What Cockpit?
OUA,sadly it`s not...it`s me..however..
3 yrs earlier,a conversation with DM went something like this..amidst much smoke from his pipe..
DM;`Now laddy,have you read all the Gladiator`s Notes...?
Me; `Yessir`, (respect for a Wg.Cdr(rtd)....
DM,now accompanied by JohnLewis(CTP R-R,and Dep CP SC);;;`A few questions then..Speeds??engine limits????carb heat..??etc,etc...More smoke,like the Pope`s chimney,and non-audible conversation between DM and JL..
DM...`Right Ho`..Go and get airborne,do some stalling,some aerobatics-No negative `G`,Practice display,and a circuit to land..Don`t forget the carb-air!!`Fly it like a Tiger Moth`...
And so off I went into the `Wide blue Yonder` It`s not like a T-M,more like a 900 hp Stampe ;so then we` have to land,and of course `everybody`,engineers,pilots,staff,photoggies,are all watching,waiting,as `we` land on all 3 wheels,no bounce ,skip or hop,run straight,and taxi back in to shutdown,,,(You do land it like a T-M).
DM..`Well done, old boy...You can take it to the Staverton Air Display next weekend,OKAY..`.
Me,`Yessiirr`...(how to go from `laddy` to `old boy` in one flight...)
3 yrs earlier,a conversation with DM went something like this..amidst much smoke from his pipe..
DM;`Now laddy,have you read all the Gladiator`s Notes...?
Me; `Yessir`, (respect for a Wg.Cdr(rtd)....
DM,now accompanied by JohnLewis(CTP R-R,and Dep CP SC);;;`A few questions then..Speeds??engine limits????carb heat..??etc,etc...More smoke,like the Pope`s chimney,and non-audible conversation between DM and JL..
DM...`Right Ho`..Go and get airborne,do some stalling,some aerobatics-No negative `G`,Practice display,and a circuit to land..Don`t forget the carb-air!!`Fly it like a Tiger Moth`...
And so off I went into the `Wide blue Yonder` It`s not like a T-M,more like a 900 hp Stampe ;so then we` have to land,and of course `everybody`,engineers,pilots,staff,photoggies,are all watching,waiting,as `we` land on all 3 wheels,no bounce ,skip or hop,run straight,and taxi back in to shutdown,,,(You do land it like a T-M).
DM..`Well done, old boy...You can take it to the Staverton Air Display next weekend,OKAY..`.
Me,`Yessiirr`...(how to go from `laddy` to `old boy` in one flight...)
The following users liked this post:
How splendid.... The Autair Operations Office was always full of smoke, one really needed an instrument rating to work in there - DM being a major contributor along with Maurice (Have you got a light Old Boy ?) Rowan.
I flew on an Autair Viking airtest after an engine change at Luton; It was -AGRW, and Capt Rowan was in charge...I was just a bit of `ballast` in the back..
Well when we get the museum we'll get the aircraft..................
Is that a Beech in front of the challenge?
Is that a Beech in front of the challenge?
A Puma and a VampireT55...does it have `wobbly wheels`...? Shorts `Shed`...?
Assume it`s high wing,with engine controls in roof...
Assume it`s high wing,with engine controls in roof...
Overhead power levers. Is this a flying boat?
Go up/down,usually on command....
half teh world seem to have used the Vampire T55 
I think that correlating a nation to its museum exhibits is a policy fraught with pitfalls, else followiing a visit to Duxford you might think the UK had operated SR71, U2, Pukara and Focke-Achgelis types...
The nation that built this type never operated Vampires anyway though some of the several countries it was exported to did. This pic is from one of those.
The nation that built this type never operated Vampires anyway though some of the several countries it was exported to did. This pic is from one of those.
Last edited by meleagertoo; 31st Mar 2024 at 10:03.
I think that's wise advice - this museum seems to also have a very early aircraft top left - it's clearly an eclectic collection. Tho' I'd guess unlikely to Warsaw Pact.
The challenge looks pretty austere - so I'm guessing not from the USA?
The challenge looks pretty austere - so I'm guessing not from the USA?
Or is it the T.11?
Assuming it is - and assuming this is a military aircraft museum that used all the aircraft depicted over a period (the T.11, Beech and Puma) - one common denominator for all three - is Mexico.
Looking at Mexico's inventory (1973), it lists four high-wing aircraft - the Mitsubishi MU-2, Britten-Norman BN-2, IAI-201 Arava and the Catalina. We know it's not a flying boat.
Assuming it is - and assuming this is a military aircraft museum that used all the aircraft depicted over a period (the T.11, Beech and Puma) - one common denominator for all three - is Mexico.
Looking at Mexico's inventory (1973), it lists four high-wing aircraft - the Mitsubishi MU-2, Britten-Norman BN-2, IAI-201 Arava and the Catalina. We know it's not a flying boat.
the Mexican AF have a museum - but it I can't see a full list of aircraft
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - I'd forgotten all about those...................................
nice polish on it mind!
nice polish on it mind!