Airline and GA traffic too closely. Luton used to have a flying club, but I think that has gone now.
There is North Weald which is 25 miles from Stansted, if you can fly into Cambridge, Coventry or Norwich they all have flying clubs, I am not sure about the others.