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here you go (i know, i'm faster than light)

Thank you kind Sir.

great shots!

Keep them coming

great shots!

Keep them coming

Thanks for the encouragement. I might be able to find a few more.

If anyone's interested the first 2 aircraft are listed as an Avid Flyer kitplane & a Bellanca 7ECA Citabria.

Nice shots. I knew what kind the 1st aircraft was but I can't seem to pull it out of my brain

Hi CHOMP_ROCK. I once found a series of FS2002 Chipmunks posted at Flightsim.com & other sites. Quite frankly I found the visual model disappointing. I made a start on my own FSDS2 Chippie among other light aircraft projects but lost the lot when my HD fried. I lack the enthusiasm to start all over again.

PS. Maybe the ones I mentioned were originally FS2000. My memory gets worse every day.

My 2 main recollections of flying in a Chipmunk...

1) The back of my instructor's head (F/O Baldock)...

2) The view of my lap during my first ever loop...

Those were the days...

Charlie

My 2 main recollections of flying in a Chipmunk...

1) The back of my instructor's head (F/O Baldock)...

2) The view of my lap during my first ever loop...

Those were the days...

Charlie

That's strange. We always flew in the front seat of the Chipmunk. Back seat in the Tiger Moth.

That second one looks a lot like its a Citabria, but i couldn't tell you what model/year...

that was the way they worked in Middle wallop aswell Hagar.

that was the way they worked in Middle wallop aswell Hagar.

It's all to do with the centre of gravity. The Tiger Moth is flown solo from the rear seat - of that I'm certain.
AFAIK The Chipmunk is flown solo from the front.

lol it was always great they worked like that. You could always tell the new guys from the old pilots. The new guys would always lean forward and come in to low. so low you could see the fear in their eyes as they thought they were coming in too low

In most trainers the instructor sits on the CG or thereabouts. This enables him to get out & the aircraft to be flown solo without using ballast to compensate for his weight. The old Slingsby T.21 gliders had side-by side seating & the instructor was replaced by a sandbag when they were flown solo. The T.31 basic training gliders were tandem seating with the instructor on the CG in the rear seat. The pupil or pilot in the front cockpit had to know his exact weight which was compensated by an adjustable block of cast iron (or maybe lead) on the tail to maintain the longitudinal trim. This was important whether the rear seat was occupied or not.

Loved the pic of the DHC-1.
Brought back some fond memories.
Had a student who told me he couldn't remember how many shots of primer to give it this particular cold morning.
He was 6'2" at least and 200lbs and built like a wrestler.
I jokingly said OH 20 to 25 times.
He did...we exited the aircraft.....I explained the term STUPIDITY to the Chief Flying Instructor.