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Building: It is an ex-Locost - it has gone to the IOW!
posted on 6/7/16 at 03:48 PM
Biggles flies back to front!
Well... what a nice day!
My wife and I went to Duxford airfield today, mostly because we hadn't been there for ages. There's a big airshow on next weekend so
there were a lot of war planes practicing for the show, which was a spectacular and free treat. As usual I came out with the usual "I've
always fancied going in one of those Tiger Moth flights, but they are a bit expensive". Wife says "You always say that - your
birthday's coming up and I owe you a good present, so I'm paying for a flight."
So here I am, looking like a tubby Biggles: Biggles
The Tiger Moth I flew in was the silver one on the right.
It wasn't a very long flight at 15 minutes - but I reckon that I may have chucked up if it had been for 30 minutes! The weather was sunny with
patchy cloud, and every time the plane went from under the clouds in to a sunny bit and back again the plane lurched. a roller-coaster ride...
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Building: It is an ex-Locost - it has gone to the IOW!
posted on 7/7/16 at 08:14 AM
quote:Originally posted by rusty nuts
Jealous! I always wanted to jump a Tiger Moth
I think you'd find it tough to jump out of one of those, as the cockpit is really cramped. I'm not even sure you could get in with a
single parachute, let alone a reserve. It was as much as I could do to keep out of the way of the controls in the front while the pilot was flying
the plane behind me.
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