Travels with my 748

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 19 Apr 2006, 15:18

This time its' the IOW Ferry!

Finals; Sandown

Used all the runway stopping (it was wet!)

After dropping off Joe Public, 'dead headed' to Bournemouth for another trip!

Climbing out from Sandown

Round the Island!

ttfn

Pete

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 19 Apr 2006, 15:37

Hi Pete,

nice shots, miserable day!

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 19 Apr 2006, 16:57

Nice shots Pete

Hmm I hadnt considered Sandown - Rick did alot of work out of Ipswich
in the later stages of Beta - and I recreated a semi sort of Lympne

So grass operation was great fun - all we need now is Portsmouth
and you can land THAT Budgie the hard way - sans U/C

Leif

Post by **Garry Russell** » 19 Apr 2006, 17:11

Thanks Pete

Nice little sequence

It's a pity FS does change the behaviour of grass in the wet else you could have ended up like Leif mentioned at Portsmouth with G-ATEH &J aquaplaning and losing their undercarriage both on the same day!!

Garry

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 19 Apr 2006, 17:29

When I was due to start work on the IoW late last year it did occur to me whether anyone did, had or could operate a passenger air service to the Island to avoid crossing by water. Did they seriously fly that in there though :shock: ? I know people with bigger back gardens than Sandown Isle of Wight International Airport

Post by **Garry Russell** » 19 Apr 2006, 17:33

Silver City did Southampton-Bembridge with Bristol Superfreighters

Didn't last :huf:

Garry

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 19 Apr 2006, 18:30

Nice shots, I love to see other pilots airbourne experiences. Thanks!

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 19 Apr 2006, 18:40

TobyVickers wrote:When I was due to start work on the IoW late last year it did occur to me whether anyone did, had or could operate a passenger air service to the Island to avoid crossing by water. Did they seriously fly that in there though :shock: ? I know people with bigger back gardens than Sandown Isle of Wight International Airport

Channel did the occasional DC3 to Sandown when Pompey was still open,
I seem to remember my dad taking us kids out to see one there one summer,1966 - 69 ish..and the AA liveried Rapide.

Sandown's main runway was longer back then, and the touchdown
zones were grass over psp planking,plus it had the second (cross) runway too.

If you look at the satellite view here

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oi=eu_map&q=Sandown&hl=en

you'll see at threshold end of 05 the road that cuts across used to be controlled by a barrier, to allow use of full length, and where the second runway was, running almost north-south. Back then the 'tower' and clubhouse was on the north-west side, further along from the Hangars

The last scheduled service (that I know of) was by Brymon, used a Dash 7
on a route from Bhx to IOW (Bembridge) and on to Jersey and return, later replaced by a British Midland 'Twotter', ended in @1988.

There was an attempt to do a Bembridge to Fairoaks service,but I think this foundered when Pilatus ceased to be involved with BN.

ttfn

Pete

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 19 Apr 2006, 18:43

Pete

See my challenge up in the 748 sticky - Moontown (huntsville) Alabama
and the reason I found (or chose) it - Ive flown in there frequently in the
past (IRL) and have actually seen a DC3 there

Leif

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 19 Apr 2006, 19:04

DispatchDragon wrote:Pete

Moontown (huntsville) Alabama

Leif

Spacecamp?? Home of the only other complete Saturn 5 other than
Cape Canaveral?? that Huntsville??

ttfn

Pete