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Old 25th Jun 2014, 20:46
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Ian Burgess-Barber
 
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Aircraft Recognition

Danny ref. Mike Warren in your last:

I've watched the video several times, surprised that he keeps his hands firmly in his lap throughout - and when the affable young pilot offers him control (01.16) of the Cessna 152 (?)

The aircraft is not a 2 seat Cessna 152, (some of the shots are from the back seats), it is a 4 seat Cessna 177B Cardinal - one of the best looking single engine Cessnas of the post-war period (no struts, cantilever wing). The A/C in the video is G-BRDO built 1975, and I admit to breaking one of the commandments when I look at this machine, (the one about not coveting thy neighbours oxen). Guilty as charged M'lud!

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