Neil_S

Hi BC0979, I have done sideslipping in my Savannah S many times. Doing it without flaps extended is best as you can get a great descent rate and don't have to worry about VFE. But I have also done it many times with one stage of flap, but kept below 60knots VFE. Remember that while sideslipping your pitot tube is not aligned with the airflow, so the airspeed reading will not be very accurate. I do it to lose any minor excess of height on final, as I usually just use one stage of flap when landing. I don't really see the point of sideslipping with full flap as the plane is very draggy and will descend at a steep angle, so I don't do it. HTH Cheers, Neil

....including a few Buchons, of course!

Hi All, I watched a video on Youtube last night of the recent 2025 Duxford UK airshow. At the end of the show they had a flypast of 15 Spitfires and 7 Hurricanes (an eighth had returned to the Czech Republic), which was rather more airworthy examples of each than I thought there were..... Cheers, Neil

The Aircraft Restoration Company at Duxford have recently completed the restoration/rebuild of another two-seat Spitfire "Lady Luck" MJ444. Cheers, Neil

There are at least half a dozen in the UK. My brother and I flew in the two at Duxford earlier this year (they also have a two seat Hurricane), and there are three at Biggin Hill. You can fly in a two-seat Spitfire in the UK from several locations, includingBiggin Hill (Kent), Duxford (Cambridgeshire), Blackpool Airport, and North Weald (Essex). Other locations offering flights include Headcorn (Kent), Compton Abbas (Dorset), Goodwood (West Sussex), and Bournemouth Airport (Dorset), according to Aero Legends, and Spitfires.com. Cheers, Neil

Hi Skippy, It was July 2022 - no time limit. Cheers, Neil

Hi, I did it a few years ago. As above but $770. I seem to remember it was Darren Barnfield who signed it off. He will also ask if you want an exemption to still fly over built-up areas. Why not? So I have that. Cheers, Neil

Correct. And of course the fuel shut off valve to the engine under my seat.

Well we keep being told there is a pilot shortage so I hope it inspires people from minority groups to become pilots, when they otherwise may not do so. I remember my ex-airline instructor telling me that the few female pilots he came across were better than most of the males as they had always had to work harder to prove themselves in the eyes of the males. And let's not forget the Tuskegee airmen from WW2, and Eugene Bullard (black American living in France) from the Escadrille Lafayette in WW1. Sadly the Orange man in the US would probably discourage it....... Cheers, Neil

Hi James, The outer tanks on my Savvy S feed into the inner tanks, so when I switch them in I wait a short while to allow for the levels to stabilize then double the value seen in the sight gauges. The inner tanks have no switches and simply feed into the tank behind the seat. Nice and simple and has worked OK for me for the last 9 or so years.... Cheers, Neil

Not really - the ones doing that mostly don't make radio calls.......

Well he says he "had a landslide", but in reality 77 million voted for him out of a population of 340 million. Even excluding children too young to vote etc that is still a minority, probably around 33%. He got 49.8% of the vote and Kamala got 49.3% (75 million).

Hi T510, As Garfly says, there are a few options available to you. I use a Skyecho2 and display the ADSB-IN from that on an iPad Mini 7 using AVPlan. I've been using this combo for several years with no problems. Obviously with no electrical system you would need to ensure both are adequately charged up before embarking on a cross country flight. Where in Victoria are you based? Cheers, Neil

Exactly. And who would be best placed to do that? Let me think..........

...or unregistered drone, or even model aircraft......or possibly some sudden structural failure........we will never find out.