Classic British Flight Sim

Hi Gary,

Yes, I flew this one in 1971 when I was a mere (EEK... late edit.... change that to 20 year old)!! though I can remember flying the Beagle Pup in June 1974 about three or four weeks after the Flixborough disaster.

I flew it with John Harris who was an instructor at my Gliding Club at Swinderby and also an AEO on the Vulcans with 617 Squadron, he was taking me on a nav exercise and we decided to fly over to Flixborough where I took some photographs of the devasted site before continuing to the Humber Estuary before returning.

So this aircraft must have been brought back at some point after 1972. Unless of course I was flying a different one that had replaced G-AZCK as I did not have a SPL then so therefore and stupidly, did not log my hours or the reg of the aircraft. Just keeping my hand in for the time when I could afford to go for a PPL.

Regards Nigel

Hi Nigel

My register is current to 1989 and it had not returned by then.

I guess it was another standard pup in 1974

HB-NAT it became.

Garry

Many thanks for that Gary so it is doubtful that Tonks actually flew G-AZCK as he is no doubt very much younger than me and may not have been able to reach for the rudder bars then!!!!! :shock: :shock:

Oooops.....shouldn't have said that!!! :tuttut:

Hi Nigel

That's why I quoted those dates as I suspected it was out of Tonk's timeframe.

Garry

erturning to the original thread for a sec

someone asked me to post this as shes not that good with photobucket







Leif

I must say, that the resemblance is stunning!

Is that now or then? Because if it's now, your mum looks younger than you Leif!

Nah. Its Leif who looks older than his mum.
All those long night shifts, don't you know.

Youre gonna love what I found when browsing my "airshow folder"

Was taken aaages ago.

Ah I see

The Lockheed lost an undercarriage leg and you were good enough to stand in as a temp.



Garry