Classic British Flight Sim

Must have had a guardian angel with him as you would not expect to survive something as bad as that.

That will teach 'em to complain about the on board service!!

Now that was a nasty experience they had Rich, wonder if that put the student off gliding for good? Remember one accident that our gliding club suffered when a new RAF Recruit went up for his very first air experience flight with us. On the day the cloud base was 1100ft and we had an RAF Chipmunk in...

In that case Ricardo..............I'll give them a wide berth if I have to fly!!

Nigel.

Rich, I think from the account you wrote I would next time opt for a 'potty', it would undoubtedly save a change of underwear!! :lol: :lol: The only experience of bad turbulance that I have ever encountered was to fly a glider under a cumulonimbus, the turbulance was nothing that I had ever experien...

Obviously you speak from experience then Dan

And downdraughts Nigel You are absolutely right Prop Jockey, don't know why on earth I hadn't added that, though it could be me age!! :roll: Garry, that incident involving the B.O.A.C. 707 you mentioned had an eerie start to that flight as it had to pass the remains of an aircraft that had crashed ...

Seen that before Garry but it still sends a shiver down my spine!! Don't actually know what he is trying to prove apart from gaining an 'Idiot of the Year Award'. Flying that close to the mountains can bring on nasty and unexpected updrafts (depending on the wind factor) that could have easily pushe...

Martin, very many thanks for your quick response and detailed account of the Auster, that was a very interesting read on its' history. For instance I did not know that Jack had actually purchased this Auster in 1971 as I never flew with him in it though I can remember one day he was using Swinderby ...