L-40 Meta Sokol

Classic Non-Brit Forum.
A dedicated area to post on your favourite 'Classic' non-British freeware flightsim aircraft.

Moderators: Guru's, The Ministry

User avatar
DispatchDragon
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
Posts: 4925
Joined: 23 Feb 2005, 01:18
Location: On the corner of walk and dont walk somewhere on US1
Contact:

Re: L-40 Meta Sokol

Post by DispatchDragon »

Ian --- Kidlington it was -- also seem to remember one used to turn up at Luton FC occasionally from Leicester

The way the gear was explained to me was it gave the clearance of a taildragger while still maintaining good visibilty
over the nose --- seems like a goods as answer as any --- Oh yes the one from leicester had that odd spinner with
little vortex generator looking thingies like the Zlin -- something peculiar to Walter engines???
Leif
Image

ianhind
Concorde
Concorde
Posts: 1935
Joined: 01 Aug 2005, 10:55
Location: Nottinghamshire

Re: L-40 Meta Sokol

Post by ianhind »

Hmm, so much for memory :$

G-APVU Biggin Hill 1971
G-APWV Biggin Hill 1965
G-AROF Blackbushe 1975
G-ARSO Biggin Hill 1967
G-ASTT Fairoaks 1964 (!)

And most of those were before I could drive so public transport or indulgent father :dancer:

The Biggin sightings were at the annual Air Show and any subsequent sightings elsewhere were not noted by me :-(

But looking at the GINFO data (I see that pre 1986 data is scanned in now), they were imported via Kidlington and may have been back there later as well.

User avatar
DispatchDragon
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
Posts: 4925
Joined: 23 Feb 2005, 01:18
Location: On the corner of walk and dont walk somewhere on US1
Contact:

Re: L-40 Meta Sokol

Post by DispatchDragon »

:$ Ermmm I was thinking more like 1966-68 Ian

Leif
Image

User avatar
FlyTexas
Red Arrows
Red Arrows
Posts: 7151
Joined: 26 Jun 2004, 10:18
Location: Texas

Re: L-40 Meta Sokol

Post by FlyTexas »

Thanks for the landing gear info, Leif. :)

Brian

Post Reply