G-TOO

Fifth choice eh!...Gawd elp' yer mate haha!...yep yer right, "Isn't it odd, that if you think some bloke is a total plonker" I thought the same but at the time his uncle was my boss and I didn't know he was related to him....but my flying instructors were British airways captains and I used to go to cranebank (British Airways Flight Simulators) in the dead of night flying on the sims,and uncle Colin introduced me to his nephew who wanted to go as well, there began a wonderful relationship lol!!!And then there is my dear friend Ian Bowles an Australian...whom I did a lot of flying with in the shorts 330...wot ee taut me I carn't pass on cos if ee got found out he'd be arrested hahaha! Last I heard he's a captain on 747's for a major airline i'll tell you who but not on here...but also heard he got reprimanded for mooning at a terminal gate but was seen by pax hahahaha! typical f**king Aussie lol!

Sweeeet!!!!!!!!

Yes it's him I used to work with his uncle who introduced us then we'd bugger orf flying with his brother john...dems woz da daze!

Actually Planey,. . . .I wouldn't have a clue BUT. . . .since the MW Club is now based at Otherton, I will ask the great man himself ( Mike Whittaker ) and I reckon HE will probably have a good handle on that subject. . . . . . . oh dear,. . .I watched it yesterday, . . we had a solid Easterly blowin' around 18/20 Kt,. . .and Bob the Knob flew thae bloody thing backwards across the airfield,. . . and Mungo Me,. . .had left my camera plugged into the darned laptop at home. . . .this guy, well,. . .he isn't any kind of "Showoff" and only did tis as there were hardly any witnesses. . .cold day, ( +1.5 Deg C @ 0830 GMT. . .Brrrrrr ) so he set the thing up at 1000 ft, and then flew backwards into the distance. . . ( Won't use a radio,. . .nononononononoooooooo seems to think it's some kind of black magic. . and against his religion, although I coached him thru the radio course fifteen years ago and he still has a licence. . .. so he disappeared over the South west horizon, and actually flew backwards for 9 NM. ( according to his Pax, who had his iPhone thingummy on. . . . . ) He said to me later,. . ."Effin 'eck. . .if I'd had a radio, . . .I could've flown backwards through RAF Cosford's zone. . . . [ ? ] . . .I said, er,. . .why would you want to do that. . .? He says,. . .WELL. . .I'll bet nobody's done that thru a MATZ zone before. . . . No,. . .you're probably rioght Bob me boy,. . .I'll bet nobody has, . . .I mean,. . .you have to ask for permission and. . . .Oh I give up. And what REALLY gets my goat is that most pommies [who have been there] think that Aussies are daft. . . . . .( The title "Santa's Little Helper" begins to come into focus now. . . . . ) I have to admit that when I flew in OZ,. . .I met some really unbelieveable characters,. . but now, I'm not as cerrtain as to which country has the best ones. . . . . ***Edited to add. . . .*** Bob is away next weekend, but the following one. . .I shall endeavour to take the video machine, and go flying with BOB. . .in "Mother" the aircraft you have already seen. . .I'll have to jury rig a cam onto the aircraft somehow,. . .I'm not very technosavvy regrettably. . .but I HAVE 2 WEEKS TO PREPARE. . . .we also have "Daughter" . . .the second most flown MW in the UK,. . .this one built by Kim Wilcox. . .Father of Toyah Wilcox ( UK Pop star of the 80s ) and very good furniture builder,. . .a trade to which he returned after chucking shitloads of clusterbombs onto Iraq in Gulf War One . . . Pop stars of the 80s eh! do you recognise this guy?....i'm the andsome bugger in the red shirt...wish I still had the hair!!!

Yeah! well I knew wot ya meant like,i mean I woz only predending I didn't know it was a pussy....I woz just testing ya see an yerv passed mate well done, "cough" er is that the phone ringin? must dash mate...

WTF! is an orange Moxie geezer...why can't you bleedin Aussies speak the Queens English like wot I do? Jaysus do we have to come down there again?

Welcome to the pleasure dome Mick keep us up to date with your training and good luck mate!

Welcome Kippy

"It's like Phil suddenly developed another (very similar) personality" More a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde if you will.

I've never lived in Rotherham but spent a lot of time there in a political capacity, I'm originally from London (don't speak northern) I came oop norf! seventeen years ago to try and educate the thick oiks but failed miserably, plus I got bladdered one weekend and woke up married to a Barnsley lass. As for my ol' mucker Phil, the old jockstrap chinstrap god of the skies, don't believe his lies me and him served in the same regiment the Third Foot and Mouth back in the day...ask him what happened when he me and Nobby (an expert in ant anatomy )were sitting in a trench in Goose Stanley(Las Mendips)and his nose dripped into our last cup of char, he'll deny it of course but hey that's our Phil what a guy! Oh by the way we're not related...well I dunt fink so, you'll av' to ask him geezer. Mike

At last you're here, welcome and deffo more pics of your icy travels.

ok bit of a schoolboy error here forgot to put the D in my tag name G-TOO, I've searched but for the life of me I can't find out how....now no taking the p**s you lot cos I ain't fick roight!

EGTB...Wycombe air park/Booker where I got my wings many years ago in the wonderful PA38 Tomahawk or (Traumaheap) as we used to call it :cheezy grin:Here's the girl I solo'd in and particularly liked the spin training in the PA38 it was an eye opener hehe!

Here's the last 182 I flew...the wee beastie :-)

Can't watch next weeks match mate....got a hair and nail appointment but do let me know how it goes :-)

"Later found that the 3 pax were Chinese students going to a private college here in Cannock which has a large number of students from that country. He wanted to drop 3 off, and bring three back. . . .+ books, iPads, + suitcase each". Uneffingbelievable!!!

Sounds like this one is an accident waiting to happen then.

Trying to get him on here to see if it's true

Glad he's ok. Mike

"With 3 Pax + luggage" and 350Metres ground run(very tight)I wouldn't let him loose on a pushbike! Oh! and if you got his reg invoice him for the two landings hehe! Mike

What a sweet old girl,glad she's still flying great pictures too.

Yes 15hrs if I remember and it was only valid in the UK,basically it was to get you out of trouble which it did often :)...well you know englands weather. As for the night rating they told us always head towards the dark patch,never understood why i'd have gone for the lights on a road. Separate ratings....more money for the school I s'pose..

Unlucky you mate i'm here now hehe! I will sort my profile out tomorrow evening.

Thanks Phil for the warm welcome i'll make sure I steer clear from that hotel lol!