Tiger Moth with a Tail Wheel
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From: Headcorn
Tiger Moth with a Tail Wheel
Hi,
Does anyone know of any Tigers with the tailwheel approved mod? We have a display to do and the airport "management" wont allow a tailskid Tiger to display despite the theme of the display being WWII training aircraft!!!!!!!
Steve
Does anyone know of any Tigers with the tailwheel approved mod? We have a display to do and the airport "management" wont allow a tailskid Tiger to display despite the theme of the display being WWII training aircraft!!!!!!!
Steve
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Probably no help at all, but I think Canadian-built Tigers had a tail wheel (and brakes!). Don't know if any have ever graced the UK register though.
Which airfield won't let you operate with a tail skid - have they no soul?
Which airfield won't let you operate with a tail skid - have they no soul?
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I was about to write that there was Tiger with brakes and tailwheel at Sywell when I did my Flying Scholarship (in 1961!) - wonder if it the same one. Used to belong to an American pilot from one of the local bases. Also there was a bright red one owned by either Mr Stewart or Mr Lloyd (from the steel works in Corby)
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Thanks guys but it looks like there will not be a Tiger displaying.
Having been asked to identfy the airfield - all I'll say is that the airshow is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain this weekend and the display sequence around this theme is going to be fantastic.
However it should start with our brave airmen's first steps with a 4 minute segment demonstrating the WWII training aircraft. Well it was anyway.
It is so wrong that this legendary basic trainer will not be represented. OK our Harvard will charge about a bit with a German trainer BUT I would say that almost all of the young men who gave their lives to defend our country started their committment to defend us by learning to fly on the Tiger. It is criminal that this wonderful aircraft is not represented.
Rant over! Back to reality where hi viz rues.
Having been asked to identfy the airfield - all I'll say is that the airshow is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain this weekend and the display sequence around this theme is going to be fantastic.
However it should start with our brave airmen's first steps with a 4 minute segment demonstrating the WWII training aircraft. Well it was anyway.
It is so wrong that this legendary basic trainer will not be represented. OK our Harvard will charge about a bit with a German trainer BUT I would say that almost all of the young men who gave their lives to defend our country started their committment to defend us by learning to fly on the Tiger. It is criminal that this wonderful aircraft is not represented.
Rant over! Back to reality where hi viz rues.
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Think I'm with you there WanSum, my flab is absolutely aghasted if I'm right.
Same airfield I'm thinking of, not a million miles from me right now and which I'll be at this weekend, hosted the Diamond Nine on many occasions. Don't they have a parallel grass strip, or was that too costly to maintain?
Same airfield I'm thinking of, not a million miles from me right now and which I'll be at this weekend, hosted the Diamond Nine on many occasions. Don't they have a parallel grass strip, or was that too costly to maintain?
