109LWB:
I can beat that.
When I was about 9, my dad built a scale SE5 with fully working controls, plus an electric motor for the propeller.
It was mounted atop a Range Rover, and I piloted it through the city centre for the carnival.
We would have won first place, but the judges ruled it was a real aircraft and took the win off us
My father has also built a full scale Hurricane replica and a full scale Gloster E28
Huh! I can beat that hands down ! I drove a truck in the 1970 summit Felixstowe carnival, it was for the local Girl Rangers or whatever they were called and the leader of the troupe said be careful of one of the elder girls as she was a bit, umm forward if you catch my drift shame about that !! I had my wife with me
I think I have you all beat, whilst travelling on a boeing 737 on the way back from Magaluf I constructed an aeroplane out of my seats sick bag, as this was back in the day kids where allowed in the cockpit and being only 7 at the time the stewardess invited me to sit on the captains lap to show him.
Well he was really impressed and let me fly it round the cockpit, so I became an official boeing pilot, I even got a little badge, model aeroplane, free drink and touched in my special place.
Apologies in advance if this post generates responses from the usual easily offended brigade to remind us this is a serious thread and we should all be ashamed of ourselves.
Dipper_Dave:
I think I have you all beat, whilst travelling on a boeing 737 on the way back from Magaluf I constructed an aeroplane out of my seats sick bag, as this was back in the day kids where allowed in the cockpit and being only 7 at the time the stewardess invited me to sit on the captains lap to show him.
Well he was really impressed and let me fly it round the cockpit, so I became an official boeing pilot, I even got a little badge, model aeroplane, free drink and touched in my special place.
Apologies in advance if this post generates responses from the usual easily offended brigade to remind us this is a serious thread and we should all be ashamed of ourselves.
truckman020:
been quite a few deaths from airshow crashes in the last 5 years,wonder if a ban will come in near built up areas,probably only a matter of time,those poor people though,sitting in their cars thinking about a great day then that happens,they never stood a chance,rip
until this awful event happened yesterday,the last deaths at an airshow(in Britain) of people that were not aircrew or pilots was Farnborough in 1952.
that’s what I meant when I said about the deaths ie pilots dying in old planes,seems to happen quite frequently now
I’ve also got a PS2 in the loft with the game “Medal of Honour, Vanguard.”
I’m now a qualified member of the 82nd Airborne Division. I parachuted out of Dakota and led a group of soldiers in capturing Sicily. And destroying some large German anti shipping guns in the cliffs.
eagerbeaver:
The Vulcan was impressive today at Rhyl.
I watched Thunderball a few weeks ago. I’m an expert on flying one into the sea and stealing two nuclear warheads.
Yeah, well I caught the end of star trek so I’m an expert in Vulcans now.
I also played battleships and beat my phone. Admiral Nelson was a right amateur. What an idiot. So inefficient with his strategies. God knows why they built the bloke his own column. Amateur.
eagerbeaver:
Haha. That pilot should not have asked for more dough Muckster.
He was obviously an agency Vulcan baddie pilot. Fancy giving it large to Spectre!
In the unedited version, the nerve gas he sprays into the oxygen system fails to work so he bores them to death. The agency pilot tells the rest of the crew he’s Carryfast,a former captain of industry, nemesis of Mrs Thatcher, part time aviation engineer and is only doing this flight to keep busy until he starts a job as Dipper Daves’ chief fluffer in Trucker Jays latest video. They ■■■■■ his oxygen supply, leaving him to drown when Largo notices the sellotaped prescription bifocals, discreetly hidden with a battered Nokia 3210 inside an Aldi carrier bag.
TheBorg:
Civilian aircraft cannot fly with ejector seats.
There is not one ex-military aircraft that retains this feature.
tango boy:
So the pilot DID eject from the plane.
Just goes to show how these so called TNCSI knowitalls on here get things wrong!!!
Hope the pilot recovers
Nevermind Mr Borg, made yourself look like a bit of a ■■■ there. Maybe you should listen to people who know better than you on certain subjects.
Soldier z:
Sword Aviation operating out of North Weald operate two MK5 Jet Provost aircraft.
Both civillian registered both retain their ejection seats.
AFAIK All civillian MK5 Provosts retain their seats as the canopy is not suitable for manual bailout.
Off tangent a bit but back in the early 90’s I was at home in stanway and heard a jet tooling about, looked up to see a JP and a guy in a chute. He was the passenger in the jet and his Seat went through the canopy when doing a roll. He landed safely near to the a12!
shame about that !! I had my wife with me 
