Sleap EGCV 5/8/07 - Vintage Aero Club Rally

[61_OTU]

Hi folks,

I went over to Sleap on Sunday for the Vintage Aero Club Rally, here are some of the participants











Steve

[C]

Nice Tiger. You don't see many Turbulents with canopies either.

[61_OTU]

I really liked the Tiger, but could not get a good aerial shot. G Bumpy though  ;D Someone has a sense of humour  ;)

[Hagar]

Nice one Steve. Glad to see you took advantage of the glorious weekend weather.

I really liked the Tiger, but could not get a good aerial shot.

Shame. Still it looks pretty on the ground. Not seen that one before.

You don't see many Turbulents with canopies either.

Not seen that one before either.

G-APZX is registered as a PA-22 Caribbean. It's one of many Tri-Pacer types that have had their noselegs surgically removed & converted back into proper aeroplanes. There is a kit available to do it. Much prettier don't you think?
The Auster Arrow (G-BEAH) is probably the rarest one here. Only 3 left on the UK register of which I think 2 are airworthy.

[ozzy72]

Very nice 8-)

[61_OTU]

The Auster Arrow (G-BEAH) is probably the rarest one here. Only 3 left on the UK register of which I think 2 are airworthy.

It was lovely, I got this shot of the very interesting roof arrangement



Must be a dream to fly in  8-)

[C]

Nice one Steve. Glad to see you took advantage of the glorious weekend weather.

I really liked the Tiger, but could not get a good aerial shot.

Shame. Still it looks pretty on the ground. Not seen that one before.

Most interesting about the Tiger are the apparent lack of anti spin strakes forward of the tail. That could just show my lack of depth of Tiger Moth knowledge though...

[Hagar]

Nice one Steve. Glad to see you took advantage of the glorious weekend weather.

I really liked the Tiger, but could not get a good aerial shot.

Shame. Still it looks pretty on the ground. Not seen that one before.

Most interesting about the Tiger are the apparent lack of anti spin strakes forward of the tail. That could just show my lack of depth of Tiger Moth knowledge though...

There's quite a few Tigers around without strakes. Not sure on the legal position as I've seen a fairly recent CAA directive making them mandatory. My mentor Cecil Pashley (who knew what he was talking about) insisted that they were never necessary in the first place & we had one Tiger in the club that never had them fitted.

The Tiger is the only Moth that was fitted with anti-spin strakes. AFAIK

PS. http://www.caa.co.uk/aandocs/22556/22556040000.pdf

10. When anti-spinning strakes are not fitted, aerobatic manouvres including spins are
prohibited and the following placard shall be displayed in each pilot's cockpit:
AEROBATICS AND SPINS PROHIBITED

11. When anti-spinning strakes are fitted, the following aerobatic maouvres are permitted:
i) Spins
ii) Inside Loops
iii) Slow Rolls
iv) Barrel Rolls
v) Stall Turns
vi) Half inside loop and roll out
vii) Half roll and dive out
and any combination of these.

NOTE 1 Flick Manouvres and manouvres involving high inverted loads are not
permitted.
NOTE 2 The slats shall be locked in the closed position before commencing
aerobatics.
NOTE 3 When an auxiliary fuel tank is installed and is carrying fuel, aerobatic
manouvres are prohibited.

[C]

Ah, as you can tell, I didn't know that. Thanks Doug