Lysander
 

Saw this on another site in the US, not historic, so thought I would put it here.

DW

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Gorgeous, thank you for posting.

The pilot in the video is Dave Hadfield who is Chris Hadfield's brother and Chris is the Canadian astronaut who famously sang Major Tom whilst on the ISS.

Thanks for the video! I've often wondered how difficult/easy the Lysander was; my Dad, while at No 2 SFTS in May 1940, logged his one and only flight in a Lysander, as P1 in P.1745, from Brize Norton to Lympne, with P/O Burt as passenger. He may have studied the POM quite carefully before starting up, but more likely jumped in and worked it out as he went along. I wonder when/how he discovered the trick with the elevator trim..........I guess someone mentioned it in the crew room.

After all, since joining in March 1937 he had by then logged time as P1 in 16 other types. (DH82, Hart, Audax, Heyford, Wellington, Magister, Wallace, Fury (1 sortie only), Blenheim, Hornet Moth, Oxford, Harvard, Gauntlet, Anson, Botha, Mentor.)

(He returned on the same day as P1 in a Blenheim, with no P2 or crew. And on that day also he flew a Magister from Brize Norton to South Cirney and back. Am I slightly envious? Yes! Although not so much of his later 5 Lancaster III trips to Germany in 7 days, of which the 5th finished in Stalagluft III).

I recall being told that if you had to 'overshoot' (go around nowadays) you MUST wind the trim fully nose down before opening the throttle because as you slow down for an approach, the auto flaps/slats cause you to re-trim nose up.

This might give you another insight in flying the Lysander.

Fascinating, many thanks SkyDiver69.