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Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be
16. Mar 2010 at 00:19

Well we've had "Trains nostalgia"

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1268208405

We've had "Ships nostalgia"

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1268260490

We've even had "Buses nostalgia"

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1268424850

So I'm going to start "Aviation nostalgia"

First aircraft I flew ... 1970 Vickers Varsity RAF Topcliffe

looked similar to this ..

and as a budding Air Engineer I spent alot of time with my head inside this ... Bristol Hercules radial engine

then ended up flying another Hercules ... The Lockeed C130 Hercules... for about 25 years !!!

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Vamps Omega King Offline Flying Tonight, so Be Prepared. Posts: 16571 Bishop Middleham, Co Durham. Gender: Drives: 2.0L Auto Estate & 2.2 CD Auto Saloon	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #1 - 16. Mar 2010 at 00:35 I knew you were in the RAF, but did not realise you were a pilot......
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Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be
Reply #2 - 16. Mar 2010 at 00:43

Vamps wrote on 16. Mar 2010 at 00:35:

I knew you were in the RAF, but did not realise you were a pilot...... Thumbs Up!

Nope .. never was ... Air Engineer my trade .. sat behind the pilots and kept them honest, looked after all the "systems" that the "Drivers, Airframe" did not understand ..

(Civvie version of Air Engineer was "Flight Engineer" for some reason .

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Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be
Reply #3 - 16. Mar 2010 at 00:51

First flight for me: Schleicher Ka-2 Cool

First flight was off the winch and the cable broke. All the sh*te from the floor flew up into my face during the slightly over-enthusiastic lowering of the nose that ensued. Didn't put me off though.

I met Vulcan XH558 in a previous life around 1991 when flying one of these, about 2 weeks before it was grounded. Waggled my wings and got the same in response. Cheesy

Pretty poor performing glider as I recall but it did spin really well. Grin

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Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be
Reply #4 - 16. Mar 2010 at 00:53

Entwood wrote on 16. Mar 2010 at 00:43:

Vamps wrote on 16. Mar 2010 at 00:35:

I knew you were in the RAF, but did not realise you were a pilot...... Thumbs Up!

Nope .. never was ... Air Engineer my trade .. sat behind the pilots and kept them honest, looked after all the "systems" that the "Drivers, Airframe" did not understand ..

(Civvie version of Air Engineer was "Flight Engineer" for some reason .

)

That's what I thought.......... Thumbs Up!

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ChevetteNick Junior Member Offline Posts: 178 Telford Gender: Drives: Omega 2.5 V6 CDX, Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi, Vauxhall Chevette 1.3 automatic, Kawasaki KR1	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #5 - 16. Mar 2010 at 01:05 My first flight was in a Chipmunk at 8 AEF (Shawbury).
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Guffer Omega Lord Offline Music to watch girls by.... Posts: 6142 Hampshire Gender: Drives: R Reg 2.5V6 Omega ELITE & P reg Omega 2.5 V6 CDX	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #6 - 16. Mar 2010 at 02:06 ChevetteNick wrote on 16. Mar 2010 at 01:05: My first flight was in a Chipmunk at 8 AEF (Shawbury). [img] diito, and my last inbetween flew a viking glider and landed a simulator of victor
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Hannah Judes Dad Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2024 Cleethorpes North East Lincs Gender: Drives: A 1996 2.5CDX Auto Estate with a list of faults	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #7 - 16. Mar 2010 at 10:01 ChevetteNick wrote on 16. Mar 2010 at 01:05: My first flight was in a Chipmunk at 8 AEF (Shawbury). [img] My first flight was also in a Chipmunk but at RAF Newton in Notts in 1987
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Xplicit 2.0 Senior Member Offline Posts: 551 Dorset, UK Gender: Drives: Astra Coupe Turbo, Mercedes Vito 2.2td	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #8 - 16. Mar 2010 at 10:45 that was my first and probably only flight. gained my GIC1 and GIC2 in 1 flight back when i was in the ATC
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Kiksomass Junior Member Offline Its all about the bass! Posts: 185 Northampton Gender: Drives: Omega 2.2CD 2001	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #9 - 16. Mar 2010 at 11:07 I've done 2 pleasure flights to have a go and loved it.I flew a Cessna for an hour and a Pup IIRC. Brilliant and I would recommend it to anyone,especially as I had to land it too with no previous experience...laugh?Only when I found grass on the tail! A bit too enthusiastic on the pulling back on the stick
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Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be
Reply #10 - 16. Mar 2010 at 11:09

Xplicit 2.0 wrote on 16. Mar 2010 at 10:45:

thatwasmyfirstandprobablyonlyflight.gainedmyGIC1andGIC2in1flightbackwheniwasintheATC

Ahh,778.theLashamAerobaticsslag. Grin

Nearlylostmybreakfastmanytimesinher. Grin

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Entwood Omega King Offline Quietly Confident Posts: 13708 North Wiltshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 Elite (with LPG)	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #11 - 16. Mar 2010 at 11:22 Mmmm .. all these aircraft with less than the optimum number of engines .. including some with none at all !!! Not good .. Some of the more "interesting" things I did .... Most of the really interesting stuff I was a tad too busy to take photographs !!
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Elite Pete Omega King Offline My spider senses are tingling Posts: 17813 Northwich/Chester Gender: Drives: Facelift Wheezel,Breaking 2001 MV6	Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be Reply #12 - 16. Mar 2010 at 11:27 My first flight was in one of these 1970s Parka, I remember it well, 1974, a very windy day on Rhyl prom. I clutched both lower corners of the parka and turned and ran into the wind, must have made a good 8ft distance which wasn't bad for my first flight
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Re: Nostalgia - ain't what it used to be
Reply #13 - 16. Mar 2010 at 12:18

Elite Pete wrote on 16. Mar 2010 at 11:27:

My first flight was in one of these

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1970s Parka, I remember it well, 1974, a very windy day on Rhyl prom. I clutched both lower corners of the parka and turned and ran into the wind, must have made a good 8ft distance which wasn't bad for my first flight Grin

I would imagine there are a few OOfers that may have done this as a child Thumbs Up!

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