Shaggy - a brother in choice of aircraft! ;)

I fly the DHC-1 as well - only 6 of them left in airworthy condition in DK :( - but what fun they are! And yes - it IS very "non-civilised" and not something to tamper with unless you have some prior tailwheel experience - only the british could have made an engine turning in that direction :p :D

Where is your Chip based? I am a frequent visitor of UK airspace and will trade beer for some good stories! :D

SB1089, my advise would still be going with the tailwheel / aero stuff. This has something to do with basic A/C handling and is something you will actively want to keep current (whereas IFR is - alas - only a way of transportation and grows rusty fast if its not constantly honed). The basic handling stuff is something you practice on every flight! And besides - if you go commercial at some time - you will never again have the time to do it! Learn it now!

Keep safe!

Rgds,
:p Ivan :p

[ 18 November 2001: Message edited by: Ivan the Horrible ]

"heard a few instructors say the IMC rating gives you just enough information to get into trouble. Maybe they have said this but that does not mean that they are correct. "

Then this makes the IMC a red herring, ie. You can do it in 15 hrs, but you won't be safe, so you need the extra hours to make you safe, and low and behold you're over 20 hrs. I wouldn't want only 20 hrs of training and to enter turbulent, IMC conditions and then have to shoot the ILS, popping out of the clouds 100' above DH in rain.....( do IMC instructors teach stalls under the hood?)

I haven't checked what an IMC rating allows with rgds to DH's etc, but someone who thinks they're capable of flying in IMC should be able to do all of the above !

oops, sorry to get carried away....now back to the topic....Yep spin awareness would be good....

Ivan - the Chippy's at Manchester Barton (G-BCSL). Been flying it over 20 years now and it's still a challenge to grease it on ;~))

The '52, however is IMHO the easiest aeroplane bar none to land. (As long as you remember to lower the gear! - unlike one of our group members last year).

SSD
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[ 19 November 2001: Message edited by: Shaggy Sheep Driver ]

Shaggy - you've got to think positive! It keeps the landing distance next to nothing :D Hope you have it in the air again by now.

Manchester is not too far off our regular places - may I drop you a mail if I get to anywhere near?

Best rgds,

:D Ivan :D

Ivan

Please do. But be aware that Barton gets flooded about now 'till March ;~((

SSD

What???

:eek: A Chipmunk WITHOUT floats :eek:

Well, rest of UK WX goes along those lines as well, so not much point in going grass-floating until spring anyway :D

Stay :cool:
Ivan