Pictures of my old DC-3.

[Tee Emm]

and the cockpit had Flight Directors. Collins FD-102 Flight Directors, but hey they were Flight Directors. Little did I know then just how much grief those bloody FD-102 Flight Directors would cause me later

You were conned. DC3's don't need flight directors for goodness sake. Nor did HS 748's but that didn't stop a certain RAAF Wing Commander from being talked into buying the Collins FD 108 for a bunch of brand new HS 748's for the RAAF in 1966. It cost the RAAF a huge amount of time and money to integrate the Collins FD 108 with the Smiths autopilot system.

[treadigraph]

Sadly con-pilot isn't with us any more, he died in 2016.

[ncooper]

Hello,
I am so sorry to read that.
His aircraft lives on.
I am not allowed to post the url, this is my first post,
but you should be taken straight to the film if you copy and paste

vimeo.com/320808833

into your browser.

[treadigraph]

Thank you so much ncooper, here's the live link:

Vimeo

[Steepclimb]

Great video. I'm sure something of Alec's (con pilot) spirit lives on in that aeroplane.
I had the pleasure of meeting him and his charming wife over drinks. I tried to arrange a flight for him to see the local sights but it was not to be.

Something I still regret.