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Perfect aeroplanes for summer evenings - The FLYER Show - 25th June 2026 · Flyer Magazine

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_05: This is the Flyer Show in podcast form from Flyer.
• 0:07
  SPEAKER_05: It's your weekly dose of general aviation news, views, and flying chat.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_05: In this episode, it's so hot all we can think about is being cool.
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  SPEAKER_05: So we set ourselves the challenge of finding perfect aeroplanes for summer evenings, but they had to be from the classified.
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  SPEAKER_05: Plus, there's the usual observations, digressions, and opinions from the team.
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  SPEAKER_05: If you like aeroplanes, airfield, airspace, and the strange little world that surrounds them, you're in the right place.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_05: Welcome to the Flyer Show.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_05: I'm Ed Hicks.
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  SPEAKER_05: I'm Annabelle Cook.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_05: And I'm Dave Corderwood.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_05: And it's blinking hot here.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_05: It's so hot.
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  SPEAKER_05: In this week's show, we've set ourselves the challenge of finding perfect aeroplanes for a summer evening from the classified.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_05: So that's to come.
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  SPEAKER_05: Plus, we'll have news and all the usual stuff, plus what caught your eye.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_05: But first, it's time to say uh it's time for our top tip from Sky Demon.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_05: Uh, because we couldn't do it without Sky Demon's support.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_05: Uh so let's see what they've got.
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  SPEAKER_03: Hi, I'm Tim from Sky Demon.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_03: Welcome to this week's top tip.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_03: When you're flying, if you see something interesting on the ground, you can quickly create a user waypoint by opening the main menu and selecting Create User Waypoint here.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_03: You'll see the waypoint appear on the map.
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  SPEAKER_03: After you're done flying, open the setup menu and choose User Waypoints and go into the folder Dropped in Flight.
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  SPEAKER_03: You'll see your waypoint here.
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  SPEAKER_03: You can then rename it.
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  SPEAKER_03: Choose the proper folder for it and press save.
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  SPEAKER_03: Your new waypoint is here on the map.
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  SPEAKER_03: For our full user manual, go to skydimon.ero and choose help and support.
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  SPEAKER_05: So, user waypoint.
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  SPEAKER_05: Have you used a user waypoint?
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_02: I've created a user waypoint.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_02: There we go.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_02: But I haven't done the one where you're flying over something and then you go, I'll look this up later.
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  SPEAKER_05: It is a really useful function.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_05: It is.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_05: I know lots of people who fly around and go, oh, look a strip.
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  SPEAKER_05: Save that for later.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_02: Or an interesting water feature or random batteries.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_05: They love an interesting feature.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_02: It has become decidedly sticky over the last week, hasn't it?
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  SPEAKER_02: And as the person that melts as soon as it goes over about 20 degrees, I am really looking forward to the end of this.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_02: So shall we see if Simon has good news for me?
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_05: Please, Simon.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_05: Make it cold.
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  SPEAKER_00: Evening all.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hope you're doing well this evening and uh not melting too much in this heat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Things are changing, but it's going to be Sunday, really, before we become much cooler.
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  SPEAKER_00: Got some thunderstorms as well to deal with, I think, as we go through the course of uh this forecast uh over the weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: So um here's how tomorrow shapes up.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's another hot day for many of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just note though that rain getting into northwest England, southern Scotland and Ireland through the morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Note how it moves its way eastward into the afternoon, becomes quite heavy across parts of Scotland in the afternoon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Could be a thunderstorm across northern parts of England.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: Across the rest of England and Wales, though, generally it is dry.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: It's a fair base around three to five thousand feet tops about ten to twelve thousand feet and hot again.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: I think we've just got to watch for some low cloud, perhaps Southern Ireland, perhaps western coast of Wales, perhaps just drifting onto the far southwestern coast of England as we go through the afternoon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, overnight into Saturday, one or two thunderstorms may just come northwards from um off the continent and those move through south-east England and then into East Anglia, early part of Saturday morning before, as you can see here, clearing away.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: Then I think we've got a fair amount of cloud around.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: Quite muggy, I think, maybe come fairly misty through Saturday morning for some, particularly across western and southern coasts.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: But I think into the afternoon we are going to be finding a few showers just developing through parts of Wales and through parts of northwest England as rain then moves into Scotland, so it's quite a complex picture as we get into the afternoon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then by the evening on Saturday, showers are starting to develop thunderstorms across much of uh Wales, across perhaps parts of southwest England, the Midlands into northern parts of England, and becoming non-VFR here at times.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some Cuniums around bases, probably not that low, 3,000 feet tops at about 20 to 30,000 feet.
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  SPEAKER_00: One or two showers elsewhere, generally still verifiable, but these thundery showers developing uh across the southeastern parts of England too, while staying wet across western Scotland and Ireland.
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  SPEAKER_00: So a bit of a messy one on Saturday and remaining hot.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, those thunderstorms overnight tracking the way north and eastwards through Saturday evening, clearing away from eastern coast of England.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a band of rain then moves through Scotland, northwest England and Wales.
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  SPEAKER_00: And through Sunday morning, that actually fades as it goes eastwards, and we find fresher conditions moving in from the west as Sunday progresses.
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  SPEAKER_00: And actually, Sunday afternoon, after having some showers in western areas, looks okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: Generally very farable for many, probably more cloud around across East Anglia and the southeast, but generally basically three to five thousand feet, and the top is probably coming in at around about 10 or 21,000 feet.
• 5:33
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, one or two showers for Western problem, but otherwise it looks like being a decent afternoon.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_00: Just watch out for some muck and mess in the channel throughout Saturday and through most of Sunday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Will take time for those fresher, clearer conditions to move in from the west.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I guess from that, I'd probably say Sunday looking to be the better of the days if you want to avoid the heat and of course the heat and calls uh turbulence.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, if we want to get away from that, I think Sunday is one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, uh I'll leave you with that for now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't forget though, if you want me to let you know when my next aviation weather school part one calls is an hour.co.uk, just use the contact as a form on there, and uh I will let you know as soon as the next date is announced.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be in September.
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  SPEAKER_00: I just need to firm up at those dates.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, have a great, have a safe flying weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: Watch out for those thunderstorms, don't get caught out by them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And um yeah, whatever you do, keep the sun shining.
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  SPEAKER_00: And bye for now, I'll see you next week.
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_00: Bye guys, bye.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_05: Hopefully, it's gonna be cooler.
• 6:33
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, which can't come soon enough.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_07: No, it can't get any hotter, surely.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_07: Shh.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_07: Oh, right.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_07: Okay, so some news, and the top story this week is about the CAA's plans to uh I've changed the advice they give to aeromedical examiners.
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_07: We have talked about this in the past, yeah, but now we've put five questions to the CAA to try and understand why they've done it.
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  SPEAKER_06: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_07: These five questions are what's evidence, safety data, medical research prompted the introduction of the change.
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  SPEAKER_07: In other words, why have you done it?
• 7:03
  SPEAKER_06: Yeah.
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_07: Excuse me.
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  SPEAKER_07: Um the C we asked the CA to explain the scientific evidence and risk modelling.
• 7:09
  SPEAKER_07: Uh, we've talked about um aviation medical certifications traditionally being informed by research into the risk, including the principles of a 1% rule.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_07: Um, but this is you know, this is not really being followed here.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_07: So we want to understand how they got from that 1% rule up to a 15% threshold, yeah, in which case you need to have you know a bigger test.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_07: Yes.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_07: Um the the two more points, two more questions.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_07: Uh they want to we asked them, did the CA estimate how many class two applicants would be affected?
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_07: Uh would be exceed this 15% threshold, yeah.
• 7:46
  SPEAKER_07: And how many previously undiagnosed, clinically significant cardiovascular conditions will be identified?
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_07: And also what's the financial impact on pilots going to be?
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_07: The final question was about the CAA's general aviation strategy, which emphasizes proportionate regulation and avoiding unnecessary burdens.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_07: Uh, previously the CAA has been known for gold plating regulations, and we just want to understand whether that's what's going on here or whether there's a real basis to it.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_05: So those questions are in, and we're hopeful of a reply sometime in the future.
• 8:22
  SPEAKER_07: Yep, and we'll chase them up if they don't come back to us pretty soon.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_05: Okay, and uh obviously once we've got them, you'll see them on flyer.
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_05: So Annabel.
• 8:30
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, uh well, as you know, I really love to see a creative competition.
• 8:34
  SPEAKER_02: A creative competition.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_02: And the Thruxton Triple Challenge, which has been announced this week, ticks a lot of boxes.
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  SPEAKER_02: So this is taking place over the weekend of the 29th and the 30th of August.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_02: And pilots are challenged to land at Thruxton, Popham, and Solent, and there's going to be a different challenge at each airfield.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_06: Oh, okay.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_02: Uh at Thruxton, the challenge will be to taxi as close as possible to an obstacle.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_02: It does say on the website it'll be fryer, it'll be fryable.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_02: And I don't mean like today is quite friable, but I mean disintegraty.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_02: Um there's a spot landing competition at Popham, and Silent has a timed landing competition.
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  SPEAKER_05: Okay.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_02: It's£35 to enter, that covers landing fees and includes a charity donation, and spectators are encouraged to watch for free.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 9:23
  SPEAKER_05: I I do like I'm landing the the taxiing challenge sounds a bit crazy, but there are times when you look out at your wingtip and you're like, Am I gonna miss that?
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_05: Someone once said to me that like the good guide is like, will the shadows touch?
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, I've heard that.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_05: But I'm not brave enough to put that into practice.
• 9:42
  SPEAKER_05: No.
• 9:42
  SPEAKER_07: So both in the sun, it's coming from the other side.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_02: Oh no, Dave's gonna get sunset.
• 9:46
  SPEAKER_05: The shadows will be equal to.
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_05: Dave, Dave, we don't need science brought to this conversation.
• 9:50
  SPEAKER_05: Sorry.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_05: Okay, well that sounds good.
• 9:54
  SPEAKER_05: Okay.
• 9:55
  SPEAKER_05: Uh who's gonna take part in that?
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_02: It's not gonna be too hot for me.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_02: I won't be.
• 9:59
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_02: This is ice cream.
• 10:01
  SPEAKER_05: Is it me?
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_05: Yes, it is.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_05: It is me.
• 10:03
  SPEAKER_05: Um so uh some news.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_05: If you're thinking of visiting uh Sywell Aerodrome during the week, just be aware that there's been some recent changes and they're quite significant.
• 10:13
  SPEAKER_05: Um so um a couple a few of our viewers spotted um a notice that went out on their website uh that says due to increased airfield traffic, Sywell Airfield is no longer able to accommodate visiting aircraft during weekdays.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_05: So Monday to Friday.
• 10:28
  SPEAKER_05: Um the current aerodrome operating hours at the moment are Monday to Friday, but it's closed to all visiting aircraft.
• 10:35
  SPEAKER_05: Based aircraft can still operate, but no visitors, there's no air ground, there's no rescue or fire service or fuel available at all.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_05: So um Saturday to Sunday, 9 till 1800 or sunrise to sunset.
• 10:48
  SPEAKER_05: Um you can fly in there, but obviously uh check the no terms and you must submit PPR.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_05: And it is online only as well.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah, it's hot, they're very hot on PPR.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, um, so yeah, um so it's just a it just seems a shame that you can't go into Sidewell now during the week.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_05: But there's a lot going on now.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_05: I I heard that Triumph from motorcycles who are based there, they've they've got one of the hangers and they're they use the runway a lot.
• 11:11
  SPEAKER_05: And I guess if it's what it takes to keep an airfield operating, yeah.
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_02: Better to have it at weekends than not at all.
• 11:17
  SPEAKER_05: But so, but yeah, just be aware of that if you've ever dropped into Sywell and you're planning to go there again, not in the weeks.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 11:24
  SPEAKER_07: Most of the businesses there are related to aviation, though, which is good.
• 11:28
  SPEAKER_07: Oh, yeah.
• 11:28
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah, yeah.
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_07: Um, bit of good news theoretically.
• 11:32
  SPEAKER_07: Uh the UK government, well, I say theoretically, we'll come to that, has confirmed it will carry out a full review into rejoining the European Geostationary Navigation Overlaidance system.
• 11:43
  SPEAKER_02: EGNOS! That's easy for you to say.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_07: It wasn't at all.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_07: But uh it's a system for improving the accuracy and reliability of GPS signals, specifically for vertical and horizontal guidance.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_07: Why do we need this?
• 11:54
  SPEAKER_07: Well, it's a safety of life system.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_07: Ah, quite critical.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_07: Quite critical, yes.
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_07: Used by operators in marginal conditions, yeah.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah, particularly such as Skybus, uh, which operates to the Is of Scilly, and also Loganair into various Scottish Islands, where the weather can be hit and miss, yeah.
• 12:11
  SPEAKER_07: Um, and they're running a GPS approach, they need this uh this extra guidance.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_07: Um and and also helicopters operating into helipads, um, particularly emergency helicopters.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_05: Because after we left Egnos, there was talk of us finding our own our own system.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_05: Yes.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_05: But that never happened, did it?
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah, well, it was ridiculously expensive to launch our own system.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_07: Amazing! Just imagine that.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_07: How shocking.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_07: Um anyway, we've so we've talked we've so Kia Mate, not KIR, not so care, sorry, Kia Mather.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_05: Kia Mather.
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_05: The only the the the the the current remaining Kia.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah, yeah.
• 12:44
  SPEAKER_07: The other one's still there for at the moment, yeah.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_07: But very unclear.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_07: He was answered answering a question in part in parliamentary questions to this, and so he confirmed that's going to happen.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_07: Um and so to undertake a comprehensive review of the costs and practicalities of rejoining the program with a decision uh expected for the end of the year.
• 13:03
  SPEAKER_07: That now, yeah.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_07: I said I was a bit doubtful in the first because it it does require our European partners to say yes, you can reach.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_07: Welcome back! Welcome back.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_05: Come on in, yeah.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_07: Yes, so who knows?
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, but it's like we say, safety of life system.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_05: Let's hope some logic prevails.
• 13:21
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah.
• 13:21
  SPEAKER_07: It would also be useful for general aviation where we're using GPS approaches into uh uh UK airfields.
• 13:27
  SPEAKER_07: Fantastic.
• 13:28
  SPEAKER_07: The straight stupid thing is ECNOS is still there.
• 13:31
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah.
• 13:31
  SPEAKER_07: You can still see the signal.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_07: What?
• 13:33
  SPEAKER_07: It's just that we're not allowed to British pilots are not allowed to use it within UK mainland.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_07: Don't look.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_07: Because of because it's it's not within their uh procedures at all.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah.
• 13:44
  unknown: Crazy.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_02: That's ridiculous.
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_07: Talking of European partners.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_02: So, yes.
• 13:49
  SPEAKER_02: The flyer has a very good European partner in our good friend Riccardo.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_02: Um, introduce the prop.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you, Ed.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, this week is Would you like me to 2026 Raduno?
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_02: Um so for people that haven't done this before or aren't aware of what it is, Raduno is Italian for gathering.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_02: Uh happens every two years.
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_02: Um, somewhere in Italy, the location moves around.
• 14:16
  SPEAKER_02: Um this year, day one is arrival in Trento.
• 14:20
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know why I've been giving this.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_02: Day two.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_07: Day one being Wednesday.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_02: Day two being Thursday, a fly to Verona uh and visit Sermione and the castle on Lake Garda.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_02: An evening visit into Verona, and day three we'll be flying into the fantastic Venice Lido.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_02: And then optional, this this tends to be the optional ending to Raduno.
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_02: It's always the weekend um of the historical aircraft group fly party at Bagnoli.
• 14:51
  SPEAKER_05: I love that name.
• 14:52
  SPEAKER_02: What hag?
• 14:52
  SPEAKER_05: No, bagnoli.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_05: I have to say, congratulations on your excellent pronunciation of all those locations.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_02: Sorry, Riccardo, if you're watching.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_05: Yes.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_05: But that sounds good.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_05: Have a chat with me later.
• 15:03
  SPEAKER_05: I know I think there's a whole bunch of flyer forumites uh on that trip.
• 15:07
  SPEAKER_02: There are, yeah, I've been added to the WhatsApp group, so I'm getting lots of updates of people's aircraft at varying locations across Europe as they all try and descend on Italy.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_02: But I've got to say, I usually do try and go, whether it's by light aircraft or commercial.
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_02: This year I'm really glad I haven't because I've seen some of the temperatures and we think it's bad here.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_02: Is it hot there?
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_02: In the 40s.
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_02: Oh wow, wow.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_02: That's brutal.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_05: Density altitude is all I can say.
• 15:32
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_02: That's not all I can say.
• 15:34
  SPEAKER_02: I can say other things too.
• 15:36
  SPEAKER_02: Um so what wasn't included though in Laduno was any free landing fees.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_05: Ah.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_02: That was smooth, wasn't it?
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_02: I'm very impressed.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, me too.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_05: This tell us about the free landing fees because this is part of the Flyer Club offering.
• 15:50
  SPEAKER_02: If you're a Flyer Club member, you get lots and lots of things as part of your membership.
• 15:54
  SPEAKER_02: One of the big things is free landing fees at least for airfields across the UK, sometimes beyond each month.
• 16:01
  SPEAKER_02: And for June, those have been and still are Easter, Kingsmure, Eschot, and Yatesbury.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_02: But Yatesbury, I think there's only one day left you can't use that, and that's the 28th of June.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_02: Um, just because they have an event on and they haven't got any parking space left.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_02: Um if you use all of those, you could save£35.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_02: And that brings the first six months of the year to a total saving of£310.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_05: Which, when you consider that flyer club membership is just£62 a year or£60,000 a month at flyer.co.uk forward slash membership.
• 16:39
  SPEAKER_02: It's quite a bargain.
• 16:40
  SPEAKER_05: It's a great bargain.
• 16:40
  SPEAKER_02: Um and if you're planning ahead to July, uh the July landing fees I can confirm are Tibbonham, Longside, East Kirby, and Retford Gamston.
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_05: Oh, East Kirby is a great one.
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_02: I love East Kirby.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_05: Uh if you haven't been to East Kirby, go there because they've got a Lancaster, Mosquito, and a fantastic museum.
• 16:59
  SPEAKER_02: And lots of cake.
• 17:00
  SPEAKER_02: The cake is really, really good.
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_05: It's like the topping on the perfect cake.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_07: And Redford Gamston cake.
• 17:07
  SPEAKER_07: And Redford Gamston as well, that's a good one.
• 17:09
  SPEAKER_07: That's really good.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they they um they've got a relatively new manager in who has been brilliant.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_02: Um, yeah.
• 17:15
  SPEAKER_05: Well, thank you to all of those airfields that support flyer-free landings.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_02: Yep, thank you very much.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_02: Well, and just a reminder that if you do go to any of them, please get some video, get some uh photographs, and get them over to us sometime.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_02: Send them to us.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_02: We really want to see them.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, we love to see you using them.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_05: So okay, so at the top of the show, I talked about the fact that this week uh it's so hot we can't even think.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_05: It's so hot.
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_05: All uh all we can think about is being cool.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_05: Uh so we set ourselves the challenge of finding perfect aeroplanes for summer's evenings.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_05: Hopefully, some summer evenings that are actually cooler than it currently is.
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_05: Uh, and we were going looking in the classifieds.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_05: We can't just come up with aeroplanes, they have to be for sale right now.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_02: And real.
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_05: And real.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_05: Oh.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_05: Yes.
• 18:02
  SPEAKER_05: Um, what makes what do we think?
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_05: What do you need an aeroplane to be in weather like this, right?
• 18:07
  SPEAKER_02: Open cockpit.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_05: Cold.
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_05: Air conditioning.
• 18:12
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 18:13
  SPEAKER_02: Well, you know, I I think open cockpit, obviously, but you also need a radial rumble, don't you?
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_04: Do you?
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_02: Uh and what's better than one wing?
• 18:23
  SPEAKER_02: A biplane.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_04: Ah.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_02: So I found a steerman.
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_05: Oh.
• 18:28
  SPEAKER_02: Uh and I've flown one on a hot evening.
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_02: Have you?
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_02: So I know just do you not know this?
• 18:33
  SPEAKER_05: You you flew one in a hot place.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_02: I did fly one in a hot place on a hot evening.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_05: Was it in the UK?
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_02: Funnily enough, no, it was Thailand.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_05: Ah.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, out of Eastern, um, which is near Patya.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_05: Okay.
• 18:46
  SPEAKER_02: Um so picture the scene at a farm strip, the skylarks are singing, there's a gentle breeze bringing the smell of freshly cut hay, and there's somewhere in the distance the distinctive rumble of a radial.
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_05: This is a very grand production, isn't it?
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_05: This is, isn't it?
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_02: Um, and I have found this beautifully restored example for sale.
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_02: Um, this particular one has a zero hour engine and a new prop, so it is coming in at 140,000.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_02: But kind of this is a sort of a fantasy hanger.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_02: Engines are expensive.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I know.
• 19:20
  SPEAKER_02: I know that I know that from first hand experience how expensive engines can be.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_02: Um, and this isn't real money, because when it comes to flying, it's not real.
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_05: It's just pretend units of flying.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so that's that's my bid.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_05: I do like that.
• 19:33
  SPEAKER_05: And Steer uh the Stearman is a nice, it's big cockpit, it's breezy but not too breezy.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_05: You've got the wing above you.
• 19:42
  SPEAKER_02: You do have a little splatter of hot oil on your face if you get it.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_05: I'm not a big fan of a big fan of hot oil.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_05: Dave, can you top the steerman?
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_07: Well, there's only one aircraft you should have for a bimbling in the summer.
• 19:53
  SPEAKER_02: And I know what it's gonna choose.
• 19:55
  SPEAKER_02: What's it going to be, Dave?
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_07: It's gonna be Alaska mate.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, what?
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_07: The one I found, and one that has no windscreen.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_07: The one that I found is the twin of one I used to own.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_07: I thought you were gonna say it was a twin.
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_02: Oh no.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_07: Alaskam twin.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_05: I was gonna be excited about that.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_07: That's interesting.
• 20:12
  SPEAKER_07: It's exactly the same paint scheme as the one I used to have.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_07: A bee's knees.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_07: A bee's knees, yeah.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_07: It's a 1946 Luscombe 80 Silvaire.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_07: Yes.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_07: It's on sale in the States for$31,500, or best offer.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_07: Um, so it's an all-metal 80, which is I much prefer.
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_04: Uh all metal in this all metal.
• 20:31
  SPEAKER_04: No.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_04: Sounds like a hot box.
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_07: Well, other other than the rag wings, some of them have uh fabric wings.
• 20:36
  SPEAKER_07: But uh no, you can on Aluscom you can open the side windows and have them half open.
• 20:41
  SPEAKER_05: Right.
• 20:42
  SPEAKER_07: And uh there's plenty of there's plenty of holes in Aluscom, plenty of places for air to get in.
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_07: So very nice.
• 20:48
  SPEAKER_07: And it's a there's nothing better than flying around in a little.
• 20:51
  SPEAKER_05: I'll give you the fact, I know it is high wing.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_05: Yes, so you've got a bit of shade.
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_05: Yes, because there's nothing nothing worse than being exposed in a bubble and getting cooked.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_05: I speak from experience.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_05: Yep.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_07: So so so this one is exactly the same as as mine.
• 21:06
  SPEAKER_07: It's got the same engine, it's got an awful lot of new stuff in it, which makes uh makes it very uh very attractive.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_07: Okay.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_07: It's also been hangered and it's got a current annual, uh, so it it's good.
• 21:17
  SPEAKER_07: So when does it arrive?
• 21:19
  SPEAKER_02: Well Yeah, you said or best offer.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_02: What did they accept?
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_05: I I haven't fluffs of some coins from the back of the sofa.
• 21:27
  SPEAKER_07: So mine was actually a 1947 with the same engine with the starter motor, metal wings, and the fuel tank behind the cabin.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_07: Uh the fuel tank in in the wings rather than behind the cabin.
• 21:38
  SPEAKER_07: And uh it was a really lovely aeroplane.
• 21:40
  SPEAKER_07: Unfortunately, some it got caught up in a storm and it's now sitting in a in a restoration workshop.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_07: Um did you know that the Luscomb maximum takeoff weight is six hundred and thirty five kilograms?
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_07: Not that far off the microlyte weight limit.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_07: But far enough to not be a microlyte.
• 21:57
  SPEAKER_07: But uh but actually, I imagine.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_07: Supposing you could lose 35 kilograms, I imagine the paperwork involved in changing the status would more than double the weight of the aircraft.
• 22:06
  SPEAKER_05: That would be that would be an interesting challenge.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_05: Yes.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_05: I I think that might even be a challenge too far.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_05: But just imagine in a world where you could do that, wouldn't that be amazing?
• 22:17
  SPEAKER_07: Anyway, here's a picture of me and my my my lascom.
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_05: Hold on, that looks like a like a really young person.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_05: That's what you gave.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_07: I was going to do something.
• 22:26
  SPEAKER_07: I'll just hold back at the last minute.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_05: Very good.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_05: Well, that just leaves me and I went for this.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_05: It's a Waco CTO, better known as the Taperwing.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_05: Now, this is a beauty.
• 22:39
  SPEAKER_05: It's designed near the end of the open cockpit biplane era when biplanes were big, sleek, powerful aircraft.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_05: Oh, someone's taking off.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_05: What kind of aircraft is that, Ed?
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_05: That is a Roban DR400.
• 22:52
  SPEAKER_05: I only know this, not from sound because I saw it earlier.
• 22:56
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, don't spoil the illusion that you know everything.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_02: Encyclopedia.
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_05: Oh, I know.
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_05: Anyway, the taper wing was so named because it had beautifully tapered wings.
• 23:04
  SPEAKER_02: No, really?
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_05: Really, yes.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_02: That's very little creativity in that name, is there?
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_05: I know, but you can you see see it and you can understand.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_05: So taper wings were built and sold to air racers at the time.
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_05: Uh display pilots loved them too.
• 23:16
  SPEAKER_05: It was$8,525 back in the late 20s, which will be£165,000 now.
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_05: Right.
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_07: Um why do display pilots like it so much?
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_05: Uh great for robotics.
• 23:27
  SPEAKER_05: Right.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_05: Um very strong.
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_05: Um uh big um the engine is a 350 horsepower right radial.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_05: Oh wow.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_05: Um so you can imagine you can make a lot of noise and you can make some big figures in the sky.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_07: 350 horsepower.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, that's a lot for a while.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_05: Um so this one was restored by well-known Waco restorer uh expert Frank Frank Pavilga between 1996 and 2003, and it is perfect.
• 23:53
  SPEAKER_05: It's been returned to its original configuration.
• 23:57
  SPEAKER_05: Um, uh, all new wings, great to have new wings, um, uh, lots of new parts, and it's on sale with Platinum Fighters.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_05: That fantastic website.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_05: It's not too bad, really.
• 24:09
  SPEAKER_05: $219,000.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_02: Actually.
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_05: That's a whole lot of aeroplane for not very much money.
• 24:16
  SPEAKER_05: Because if you think about it, so before Waco aircraft closed their doors, the Waco YMF5, which was their reproduction biplane, that was$590,000 entry price.
• 24:27
  SPEAKER_05: So you can get an authentic original Waco.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_07: That that price obviously could be could be the reason they closed their doors.
• 24:33
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_05: Well, anyway, so yeah, so you can get this piece of history for half that.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_05: And in my mind, in that cockpit, I am cool in two ways.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_05: I am aerodynamically cool, and I am silk scarf's cool.
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_05: If I could say silk scarf cool.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_02: You saw it here first, folks.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_02: Ed is cool.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_05: Ed is cool.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_05: Can you just do me a favour?
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_05: Hold on, and then everyone woke up.
• 24:53
  SPEAKER_02: Can you do me one favour before we move on?
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_02: Can you say Waco again?
• 24:57
  SPEAKER_05: Waco.
• 24:58
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
• 25:00
  SPEAKER_05: Uh anyway, uh, did you uh do you like one of our choices?
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_05: Are you a committed Luscombe fan?
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_05: Is your answer to every question Luscombe?
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_05: Yes.
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_05: Like Dave.
• 25:09
  SPEAKER_05: Uh, or have you got a better choice than us?
• 25:11
  SPEAKER_05: Tell us in the comments.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_05: Okay, so it's time for what caught your eye.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_05: Dave, what caught your eye this week?
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_07: Well, last weekend it was the weekend of the Breeton Stollfest.
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_05: Hotly anticipated.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_07: Yep, there was a bit of problems on the lead up to it.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_05: Cancelled at the last minute.
• 25:28
  SPEAKER_04: And then reinstated.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_07: Well, it was cancelled because the the organisers of the Stollfest were not the people who run the real aeroplane club at Breeton.
• 25:37
  SPEAKER_07: They were just using it as a venue.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_07: Anyway, that was cancelled because of various reasons.
• 25:41
  SPEAKER_07: Um, but Breeton, the real aeroplane club at Breeton, decided that all these people are on their way to come to the vest, so they put something on for them.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_07: So they put on a flying and they put on some a stall competition.
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_07: Uh not quite in the same league as the one that was intended, right?
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_07: But they wanted to put something on at very short notice, and they did it, and I have to say, it was a success.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_07: Okay.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_07: Uh now one of the US there was a US guy over for an event, he wasn't taking part, but he had he's a stole stole enthusiast in the States.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_07: He runs a company called um uh Bush Bushwagon East, which does conversions for stall aircraft.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_07: Anyway, he was over, uh, his name's Greg Herren, uh, and he shot a couple of videos.
• 26:25
  SPEAKER_07: Okay.
• 26:25
  SPEAKER_07: Um and he said uh this one, these two videos show Andy Rouse's Sester 180 taking part in the stall competition.
• 26:32
  SPEAKER_07: And Greg said, I got to check out the stall event at yesterday at Breeton uh aerodrome.
• 26:37
  SPEAKER_07: Lots of drama, but at least I got to hang out with some great folks.
• 26:40
  SPEAKER_07: Here's Andy showing the crowd how he does it in his real pearly early models 180.
• 26:45
  SPEAKER_05: That is a really pretty 180.
• 26:47
  SPEAKER_07: It is, yeah.
• 26:48
  SPEAKER_04: And look at it looks like a Raspberry Ripple Ice.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_07: And look how it's coming in.
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_04: It's just smooth.
• 26:52
  SPEAKER_04: It's not, I mean it's not it.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_05: It's not it's not as brutal, it's not as brutal as some of the American comps, but it's nicely flown.
• 27:00
  SPEAKER_07: Yes, and if you imagine breaking a tail draker hard after landing full of danger.
• 27:05
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah, yeah.
• 27:06
  SPEAKER_07: So Andy Rouse did a great job.
• 27:08
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah.
• 27:08
  SPEAKER_07: Now, this guy, Greg, runs his business business called Bushwagon East, and uh he he's just also posted a little video of the aircraft that he's just finished doing for a customer.
• 27:19
  SPEAKER_07: It's uh assessed 170, been working for a customer, it says about the aircraft being heavily modified, she's light, powerful, and totally ridiculous.
• 27:29
  SPEAKER_05: I do, I mean, I have to say the 170, because the 170s have become like the 180s, the kind of it's the more affordable 180.
• 27:36
  SPEAKER_05: And there's loads of really nice mods for it, and that is that looks really sharp.
• 27:39
  SPEAKER_07: It's absolutely lovely.
• 27:40
  SPEAKER_07: I just love the shape of the fin as well.
• 27:42
  SPEAKER_05: The main scheme really brings out the shape of it as well.
• 27:45
  SPEAKER_05: Any any more details about this?
• 27:47
  SPEAKER_05: No.
• 27:47
  SPEAKER_05: Okay, great.
• 27:48
  SPEAKER_05: I'm guessing that's big lycoming in the front, because that's a really hot mod.
• 27:52
  SPEAKER_02: You cannot tell from the sound.
• 27:54
  SPEAKER_05: No.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, Ed.
• 27:57
  SPEAKER_02: Disappointed.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_05: Just guessing.
• 27:59
  SPEAKER_05: Annabelle.
• 28:00
  SPEAKER_02: Uh yeah, what caught my eye this week was this lovely, lovely video sent to me um from Sue Harvey at Yatesbury.
• 28:09
  SPEAKER_05: Oh, I saw this.
• 28:10
  SPEAKER_05: This was magic.
• 28:11
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so um Sue said that she and her daughter, Debbie Aykroyd, who made the video, um, they were passengers in two C-42s from the Wiltshire Micro Light Club, and they captured sunrise on the solstice.
• 28:24
  SPEAKER_02: And what I love about this is it very simply says, This is why I fly.
• 28:30
  SPEAKER_02: Um and it was also putting flying at sunrise on the summer solstice, which is a brilliant tongue twister.
• 28:36
  SPEAKER_02: We'll get Dave to have a go at that in a minute.
• 28:38
  SPEAKER_02: Um that's firmly now on my bucket list because just yeah, that I know that is just cracking, isn't it?
• 28:43
  SPEAKER_05: Look at that.
• 28:44
  SPEAKER_05: That is so good.
• 28:45
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 28:46
  SPEAKER_05: Um yeah, no, I did see this, and it was really nice.
• 28:48
  SPEAKER_05: And of course, uh, they fly from Yatebury.
• 28:51
  SPEAKER_05: They do, yes, which is Sue is yeah.
• 28:52
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, which is thank you, Sue, for the free landing.
• 28:55
  SPEAKER_05: And um, yeah.
• 28:56
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and they are actually regular supporters of ours with free landings, and um, yeah, so do go in, say hi.
• 29:01
  SPEAKER_05: And they're the the the their C42s, quite often you see them over here at Wadswick.
• 29:06
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah, beautiful.
• 29:07
  SPEAKER_05: Fabulous, really, really nice.
• 29:09
  SPEAKER_05: Um, which just leaves me.
• 29:11
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, what caught your eye, Ed?
• 29:12
  SPEAKER_05: Well, one of the best flying films ever.
• 29:16
  SPEAKER_05: The Rocketeer.
• 29:17
  SPEAKER_05: No.
• 29:17
  SPEAKER_05: The Rocketeer, Turkey's 35 this week.
• 29:21
  SPEAKER_05: That's a brilliant film.
• 29:22
  SPEAKER_05: 35! Absolutely brilliant.
• 29:23
  SPEAKER_05: Have you seen it?
• 29:24
  SPEAKER_05: I I have seen it.
• 29:25
  SPEAKER_05: Oh, excellent.
• 29:26
  SPEAKER_05: I'm not alone in this thing.
• 29:27
  SPEAKER_05: You're not alone in the room.
• 29:28
  SPEAKER_05: Because a lot of people go The Rockabot.
• 29:29
  SPEAKER_05: Oh, no.
• 29:31
  SPEAKER_05: Um, uh, because it was a big budget movie, um, but it wasn't a big success uh that uh filmmakers Disney had hoped for.
• 29:37
  SPEAKER_05: Uh it's set in 1938, uh, Los Angeles, California.
• 29:41
  SPEAKER_05: Um the Rocketeer tells the story of racing pilot Cliff Seacord, um, who discovers a stolen rocket pack.
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_05: Um Cliff's heroic deeds uh soon attract the attention of Howard Hughes, who appears in it, and the uh there's a model spruce goose, which is fantastic.
• 29:56
  SPEAKER_05: Um so uh and the FBI, they're hunting for the missing rock rocket pack, which has uh been stolen by Nazi operatives.
• 30:03
  SPEAKER_05: Um it's got Billy Campbell as Cliff.
• 30:06
  SPEAKER_05: Um he was a kind of a big name at the time, but he kind of vanished a little bit.
• 30:10
  SPEAKER_05: Uh Timothy Dalton, we all know him, he was a bond.
• 30:13
  SPEAKER_05: He was villain Neville Sinclair, uh and Jennifer Connolly um as Jenny Blake.
• 30:19
  SPEAKER_05: Uh she would still be flying 30 years later because she was um Penny Benjamin in um Top Gun Maverick.
• 30:26
  SPEAKER_05: She was, yeah.
• 30:27
  SPEAKER_05: Um uh and it's an action-packed 108 minutes of movie.
• 30:31
  SPEAKER_05: Um it's full of aircraft um from the 30s.
• 30:34
  SPEAKER_05: There's even a blimp.
• 30:36
  SPEAKER_05: Uh but the real semi-rigid dirigible.
• 30:38
  SPEAKER_05: No, it's not a semi-rigid dirigible.
• 30:40
  SPEAKER_01: It's a blimp.
• 30:40
  SPEAKER_05: I think it's an actual blimp.
• 30:41
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 30:42
  SPEAKER_05: Um the real star of the film, though, is the GB Model Z, um which features in a fantastic opening sequence, um, and it's scored by James Horner.
• 30:53
  SPEAKER_05: Uh, the late James Horner, um, who just he was a fantastic writer of music.
• 30:59
  SPEAKER_05: He was an aviator as well.
• 31:00
  SPEAKER_05: Um, and it is just the opening sequence is just stunning.
• 31:04
  SPEAKER_05: Um, and it's why 30 years later I ended up buying an Rv3 that's painted like a GB.
• 31:09
  SPEAKER_05: I'll never own a GB, but I've got something that looks like it, and I can live out my rocketeer fantasy.
• 31:14
  SPEAKER_02: I should know, it's been a long time since I've seen that film.
• 31:17
  SPEAKER_02: I need to watch it again.
• 31:18
  SPEAKER_05: It is great, it makes me want to go and get that helmet and stick it on.
• 31:21
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 31:21
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 31:21
  SPEAKER_05: No, I don't think I could fly the RV wearing that helmet, it would look a bit daft and probably wouldn't fit.
• 31:26
  SPEAKER_07: I was going to say, you could have it in your position.
• 31:29
  SPEAKER_07: I know.
• 31:29
  SPEAKER_05: I would tempted.
• 31:31
  SPEAKER_05: I am tempted.
• 31:32
  SPEAKER_05: If you haven't seen the film, you owe it to yourself to give it a watch because it is magical.
• 31:37
  SPEAKER_05: It wasn't a great success, but it is a brilliant flying film.
• 31:40
  SPEAKER_07: Well, it's Iron Man several years before it was even thought of.
• 31:43
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah, it's a long before Iron Man, but but with all the cool stuff, you know, there was trimotors, racers, or you know, all the stuff of the time.
• 31:50
  SPEAKER_05: It's just it's a great watch.
• 31:51
  SPEAKER_05: It is so events.
• 31:55
  SPEAKER_05: And we beat it, yeah.
• 31:57
  SPEAKER_05: Compete with last week.
• 31:58
  SPEAKER_07: No, this week is a slightly, slightly uh you know, less popular event for events.
• 32:03
  SPEAKER_07: But there's Private Flight Fest at Leeds East, there's a Flexmoon flying at St.
• 32:07
  SPEAKER_07: Michael's, that's up near Preston.
• 32:08
  SPEAKER_07: Yep.
• 32:09
  SPEAKER_07: There's a charity flying and summer fair at Sherlock.
• 32:12
  SPEAKER_07: That actually sounds very nice, that one.
• 32:13
  SPEAKER_05: That is, yeah, that's uh run by uh Sherlock Airfields, run by Bob Pooler, uh, who people will know from uh Slate Airfield.
• 32:21
  SPEAKER_05: Um uh yeah, and that looks like that's gonna be a fantastic event.
• 32:24
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah, I'd be flying with Bob Pooler in his aviat.
• 32:27
  SPEAKER_07: There's the Festival of Flight Air Show at Shuttleworth, there's Headcorn International Air Show, and there's FLAPing.
• 32:34
  SPEAKER_07: Woohoo! That's flying and clamping at Sandown.
• 32:37
  SPEAKER_07: At Sandown, yes.
• 32:38
  SPEAKER_07: Um coming up on the 2nd of July at evening with Ian Seeger.
• 32:42
  SPEAKER_02: I've heard of him.
• 32:43
  SPEAKER_07: Yeah.
• 32:43
  SPEAKER_07: Who's that?
• 32:44
  SPEAKER_07: Anyway, so uh Ian's going to be speaking, talking at the uh London Flying Club.
• 32:49
  SPEAKER_07: So if it's a free event, you just need to register.
• 32:52
  SPEAKER_05: Fantastic.
• 32:53
  SPEAKER_05: Uh well, we've we've made it to the end.
• 32:55
  SPEAKER_05: Nothing is overheated.
• 32:57
  SPEAKER_05: Uh and if you're laughing, going overheating, it's it's it's it was cut it's uh it was uh it was chance that it could have happened.
• 33:04
  SPEAKER_02: If you can see behind the scenes and the huge lights, there's a lot of fans, lots of lights.
• 33:08
  SPEAKER_05: But we've made it, we've made it to the end.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_05: Um uh thank you, Annabelle, uh, thank you, Dave.
• 33:12
  SPEAKER_05: Thank you to Sky Demon, and uh we couldn't do it without you, and thank you to you viewers for watching.
• 33:18
  SPEAKER_05: Um and uh yeah, just say uh thanks very much and see you next week.
• 33:23
  SPEAKER_05: Yep.
• 33:23
  SPEAKER_05: Bye.
• 33:24
  SPEAKER_05: Bye.
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