I agree about this thread being one of the best, I started off wanting to know how Ed got on with his Veep and now I'm hooked on the tales of his nights with Latvian triplets and Stik's life in rural Norfolk.

It's better than The Archers, this is.

Any photos then Ed? (of the prang that is......)

I know he's a moderator, Ed - but don't feel that you have to limit yourself to photos of the prang.

:D :ok:

... and pictures of the Latvians, please :ok: :ok: :ok:

Oh really, bs, wake up and smell the coffee.

DT

Are you trying to say they are ficticious?

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

What's so special about Latvia? England produces plenty of good-lookin' birds, dunnit?

Yes Aerbabe, England does produce plenty of good looking birds.

Sadly though, the last ten years seems to have turned them all into "right-on, bra burning, ovary freezing power freaks".

(Not my words, they are the words of a well known politician I recently had the pleasure of dinner with....!)

I'm not saying I totally advocate his theory but there is a tiny amount of truth in his words.

Then, at the other end of the scale there are Latvians, Poles, Hungarians and Russians............:E These lovelies still like being female and make it ever so apparent in the lovely way they conduct themselves.

Oops, have I said too much?!?!?!?!:ouch: :hmm:

Monocock,

Quoting someone else or not, I think maybe you're possibly showing your age. ;) No-one to my knowledge has burned a bra since around the 1960s. Most women find them extremely liberating, particularly when doing enything energetic

Sorry Ma'am.

Would you like me to delete my last post?

b s

Not at all, just that the two previous posts seem to have said it all!

Another VP-1 to return to the skies soon....

After several years in storage VP-1 G-AYXW should be flying again early 2005. 'The Red Baron' was built in 1972 by John Penny who sadly passed away earlier this year. John very kindly left the aeroplane to the members of Netherthorpe PFA Strut with a view to us returning it to airworthy condition for some cheap flying.

Ed - get yours fixed and we can have a Pprune VP Fly-In!:ok:

Pic of G-AYXW

Volksplane
 

Volk-me,

That is even uglier than Ed's aeroplane!

Stik

camaro

Sorry to hear about John Penny, I had no idea until your post.

I spoke to John a couple of times in 2003 as I'd just bought what remained of a VP-2 that he built in the late eighties/early nineties.

The Veep is heavily modified and all of the mods are John's very own creations. It also had the eagle on the tail, just like yours, which I didn't intend to put back on now it's re-covered but if it's a Penny trademark I'll definitely try to do it.

I'm still rebuilding but hope that it will be in the air in the summer of 2005.

We'll either have to see about forming a Pprune VP Squadron or Penny's Flying Circus.

Stik

It ain't a VP if isn't ugly!:)


JAFO

I think our VP was John's first of many projects. Others that I know of are a Sopwith Triplane replica (G-PENY I think) your VP2, a Kitfox and RAF2000 auto gyro. Don't know if the eagle is John's crest but we are leaving his name (Baron Von Penny) on the side of the cockpit.

A Pprune Veep squadron, now there's an idea!:D

Greetings all. Love the idea of a proon VP fly-in - let's get 'TT back in air and then who knows ... :)

Thanks for all the messages of support and advice - very much appreciated. Just waiting for a few quotes for the airframe work and then we'll decide what's going to happen.

And yes, the triplets were good fun, pictures on request ;)

tKF

What's the attraction with VP-1s...why not something pretty like a Corby Starlet?

It's in the eye of the beholder.

JAFO, Camaro,

Neither of you would happen to have a spare serviceable port wing and a serviceable undrcariage for a VP1, perchance?

Or does anybody else know where these parts may be procured?

Ed - know that I think about it, wasn't there some Veep bits on thehangar a few weeks ago? Might be worth contacting the vendor.

Stik