Must add my congratulations to Aerobabe for the account of flying the Chipmunk. The words demonstrate the enthusiasm for this machine which is more than deserved. I am amongst the small number of people who believe that De Havilland have created a great stable of aircraft with the Tiger and Chipmunk and I am also lucky enough to fly them regularly. Heaven is the best description I can come up with. Being smothered in Honey and then having Claudia Schiffer cleanse me with her toungue could not be as satisfying.
For those on this post who haven't been able to get into a Chippy sell your left arm. You have to give it a go before you die. If you are in East Anglia at all I can make it happen.
Finally AB how about refining your post into an article for PILOT?. Surely this is just the sort of enthusiasm and descriptive prose our aviation magazine need (see the Bob Grinstead article on flying the two seat Spitfire in the current issue).