+Bongodriver Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Hi folks, Better explain the name change, craigbrierley is now Bongodriver, derived from the fact I drive a Bongo apparently, the islander had a nickname 'Bongo' There you have it Bongodriver Quote
Silverbolt Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) Ok craigbrierley! Edited July 14, 2008 by Silverbolt Quote
JediMaster Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 I was wondering how one "drove" a percussion instrument. Quote
+Bongodriver Posted July 15, 2008 Author Posted July 15, 2008 A percussion instrument is a very accurate way of describing the Islander, one hour in that thing and your ears are bleeding. Quote
JediMaster Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 LOL, is it a helicopter that never learned to hover?? Quote
Syrinx Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 Hmmm...Rolf Harris springs to mind! ....can ya tell what it izz yit ? Quote
Rambler 1-1 Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 yoink! stealing bongo's thunder! for those who don't know, the Islander is a little Britten-Norman plane of rather simple design. High wing, twin Lycoming six-bangers, fixed gear, and pretty short takeoff. Famous for their reliability, efficiency and general usefulness. There's also a three-engined version (the trislander) and a turboprop version (the turbo-islander. Duh.) here's the islander. Cute, huh? and here's the trislander, kinda like a mini, prop version of a DC-10! Quote
+Bongodriver Posted July 16, 2008 Author Posted July 16, 2008 Had no Idea I had created thunder to steal But heres a pic of my Islander 'Bongo' Yes, we do fly that low all the time. Quote
Rambler 1-1 Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 well, by "thunder", I meant the drone of your little bird there. where do you usually fly? Quote
+Bongodriver Posted July 16, 2008 Author Posted July 16, 2008 where do you usually fly? I am based at an airport called Manston in SE England, flying for HM Coastguard, our primary duties are surveillance to monitor the traffic sepparation scheme in the Dover strait (English channel) and we patrol the Thames estuary and southern part of the north sea, also for SAR we provide the search part of it visually and with on board homing receiver for marine band vhf, 121.5 mhz airband vhf, 243 mhz military and 406mhz, if we need to we also have an air droppable 7 person liferaft and 121.5 mhz marker buoys. Quote
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