Very new old boy

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 12 Jul 2007, 04:44

Ralph

I think thats a large NO as far as boredom goes - you actually have
a captive audience who read each installment - Please do not think that
no reply means lack of interest - far from it. There are far to few senior members and experience is treasure.

Leif

BTW if you think me lying - check the number of times the post has been
viewed - 5607 !!! that in itself speaks volumes

Post by **Rick Piper** » 12 Jul 2007, 10:54

Hi Auster

I am looking forward to each and every installment.

I also e mail them to a mate who is an Ex RAF technician from this time
and he loves them too.

keep them comming.

Regards
Rick

Scorpius · Post by **Scorpius** » 12 Jul 2007, 12:29

I love the stuff and can remember the display by the Hunters at Farnborough as we lived in Aldershot.

It was Farnborough that got me into flying, the RAF and other aviation stuff.

T6flyer · Post by **T6flyer** » 12 Jul 2007, 12:35

calypsos wrote:Ralph, we had a guy here last year who flies Austers including an AOP9 (your old one perhaps) with an Auster group in the West Country.

I'm still here and last Saturday had 25 minutes in......XR240. Although I have the chance to fly in all 4 airworthy 9s at Eggesford, 240 has for some reason became my favourite. Think it has something to do with the article in Pilot all those years ago.

It was me that got Kazunori Ito to build the Auster 9 and although XR240 wasnt one of the originals in the package, he kindly repainted her for me.

Best wishes to all,

Martin

Post by **Trev Clark** » 12 Jul 2007, 14:16

Sorry Martin, I could not remember who it was I was in contact with last year (in another life it seems), glad you are still here

ChrisHunt · Post by **ChrisHunt** » 13 Jul 2007, 12:31

Hi Ralph,

A little late with the welcome but welcome nonetheless. Re your memoires - keep them coming please; I find them very enlightning and the standard of writing is excellent!

Along with others here I'm an ex reg (Army - Royal Signals) and can particularly relate to your adventures in Russion. I did once get to use a B40 (troubleshoot really - the people using it couldn't get it to talk to anyone) I confess to being amazed at how archaic it was.

I did spend some time with BAe at Warton and whilst not associated with the design side I did get to see a fair bit of what the business was about.

Regards,
Chris

Filonian · Post by **Filonian** » 13 Jul 2007, 12:47

Keep 'em coming Ralph - fascinating.

Graham

Post by **Garry Russell** » 13 Jul 2007, 13:09

Yes please Ralph..keep them coming

Those of us that are reading them look forward to the next instalment

ATB

Garry

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 13 Jul 2007, 16:39

I read through every installment, Ralph, so please keep them coming. I did ask the question last time as to whether all this was being archived ? Ralph, do you back up all this, and if not, should the Mods/Admins here archive it ?

It would be a terrible loss if the site suffered some sort of mishap, and it was all lost.

cstorey · Post by **cstorey** » 13 Jul 2007, 19:58

Ralph

Please don't give up - the reminiscences are fascinating, and I shall be very interested to read of your flying experiences now that you are reaching them

Chris