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December 19, 2005 at 10:00 am in reply to: Licence Re-validation #413302

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Thanks for your words of encouragement! Looking back, with my 20:20 hindsight, I wasted far more cash than it would have taken to keep my licence going, and my stable of Radio Control a/c plus the workshop probably cost me as much as getting my PPL back!

So, looking at the rulings above, I may have to do an abridged PPL course, covering all aspects (including groundschool), but not necessarily the full 45 hours.

I think I will play it by ear and do as much as I need to feel safe.

My aim is to build up to my IMC/Night/Twin ratings over the coming years so we can borrow Conington’s Duchess or Seneca and go see a bit of Europe…

I am also quite taken by the Yak 18T, it’s like a 4 seat warbird!

December 17, 2005 at 11:21 am in reply to: Licence Re-validation #413355

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Thanks chaps, yes I think I will pop up to Conington in the new year and have a chat with them.
One of my colleagues keeps a 172xp there and says that it is a nice friendly club with some good instructors, and of course having a 986M hard runway helps as well!

I will download LASORS in the meantime……

December 16, 2005 at 12:21 am in reply to: Aussie Connie #1371463

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bicycle clips? 😉

December 15, 2005 at 11:45 pm in reply to: New Warbird for UK #1371621

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Yak fan was dropping me hints that its gone from Duxford and when i am there tomorrow to look out for what is missing. I am thinking something naval.

Fluff?

December 15, 2005 at 11:43 pm in reply to: Aussie Connie #1371625

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I went Go-Karting in Italy recently, and the Safety Brief contrasted slightly from British Kart tracks……. 😀

December 15, 2005 at 10:54 pm in reply to: New Warbird for UK #1371664

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Is it the B17 found on the Moon? (as reported in the Sunday Sport a few years ago?)

December 15, 2005 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Vacation in a Bristol Freighter! #1371785

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I assume that there is ample car parking Facilities? 😀

December 15, 2005 at 10:39 pm in reply to: Aussie Connie #1371797

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😮

Wow that is some model, I must say that my modelling ambition is to build an electric Connie of similar scale….of course I have to finish my 6′ span DC3 first….. 😉

December 11, 2005 at 10:29 pm in reply to: Handheld microphone #413693

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Moggy, note it is no handheld backup radio, but just the microphone that you plug into the aircraft.

Wessex Boy, I can understand, but the speakers are such bad quality, that I’d rather have headsets with nose cancellation (Especially in Southern California where the air trafic can get quite busy at times)

My ears are of equally bad quality…….

It used to really annoy the Captain if you stuck your head out of the door of the Wessex with your Mic on…you could feel him jump at the controls as the Mic hit the slip-stream….The answer was to use a throat Mic, but I hated them as you sounded like you were under-water

December 11, 2005 at 7:58 pm in reply to: Handheld microphone #413710

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If I was flying solo, I much preferred to use the handheld/speaker than headphones…but then I am known to be slightly strange….

December 11, 2005 at 7:45 pm in reply to: Auster Flight #413718

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Kevboy,
Great links!!
Apologies for the length of time to respond, work is manic this time of year..

I will point my Father at these, because not only did he fly from Ipswich, my Grandfather worked for Channel Airways!!

Thanks

December 10, 2005 at 3:26 pm in reply to: Ray Hanna #1378302

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I haven’t been on the forum for a couple of weeks due to work pressures, so was most shocked to see this news, very sad loss to the warbird & airshow community.

December 10, 2005 at 3:19 pm in reply to: Plane Crazy?? #413797

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appropriate name!

December 6, 2005 at 1:25 pm in reply to: Which Aircraft would you most like to fly in ? #1384138

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its got to be, the vulcan at night (look all the pretty lights see)
,EE lightning at full thump.
the foxbat flight i found on the tintanet,see the earths curvature,awesome.

A member of our Model Flying Club re-mortgaged his house and spent £25k on a trip to Moscow:
2 x Trips in Aero L39
1 X Mig 25 to 80k feet, seeing curvature, etc
1 x Mig 29
1 x SU27

He got to keep the G suit and a leather jacket, and had a dinner in the Officer’s Mess on the final night.

he came back on a high and then got very depressed, (How do you top that?)sold all of his RC planes (30+), left the club and was last seen building large-scale model tanks….

December 6, 2005 at 1:11 pm in reply to: Stupid question time!! #414130

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I thought the JU87 had a merc or BMW engine?
(hence their ability to push to the front and cause mayhem…)
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