What do you fly?

[CrutyRammers]

LimaDelta said:

Where is that? Looks a lot like Northumberland/Scottish borders. I would quite like to give paragliding a try.

Bit further south than that, Ribble Valley / Forest of Bowland. I always thought it looked a bit tame and gentle, but boy was I wrong. Spring thermals are gnarly

[CrutyRammers]

RalphyM said:

Bottom of the pile, I don’t know what you mean. Everyone has to give way to us, surely that puts us at the top!

Is that a Nova Mentor? I still find it amazing that you can fly for hours on something that fits in a rucksack.

True, we must be better than everyone except balloons!
It is, a Mentor 5. I was actually laughing at the ridiculousness of it all at the weekend as I was on an XC, it's bonkers when you stop to think about it.

[Neptune188]

I got signed off solo on a C42 before it moved to a different strip (and I bought the Robin). Great fun, bit like going to the shops in a go kart. Poling around at the start and finish was fine but the bit in the middle got boring quite quickly. Never managed to fly it with the doors off. If we're doing pictures...



Little Blue Robin at Shobdon, I think



"George", having just finished a cross country. Still makes me giggle getting airborne.

[griffdude]

A321 for the moment. Previously B757 & 767 which were great for different reasons.
Before that the ‘mighty shed’, various light twins & singles (favorite being the C206), gliders & paragliders.

[Baby Shark doo doo doo doo]

Variety of fixed and flexwing microlights

[BOBTEE]

I have this which I share with a few local fields!

Edited by BOBTEE on Thursday 16th May 18:30

[eharding]

BOBTEE said:

That's pretty much what happened to the club C182....

[CrutyRammers]

Petrus1983 said:

£ for £ I still love gliding no matter where it ‘ranks’ on the ladder. The only downside to it is you can’t plan a trip somewhere for a day out etc, but to just enjoy pure flying you can’t beat it.

Love sailplanes. We share a hill with them so we're often thermalling together. Beautiful sleek things, great to watch up close. I should get a trial flight one day to see things from the other side.

[T-bagger]

Currently training for PPL in C172-S and absolutely loving every minute. Did my first solo last weekend and still smiling

[Crumpet]

Global Express bizjets at the moment. Love the job and the long range flying but generally I have very little interest in planes or aviation. You’d struggle to get me up in a single engine piston or a helicopter!

[eharding]

Crumpet said:

You’d struggle to get me up in a single engine piston or a helicopter!

Is this an induced drag issue? There's always help....

[Crumpet]

eharding said:

Is this an induced drag issue? There's always help....

Potentially! It’s not the healthiest of lifestyles if you lack self control and pride yourself on never letting good food go to waste!

[eharding]

Crumpet said:

eharding said:

Is this an induced drag issue? There's always help....

Potentially! It’s not the healthiest of lifestyles if you lack self control and pride yourself on never letting good food go to waste!

Me too. The last time I did some touring in the front seat of an SBach 342 it became clear in a full and free check that back stick travel revealed my earlier full fat boy Waltham fried breakfast wasn't a good idea, but a few notches on the Hooker Harness managed to sort things out.

Was very pleased that my design input from the early days the spiritual successor to the SBach 342, the Gamebird GB1, has both front and back sticks built for the the more slightly rotund figure.

[eccles]

LimaDelta said:

edfrp said:

LimaDelta said:

Very nice, yours is a little more complete than mine.

Nice workshop, and handiwork

Only a few more thousand rivets to go!

When I started I was convinced I wanted to build it all. I am seriously considering the QB route now.

There's still a surprising amount of work even if you go the quick build route!

[edfrp]

LimaDelta said:

When I started I was convinced I wanted to build it all. I am seriously considering the QB route now.

That tail flies together… as does the rest of the airframe - the panel/wiring and finish kit items like canopy and firewall forward will burn time like you wouldn't believe. QB is great value for what they do for you.

[LimaDelta]

edfrp said:

LimaDelta said:

When I started I was convinced I wanted to build it all. I am seriously considering the QB route now.

That tail flies together… as does the rest of the airframe - the panel/wiring and finish kit items like canopy and firewall forward will burn time like you wouldn't believe. QB is great value for what they do for you.

That's the bit I am much more confident with and looking forward to. The thing with the riveting that scares me is that one spends dozens of hours preparing a sub assembly and then one slip of the rivet gun and it is scrap. Already written off a horizontal stab rear spar and had it replaced.

[eccles]

edfrp said:

LimaDelta said:

When I started I was convinced I wanted to build it all. I am seriously considering the QB route now.

That tail flies together… as does the rest of the airframe - the panel/wiring and finish kit items like canopy and firewall forward will burn time like you wouldn't believe. QB is great value for what they do for you.

There's quite a waiting time for QB stuff now as they are made to order and no stock is held any more.

[Some Gump]

I fly by the seat of my pants. Totally unpredictable.
Let me ask you something - if you had to go into battle, would you want me on your side?

[Siko]

Currently S92A helicopters for offshore work out of the Shetlands, previously mainly Puma HC1, Merlin HC3 and Griffin HT1 in the military. Also flown A109C, Grob Tutor, Slingsby Firefly and Squirrel HT1.

Got around 3200 military hours and 2500 civilian...pretty crap claim to fame but flew 5 military types as Captain in <3 years which was very unusual at the time (for non test pilots).

Miscellaneous stuff....had backseat trip in a Hawk (felt sick), A320 sim (piece of piss to fly) and Gliders which was the most satisfying flying I’ve ever done.

Last flight in my logbook will be a spitfire

[Turfy]

The good old Grob 103. I get an average of 40hrs - 150hrs a year over the last 25 years.