Hole for the ventral turret?

Best wishes
Steve P

I am not sure, unfortunately he died in ’89, so I can’t get the detail on what happened after his Para Training, they did have a song about jumping out of Wellingtons, the words were something like:
“Jumping through the hole, Jumping through the hole, keep your legs together lads, jumping through the hole”

A quote from his Para Instructor: “Sgt Lloyd leaves the aircraft as if entering a pub, quickly!”

I’ve been told the reason why a helicopter pilot sits on the right is because of better tail rotor effectiveness, i.e. they turn to the right better. So the PIC wants to be on the inside of a turn.

The only helicopters I know of where the PIC sits on the left are light piston types…Bell 47, Hiller 12, Hughes 269/300, etc.

I thought it was because of the right hand cyclic, left had collective, the PiC can up the collective friction, and then have his left hand free to operate the engine/annunciator/radio panels in the centre, as it is difficult to keep taking your hands off the cyclic!
(It is the same with radio Control helis, I scratch my nose with my left hand OK, but I end up needing new blades if I do it with my right!)

Continuing the thread….The Piper cub is on the right, I have seen the pilot hand-swing the prop whilst leaning forward from the door…..

The CAA, I believe, look on ground running/fast taxi run aircraft as Jet Dragsters. 😮 😮

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Sooo, If the CAA aren’t bothered, and you are not on the public highway, any idiot can spark up a Lightning or a Vulcan and hare about a Private airfield?

Lightning Racing at Santa pod anyone?

From my basic knowledge of human biology, I would guess that hashdef’s crop circle was definitely created by an extra terrestrial.

Or a SAR winchman, have you ever tried using the toilet tube in a dry-suit, it unrolls to quite a considerable length! (probably why I was chopped…)

First Commercial: Britannia 737 GAVRL Luton-Palma aged 2
First time on Controls; Piper Cub, Old Warden, Auster Pilot’s Club Meet 1978! aged 9
First Flight in the RAF: Being Winched into a Sea King at Otterburn on Survival Training!

I agree that they are the purest looking small jet, and the fact that they are light enough to fly them on a normal PPL is amazing!

Depends, I quite like the sound of some of the early Axial flow engines.

Did you mean axial or Centrifugal flow?

Just had BBMF Spit & Hurri fly over heading North in a nice relaxed cruise, Head those merlins over my hedge trimmer! (which was immediately stopped!)

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