Lets see what your flying

[Simon T]

It'd be nice to see what everyone is flying, here's mine to start it off
Simon

http://www.pprune.org/members/440760-simon-t-albums-random-picture33-bulldog-apron.jpg

[Helicopterdriverguy]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/t31.0-8/10983553_10205209767420178_8546456663669867709_o.jpg

[Wan Wei Luke]

Nice, lucky you!

If the paint scheme is original, the aircraft was the "steed" of the Sqn. Boss of East Midlands UAS. I occasionally instructed in that aircraft (but it was a quarter of a century ago).

Edit: Just checked... no, it's not the aircraft I was thinking of.

[Simon T]

Hi, She's been repainted but still carries XX624 which is her original serial number. I am trying to build up as much history as I can so any info you have would be much appreciated

Simon

[OpenCirrus619]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/andykmoore/CHKF/IMG-20141025-00060.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/andykmoore/CHKF/Maidstone-20141025-00064.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/andykmoore/CHKF/IMG-20141025-00062.jpg

Now that's what a wing should look like :ok:

OC619

[Johnm]

This shows you what a proper aeroplane looks like :E
http://www.planepictures.net/a/137/44/1435507063.jpg

[foxmoth]

Flickr photos of g-dvmi | Picssr (http://picssr.com/search/g-dvmi)

[Jan Olieslagers]

@foxmoth: with a nick like yours, it is disappointing to see you NOT flying a biplane!

As for my own pride and beauty: blackmagic (http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic.cgi?id=17649551361&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflickrhivemind.net%2FTags%2Fschaffendiest%2 52Culm%2FInteresting%3Fsearch_type%3DTags%3Btextinput%3Dscha ffendiest%252Culm%3Bphoto_type%3D250%3Bmethod%3DGET%3Bnoform %3Dt%3Bsort%3DInterestingness%23pic17649551361&user=&flickrurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/16057556@N07/17649551361)

http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic.cgi?id=17649551361&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflickrhivemind.net%2FTags%2Fschaffendiest%2 52Culm%2FInteresting%3Fsearch_type%3DTags%3Btextinput%3Dscha ffendiest%252Culm%3Bphoto_type%3D250%3Bmethod%3DGET%3Bnoform %3Dt%3Bsort%3DInterestingness%23pic17649551361&user=&flickrurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/16057556@N07/17649551361

[fujii]

Lets see what your flying.

Let's see what you're flying.

[foxmoth]

@foxmoth: with a nick like yours, it is disappointing to see you NOT flying a biplane!

Flown many in the past, including the dH83, just do not have access currently, hope to be flying them again next summer.:ok:

[India Four Two]

I normally fly these two more than any others:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/C182%20CFPZE_zpsfdh2o3fn.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/india42/Mobile%20Uploads/56E6A708-0FBE-4EF7-B61F-11C0B6295DD2_zps9ejjowit.jpg

No flying now though - they are both tucked up in the hangar for the winter.

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Johnm, 'proper' aeroplanes have the little wheel at the other end. Like this....

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/GZK6NK/LPIC1742%20res_zps1ca7ge86.jpg (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/GZK6NK/media/LPIC1742%20res_zps1ca7ge86.jpg.html)

[India Four Two]

Johnm, 'proper' aeroplanes have the little wheel at the other end.And if you are not quick with your feet, the little wheel can be at the other other end! ;)

SSD,

Nice photo. Where is that?

[S-Works]

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn151/skyhawkxp/IMG_0134.jpg[/URL]

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

I-42, Caernarfon.

[Sir George Cayley]

Same old same old :{

http://www.ypsyork.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/George_Cayley_Glider.jpg

SGC

[Taiser]

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t533/taiser350/750%20Build%20-%20Second%20file/DSC04132_zpsqggsdmmj.jpg (http://s1312.photobucket.com/user/taiser350/media/750%20Build%20-%20Second%20file/DSC04132_zpsqggsdmmj.jpg.html)

My homebuilt CH750 STOL... love this thing. In the air in 100 feet or so, lands the same. Get me in and out of really tight spots. Planning on building amphibs for it next! :)

[Simon T]

Nice photos chap's keep em' comin.

aNd for all the sad, sad people who felt the need to correct my gramma, even taking the trouble to mail me...really???

tEar your selves to bits on this post two

:ok:

[9 lives]

This is one of my planes:

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b617/jim246/34Iceburg1_zps89c84e71.jpg

I dare not show the other one here, as it would risk sending SSD into a tirade about spam cans.

I also regularly fly a friend's Cub like amateur built:

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b617/jim246/HGU1_zps5n8yl0mj.jpg

And from time to time, a very sweet amphibian:

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b617/jim246/IMG_4406_zpsj9glyelp.jpg

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Step, I know you're an ice-cool pilot (you keep telling us), but how did even you land that seaplane so it's balanced on an iceberg?

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Sir George - nice try, but we all know that's your coachman, not you, flying in that pic!

[Sir George Cayley]

Well you wouldn't expect me to actually do some manual work now eh, eh?

I've gone through several footmen over the years. None have ever stuck with it though. My original man came back recently claiming to be a Footman IRE/TRE and demanding 10 guineas a month damn me.

I had my game keeper see him off with buck shot.

Now I must get back to m'Lord Sugar's latest treatise.

SGCbt

[9 lives]

but how did even you land that seaplane so it's balanced on an iceberg?

Haha! That photo was better than the earlier one, which looked like I was about to fly into the iceberg! I was trading favours with my mate, taking air to air photos of each others planes, against a rare spectacular background. We did not have long to practice, fuel was a concern, so one he told me his girlfriend had a good photo, we were done.

But I have to admit, you could not get a C-150 over that iceberg, and ever get it back ...

[Pace]

I haven't flown a piton single or twin for four years so all my flying has been in jets citation 500 550 560 boring stuff
I just renewed my SEP and had forgotten how pleasurable and fun it was to fly a PA28 :ok:

Pace

[9 lives]

how pleasurable and fun it was to fly a PA28

OMG Pace! That's near as bad as me saying how nice my 150 is to fly! Neither is a proper aeroplane! ;)

[piperboy84]

M4

http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/small/001/118/001118042.jpg

[foxmoth]

I just renewed my SEP and had forgotten how pleasurable and fun it was to fly a PA28

Come and have a go in the RV, then you will really see how much fun light aircraft can be - and cheaper P/H than you will be hiring a PA28 for!

[Wan Wei Luke]

I haven't flown a piton single or twin for four years

Piton singles and twins might be a bit ropey when flying over icebergs....

[Pace]

Foxmoth

A very dear friend built an RV6 years back completely from plan so it took him years to complete and totally agree as he let me fly it with him. It was a delight and you almost made turns by thought rather than conscious control inputs :ok: a delight

Pace

[Unusual Attitude]

Bit of an eclectic mix my end....at the moment regularly flying all of these...

http://cdn.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2009/3/13/39401.jpg

http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/small/000/486/486363.jpg

http://www.rampantscotland.com/heart/graphics/cessna152_g-bmta_scone_air_show_06160p.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8572/16286012298_b26347eee3_b.jpg

And shortly will also be back flying this...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2950/15187545728_7bd3b9879c.jpg

Don't ask me which my favourite is though, lets just say I enjoy all of them very much and each has its own strengths.....

[OpenCirrus619]

Unusual Attitude - nice to see SUPA is still going strong (I owned 1/3 of it for a few years).

Of course most of you don't get a view like this often:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/andykmoore/CHKF/20141108_115617.jpg

Yes - it's stopped
No - it's not feathered (looks better in the photo this way)

One of the advantages of long wings :cool:

I can confirm that the old saying "fan on the front is to keep the pilot cool - just watch him start sweating when it stops" has some truth in it - certainly the first couple of times I saw a stationary prop (doesn't bother me now :ok:).

OC619

[bartonflyer]

Here's my carbon fibre cutie - on the ground on Lundy Island.

http://ianj49.co.uk/photos/im1515.jpg

[Unusual Attitude]

Still going strong indeed OC619, nothing finer on a hot summers day than a bit of low level cubbing with the door open....bliss...

Regards

UA

[rnzoli]

Of course most of you don't get a view like this often:


A similar pic from a vintage German-made motor-glider I flew earlier. This had the possibility to feather.

Too large, resize to 1024x800 MAX.

Resized:
http://web.t-online.hu/rnzoli/zivatarfelho-allo-legcsavarral_small.jpg

Nowadays I upgraded to a modern luxury airplane, at least from my budget's point of view... :D I mean the plane in the foreground. Can you guess the type of the plane in the background? :p

http://web.t-online.hu/rnzoli/Diamond_DV_with_L411jpg.jpg

[OpenCirrus619]

This had the possibility to feather.
Mine will feather - I just un-feathered it for the photo :)

OC619

[Simon T]

Here's the other one :)

http://www.pprune.org/members/440760-simon-t-albums-random-picture35-pa28.jpg

[Jan Olieslagers]

Can you guess the type of the plane in the background?

I'd bet a boiled egg against a grand piano that it's a Let L410.

[Simon T]

Loving the JP!

[rnzoli]

Mine will feather - I just un-feathered it for the photo :)

OC619
Oh, what an opportunistic attitude is this? :) Increasing DRAG for a nicer photo? := :ok:

I'd bet a boiled egg against a grand piano that it's a Let L410.
You win, Sir! It's indeed an L-410, more precisely L-410UPV-T. It's actually starting her takeoff roll will lots of skydivers inside (including my son, hmmm). That was an exciting Sunday, to say the least.

[Silvaire1]

@piperboy84, your N159AR registration begs the question of whether you're an Alfa Romeo car enthusiast ;) :) Once upon a time the boss of Alfa Romeo in the USA had the N-number N1AR on his little two-seater... I have no idea how he was able to make himself pronounce it 'correctly' on the radio.

Alfa has built a couple of different 159s, this being the most notable.

http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/ex97240.jpg

[irish seaplane]

Here is one of my airplanes - I love it....

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0826/7347/files/PPrune_Twin_Com.jpg?5029372968809522427

[Bob Upanddown]

So did I when it was up for sale once. Someone has spent some money on it since then, lucky you.

[irish seaplane]

But why are you selling it ?

I must admit I have been very close to giving you a call about buying it

Pretty simple, I have a J3 Cub on floats I haven't flown in 18 months. I have a Reims FRA150L aerobat project to finish. I have a C210 there to fly any day I need it. I have a Piper Colt too. I have a Baron I'm selling that I can use for fuel if I want to and its pretty awesome. I'm buying a C172 next week. Its hard to get time to do everything! If you want to come see the twin send me a PM.

[Sir George Cayley]

Can I marry you?

SGC

[irish seaplane]

Can I marry you?

Ha ha I keep thinking my next aircraft will be a boat. Those guys seem to have the life. Seems entirely without regulation and a more sociable activity all in all. The fact my new house has a harbour with power & water means a Gin Palace on the river Shannon has never seemed more appealing.

[Taiser]

Meh, anybody can float a boat!!! Catch more girls with a boat I suspect than a gas smelling old airplane! :p

[rarelyathome]

Ah. How to convert 3 million into 1 million - buy a boat ;)

..... or an aeroplane. Although not all are money sinks!

[PilotZCoyfox]

My sweet lady, G-DGEF, more affectionately known as Geoff. This lady has a story to tell and is perhaps one of the rarer Ka6CRs you will ever see (some German fellow made her into a bit-more-streamlined racing machine :} ).
http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1502390F.jpg

[27/09]

My sweet lady, G-DGEF, more affectionately known as Geoff. This lady has a story to tell and is perhaps one of the rarer Ka6CRs you will ever see (some German fellow made her into a bit-more-streamlined racing machine ).

I can see that, the car tyre on the starboard wing and the "trainer wheel" under the tail must do wonders for the glide ratio. :\

[PilotZCoyfox]

Adds weight, makes her go faster see :E :ok:

[Jan Olieslagers]

Catch more girls with a boat I suspect than a gas smelling old airplane!

The few boats I have boarded smelled stronger and worse (diesel!) than the average spamcan. My own pride and joy is so draughty that any odours of fuel or perfume or whatever never last long - handy! But not tempting to classy ladies, I must admit.

the car tyre on the starboard wing and the "trainer wheel" under the tail must do wonders for the glide ratio

I've seen such implements applied to gliders at my home field, too. They are however generally removed before actual flying starts. But then, of course, Belgians are universally famed for their superb handling of complex situations :eek::rolleyes::suspect::p

[pulse1]

I watched a Prefect glider at Dunstable carry out a circuit with a tyre on the tail plane. I never realised it was to improve the performance.

[AdamFrisch]

My new (old) baby.

http://www.adamfrisch.com/images/n171at/680v.jpg

[Skylark58]

Jodel 1050

http://www.pprune.org/members/188572-skylark58-albums-jodel-picture43-g-jejh.jpg

[GGR155]

If ever we need a 'like' button its threads like this!