Anyone seen my airplane?
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Anyone seen my airplane?
Does anyone know where this is now? or indeed if it still exists.
I used it to go to work at Luton in 1970
I used it to go to work at Luton in 1970
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Yeah...tied it down too.
Thanks for the links, will have a look.
Yep, used to commute from 'Frinton International' (Near Clacton)to fly a BAC 1-11 from Luton. Some blokes wouldn't let me take off from present position near the flying club, so I used to fly to the holding point in long low hops.
Over one 7 month stretch I didn't use a car once. Oh, and just remembered, when positioning from LHR I used to pay 10/6d (52.5p) to land and park free.
Getting into my field night and day was the stuff of a mixture of Biggles and Bryson. Have to write it up one day.
Thanks for the links, will have a look.
Yep, used to commute from 'Frinton International' (Near Clacton)to fly a BAC 1-11 from Luton. Some blokes wouldn't let me take off from present position near the flying club, so I used to fly to the holding point in long low hops.
Over one 7 month stretch I didn't use a car once. Oh, and just remembered, when positioning from LHR I used to pay 10/6d (52.5p) to land and park free.
Getting into my field night and day was the stuff of a mixture of Biggles and Bryson. Have to write it up one day.
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Sounds great! And what a lovely aeroplane 
Anyway the only place you can still find that sort of Aviation is the good ol' US of A....(and possibly Africa) so at least they have something right. Many people, especially airport workers commute to work.
I did once apply for a job at the ETPS at Boscombe Down. I had these visions of having a grass strip behind my house and then flying to work. I didn't get the job though
So I applied for one at Westlands....I didn't get that one either.....
Anyway the only place you can still find that sort of Aviation is the good ol' US of A....(and possibly Africa) so at least they have something right. Many people, especially airport workers commute to work.
I did once apply for a job at the ETPS at Boscombe Down. I had these visions of having a grass strip behind my house and then flying to work. I didn't get the job though
So I applied for one at Westlands....I didn't get that one either.....
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Bloody great stuff rivets!
Did you ever have any problems with the additional flight time you accrued by commuting to you flying job?
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PS - Great AC - both I mean.
Did you ever have any problems with the additional flight time you accrued by commuting to you flying job?
Best,
Sicknote
PS - Great AC - both I mean.
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Thems were the days. 500 hours max p/a and often phoning in to beg for a flight. Mind you, it soon changed.
I'll have a look at my old notes...some of the stories were on JB, but some I wouldn't dare to tell -- while I needed a license.
Can you imagine now, going past Stansted and not hearing a peep on the radio until you called them.
I'll have a look at my old notes...some of the stories were on JB, but some I wouldn't dare to tell -- while I needed a license.
Can you imagine now, going past Stansted and not hearing a peep on the radio until you called them.
.... Sorry Lydd. 
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Stansted, then and now
Can you imagine now, going past Stansted and not hearing a peep on the radio until you called them.
But you brought back to mind my night rating that I did at Stansted in the early 80's - in a Rallye. I think we paid 4 quid a touch and another fiver for overnight parking. I did the x-country to Luton and the final qualifying circuits there, all unencumbered by ANY other movements, apart from a solitary B767 on my final cct. 5 hours of heaven!
When we finally parked up back at Stansted in the early hours, the landside access consisted of ducking under the single pole barrier to get into the car park. The following morning, I booked out in the portakabin (sorry, Terminal Building!) at Stansted at the info desk. I think that I was the only a/c that Stansted worked the entire time I was there.
We also used Stansted for 'going foreign', 'cos of the aforementioned 4 quid landing fee. Ho Hum!
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Four Quid? Four Quid??!! Crikey, In my day it were half a crown. Seriously, one eighth of a quid. The 10/6d was for the major airports if one had a Royal Aero Club card, which cost very little to get.
The night rating was done in a CAFU Dove. £12/10/00. I passed after two landings, and was really p
cos they would allow three and it gave the only twin time that we could afford before the IR in the same aircraft. Most IR practice was done in a WWII D4 Link trainer, in a shed at SEN.
When I came to Texas to do my ATP, I flew a Senica for several days and paid no landing fees whatsoever. It could be a little strange however, aircraft would be cleared to take off in the opposite direction to one's ILS.
The night rating was done in a CAFU Dove. £12/10/00. I passed after two landings, and was really p
cos they would allow three and it gave the only twin time that we could afford before the IR in the same aircraft. Most IR practice was done in a WWII D4 Link trainer, in a shed at SEN.When I came to Texas to do my ATP, I flew a Senica for several days and paid no landing fees whatsoever. It could be a little strange however, aircraft would be cleared to take off in the opposite direction to one's ILS.
