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November 30, 2006 at 4:03 pm in reply to: Rougham Airfield to be sliced in two by new road? #1288836

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Petition Signed!

November 29, 2006 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Nottingham Tollerton Airfield Under Serious Threat!!! #391953

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Hi Wessex Boy

Hows the ppl progressing?

Yes the guys in the hangar manufactured the anti-glare exhausts for the Hurricane. The BBMF pilot said they reduced the noise significantly. I think he meant in the cockpit, because they didn’t do much for the noise in the hangar whilst they were being made!

I can imagine that things can get a bit noisy in there!
My PPL has stalled for the moment, my business took a little bit longer than anticipated to start giving me reasonable cash-flow, but I have just started a contract that will give me some cash in the bank at the end of December, so once I have covered school fees and mortgage, I am allowed to get airborne 😀 (some people have their priorities all wrong!)

November 27, 2006 at 9:57 pm in reply to: New Flying boat service on the Clyde. #1292014

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And maybe later they can get a Grumman Goose and do proper flying boats trips. (Does that help keep it historic? :diablo: )

Love to fly in a Goose, but if they get an Antilles re-built one is that classed as a new one, or Historic?

November 26, 2006 at 11:51 am in reply to: Nottingham Tollerton Airfield Under Serious Threat!!! #392153

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Good News!
I also saw that the BBMF Hurricane has a smart set of new Exhausts, did you chaps have a hand in that, Joe?

November 24, 2006 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Learning to fly advice #392218

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That’s settled then 😀
But no pressure! 😮

November 24, 2006 at 1:36 pm in reply to: Learning to fly advice #392225

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I know what you mean about the strange looks, I think we are a bunch that are different to everyone else, now is that a good thing? 😀

I think so! I hate being a sheep, even if I am half Welsh!

I vote that when you pass, we have a forum get-together with a few drinkies 😉

November 24, 2006 at 1:02 pm in reply to: Mystery model #1295886

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It is obviously an Indoor ‘Peanut’ Scale Free Flight model (hence the reg) and probably a standoff-scale representation of the Taifun

November 24, 2006 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Learning to fly advice #392233

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Well Articulated Deano, I hadn’t realised you were so near the final prize!
Hats off to you for doing the distance learning stuff at the same time as the ATPL, I am having enough trouble re-learning my PPL stuff whilst working, you get funny looks on the train head stuffed in a Trevor Thom book and going through your cockpit drills….. 😀

November 24, 2006 at 12:22 pm in reply to: What would you buy? #392237

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You got a link for that? I was going to do a search for Big Boys Toys but then thought better of it as I’m at work! 😮

They don’t appear to have a website, they are FCS Flight Consultancy Services based at Biggin Hill, and seem to deal in sports cars, etc as well.
They advertise in the Comic that competes with Today’s Pilot (same title without the word Today’s) 😀

November 23, 2006 at 10:44 pm in reply to: What would you buy? #392253

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Have you seen the ‘Big boy’s toys’ advert? they are selling off some ex-Yugoslav Air Force Sokos, jet trainers for £75-90k a STOL Utility aircraft for £34k and a Kraguj Ground Attack aircraft ( 6 available!) complete with Wing mounted Machine Guns, deflector sight, hard points and rocket rails! All for a mere £30k+Vat That would be a machine you could exact revenge with!

November 23, 2006 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Flying Suit or Civvies? #392263

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Posted before, but what the hell?

Moggy

Always good to remind yourself of what it’s all about 😀

November 23, 2006 at 9:35 am in reply to: Flying Suit or Civvies? #392390

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Of course.

In fact the image was taken during a lengthy and tedious climb up to FL85 to clear some Alps. Nothing like full power available at that altitude, even at those revs.

Moggy

But the views probably made up for it?

November 22, 2006 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Flying Suit or Civvies? #392395

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Ha! Assume not.

Moggy

Judging by the RPM displayed, may I assume that part of your routine is to photograph the timer as you start the take-off roll, and then photograph it again as the wheels touch down on landing? 😀 😉

November 22, 2006 at 4:32 pm in reply to: Flying Suit or Civvies? #392403

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Personally I stick a bit of Velcro on the back of a £4.99 kitchen timer and position it on the panel.

Moggy

I assume it is one of those novelty egg-shaped ones that spin around and ring loudly when your tea is ready/Waypoint is reached? 😀

I have been looking at buying a new version of my old issue ‘Mickey-Mouse’ watch (CWC/MWC) it was sooo basic, but seemingly shouted the time at you and allowed for very simple time calculations as there was a clear minute scale around the outside. Of course we had to look under our Glove/flying suit to see it, so was a 2-handed job!
I find the plethora of so-called Aviator’s watches far too busy & Confused to be of any serious use in the cockpit.

November 22, 2006 at 2:40 pm in reply to: CL-44 skymonster @Bournemouth – status? #1297751

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Air pictorial states that Heavylift USA have bought this and the last remaining Belslow and they are being readied for departure
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