Simviation Forum - Manston RAF Museum Pt 2.

Jul 16^th, 2005 at 1:21pm

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A couple of planes. Anyone know them? I know they are microlights, well the last anyway.

A Rolls Royce Avon RA.14 MK 201.

A Rolls Royce Derwent Mk8 Jet engine.

A couple of planes at Kent International airport. MSE

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Reply #1 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 3:16pm

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Nice pics Ben:)

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Reply #2 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 3:35pm

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Nice Ben. I wonder how long those 747s will stay in existance...

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Reply #3 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 3:36pm

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Nice Ben. I wonder how long those 747s will stay in existance...

If its anything like the filton ones, it could be a while. Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 4:17pm

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That first one is a glider and looks like a Slingsby Grasshopper.
My Warrant Officer back when I was an air cadet learnt to fly on one, that took courage!

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Reply #5 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 4:46pm

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Thanks for that Mark. I wonder why it is called a Grasshopper. Roll Eyes

Doesn't look very stable anyway.

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Reply #6 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 5:07pm

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Thanks for that Mark. I wonder why it is called a Grasshopper. Roll Eyes

Doesn't look very stable anyway.

Probably because it did just that, short hops over grass to introduce students to the basic controls of an aircraft...

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Reply #7 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 5:10pm

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Oh that is a an idea. I was thinking it was a more prehistoric aircraft. Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 5:19pm

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It was a prehistoric aircraft, my AWO was nearing retirement! It didn't so much land as plough Grin

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Reply #9 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 5:21pm

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Lol - sounds like a good description. Surely there was somethign better around then though? Shocked

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Reply #10 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 5:22pm

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A Wright Flyer or walking......

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