stangman Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Hi just joined. I am a lifelong aircraft enthusiast from England.My main interests are ..everything that flies!,WW2,civil airliners, general aviation ,if it's got wings i'll give it the once over.Will lurk about for the next few days andpop in a comment or two on whatever takes my fancy.See you all soon. stangman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil_S Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Hi just joined. I am a lifelong aircraft enthusiast from England.My main interests are ..everything that flies!,WW2,civil airliners, general aviation ,if it's got wings i'll give it the once over.Will lurk about for the next few days andpop in a comment or two on whatever takes my fancy.See you all soon.stangman Hi Stangman, I am sure you will enjoy this site - it has lots of good info, and discussions in the forums. I am also from the UK, although living in Australia now. Whereabouts are you located? Do you fly yourself? Don't hold back with the details! Cheers Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hi just joined. I am a lifelong aircraft enthusiast from England.My main interests are ..everything that flies!,WW2,civil airliners, general aviation ,if it's got wings i'll give it the once over.Will lurk about for the next few days andpop in a comment or two on whatever takes my fancy.See you all soon.stangman Welcome Stangman, Have fun here amongst our flying comminuty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Good to have you on board Stangman. As has been already mentioned give us some details...where are you located, what part of UK are you from, how long have you been 'down under' etc, etc. We are really nosey buggers down here . Alan from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangman Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hi guys thanks for the welcome. I do not fly due to medical reasons,but as i said i am a lifelong aviation enthusiast. I live in the south-east of the UK a couple of miles south of London Gatwick Airport in a town called Crawley [oh how i wanted to say Alice ! Great film BTW].I have a wife and two grown up children. As an addendum to my introduction my two most favoured aircraft are the P-51 and the almighty PBY-5a Catalina. regards stangman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hi guys thanks for the welcome. I do not fly due to medical reasons,but as i said i am a lifelong aviation enthusiast.I live in the south-east of the UK a couple of miles south of London Gatwick Airport in a town called Crawley [oh how i wanted to say Alice ! Great film BTW].I have a wife and two grown up children. As an addendum to my introduction my two most favoured aircraft are the P-51 and the almighty PBY-5a Catalina. regards stangman to the forums stangman. Even if you don't fly, there's a lot to learn and enjoy here. I know Crawley well, as I came to Oz 34yrs ago from Wimbedon and was born at Selsdon, Sth Croydon and have been back many times. At my local airfield Bankstown, theres a PBY-6A Catalina which is slowly being restored, and you can read about it on http://www.catalinaflying.org.au/vh_cat.htm I gather there will be no more Biggin Hill Air International Air Fairs, due to financial reasons by the airfield owners Last years was the last, although their is a pettion online to bring it back http://www.petitiononline.co.uk/petition/bring-back-the-biggin-hill-international-air-fair/3117 My first bit of flying instruction was in an old Auster J5 at Shoreham. I flew over Crawley on my simulator last night, and it looked as though you need to dig the mower out, cut your grass, and do a bit of weeding in the garden:yikes:. Would I kid you:question:. Kind Regards Planey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangman Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Hi Planedriver, i have folloed the progress of VH-CAT closely. It's good to see yet another PBY head down under,from a total of zero flyable Cats you have at least three. VH-PBZ being the only one that flies regulaly i think. As for Biggin Hill yes the last Air Show was two years ago,it would be nice to see the AirFair back as i used to go all the time as kid. I have had a few trial flights down at Shoreham over the years two memorable ones were in a Piper Cub [yellow of course], and one aerobatic experience in a Tiger Moth. Both very enjoyable for different reasons. I need to mow the lawn to find the mower! regards stangman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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