NANCHANG CJ6A - Dave Holbourn

N2Cl at Chateau la Chassagne

Piper Cub LJ4 - G-BILI - Peter Davis

Lancair 320 MkII

G-ADNE - PM Dick Felix

UP Vision Paraglider

Siai Marchetti SF260 - Liveryman Graham Horder

PA 32 Saratoga

Look out behind you!

B747-400 G-ARJV City of Lincoln 16th May 1993

Summit of Mont Blanc 15,771ft from a Squirrel

Skyranger - Chris Finnigan

Plastic Fantastic! - Chris Finnigan

Quasar - Chris Finnigan

Have microlight will travel! - Chris Finnigan

NANCHANG CJ6A ex the Chinese PLA. I think the aircraft was the first of it's type imported into the UK and it was then exported to Australia--where I bought it and had it restored. According to the British Test Pilot the handling is excellent,'much in the Chipmunk camp'. It is powered by a 285HP 9 Cylinder radial engine and is beautifully engineered--rugged and simple. It is based at Goolwa just south of Adelaide South Australia.I am ex RAAF and a retired Cathay 'Classic' jumbo pilot and I really enjoy reliving those Airforce days.

Anyway, I hope you find these photo's useful and if any member is holidaying in my part of the world I would be more than happy to treat them to a ride. Cheers and Best Regards Dave Holbourn

Owned by John D'Arcy, Graham Jenkins,Ken Sherwood, John Denyer and Gerald Hackemer

This is a veteran of the Second WW. Built at Lockhaven in 1944, she was shipped to England and then sometime after D-day went to France to be used as laiaison/artillery spotter with the US Army Air Corps. After the war she was abandoned by the military and fell into the hands of French aviators, when she was painted yellow and used for flight training.

The aircraft arrived in UK in 1981, where it had several owners and was based at Kingsclere, Wickenby, Cranwell North, Lyneham, Sandown, Wellesbourne and finally at White Waltham in late 1989. She was repainted in authentic US military colours prior to that date. Always popular at Air events in UK, G-BILI has also crossed the channel again on several occasions, including the D day celebrations in 1994 and 2004.

The aircraft is basically an original J3 type, which the military called an L4-J. The engine is a 65 h.p. Continental. Cruises at about 70 m.p.h. 12 us gallon tank, burns 4 gallons per hour. Can use Avgas or Mogas.

I built the aircraft over a period of eight years and fly it all over Europe with leg lengths of over 700nm. It cruises at 180 kias and has a VNE of 260. There are about four flying in the UK of which this is the only one with detachable wingtip extensions (fitted in this photo) which add 4' to the span and an extra 10 kts over 10000'. I have also flown similar aircraft coast to coast across the USA in 15 hours flying time (two days), all above 10,000'. They are very capable machines.

It is a Lancair 320 MkII with a Lycoming 160hp engine and Hartzell constant speed prop. It first flew in 2000 and represents the ultimate in high performance aircraft currently permitted by the UK authorities.

Dr Michael A Fopp

"G-ADNE - known affectionally as Ariadne - is seen here on a visit to "Wings and Wheels" at Henham Park in May 2005. She was built in Mar 1936 and in common with all private aircraft of that period, she was impressed into RAF Service during WW2. She survived the experience and after being demobbed in 1946, she passed through a number of private owners and came into the possession of the GADNE Group in 1995, and now lives in cosseted splendour at Oaksey Park airfield, Wiltshire.

Powered by the ubiquitous Gipsy Major 1C engine, she cruises at a leisurly 95 mph and burns 6.5 gallons per hour. With a 35 gallon tank, what she lacks in speed she more than makes up for in range, Oban to Oaksey Park being a recent example of her long legs."

My only personal aircraft - The big advantages are that I can carry it on my back and it only needs a few steps to get airborne. The downside is that the landing gear is fairly delicate and a heavy landing check may involve an X-ray. Instrumentation is fairly minimal although I do have a variometer/altimeter. This takeoff site is at Plan Joux just outside the Chamonix valley where I have enjoyed some memorable flights including a midnight T/O at 13,800ft from the Aiguille du Midi. I also had to abort the T/O on one occasion and ended up down a crevasse!

Alan Robinson

The most successful of Stelio Frati's designs the SF260 prototype first flew in 1965 with production commencing in 1967. The fact that the type is still in production, with more than 1000 examples to date, is testimony to the fact that Frati got it right first time and if an aeroplane looks right it will fly right! Originally conceived as a fast, 2+2 seat touring aircraft with aerobatic capabilities for private owners the type's precise handling qualities were soon recognised as suitable for the military trainer/light ground attack role. Over the years most of the SF260's produced have been sold to Air Forces around the world; there are only some 80 lucky private owners world-wide.

My aircraft G-MACH is the 13th production airframe, built in 1968, for a private owner in Belgium, at a time when the equivalent car was a Ferrari 275 GTB. When I bought her in 1984 she had just over 1000 airframe hours which has now climbed by nearly 2000 very happy flying hours.

Flown by the webmaster, over Avington Manor, Hungerford

Run into Lincoln from the South for the Dambusters 50th Anniversary

Formation flight with the Red Arrows, 1500ft AGL over Lincoln Cathedral to mark the 50th anniversary of the Dam Busters raid

Alan Robinson, Andy Bascombe

The thrill of a lifetime, touchdown on the summit of Mont Blanc in a Squirell, flown by one of the top Alpine rescue pilots

The Skyranger is a 2 seat, 3-Axis kit built microlight. It cruises between 45 and 100 mph (Vne 135 mph) burning 10 - 14 litres of Mogas with 6 hours endurance and can be operated from 250 metre strips. I fly a red and white version of this very popular microlight.

The Pegasus manufactured CT is a very quick composite microlight. The new Short Wing version can cruise between 40 and 150 kts. With a cabin width of 49 inches and a range of up to 800 miles, it is a serious touring aircraft. Cost around £48K

An aerial motorbike! The Quasar flexwing microlight won a British Design award when it was first introduced in the 90s. With a cruise speed of around 60 mph, and a Rotax two stroke engine, good examples of this type can be bought for around £6K.

Colin Bodill over Greenland towards the end of his 2000 solo round the world flight in a Mainair Blade flexwing with a Rotax 912 4 stroke engine.