A good friend of mine who I worked with many years ago and who I haven't, until recently, had contact with has been in touch with me again, .......since I last spoke to him he has become the holder of a private pilots licence and shareholder in a plane.
The plane is an Ikarus C42, and he's invited me along for a flight, the plan is to meet him at Beverley and take a trip up the East coast
I can't wait...bring it on :clap:
Enjoy but don't eat a big meal first :mfr_lol:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu2l4gu9JM8
Not a very big plane, is it?
correct Jim, barely big enough for me to squeeze on board :mfr_lol:
I'll take your advice about pre flight consumption thanks Charlie :mfr_lol:
Let us hope the pilot has not lost the fob!
:mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
Quote from: Charlie747 on May 18, 2016, 12:11:31 AM
Enjoy but don't eat a big meal first :mfr_lol:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu2l4gu9JM8
That's a microlight; not a plane. It's like a ZX6 compared to a GTR :-)
How does it compare with your plane Phil :whistling:
Quote from: O.C. on May 18, 2016, 03:32:57 PM
How does it compare with your plane Phil :whistling:
Which one? My Pegasus XL or my Quantum 582? :banana:
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Rog, I do hope that you enjoy the trip in your friends Ultra Light Aircraft. Having spent most of my life in cockpits of one aircraft type or another, here are the rules that I operate by: (said very much tongue in cheek and not in any way intended to offend, or take anything away from your forthcoming experience, which I am sure that you will enjoy, given a fine day!).
1) Don't get into an aeroplane and let anyone start the engine(s) unless they have at least 250 hours of experience and have flown a similar type recently (by that I mean in the past few weeks) OR you can fly yourself. When the pilot has passed the 1,000 hour mark, you can probably relax a little more!
2) Anything with an all - up weight of less than 2,000 pounds and a cruise speed of less than 100 knots is an airborne bicycle - it tires easily and will wear you out too, if you fly it for long enough.
(You're down in all of the weather and very much at the mercy of rough air, wind gusts due to ground features and below cloud).
3) Personally, I like big engines (preferably more than one) and lots of rivets to look at when in the air - it's my security blanket and it's worked for the last 45 years.
Quote from: Daisy on May 18, 2016, 04:12:48 PM
I'd be a bit concerned about flying in a plane called Icarus. :smartass:
:agree:
No flying too near the sun, mmkay?
Cheers
Paul B.
Let's hope it's not fitted with an engine made by Kawasaki! :popcorn:
Quote from: flatfour on May 18, 2016, 06:54:01 PM
Rog, I do hope that you enjoy the trip in your friends Ultra Light Aircraft. Having spent most of my life in cockpits of one aircraft type or another, here are the rules that I operate by: (said very much tongue in cheek and not in any way intended to offend, or take anything away from your forthcoming experience, which I am sure that you will enjoy, given a fine day!).
1) Don't get into an aeroplane and let anyone start the engine(s) unless they have at least 250 hours of experience and have flown a similar type recently (by that I mean in the past few weeks) OR you can fly yourself. When the pilot has passed the 1,000 hour mark, you can probably relax a little more!
2) Anything with an all - up weight of less than 2,000 pounds and a cruise speed of less than 100 knots is an airborne bicycle - it tires easily and will wear you out too, if you fly it for long enough.
(You're down in all of the weather and very much at the mercy of rough air, wind gusts due to ground features and below cloud).
3) Personally, I like big engines (preferably more than one) and lots of rivets to look at when in the air - it's my security blanket and it's worked for the last 45 years.
Thanks for the advice, the pilot conforms to those benchmarks and the plane also meets the crtieria that you suggested. :clap:
As for the rest of you I reckon your either jealous , afraid or just plain frightened....oh BTW Wolf the engine isn't a Kawasaki unit its actually a Rotax (and thankfully not a BMW) :mfr_lol:
https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportflight.co.uk%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2006%2F07%2Fupsidedownc42.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportflying.co.uk%2Fblog%2F%3Fcat%3D3%26paged%3D3&docid=y8sq23axZcTzZM&tbnid=VumRMEIGtJEwTM%3A&w=500&h=219&client=ms-android-samsung&bih=616&biw=360&ved=0ahUKEwjTjtCWoOTMAhUHI8AKHfhdBbg4ZBAzCDgoNTA1&iact=mrc&uact=8
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Jealous, moi, not the man who's been up close and personal with a Lighning jet from the days when they were based at Binbrook, Lincolnshire.
I'm sure it will be great OC. I believe the plane in the pic only ended up like that because the pilot left it in gear as he started the engine.
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Quote from: The Wolf on May 18, 2016, 07:12:08 PM
Let's hope it's not fitted with an engine made by Kawasaki! :popcorn:
I'd be more concerned if it was fitted with a BMW engine. :mfr_lol:
I've never had an issue with a Kawasaki engine. I've had them since 2002. Other things maybe, engines no.
BMW 801.......in a FW190. When introduced into the combat zone its rate of roll was so fast that as a stop gap they had to cut the wing tips off spitfires to catch up !
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_7_A9dHLrRA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkqbUahsiHg
That's a really good looking plane Charlie, very sleek
Will I need to grow a moustache for my pleasure flight ? :mfr_lol:
That was spit mk 5 it was known as clipped,clapped and cropped. Few 190 better plane despite poor choice of engine.
And OC don't forget to watch out for the Hun in the sun.
Quote from: O.C. on May 19, 2016, 08:15:09 AM
That's a really good looking plane Charlie, very sleek
Will I need to grow a moustache for my pleasure flight ? :mfr_lol:
:agree:
That would be an option to fully enjoy your flight. :yes:
But you will need to be able to communicate with your pilot once in the microlight environment so I've attached an educational leaning a technical language course video to help you :popcorn:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j5iF7gxQYr8
:mfr_lol: :mfr_lol: I'll practice :yes:
I don't think it will help..
Probably not :mfr_lol: