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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Visitors at the Airport
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:51:54 +0000
That Zodiac looks like a Slingsby T67, Jim.  It’s British light aircraft that 
the military has used as an elementary trainer, now supplanted by the Grob 115 
Tutor.

I’d like to have a go with a R22, although it looks barely strong enough to 
take my weight.

Chris

> On 16 Dec 2015, at 14:27, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> The first was a Zodiac Light Sport Aircraft.  Looks like one I would like to
>> fly.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Zodiac+Light+Sport+Aircraft.tif.html
> 
> That's a sharp looking aircraft. Not sure I'd want to be in that
> bubble, waiting on a taxiway in the middle of a hot summer day,
> though.
> 
> 
>> The next is a Robinson R22, listed as a Beta model.  Powered by a Lycoming
>> O-360, the pilot said he had been cruising at 110 kts.
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Robinson+R22+Beta.tif.html
> 
> My Longbow driver friend of mine says that he wouldn't go anywhere
> near a Robinson, but does admit that it has completely revolutionized
> the rotary aircraft world.
> 
> AG
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