Last flew on one in ’97 when EAC was leasing G-AVMP to Ryanair (Luton-Dublin) It was such a different experience to a 737 et al, it was small and agile, and felt so low to the ground when boarding.

I also used to play on one aged 4 when my Grandfather was disposing of Channel Airway’s assets in the early ’70s, the game was to see if you could start the forward stairs going down, run to the back, start the rear stairs, get back to the front before those stairs had completed, then to the back before they had finished, then start again for the opposite cycle….

The ladies dig the mini-chopper 😉

I don’t know what you are implying ….. :p

😀 😀 Enjoying Life 😉 Thumbs Up 😉 😀 😀 😀 Anna

I may well have (ahem) put on 1 or 2 pounds in the 17 years since leaving Her Majesty’s Forces….mainly muscle bulk obviously 😉

I still can’t believe that I was told that I needed to fatten up as the optimum Fat:Lean meat ratio for aircrew is 15 and I was 10.2 at the time, I must be approaching 14ish now….

Porsche: There are only two things wrong with a Porsche:
1) They are ugly (apologies if you own one)
2) From 1986 they became the icon of the nouveau riche which, in itself, is OK, but they were being bought by idiots for the status and not for their history or quality engineering. The car’s enigma plummeted in my view. This was all post 1981 when the enigma was still intact.

Wessex boy: You obviously know the area. Not many people will admit to that.

I am a Porsche fan, but like you abhor people that buy them to be seen in, rather than drive them ( a few of those at work…)

I worked for JM in Royston ’89-’91 I sometimes drew the short straw and had to go up to the Brimsdown plant, everything turned green there, even the people…. 😮

So lets look at the facts…you are trying to find a 50 year old, Porsche driving balsa basha… 😉

Obviously the fumes from the Johnson Matthey refinery were affecting your judgement……

Are you sure it wasn’t the Eau de Balsa he was wearing? 😀

Thanks Chaps.
Happy Birthday Wessex..!

Many Happy returns to you, sir!

Saw those in similar conditions a couple of years back from the taxi on the way past, unfortunately I didn’t have the spare time to stop and investigate closer, can you get inside the Connie?

On a similar vein, I was in Monchen Gladbach a couple of years ago and they were advertising Ju52 flights, do they still do them?