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to withdraw your feet like that is a natural reflex when nervous or insecure or loosing balance. if suddenly scared or surprised it will be done with much force, i suspect this could have been the cause, and that the pilot and passenger never knew what forced the plane up like that before it was too late. the passenger maybe caused it first with his hands and then when otdered to drop the control his feet went hard towards the control below

Hats off to the reviewer, not just raving about it.

I'm not a CFI but in my aircraft the right stick comes out for newbies in the right seat (Vans RV not a pipersport). It would not take much for a panicked passenger to kill you when you are close to the ground.

In fairness, you would be able to solo after 31 hours.

Given the cost, you're better off with a clapped out C182. Comparable performance and *much* more utility.

Most private pilots think they are driving a car. That's why they die and kill their passengers! And these idiots fly over my house. Glider pilots are safer by far. VFR pilots try to fly in bad weather and die. 30 hrs of flying means you are not qualified to fly anything. All pilots should be instrument rated. NTSB is a Joke!

I miss winch launches, Cheap and fast for training.

Awesome vid! I'd love to have a go.

Single-pilot aircraft with full fuel. There had to be a compromise somewhere.

All very nice I'm sure if you can afford a new plane like this, but I will add that my antiquated V-35 Bonanza was 194 mph true airspeed. It's an old but proven airplane but buyable for a imminently more affordable $45k dollars. I'm old school so I think all the new light singles are grossly overpriced the last 40 years, thus the move to experimental kit planes.

Rocketship ?????

That elevator trim tab is enormous!

idk why anyone could ever feel comfortable with just 31 hours of training...that's absurd.

What a nice impression! I see the glider has a Dutch registration. This takes me back to my time on EHHV (Hilversum), where I worked for a banner towing/sky-writing/sight seeing company. EHHV is still a three runway grass field and I love and support it. It also houses a flight school, a glider club and a parachutist-club. At busy summer days we had three parallel uses of the active runway. The runway itself, the double winch at the back of a truck for gliders (gliders also taking off behind Piper Cubs from the runway) and... our banners, lying parallel to the runway before taken into the air by our Piper Cubs and Cessna's). Our (one of two) AT6 Harvard taking of to write 7UP in the skies over the Dutch beaches and the tower getting really busy at the end of the day when the sky-divers started floating down from the skies. Thanks for bringing me back!

If a lottery ever hits, and I am still coherently existing, I would be thrilled to get one of these aircraft!

so same thing as a car racing sim, very good at simulating most of things, cant simulate the physical side of it...pretty obvious if you ask me

No medical required , ideal for people with heart disease high blood pressure and epilepsy

Why not box in the control bar , then feet can never ever foul the bar and influence the controls ??? madness.

Trim Buttons should be slightly recessed.

I don’t understand why a first time passenger (not even a student pilot yet) was allowed to touch the controls at all

Totally agree, a slippery airframe requires an experienced pilot, better to start with something slower and forgiving, which is why 152's are ideal. Even Piper Tomahawks, which were specifically designed as student trainers, had tricky handling at the limits, and earned the nickname of "Traumahawk". The more slippery the airframe, the more critical the flight envelope becomes, as any experienced pilot will confirm. Very pretty plane, but not for a low time beginner.

That wouldn't happen.

Wow what an opinionated, judgmental, and self righteous bunch of comments - even someone whining about a swear word or two. Pathetic. ShortField did what they needed to do for THEIR circumstances. None of us were there. Impressive they even took their time to respond to these comments more courteously than was deserved by the arrogant commenters.

I used to fly those, and the Kirby Kadet MkIII at R.A.F West Malling in the early '70s.

How can it be that easy, all the remoaners tell me we are stuck in this island and cut off for ever from the EU utopia.

The huge runway was originally built to be the size six standard RAF runways each lit by different coloured lights. This was to enable the recovery of damaged bombers returning from Germany during WW2. It also has a fog dispersal system called FIDO, this involved a concrete trench each side of the runway with a pipe with holes in it a mixture of petrol, paraffin & diesel was pumped down the pipe and set fire to. This provided light and raised the local dew point to disperse the fog, it was not cheap to run burning about 50,000 gallons of fuel per hour.

That's a beautiful little aircraft. Wish I could own one!!!

The design of the aircraft has nothing to do with this tragedy. Everything went normally until the last minute when it seems that the student pulled back on the stick with all his strength. You said yourself that the stick has a long lever arm, so an accidental nudge by the student's foot would not create this result. It was very easy for the instructor to see what the student was doing, so when he screamed "let go" three times it's clear that the passenger had his hands on the stick and was pulling back so hard that the instructor couldn't counteract him even though he knew he was going to die if he failed. All rational analysis points to this being a deliberate act. Everyone talks about the dead as if they're angels from heaven. They aren't. They're all human beings, as broken and nasty as any other.

I got my instructors rating at Manston. Taught by the former Red Arrows pilot Ted Girdler who owned TG Aviation based there. Extraordinary person and pilot. RIP. Manston was one of the very few places where you could practice Precision Approach Radar (PAR) approaches where you are talked down the glidepath by an RAF controller. Only basic instruments and a functioning radio required. Good to know how to do in an emergency.

Like lots on here this was our introduction to gliding. For me it was a warm evening in 1975 above sealand with the See glistening silver in the distance. Wonderful.

ATC flashback

I never had a family and still can't afford to learn to fly or get an aircraft.

I can remember doing a detachment there in the early 70s with R.A.F. victor refueling sqd. 🛫

Was it not used as M.D.U.?

Great video! This took me back to 1980 when I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford. While there I took my first glider flight at an airfield near Bicester. The scenery and the towplane pulling you along and then the near silence once you release took me right back to that day. I also completed my first, static line skydive at Weston on the Green. Thanks for reigniting a great memory for me.

nice vid - takes me back to ATC days in the 60's. Proper Bird flight. One of the greatest thrills of my life doing 3 solo's, The silence ( except wind rush when insufficient rudder in the turn) Also taking control of the Enclosed Slingsby at Dunstable Downs.

A great bit of history around an airfield I did fire training at, when in the RAF back in the 80's for the Fireman's strike. Looking forward to the next video.

Interesting thanks, my father underwent his RAF Fire Service training there, including abseiling over nearby cliffs. I can see him now in his silver asbestos suit and axe hanging from his belt. How times have changed, including firefighting!

Looks like you had a better visit to the museum than my visit, no staff wanted to interact with visits

With this as a dedicated freight hub there'd be no need to expand LGW or LHR.

Lovely vid again Terry. What a place, I'm so pleased it's opening again (mainly because I now live only 10 miles away!). What a great thing to be able to say... "I pushed the 'red button", and you even have video footage to back it up 👌🏻 🤣

Great video as always Terry. Very interesting and a fun way to use the runway! 😊

No Brasil aconteceu um acidente com meu amigo semelhante a este. O passeiro se assustou em um curva lenta para o pouso ele nunca voou antes. Agarrou os comandos e derrubou o avião. O passageiro faleceu e meu amigo sobreviveu e ganhou um processo.

No Brasil aconteceu um acidente com meu amigo semelhante a este. O passeiro se assustou em um curva lenta para o pouso ele nunca voou antes. Agarrou os comandos e derrubou o avião. O passageiro faleceu e meu amigo sobreviveu e ganhou um processo.

the grunting sound, possible the passenger had some kind of seizure?

Back in the 1950s we used to go to Margate for our annual holiday. As a young lad I was thrilled by the sight and sounds of the USAF stuff that suddenly appeared over the top of the cliffs, any dogs on the beach literally went barking mad!

So sad to see a abandoned airport in such a bad state. A shame it did not stand the economic bad weather. Well I think it were economic reasons to close this airport. And the KLM F27 is also history. KLM replaced all Fokker with Embraer jets. Btw we have also an abandoned airport terminal. It is at Lelystad Airport abt 20 km north east of Amsterdam. It was a GA uncontrolled field, but was transferred into a full airport as addition to Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The terminal and parking areas were built and the small tower (with only info services) was made higher and an ILS was installed with complete ATC. That ATC is still there but the passenger planes never came. The final political decision still has to be made, however there is a lot of opposition against the airport, and it looks that the current new government is against the opening with passenger flights. But we will have to wait for the final decision on that.

Can’t wait for it to reopen!

Great stuff. Love those grass airports. Ive had 2 open cockpit airplanes and I DID NOT enjoy flying either one; too much reality of height for me. Do you guys have to pay to land at every airport ? Or whats the deal with that ? Thanks !

Flew these regularly at St Athan (ex-1344 Sq. ATC, Maindy Barracks)....lovely memories