What do you fly?

[bentley01]

Currently fly the 737, the Embrair 145 and the BAE146 which keeps me busy.

[bodmino]

Cavalon!

[IforB]

bodmino said:

Cavalon!

How were the jammie dodgers?

[bodmino]

IforB said:

How were the jammie dodgers?

????

[bodmino]

IforB said:

How were the jammie dodgers?

I jumped into a Taxi and had an extremely large fish & chips with mushy peas in Oban!

[eharding]

bodmino said:

IforB said:

How were the jammie dodgers?

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Jammy Dodgers and tea in the TLC hut whilst uplifting copious quantities of avgas and studiously avoiding the high-viz jobsworths at the other end of the airfield is part of the Oban tradition.

Been a while since I was there, and I hear the council have been giving Paul grief again.

[IforB]

bodmino said:

IforB said:

How were the jammie dodgers?

????

Oban is famous for them. You always got a Jammie Dodger and a cup of tea when you landed there from Paul.

[IforB]

eharding said:

Jammy Dodgers and tea in the TLC hut whilst uplifting copious quantities of avgas and studiously avoiding the high-viz jobsworths at the other end of the airfield is part of the Oban tradition.

Been a while since I was there, and I hear the council have been giving Paul grief again.

Not again...

They have made such an unholy mess and wasted such an obscene amount of taxpayer money on Oban, Coll and Colonsay, there really should be an inquiry about it.

[Yarders91]

Was very lucky to get a backseat ride in a Typhoon last year for just over an hour.
Without a doubt the most incredible experience in my life

Performance takeoff ( 0 to 10,000 feet straight upwards) with a bit of low level stuff through the highlands before flying over my kids school towards the north sea to go through the sound barrier upside down. Even got to have a go myself and did a fair few rolls, loops, split S's and high G stuff.

Big bucket list item ticked off and am forever grateful to have had the opportunity to experience something like that as not a lot of folk do, Somewhat bitter sweet though as i know i will probably never get to experience something like that again.

I'd love to get into flying myself and do a PPL but i just dont have the funds for it.

[PeterGadsby]

Yarders91 said:

Was very lucky to get a backseat ride in a Typhoon last year for just over an hour.
Without a doubt the most incredible experience in my life

Performance takeoff ( 0 to 10,000 feet straight upwards) with a bit of low level stuff through the highlands before flying over my kids school towards the north sea to go through the sound barrier upside down. Even got to have a go myself and did a fair few rolls, loops, split S's and high G stuff.

Big bucket list item ticked off and am forever grateful to have had the opportunity to experience something like that as not a lot of folk do, Somewhat bitter sweet though as i know i will probably never get to experience something like that again.

I'd love to get into flying myself and do a PPL but i just dont have the funds for it.

WOW - How did you manage to get that?

[AshVX220]

PeterGadsby said:

Yarders91 said:

Was very lucky to get a backseat ride in a Typhoon last year for just over an hour.
Without a doubt the most incredible experience in my life

Performance takeoff ( 0 to 10,000 feet straight upwards) with a bit of low level stuff through the highlands before flying over my kids school towards the north sea to go through the sound barrier upside down. Even got to have a go myself and did a fair few rolls, loops, split S's and high G stuff.

Big bucket list item ticked off and am forever grateful to have had the opportunity to experience something like that as not a lot of folk do, Somewhat bitter sweet though as i know i will probably never get to experience something like that again.

I'd love to get into flying myself and do a PPL but i just dont have the funds for it.

WOW - How did you manage to get that?

WOW indeed, definitely would like to hear the background of how you managed to pull that off!

[Yarders91]

AshVX220 said:

PeterGadsby said:

Yarders91 said:

Was very lucky to get a backseat ride in a Typhoon last year for just over an hour.
Without a doubt the most incredible experience in my life

Performance takeoff ( 0 to 10,000 feet straight upwards) with a bit of low level stuff through the highlands before flying over my kids school towards the north sea to go through the sound barrier upside down. Even got to have a go myself and did a fair few rolls, loops, split S's and high G stuff.

Big bucket list item ticked off and am forever grateful to have had the opportunity to experience something like that as not a lot of folk do, Somewhat bitter sweet though as i know i will probably never get to experience something like that again.

I'd love to get into flying myself and do a PPL but i just dont have the funds for it.

WOW - How did you manage to get that?

WOW indeed, definitely would like to hear the background of how you managed to pull that off!

I guess being employed by HMG was a good start lol, But even then its still difficult to get a backseat ride. Most folk i've seen who got them usually did because they've either grafted their backsides off and got one as a pat on the back or were leaving the RAF after considerable amount of time done. I simply got lucky when i ask my boss dropped if he would put my name in to the hat for the next one and mine came out.

[frodo_monkey]

Have a look into the Junior Ranks Pilot Scholarship if your trip in the back inspired you to want a PPL.

[Yarders91]

frodo_monkey said:

Have a look into the Junior Ranks Pilot Scholarship if your trip in the back inspired you to want a PPL.

Unfortunately i don't qualify. I'm over the upper age limit.

[Sifly]

So far in 15 years of commercial flying:-

1 Year on Dash 8-300
6 months on EMB145
10 Years on 757 & 767
3 Years on 787

Just Started flying the 737-800 (and MAX when it flies again)!

[rs4al]

Surprised no ex Harrier pilots have posted as goes the old joke “how can you tell if a Harrier pilot is in the room ? They would of already told you”

Edited by rs4al on Friday 24th May 05:44

[rs4al]

Sifly said:

So far in 15 years of commercial flying:-

1 Year on Dash 8-300
6 months on EMB145
10 Years on 757 & 767
3 Years on 787

Just Started flying the 737-800 (and MAX when it flies again)!

Congratulations on your command, I’m guessing with the blue airline.

[AshVX220]

rs4al said:

Surprised no ex Harrier pilots have posted as goes the old joke “how can you tell if a Harrier pilot is in the room ? They would of already told you”

Edited by rs4al on Friday 24th May 05:44

I thought that went for all pilots.

[5150]

rs4al said:

Surprised no ex Harrier pilots have posted as goes the old joke “how can you tell if a Harrier pilot is in the room ? They would of already told you”

Edited by rs4al on Friday 24th May 05:44

To be fair, almost all the ex-Fast Jet/Red Arrows guys I've flown with, they're the least likely to tell you all about it!

[telecat]

rs4al said:

Sifly said:

So far in 15 years of commercial flying:-

1 Year on Dash 8-300
6 months on EMB145
10 Years on 757 & 767
3 Years on 787

Just Started flying the 737-800 (and MAX when it flies again)!

Congratulations on your command, I’m guessing with the blue airline.

With regard to the MAX Let us know if anybody will fly with you!! Could be a few years before they get real confidence back on that one.