BluBear Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 Warbird activity to resume at my 'local' after a new and exciting venture begins... http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/06/23/aviation-event-aero-legends-press-launch-at-headcorn/ Quote
DD_Bongodriver Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 I wonder if they could use someone with 270 hours on Tiger Moth's? Quote
DD_Bongodriver Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 I just can't believe how expensive it is, the Stearman is cheaper per hour than the Tiger Moth.............8 Grand for a 10 hour conversion to a Harvard, if Guy Black was running this outfit he'd use a Chipmunk for the Spitfire conversion. Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted June 24, 2014 1. DDz Quorum Posted June 24, 2014 Are the chances of going up in the two seat Spit still as remote as growing a tail Chris ? Lovely pictures btw m8 P. Quote
DD_Bongodriver Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 With enough dollar being waved about then getting a ride in a 2 seat spit is easy, I wouldn't want to speculate on any other methods not involving large sums of cash. Quote
BluBear Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 Are the chances of going up in the two seat Spit still as remote as growing a tail Chris ? Lovely pictures btw m8 P. Well, apparently changes within CAA legislation are afoot, finally! From what I have read, the intention is to operate under the same rules as our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, where rides in Warbirds are not a problem. Of course, it's still going to cost you a few organs... But! At least (hopefully) it will finally be an option. I must start playing the lottery... Quote
DD_Bongodriver Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 I thought it had been possible for ages, it was done via loophole, pay £3000 for a membership fee and get a complimentary half hour ride in the grace spit. My understanding of upcoming regulations don't sound that friendly, this EASA business is beginning to sound like a fiasco, honestly it is European bureaucracy gone mad, they issue a licence which is all printed on an A4 sheet and give you a tiny multi sleeve license holder and then give strict instruction that the license page must 'not' be cut down to its individual sections to fit inside the multi sleeve holder??? I might not be allowed to fly the Stearman any more because it is an Annex 2 aircraft, to fly it I might have to have a national license along side the EASA one.........I could go on. A lottery win and I might talk to these folks, one of the instructors there is a colleague who flies the Stearman too. http://www.boultbeeflightacademy.co.uk/ Quote
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted June 26, 2014 1. DDz Quorum Posted June 26, 2014 If you are 91 and have 800 hours clocked up, in battle, in a Hurri they may give you a freebie: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27979108 1 Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted June 26, 2014 2. Administrators Posted June 26, 2014 I'd say he'd earned it. 1 Quote
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted June 27, 2014 1. DDz Quorum Posted June 27, 2014 "I'm a nobody really, still a baker's boy at heart"...........wow! God bless you Neville. P. 1 Quote
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