Classic British Flight Sim

Thanks for yet another great Auster. Any chance of some kiwi austers?

Peter Watkins over at the Pond is the gent for Paints Austerdriver -- if you have photos - he will entertain painting them

He has the kit for the Aiglet already.


Leif

I would just like to thank Dave Molyneaux for all his Austers, but especially for the Aiglet. I've been flying it in both sims all afternoon and it seems to be the best yet! (Who says practice doesn't make perfect? )

I am slightly disappointed, though. I have not seen any pictures from Peter Mac doing almost impossible inverted things with it yet!

Also, just a heads-up for those with FSX. Terry Shields, who did some great scenery for Northern Ireland, and later, the whole island, has just released a very good version of my nearest airfield at Newtownards. It's up at Flightsim.com and Simviation and there versions for both default and UTX Europe.

Once again, Dave, thanks for all your hard work.

Myles

Early days yet Myles

I tried to get it to do a "Porteus Roll" while beta testing it -- but it fell off all the time.
I do know - and DaveM (oly) will back this up its also some of Brian Horsey's finest work on Flight file.
he worked extremely hard to make it side-slip like the prototype. And there are plenty more Austers out there
hopefully Dave will get to them anon -- the project is quite literally HUGE. And with the likes of Brian making
beautiful flight files, and Martin (T6Flyer) contributing hundreds of detail photos of the real things I think you
will be well pleased. Finally a large piece of the puzzle is in place.


Leif

Got home yesterday (weather for the week wasnt that good for touring, so made a dash for home) and today plan to try out the finished Aiglet Trainer in FS2004. Seems weird to have been flying the real thing and today its virtual relative, but know that a wonderful job will have been done by everyone as to the latter, so will feel at home. Don't think will be doing any long flights today as have had plenty of experience of that recently (Sleap - Prestwick 2hrs 30 mins and then Carlisle to Halfpenny Green 2hrs). Just a little flight this morning.

Martin

May be of interest to some

http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2008/10/au ... plane.html

Two Aiglets on skis??? and not the standard ski but "wheel ski combination" very nice

Leif

By the way Austerdriver Im assuming your New Zealender......quick question that someone asked me the other day
and I didnt know the answer -- whe did NZ go to displaying only the last three letters of the registration?

and I assuming its restricted to aircraft which will never leave NZ


Leif

DispatchDragon wrote:Two Aiglets on skis??? and not the standard ski but "wheel ski combination" very nice

Leif

By the way Austerdriver Im assuming your New Zealender......quick question that someone asked me the other day
and I didnt know the answer -- whe did NZ go to displaying only the last three letters of the registration?

and I assuming its restricted to aircraft which will never leave NZ


Leif

Im not quite sure on your question, but do recall hearing that NZ registered aircraft are permitted to display the last 3 letters of their rego provided that the aircraft doesn't NZ shores.

May I point out that the Aiglet in New Zealand is not an Aiglet Trainer. The J1B model was totally different from that of the latter J5F, L and R.

The prototype Aiglet in 1950 was a straightforward conversion of an Autocrat airframe, modified to take the Gipsy Major 1 engine and the larger horn balanced rudder. Apart from a minor difference in the fuel system, it was thus an identical aeroplane to the later Autocrat conversion known as the J-1N Alpha. The Aiglet was conceived as an agricultural aircraft and as a crop sprayer was fitted with a wind driven pump for forcing insecticide through a spray bar strutted 4 ft below the leading edge of the wing.

86 Aiglets were built the vast majority being sold overseas particuarly to New Zealand, where they were exported engineless and assembled and distributed by Kingsford Smith Aviation Service Ltd. Only 14 remained in the UK.

I've never known an aviation company to have so many variations and designations of which is basically the same airframe!! At times my head hurts trying to figure out which is which!!

Best wishes,

Martin

I'm also running the Aiglet in FSX. It's a straightforward installation, and no problems experienced so far.

Thank you Dave.

Dennis.