Nolinor Prop Job...

?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

On 12/10/2010 11:31 AM, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

That thing must be as noisey as all hell.

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"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 11:31 AM, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

That thing must be as noisey as all hell.


The aircraft was fairly quiet as it was gliding in for a landing but it was
smoking quite a bit. They do emit quite a loud shriek when the engines are
at full power and the aircraft is taking off.

N.

On 12/10/2010 01:31, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolinor_Aviation

A Convair 580. Bit of a chunky baby, that one.

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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 01:31, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolinor_Aviation

A Convair 580. Bit of a chunky baby, that one.

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You are correct Sir! :-)

My first flight was as a wide eyed kid in a Convair 440.

N.

On 12/10/2010 23:44, Canuck wrote:
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 01:31, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolinor_Aviation

A Convair 580. Bit of a chunky baby, that one.

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Moving things in still pictures




You are correct Sir! :-)

My first flight was as a wide eyed kid in a Convair 440.

N.

Ah, the joys of youth, eh?

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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 23:44, Canuck wrote:
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 01:31, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolinor_Aviation

A Convair 580. Bit of a chunky baby, that one.

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Moving things in still pictures




You are correct Sir! :-)

My first flight was as a wide eyed kid in a Convair 440.

N.

Ah, the joys of youth, eh?

You bet. I was only 4 or so at the time and this was my first flight so it
was quite a treat. I think everyone remembers their first flight best
because it is the first.

Care to share your first flight experience and what you remember?

Nick

"Canuck" wrote in message
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 23:44, Canuck wrote:
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 01:31, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolinor_Aviation

A Convair 580. Bit of a chunky baby, that one.

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Moving things in still pictures




You are correct Sir! :-)

My first flight was as a wide eyed kid in a Convair 440.

N.

Ah, the joys of youth, eh?

You bet. I was only 4 or so at the time and this was my first flight so it
was quite a treat. I think everyone remembers their first flight best
because it is the first.

Care to share your first flight experience and what you remember?

Nick



My first flight was as a eight or nine year old lad. It was in an Auster
from the beach at Cleethorpes. I was impressed to see the horizon appear to
tilt as the plane banked and to see Grimsby docks as we flew over the Humber
estuary. Five bob well spent, in my opinion.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto

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On 13/10/2010 15:44, Canuck wrote:
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 23:44, Canuck wrote:
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"®i©ardo" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2010 01:31, Canuck wrote:
?....I think this is a Convair of some sort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolinor_Aviation

A Convair 580. Bit of a chunky baby, that one.

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Moving things in still pictures




You are correct Sir! :-)

My first flight was as a wide eyed kid in a Convair 440.

N.

Ah, the joys of youth, eh?

You bet. I was only 4 or so at the time and this was my first flight so
it was quite a treat. I think everyone remembers their first flight best
because it is the first.

Care to share your first flight experience and what you remember?

Nick




Well, I started later as my first ever aircraft flight was, at the age
of 19, from an RAF Handley Page Hastings, whilst on my Army parachute
training course. That was on 23 April 1964 at 7.30 in the evening. The
one thing I didn't do was actually make a landing in that aircraft as,
en route and with a load of other guys, they pushed us out the door!
That flight was a bit of a blur with just an overwhelming sense of
relief that I had survived.

The next I made THREE such flights, two of which were from Hastings, at
6.30 and 10.30am, and the third was from a Beverley at 4pm.

On the second drop that day I got the "privileged" position of "Number
1" in the stick, i.e. I was the first man out of the door. You stood
with one foot on the door sill and one hand flat on the outside of the
aircraft, ready to launch yourself out when the green light came on and
the dispatcher tapped you on the shoulder. Some wag, with rather more
experience than I, had said to me that if I ever got Number 1 in a
Hastings it was worth taking a look at the tailplane, whilst waiting for
the "go". I did take a look and nearly decided at that moment that I had
made the wrong choice with regard to occupation: that tailplane was,
more or less, level with my midriff!

Whilst doing a sudden deep reassessment of my career prospects the light
changed from red to green and I was in flight. Miracle of miracles, the
slipstream actually throws you under the tailplane into the relative
safety of the open sky.

Quite a tiring couple of days and rather a lot of beer was sunk on those
April evenings!

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"Indrek Aaviso" wrote in message "®i©ardo"
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Thanks for sharing your experiences! They sound like a lot of fun although I
don't think you could get me to jump out of a perfectly good airplane!

N.