Morris 2 Posted March 22, 2010 I must be the luckiest person today. a Fishing partners father has a 2 seater Tiger Moth in a hanger 50 km from my home town. Last week he won a price for the best restored Tiger Moth in South Africa. Spoke to his farther yesterday and I'm lucky enough to go up with him. ASA it happens i will post some pics from inside the plane. I going to mount paint ball guns on the baby's and attack the hanger and trains in the area...... cheers m Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoomzoom 2 Posted March 22, 2010 Wow! Lucky you Morris! Have a blast man..... Ahem....maybe he'll even give you some stick time...woohoo. ZZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duce Lewis 3 Posted March 22, 2010 Just tell him you fly OFF! That should be good enough for a solo Sounds like a fun afternoon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted March 22, 2010 Nice 1 Morris...you lucky SOB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Check Six 2 Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) I must be the luckiest person today. a Fishing partners father has a 2 seater Tiger Moth in a hanger 50 km from my home town. Last week he won a price for the best restored Tiger Moth in South Africa. Spoke to his farther yesterday and I'm lucky enough to go up with him. ASA it happens i will post some pics from inside the plane. I going to mount paint ball guns on the baby's and attack the hanger and trains in the area...... cheers m Cool! I've been in a stunting Tiger Moth, and it was brilliant. I organised for the pilot to overfly the Lamington ranges in Queensland, and specifically the gravesite of Rex Boyden, an Aussie WW1 RNAS pilot who crashed there in the 30's. Quite a remarkable story of survival of the passengers, and the ordeal to get them out from the middle of a very remote rainforest. As we overflew the gravesite, the pilot asked me if I wanted to do a bit of stunting. Quite unnecessary for me to answer, I just grinned from ear to ear, and he put her through her paces. Morris, you're going to love this. Anyone else that has the opportunity just HAS to do it. Edited March 23, 2010 by Check Six Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morris 2 Posted March 24, 2010 cant wait.... thanx Check Six. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimAttrill 24 Posted March 25, 2010 I've never been in a Tiger, but I did have a flip in an 'air experience' DHC Chipmunk, and even serviced them for a while. Nothing much can go wrong with a Gypsy Major. Just out of interest, the Gypsy engines were designed by a Major Halford (of later fame at Napier), and the engine is basically half of a Renault V8 of WWI vintage. I'm not sure which aircraft that engine was ever used in, though. Doubtless someone will tell me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morris 2 Posted March 25, 2010 Howzit Jim, good to hear ur voice again. Cheers m Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NS13Jarhead 6 Posted March 26, 2010 I've never flown in an open cockpit, but I did get to do some aerobatics in a T-2 "Buckeye" Navy jet trainer. I took a number of flights and on the three ACM (dogfighting) missions, each about 30 minutes long, I barfed 11 times, which I believe is still the NAS Pensacola record! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morris 2 Posted March 26, 2010 NS13Jarhead, U lucky SOB. m Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NS13Jarhead 6 Posted March 26, 2010 U lucky SOB. It didin't seem that way when I was heaving up my stomach lining! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duce Lewis 3 Posted March 27, 2010 Ohhh! I wanna barf like that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
