Thanks Dave, great as always. Here's a question. I had my glider wings in Air Cadets decades ago. Always been an aviation lover but never went further than that. If you were given the choice to take a ride in a Tiger Moth or a Harvard, which would you choose and why?
The Lysander !! 🤗 Why do I say that ? I think you would find the Harvard overwhelming and the Tiger Moth possibly underwhelming. Lysanders don’t grow on trees and I think you’d have so much fun. I have about 70 hours on the Chipmunk and about 1400 on the Dak The airborne portion of the video, at the end , i thought was brilliant.
You should do both. The Moth was the selector-aeroplane, weeding out those who had natural talent as quickly as possible. It amplifies errors, usually without killing the student. The Harvard was the pilot-making aeroplane, uncompromising and demanding. Anyone who got their wings on a Harvard/T-6 was a known-quantity: someone with hands/feet/judgement. For a proper understanding of the BCATP, you should fly in both.
@@davehadfield5906 Thoroughly enjoyed the show, thanks Dave. All those knobs n switches !! Now I just need one to fly to France, at night, and land in the field opposite my house !!
I've had the Lysander up to about 200 mph on airshow passes, but I don't like it much. The canopy sections shake like crazy, and the inspection-panels on the upper surface of the wings tend to get sucked off.
wow so much knowledge and talent. superb. love the song too.
Very nice!
Another excellent video, thank you Dave for this rare glimpse.
Great vid! Thank you!
Very nice, Sir!
Superb video thanks Dave!
At 74, I doubt I'll be "hopping" into a Lysander any time soon. But THANKS for the tour!! Happy New Year, Dave!
Thank you for the guided tour!
Thanks Dave, great as always. Here's a question. I had my glider wings in Air Cadets decades ago. Always been an aviation lover but never went further than that. If you were given the choice to take a ride in a Tiger Moth or a Harvard, which would you choose and why?
The Lysander !! 🤗
Why do I say that ? I think you would find the Harvard overwhelming and the Tiger Moth possibly underwhelming. Lysanders don’t grow on trees and I think you’d have so much fun. I have about 70 hours on the Chipmunk and about 1400 on the Dak The airborne portion of the video, at the end , i thought was brilliant.
@@californiadreamin8423 If you'd like to see more of that airshow performance, it's here: ua-cam.com/video/bBCIoHOBriI/v-deo.htmlsi=3hMq5QEzotMAQXjl
You should do both. The Moth was the selector-aeroplane, weeding out those who had natural talent as quickly as possible. It amplifies errors, usually without killing the student.
The Harvard was the pilot-making aeroplane, uncompromising and demanding. Anyone who got their wings on a Harvard/T-6 was a known-quantity: someone with hands/feet/judgement.
For a proper understanding of the BCATP, you should fly in both.
@@davehadfield5906 Thoroughly enjoyed the show, thanks Dave. All those knobs n switches !! Now I just need one to fly to France, at night, and land in the field opposite my house !!
Seems fairly straight fwd.
Yep.
Once you get the briefing.
@davehadfield5906 merry Christmas, Dave.
@@bobsakamanos4469 Happy New Year, Bob, and best wishes.
I wonder what planes that airspeed indicator were put in that actually needed the inner dial.
I've had the Lysander up to about 200 mph on airshow passes, but I don't like it much. The canopy sections shake like crazy, and the inspection-panels on the upper surface of the wings tend to get sucked off.
To think that pilots flew this into darkened fields in France lit by oil pots, then take off again...that merits a VC just once..
Yes.
I take my hat off to them. This machine is a handful even on fine summer days.
You have to hand it to the Brits: they take "quirky" to new heights.
Just identified my biological father. RAF 161 SQUADRON was given OBE , all files in MI6,awkward!
Putting the fuel quantity indicator where it would be easy for the pilot to read just wouldn't be good sport old chum.