Very new old boy

[petermcleland]

Great stuff Ralph...A note to Ben...This post of Ralph's is still corrupt:-

"by auster on Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:57 pm

Learning to Land Again and the AOP9 Described"

[T6flyer]

Sounds like a lot of fun Martin

Thanks for the rundown.

What was the Islay Airshow like....was it more of a fly in?

Garry

Umm you could have said that - there was us, the Belgian Chipmunk and two others from Gigha. Total number of visitors was about 40. Static consisted of a Puma, Hawk, Army Islander, Scottish Ambulance Service King Air. Air Show (which had to be repeated twice due to lack of participants) included the Caledonian Chipmunks, a SE5a replica, Pitts S2A, Yak 52 and a Nord Ramier.

Martin

[Garry Russell]

Cheers Martin.

Still, no doubt a peaceful day out to be enjoyed by all

Garry

[auster]

Nigel,

I know very little about Austers, other than the MK9. However, your remark about the floor mounted flap lever confused me because, as far as I am aware the Auster Atlantic, recently discussed in this Forum - ‘Anyone know what it is?’ by Leif – was the first Auster with this feature. You may have been flying a very special one-off customised Auster.

Martin,

What a wonderful long weekend for you. Congratulations on your water crossings. You have more nerve than I ever had. I know exactly what you mean about the silence over water. I used to get worried when crossing the Thames and I am not talking about the estuary end. But seriously, you’ll remember that forever.

I would be very interested to know just how much fuel you put into the tanks after your flight to Prestwick. Had the port tank run dry? I reckon that if 2 hours 55 mins was your flight time then you may have had about 5 galls on board and I found that the port tank would be empty at that point. I will explain why I am interested in this in a future post.

Peter,

Once again, thank you for your encouragement.

Regarding the corruption, there also seems to be a formatting problem with apostrophes throughout the posts.

Just got back to the ‘saga’ and will post shortly.

Ralph

[TSR2]

Hi Ralph,

Peter Mac has sent me all your previous posts in word format so that I could fix the formating problems after the forum move. I have't had a chance to do it yet, but its on my "to do" list.

[auster]

Ben,

Thank you. Now, just what was XR219?

Ralph

[Garry Russell]

Here you go

The first pic is of Ben after a curry :roll:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... entry=true

Garry

[auster]

Garry,

Very many thanks. I should have known that. Especially as its cancellation changed my career direction. Also. I have Rolly Beamont's book 'Testing Years' which describes his experiences with XR219.

Bit of advice Garry: DO NOT GET OLD!!

Ralph

[Garry Russell]

Hi Ralph

No worries ...........as to the second part of the post, I'm working on it :-(

Regards

Garry

[TSR2]

Hi Ralph, one of the best aircraft we never put into production... Its my personal favourite.