Originally Posted by
VP959
Time for an aaaaah, DeHavilland, moment. . . Rather fond of that particular gentleman's aerial carriage (my username here might be a clue). Unique smell in the cockpit and that wonderful and wacky combination of air operated bag brakes and hydraulic wipers (would have been wonderful if they had done this the other way around).
It most certainly would! The combination of the quirky brakes and castoring nose wheel led me into some bother on more than one occasion.
And we need more aaaaaaah DH moments, or am I just getting old and nostalgic?