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Hi Lads, Lasses, and piston prop enthusiasts...

A few pics of one of my favourite "Complex Type" aircraft, the lovely, (but unfortunately rather rare!), Cessna 337 Super Skymaster, with the tractor/pusher, engine/propellor arrangement...!

An excellent aircraft to brush-up on your introduction to the "change of type" to complex aircraft and up-grade your PPLicence...!
(After you have successfully completed your training on the Cessna 150/152 Trainer aircraft)...!

A way to learn the intricacies of throttle, propellor, and mixture controls to achieve the best take-off, cruising, and landing conditions..!

Observe the:
Fuel Flow.
Manifold Pressure.
Engine Revolutions.
Exhaust Gas Temperature.

Also, (if you are one of the lucky bunnies, like me, to have a copy on FS Navigator installed), the use of the radios to navigate by the Nav/Com/ADF/DME radios...!!!
 
Communications and Navigation:
Air Traffic Information Service.
Air Traffic Control.
Transponder.
VOR indicators.
ADF indicators.
DME indicators
etc...

Auto-Pilot:
Heading.
Altitude.
ILS (Instrument Landing Systems).
etc...

...also the importance of being aware of the position of your under-carridge...is it "up" or is it "down"....?
...and what about your flaps...what setting are they...?

...and if you are flying manually, (non auto-pilot), the use of the elevator "trim" wheel to correct the flying attitude, each time you increase/decrease power...!

Note that all this is included in Fozzers appreciation of small, Piston Prop, General Aviation, aircraft....
...but it could equally apply to the 13-year-old's flying shiny, aluminium, cigar-tubed, passenger, jet-propelled, fuel guzzeling,  "Boing 747" monstrosities....!
LOL...!

Cheers all....!

Paul L. Fosbery...off for some afternoon fun in my little Cessna 152...!

"Hi Fred. Papa-Lima-Foxtrot at runway 180. Ready for take off. Departure to the South. Over"
"Fred. Hi Papa-Lima-Foxtrot. Take off and departure to the South approved. Have a nice day."
"Papa-Lima-Foxtrot. Taking off and departure to the South. Thanks Fred. Catchya later. Over and out"


The panel, showing a comprehensive range of instruments...>>>


...and a few pics of the aircraft...>>>








Master the skies with a Skymaster.... ...!

Cheers all... ...!

Very nice!! I like flying that plane  8)

Nice shots....!!  ;)

FSD have a version of that soon

Lovely shots there fozz

But.......THAT kinda interior in the 21st century? or is that why it;s a vintage plane

a super little plane that one paul a real joy to fly..and that retro looking interior..got to love it

a super little plane that one paul a real joy to fly..and that retro looking interior..got to love it

Hi Lemon....!

...you should have seen it before I removed the imitation Tiger skin covers from the seats....
...and the furry dice dangling from the windscreen...!

...and the screw-on wooden knobs on the throttles, each with a built-in thermometer...

It looks quite modern now... ...!

LOL...LOL...LOL... ...!

Paul.

What about the Tartan seatbelts?

Nice one. The reason it's so rare though, I think, is because it's banned almost everywhere because it's just so noisy....

If Fozzer's happy, Omag's happy... enjoy your flights Paul! Love the shots... But please... next time don't dump the tigerskin and dice in my backyard please... I recognized you, you know...  ;D

Nice one. The reason it's so rare though, I think, is because it's banned almost everywhere because it's just so noisy....

Hi Roger...!

A very fine example often appears at our annual Air Races at Shobdon, (EGBS)...
...and beware anyone who tries to compete with it...  ;)... ...!

The sound, as it flies overhead, is to die for...nothing quite like it, and the audience loves it... ... ...!
...even if the local villager's dont... ... ...!

It's a fantastic design, (I don't know if anyone else has tried it?)... ...!

Cheers Roger...!

Paul.

It's a fantastic design, (I don't know if anyone else has tried it?)... ...!

Dornier did.
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