Who is this Bongodriver?

[+Bongodriver 20]

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

[Silverbolt 104]

Ok craigbrierley!

Edited July 14, 2008 by Silverbolt

[Viggen 644]

Craig, Bongo. Either way your mods are cool.

[JediMaster 451]

I was wondering how one "drove" a percussion instrument.

[+Bongodriver 20]

A percussion instrument is a very accurate way of describing the Islander, one hour in that thing and your ears are bleeding.

[JediMaster 451]

LOL, is it a helicopter that never learned to hover??

[Syrinx 13]

Hmmm...Rolf Harris springs to mind!

 

....can ya tell what it izz yit ?

[Rambler 1-1 9]

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!

[+Bongodriver 20]

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.

 

[Rambler 1-1 9]

well, by "thunder", I meant the drone of your little bird there.

 

where do you usually fly?

[+Bongodriver 20]

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.