Aviation fans have a looksie.

[MisterD]

RAF Museum. North of London. You can get there on the tube easily, and most definately worth a visit!!!

Most definitely. I think they have the only surviving Typhoon on display.

[Pogo2]

Good to see some "plane" talk on this website.

Do you you think that there is any correlation between planes and bike - must be speed, graceful lines etc.

So how may pilots are KBers?

Me, I starting flying in 1982 and still going. How 'bout you?

[terbang]

Soloed in 1977. Currently driving 737's.

[nudemetalz]

Been a 'plane nut ever since I was able to talk.
I've done a few flights in a Cherokee and C152.
Went up in a Glider over Param recently.
However, my epilepsy says I'll never have a pilots licence unfort.

[marty]

1st bike in 1986. 1st flight in 1986

didn't get my ppl til 2005 though - now cpl, with atpl exams and a fresh IR, driving a chieftan and a 206. not quite a 73 though......

[KoroJ]

Started gliding in '71 and that was cool but gave it up due to time and $ constraints when I got married and never got back into it. Spent alot of time around aircraft as a Technician as well. Got 1st bike in '74.

[MisterD]

Nope. Just never lost that small boy's enthusiasm for planes, (steam) trains and tractors....done some hours on the last in that list though

[Bass]

Kind of like the Hurricane then? Responsible for most of the kills in the Battle of Britain but all you ever hear about is Spitfires...

Family friend, died a couple of years back, was living in Wanaka. His kids found out as adults that he was ex Battle of Britain, DFC and at one time flying the total serviceable air force of Malta.
When Tim Wallace brought his restored Hurricane to Wanaka (rescued from Siberia, I think - Russia certainly), said friend, who still had his log books went for a looksee. The numbers matched. It was an aircraft that he had flown at a training squadron in the UK.
There was a picture of him in the cockpit on the front page of the Southland Times

Haven't done much personally - only about 12 hours at the controls. Most of it is aerobatics though - huge fun!

[Swoop]

Have been interested in aviation since a wee lad.
Followed a different "line" but have a few hours at the controls of both singles and twins.
Strangely enough, lots of take offs' but very few landings...

[Pussy]

Have been interested in aviation since a wee lad.
Followed a different "line" but have a few hours at the controls of both singles and twins.
Strangely enough, lots of take offs' but very few landings...

So you're a meat-bomb then?

[SPman]

1st bike in 67
Soloed in 67 - PPL in 68. Piper Cubs at Dairy Flat with a grass (mud) strip
Originally wanted to be a topdressing pilot - as well I didn't - all me mates who did that are long dead.......
Got involved with Myles Robertson, rebuilding Moth Minors, Fox Moths and kitset Tigers for a while - that was interesting
Am also on 4 aviation forums - a couple of interesting ones

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/index.php
http://rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi

[KoroJ]

Like the Iroqouis making there own clearings in Nam when they had the steel blades....

You sure that's not an Urb...Jungle Myth?

[KoroJ]

Soloed in 1977. Currently driving 737's.

Do you drive 737's like this?.....I think they called it "In Flight Training"!!

[KoroJ]

Here's a couple of oldies-but-goodies.

[fazer]

Went solo (gliding) in late 60`s, Hang gliding and paragliding in the 90`s, never kept any of them up sadly for one reason or another.
Used to go to Filton (Bristol UK) when they were testing the engines for the concorde on the Avro Vulcans, the sound of them taking off was something else.
Biggin Hill airshows were (and probably still are), a good day out, if the weather was good that is!
Also went solo on my honda c50 in late sixties, then went onto Lambrettas, but that`s another story!