Guest Brett Campany Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 I reckon he's more confused than peeved!! What a great photo!
Simonflyer Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Hilarious! I reckon the guy in the little one's jaw must be on his lap.. Probably like that down at avalon right now..
Guest Maj Millard Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 The jet jockys' a Mirage pilot, he's just shxx scared !!................................... Orrrr....lets race !!!
Guest Maj Millard Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Yes and still in production in some form.....................was very lucky to manage two rides in the dual Mirage A3-112 when I was in 77sqn during my Air Force days. Nothing like sitting (attached to) a bang seat, coming over the fence at 200 kts !!.........
Guest Orion Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Dont forget those wonderful Dasualt ( bet i spelt it wrong) screwdrivers. THink i still have one in a toolbox somewhere.
facthunter Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Type. The small twin is a Cri- Cri. (for those who haven't seen one) Cricket in Francaise and they are really small. Nev.
Admin Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Speak to the site user Ultralights about the Cri Cri as he was going to build 2 of them and I think still has the plans - I have just added some videos of the Cri Cri into the Video Library here
Admin Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 too bad the cricri cant be flown RA Yeah but a great and cheap way to get your twin hours up for Commercial and ATPL etc
Guest Maj Millard Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 'Dassault' was a commercialization of the guys' suedo last name which was D'assult. It was given to him from his exploits in WW2. Later he was accredited with pioneering the countersunk flush rivit which was once called the 'Dassault' rivit. During the Viet Nam war period american F-4 Phantom and F-105 pilots would 'spell' for a couple of weeks at Williamtown, before going back Stateside for leave. Most had achieved 100 missions, 200 missions or whatever over Viet nam, which is why they were going home for a spell. Some had been shot down by SAMS and had ejected, often more than once. Thier gear, G suits, helmets etc. were very worn, but you couldn't get it off them to do any repairs, and you got the impression they had been through a bit with it, and were fairly 'attached.' Most were big men more suited to filling the cockpit of a Phantom. They had flat top crew cuts that you could land a trike on. Some of them flew the Mirages, and the rest just hung around, and liked to talk. Just as you really got to know them, off they went as they were only there for a couple of weeks or less, and obviosly wanted to get back home also. Some who really wanted to fly the Mirage couldn't, because they were simply too big for the cockpit. The Mirage cockpit was fairly tight, and even a couple of Aussie pilots got bounced back to Canberra's because they got too pudgy.......................................
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