What do/did (delete as applicable)you fly
 

Good evening all,

Looking at some of the threads posted on here previously, I was wondering whether ppruners would be happy to divulge in what Aircraft they currently or did fly?.

Not to make me jealous or anything.

Cheers!

I was lucky enough to be on the first (and as it turned out the only) course to fly the Wiggins Aerodyne ab initio. As Ppruners will know well, the Wiggins Aerodyne was quite a handful to fly, and after losing four airframes in an afternoon as we attempted to hover solo wearing foggles and with only five hours total time, the experiment was cancelled and the entire course was grounded.

That was the end of my aviation career, sadly. :E

I'll bite. Smallest - Cessna 150, biggest B737 or C130 (they're very close as regards MAUM). Excluding just "a quick pole" a total of fourteen types, single, twin and tri-piston, twin and four-turboprop, two and four-engine jets, single piston helicopter, single and twin turbine helicopter. Every one fun.

Underneath a Sea King Mk3 :O

Desk, Oak, Medium, computer.

Aeronca Champ to C-5 Galaxy, lots in between, including two fighters, five bizjets, one airliner and a bunch of pistons.

GF

Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II. (G-CDON). Sadly, the only "P1" in the book...:{

Hat, coat, door...

Tiger Moth over Cranwell, Cessna 152 over the Greenland icecap, JP Mk5 through the Rockies, Harrier backwards, Tornado F3 straight up


..oh, and 50-odd times straight down without an aeroplane.

C130 way to go

regards

Col

Ahhh, the Tiger Moth at Cranwell. I'd just got cleared solo on it when some muppet put it into the trees by the side of North Airfield :{

Cessna 150, JP3, JP5, Hawk, F4M, F4K, Hawk, F15, F3.

Oh, and the odd guest appearance in other people's fun stuff.

T-21, T-31, T-42, T-49, Tutor (single seat glider), ASK-21, Bocian, Blanik, Cessna 150, Chipmunk, Tri-Pacer, Jet Provost 3/4/5/5A, Gnat, Hunter 6/GT6/6A/7/7A/8B/9, Meteor T7 (a quick taste only!), Beaver, Buccaneer2/2A/2B, Vulcan, Hawk, Phantom, Jetstream, VC10, VC10K2/3/4, Bulldog, Cherokee 140/180, Warrior, Robin 180, T-67A, Zlin 42, Yak 18, Auster, RV4, Quickie 235, Rockwell 112....plus one approach in a C-130 and another in a B-52G.

Good list there, BEags. :ok:

...and I forgot to add, apart from between course holdings, NO ground tours in 30 years of RAF service except 5 weeks as S/L (Air) at RAF Mount Pleasant...and a month of PVR-porridge time at Binnsworth :uhoh:.

Chipmunk, JP3/4,Gnat,Hunter 6/7/9/10,Jaguar GR1/T2,B737,B757,B767,ATP,Dash8
From 1960 to 2006 - all enjoyed with varying amounts of pleasure ( apart from 18 months behind a mahogany bomber)

Tiger Moth, C150/152/172/185/310, Pipers Colt, Tripacer, Caribbean, Super Cub, Cherokee, Aztec, Chieftain, Ag-Cat, B-N 2 Islander, Chipmunk, X-Air, Grumman AA5, Robin 400 120/160/180, Pitts S2, RV7.

Meteor 7, VampireT11, Piston Provost, Anson, Varsity, Beagle Pup, JP’s 3/4/5, Gnat, Shackleton MR2/3, Pembroke, Sea Prince, Hunters GA11, F6, T7, T8, FGA9, FR10, T12. F4 K/M. Plus guest in Lightning, Mirage3, various helicopters.

Boeing 732/3/4, 777 200/200ER/300/300ER, Airbus A320/330

Some of military stuff courtesy of EFD Farnborough.


20K hours later, still at it and enjoying!

Types?
 

A few here and there - for sheer fun it has to be the Chipmunk. Noise generation capability for no speed has to be the Shack.
Scariest? A funny wee yellow thing with a mickey mouse engine downhill take off at Khao Yai and over the edge. Damn near chewed my seat cushion.

I've got quite a big penis too.:rolleyes:

A very enjoyable 31 years in the RAF
 

Varsity, Valetta,Meteor NF14, Shackleton, Nimrod MR1 and 2, Nimrod R, Dominie, C130, VC10,E3DSentry, JP, Andover, Comet 4, Harvard, Chieftain,

Tourist, the question concerned aircraft types, not cranial features....