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One of only two examples still flying in
the world.
Additional information being prepared.
The aircraft is operated out of Bourne Park strip just north of
Andover.
Type
Falconar F11-3
Year
1996
Seats
2
Registration
G-AWHY
Contact
Ben Ritchie + 4
G-AWHY a Falconar F11-3. It's a
two-seater, finished in 1996 and it's owned by Ben Ritchie and four non-IBM'ers.
The aircraft is operated out of Goodwood.
Type
Rallye Minerva
Year
1970
Seats
4
Registration
G-AXOS
Contact
Jim Farquar + 4 others
G-AXOS is a 1970 Rallye Minerva MS-894A.
It is a 4-seater aircraft with good load carrying capability and fuel
tanks holding 220 litres so you can take that load a long way. The
Minerva is powered by a 220hp Franklin 6-cylinder engine driving a
Hartzell constant speed prop. With leading edge slats, the Rallye has
excellent short field performance but has relatively high drag so is not
the fastest of aircraft. Even with 220hp, it only cruises at around 110
knots. We fly it at low power settings which keeps the fuel burn down to
around 30 litres per hour. Adding more power doesn't significantly
increase the cruise speed so why bother. The Rallye is almost impossible
to stall properly - the nose doesn't drop at all and the only indication
of the stall is the high sink rate. The Rallye was nicknamed 'the tin
parachute' when it was introduced as it was claimed that in an
emergency, you could just pull the stick back and let it land from any
height in this 'stalled' configuration, and still walk away at the end
of it. I wouldn't like to try it myself - I fully believe you could walk
away unharmed but I can't imagine it would do the undercarriage any
good!
Type
Cessna 180
Year
1954
Seats
4
Registration
G-AXZO
Contact
John King + Brian Metters
G-AXZO is a 1954 Cessna 180 taildragger. It
has 4 seats and the capacity to carry a dead moose (allegedly). The
power plant is a normally aspirated Continental O-470 delivering 225 hp
and driving an 88 inch 'wobbly' prop. It climbs at about 1100 ft per min
and cruises at 125 knots. The aircraft was virtually written off in 1999
and it has taken about 2 years to rebuild at Aerofab, where I spend most
of my time since retiring! The rebuild has been largely funded by myself
and Brian Metters.
The aircraft is operated out of Bourne Park strip just north of
Andover.
This is currently in Richard Valler's garage in bits. He thinks it
will be a retirement project!
Type
PA28-140
Year
1967
Seats
4
Registration
G-BHXK
Contact
Contact: Duncan Barlow, Roger Clark, Mark Frankland, Jim Hull, Jeff Moreland, Mike Beard
Jim Hull is also a member of the Piper
Owners Club at www.piperowner.com
No additional information supplied.
The
aircraft is operated out of Thruxton.
Type
Piper J3
Year
1941
Seats
2
Registration
G-BPVH
Contact
David Cooper-Maguire and Frank
Valerio
'VH is now a '90' because a C90 replaced
her C85 in 1993. She's a Canadian-assembled aircraft with auxiliary
tankage. Available to flying club members or associates for type/tailwheel/strip
conversions, subject to owner availability!
The aircraft is operated
out of Findon strip just north of Worthing.
Type
Piper J3
Year
1941
Seats
2
Registration
G-BTBX
Contact
Jim Farquar
G-BTBX is a 1941 Piper J3 Cub powered by a
Continental A-65 engine and has been maintained pretty much in it's
original specification - no electrics and basic instrumentation. With
only 65hp on tap, she cruises at a leisurely 65mph burning around 18
litres/hour. At 65mph you have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery and
you are less likely to get lost! Flying from the back seat brings it's
own challenges, like making it almost impossible to adjust the altimeter
unless you have a passenger to do it for you! G-BTBX only has the
standard fuel tank in the fuselage holding 10 imperial gallons so its
range is slightly limited. But lets face it - this is not really a
touring aircraft, just an aircraft full of character which you fly just
for the fun of flying.
G-PORK is a 1977 Grumman Tiger owned and operated by Dave Thomas
and Clare Grange. We have four other named pilots but do not rent the aircraft to anyone else. PORK
has flown to many destinations including Corsica (Clare's
favourite because of the scenery), Berlin (another favourite of
Clare because of the history and Dave's favourite because he
flew PORK into Tempelhof - fantastic!) and Gdansk. We operate a
rota for weekends only as that is when there is most demand. The
plane is based at its maintenance organisation at Bournemouth
International Airport which negates the need for ferry flights
and generally means any niggly problems can be sorted with the
minimum of fuss - most of the time that is! Clare also has the
added advantage (when she's on her own) of a lot of men to help
her push the aeroplane back into its space and then more help to
put the cover on etc.! The others in the group say they do not
receive the same service!
The aircraft is operated out of Bournemouth.
Type
Colomban CriCri MC15
Year
1984
Seats
1
Registration
G-SHOG
Contact
Chris Thompson
This is the ex-Mitsubishi Shogun demonstrator. It has been
flown out of Popham for the last year and has visited numerous air shows
for static display.
