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Rupert Lawson First Solo.
I remember the day...am I right in thinking you were working for Bond in ops at the time ? NK looks nice and shiny there....must have done a good job of cleaning it that week !!
NK died after being blown onto it's back by a combination of high winds and a hover taxi-ing B-Cal S61,Have a pic somewhere, will try and find and post. We reckoned that when it got flipped onto its back it was the fastest rate of climb it had ever experienced !
I remember the day...am I right in thinking you were working for Bond in ops at the time ? NK looks nice and shiny there....must have done a good job of cleaning it that week !!
NK died after being blown onto it's back by a combination of high winds and a hover taxi-ing B-Cal S61,Have a pic somewhere, will try and find and post. We reckoned that when it got flipped onto its back it was the fastest rate of climb it had ever experienced !
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Jerry Hart
I discovered Jerry Hart 1.5 years ago, flying in British Columbia.His email was/is: [email protected]
& he wants to hear from old chums.
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Peter Forbes and Familly
Hi,
Peter's last wife ,Mora, passed away in the early 1990's of alcohol related illness.
I believe that his son still lives in the Duthie terrace house that was the family home before Peter daparted with the latest love of his life Maralyn in about 1986/7
he was one of a kind and I'll never forget his patience when I couldn't get the hang of crosswind landings.
Mind you ,looking back, the said winds were probably out of limits anyway!
Ken
Peter's last wife ,Mora, passed away in the early 1990's of alcohol related illness.
I believe that his son still lives in the Duthie terrace house that was the family home before Peter daparted with the latest love of his life Maralyn in about 1986/7
he was one of a kind and I'll never forget his patience when I couldn't get the hang of crosswind landings.
Mind you ,looking back, the said winds were probably out of limits anyway!
Ken
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Glenmorangie Landing
I remember doing one of these,more by luck than good jugement I fear , when PF was instructing me for my IMC.
Back at the Club house I was offered a 'nip' of the amber nectar, but explained that I had better not as I was taking my wife out for a meal in an hour or so's time.
Peter accepted this and then the usual casual de briefing took place during the course of which he casualy asked if we were going anywhere special. Of course I told him the venue.
About halfway through the second predinner drink, PF and wife strolled in and joined us.
No prises fo guessing who paid for the ensuing meal!
Back at the Club house I was offered a 'nip' of the amber nectar, but explained that I had better not as I was taking my wife out for a meal in an hour or so's time.
Peter accepted this and then the usual casual de briefing took place during the course of which he casualy asked if we were going anywhere special. Of course I told him the venue.
About halfway through the second predinner drink, PF and wife strolled in and joined us.
No prises fo guessing who paid for the ensuing meal!
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More Pegasus Memories
Does anyone remember an instructor in the early 80's called stewart someone . I think he was a native of Orkney.
Any one remember the first 150 I ever flew when I joined in 1982 ;OSCAR CHARLEY? Or what happened to it?
Also does any one remember my first instructor Nigel Scholley or what he's doing now.
Any one remember the first 150 I ever flew when I joined in 1982 ;OSCAR CHARLEY? Or what happened to it?
Also does any one remember my first instructor Nigel Scholley or what he's doing now.
Pegasus Cessna that turned turtle at Aboyne ?
"G-BEWP (150 ) went off the end of the runway at Aboyne, flipped and was W/O"
Yes, I recall that incident. Who was driving that one ? Was there some background story there?
Yes, I recall that incident. Who was driving that one ? Was there some background story there?
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Does anyone remember an instructor in the early 80's called stewart someone . I think he was a native of Orkney.
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Any one remember the first 150 I ever flew when I joined in 1982 ;OSCAR CHARLEY? Or what happened to it?
From what I can make out, G-BGOC ( 152) was involved in a crash / incident on the 26th Jan 1983. Looking at the CAA's G-Info site, it was de-registered by the CAA on the 3rd April 1989. Considering it was not registered to anyone else apart to Elliot Forbes (Kirkwall) Ltd ( Peters dry cleaning business ) after this date I would assume that it never took to the skies again.....but I could be wrong.
Anyone out there know any different or the nature of the incident on the 26th Jan 83 ??
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Re a much earlier post, Fenella Miller used to work in a distillery. Other names which haven't cropped up are Liz Hargreaves who instructed along with her husband-to-be Paul Gliddon (who flew for Bristows) and Ros Grant who may have gone on to do her commercial rating. Also an occasional instructor was, I think, Graham Rutson (Red Arrows) - he lived down at Portlethen and had an Afghan Hound called Muchalls!
Ian Padden, who lived out at Netherly Lodge and worked with Vetco, used to fly with Pegasus, but also had a share in an old Auster which used to lumber around the airport from time to time - it was known as the flying budgie. Ian went on to captain the British Aerobatic Team.
Another grand old character of the time was Sidney Bichan, an old chap from Orkney, who renewed his licence late in life. He was a gent. And some may remember David Buchan, just a lovely, obliging wee lad about 12 years old when I knew him, worked all hours doing the jobs no-one else wanted to do, in return for some flying. I heard he went on to become a commercial captain.
I have a good quality b&w photo of the lady pilots from Pegasus, taken the morning after the annual prizegiving - I think the subjects are Liz Hargreaves, Brenda (?), Sheila Scott (who presented the prizes the night before), Fenella Miller and Moira Forbes - all with sair heids!
Can't believe Moira has passed on; shock news, that.
Will never forget the first time Peter and I went up to practise stalling and spinning. As we were well above 6,000ft, Peter told me I could go back to the Skean Dhu for the usual evening festivities and tell everyone that I had joined the mile-high club. I was from a rural background, and very young and naive then - so that's exactly what I did! Oh, the shame!
Pegasas had two or three C150s, including G-AXPF, and one of Peter's little sayings, announced regularly on the downwind leg when flying this aircraft was, to the huge irritation of ATC, "Peter Forbes, downwind"!
Other craft were G-AVMD, which I think was the one Peter landed on top of Cairngorm, and which had to be carted down in installments, and the Aerobat G-BACN.
Remembering also Jock, and Mike McCann (from Manchester), in ATC.
This was all mid seventies, if memory serves correctly.
Ian Padden, who lived out at Netherly Lodge and worked with Vetco, used to fly with Pegasus, but also had a share in an old Auster which used to lumber around the airport from time to time - it was known as the flying budgie. Ian went on to captain the British Aerobatic Team.
Another grand old character of the time was Sidney Bichan, an old chap from Orkney, who renewed his licence late in life. He was a gent. And some may remember David Buchan, just a lovely, obliging wee lad about 12 years old when I knew him, worked all hours doing the jobs no-one else wanted to do, in return for some flying. I heard he went on to become a commercial captain.
I have a good quality b&w photo of the lady pilots from Pegasus, taken the morning after the annual prizegiving - I think the subjects are Liz Hargreaves, Brenda (?), Sheila Scott (who presented the prizes the night before), Fenella Miller and Moira Forbes - all with sair heids!
Can't believe Moira has passed on; shock news, that.
Will never forget the first time Peter and I went up to practise stalling and spinning. As we were well above 6,000ft, Peter told me I could go back to the Skean Dhu for the usual evening festivities and tell everyone that I had joined the mile-high club. I was from a rural background, and very young and naive then - so that's exactly what I did! Oh, the shame!
Pegasas had two or three C150s, including G-AXPF, and one of Peter's little sayings, announced regularly on the downwind leg when flying this aircraft was, to the huge irritation of ATC, "Peter Forbes, downwind"!
Other craft were G-AVMD, which I think was the one Peter landed on top of Cairngorm, and which had to be carted down in installments, and the Aerobat G-BACN.
Remembering also Jock, and Mike McCann (from Manchester), in ATC.
This was all mid seventies, if memory serves correctly.
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Horsefeathers,
Some good memories there. I remember Peter showing me some pictures of Sheila Scott, though they were of her handing out prizes / plaques, and not of the morning after !!
Re David, his father, Bill Buchan, also worked at Pegasus from the mid-eighties up until it was sold and then continued with Tayside aviation until he retired. David unfortunately never achieved his ambition to go commercial due to Medical issues ( diabetes I think ).
Some good memories there. I remember Peter showing me some pictures of Sheila Scott, though they were of her handing out prizes / plaques, and not of the morning after !!
Re David, his father, Bill Buchan, also worked at Pegasus from the mid-eighties up until it was sold and then continued with Tayside aviation until he retired. David unfortunately never achieved his ambition to go commercial due to Medical issues ( diabetes I think ).
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"G-BEWP (150 ) went off the end of the runway at Aboyne, flipped and was W/O"
From memory it was Kev Wiggington in the right hand seat - about 2 weeks after my trial lesson with him!
I mainly flew with Peter after that (about 10 or 12 hours) until I realised that Tayside were cheaper and much more reliable! The transit to Inverness to do circuits was getting rather expensive.
From memory it was Kev Wiggington in the right hand seat - about 2 weeks after my trial lesson with him!
I mainly flew with Peter after that (about 10 or 12 hours) until I realised that Tayside were cheaper and much more reliable! The transit to Inverness to do circuits was getting rather expensive.
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Tipsy Nipper
Anyone remember the reg, of a tipsy nipper or who owned it that operated from Pegasus the last time i seen it they were having problems with the engine and it would not start. Anyway they got it going and they took off this resulted in a engine failure over bucksburn and i believe she landed in a field somewhere about the golf course with only slight damage after striking a wall..
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Tipsy Nipper
Long time ago, but I believe John Smith kept his Tipsy Nipper at Dyce for a while. He was the Chief Pilot for Dan Air ABZ (748's) at the time. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Cheers,
Frankie
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Peter Forbes
I remember a chap who owned Pegasus Dry Cleaners in Perth and operated a Cessna 150 out of Scone (Perth) when I worked there in 1968/69. Would that have been Peter Forbes?
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Trevor "Robbie" Roberts had G-AWDD based at Inverness in the eighties. He has been out of aviation for some years following a spell as a C-47 Dakota FO with Air Atlantique and now runs a taxi in Inverness.