Tobus 161 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Ahh, you gotta love those vintage birds. Full of quircks and oozing with character. Another vintage bird has arrived at EAFS, listening to the name "Skylark". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Nice shots there Toby, always nice to see vintage aircraft at Andras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Pearse 12 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 That's a nasty way to refer to Miss Aviatrix... oh! I see what you mean.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chompski 20 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Ahh, you gotta love those vintage birds. Full of quircks and oozing with character. Another vintage bird has arrived at EAFS, listening to the name "Skylark". Nice to see it grace the field - what is it like to fly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobus 161 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Nice to see it grace the field - what is it like to fly? Very good actually. Those big wings give plenty of lift, so short strips are easy. I landed and took of from the glider strip without difficulties. The big flap/airbrake under the fuselage works great when landing, without changing attitude and pitch like normal flaps will do. The sounds are wonderful, very ratchetty radial engine. Only prob is the somewhat low profile of the cockpit, which gives you less of an outside view than you'd like, even more so when taxiing. But that's what you'd expect from a 1930's taildragger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Still think I prefer the Hughs H1 when it comes to 30's radial engined aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastiaan10 5 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 What a beatiful bird that is, and amazing shots as well, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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