Still on the classified ads...
Anybody ever read the the posts on the wanabees forums on here about pilots desperate to build experience...
Passengers taken anywhere in return for mere running expenses, paid in advance, by experienced crosss-country "A" pilot wishing to obtain more solo hours. Good references, very reasonable rates. Reply Parsons, 19 Avenue Road, Leamington Spa, Warwicks.
And in continued breach of PPrune rules of advertising, anybody looking for a second hand aircraft...
Mark 1 Swallow, Pobjoy Cataract II engine, C. of A. May, 1938, extra instruments and luggage accomodation front cockpit, one owner, exceptionally well maintained, colour red fuselage, silver wings, air-frame hours 215, engine hours 165;any reasonable trial given. Price £485 or near offer. Apply, W.G. Bromet, Estate Office, Kinetron, Warwickshire.
Cirrus III Wooden Avian 12 months' C. of A., repainted, engine hours since complete overhaul 110, £185.
C.30 Autogiro, 12 months' C. of A., engine completely overhauled, £475. Box 4525, care of THE AEROPLANE, 5-17 Rosebery Avenue, E.C.1.
Avro Avian, Cirrus III, instruments, compass, slots, doughnuts, 12 months' C. of A., no hours since top, perfect condition; seen Airworthiness, Gravesend; £185. Lewis, 38 Church Road, Richmond.
Did Pobjoy really have an engine named the Cataract? And why would I want doughnuts with my Avro Avian?
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