Light twin over SW London 25May
There's an STC mod for some Cessnas with a top-hinged in-flight operanble door, which when released goes up by aerodynamics to under the wing, and can be pulled back afterwards by the pilot by a cable.. I've done a good number of jumps from C180 G-BOIA which was so equipped.
There's an STC mod for some Cessnas with a top-hinged in-flight operanble door, which when released goes up by aerodynamics to under the wing, and can be pulled back afterwards by the pilot by a cable.. I've done a good number of jumps from C180 G-BOIA which was so equipped.
I'm not aware of any equivalent upward-opening door for the 172 (it might well foul the wing strut), and photos of G-BNYA certainly show it has a conventional forward-hinged door of the type that jumpers (reportedly) don't like.
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Should be some parachutists dropping over Wallington today, believe they are exiting a helicopter.
Correction: it was Headcorn Parachute Centre's Islander G-AXUB!
Correction: it was Headcorn Parachute Centre's Islander G-AXUB!
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there was a Cessna 172 operating out of Blackbushe doing multiple loops between LCY and Central London at about 1900 today
A quick did around the web found a bit on Bryan Wolfe's background, which explains something ...
1st Take Ltd | Royal Air Force Coastal Command (RE-RELEASED SUMMER 2014) | Aviation |
Bryan Wolfe, who was Capital Radio's original 'Flying Eye' and the son of Battle of Britain pilot Winco 'Ted' Wolfe, CO of 141 Squadron.