Some impressions of this cute little aircraft. Looks good from all angles.










Snap. Here's another one. Didn't catch it in the air.


Ain't they purty?

PS. These were taken at various times during the morning while it was doing circuits & bumps. They might not be in sequence. Hope the pilot learned as much as I did from the practice.

Handsome little kite that Doug, so err when are you blagging a ride?

Mark

lol, a little bit of humour there as well as beautiful pictures...

Hi Doug...!
Fantastic pics...!

Love the registration letters... ...!

G-RVS(I)X..... ...!
(Vans RV-SIX).

LOL...!

Either a lucky pilot, or a Vans demonstation model...?

Cheers Doug... 8)...!

P.S.  one of our little Cessna 152 trainers has the registration letters...>>>

G-BHAC
G-B Herefordshire Aero Club... ...!

I wonder how easy it is to get your own personalised registration letters for your aircraft... ...?

Thanks chaps. Glad you like 'em. The conditions weren't particularly good & I used the opportunity to take these for practice.

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Hi Paul. It's not difficult. Personal registrations have been popular for some time now. Until a few years ago you had to take what you were given (G-Axxx etc.) but the CAA relaxed the regulations. I think you can have almost any registration you like now providing it's never been used before. Some owners re-register their aircraft with something more appropriate. A couple of well-known ones are G-HURR (Hawker Hurricane) & G-HUNT (Hawker Hunter).

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Very interesting Ben. Of course you must post your photos. Vintage types are my first love. I doubt that most people here have ever seen a Travel Air or Ford Trimotor, let alone in the air.

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Personally I prefer taildraggers.

Hi Ben. I use IrfanView to crop/resize all the shots I post here. I usually crop them to reduce the file size. If you check the file sizes the average image in this thread is around 50k. Resizing should not be a problem. Click Image/Resize & type 800 in the Width box. The depth (Height) will be set automatically. On the latest version of IrfanView there is an option to set the "Save Quality" when you save out in JPG format. Unless it's something special I leave this at 85%. This should come out at less than 100k for the average 800 x 600 image. Works for me but you might need to experiment.

If you can't figure it out mail me one of your original images & I'll see what I can do with it. My e-mail is in my profile.

PS. I've had a few glitches with my mail recently. This will be a good test.

Well done. Here's another tip. Don't save under the original file names after resizing your shots. File/Save As with an appropriate name before uploading the images. Something applicable to you. All the images I post here have my own da- prefix.

That's one mighty sleak plane Doug. But i just think that gear look soooo fragile...

Engineering is such a marvel, guess it's as solid as it needs to be multiplied by a safetyfactor...

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Have you seen a Nesmith Cougar/Whittman Tailwind?....I believe they both have a similar style of main gear setup ?