PPL

[Ian]

For those who haven't heard yet, Will Richards obtained his PPL (Private Pilot's Licence) last week. It seems only yesterday that Will was learning to fly a model trainer at the club, and here he is in a real one. Hasn't he done well!

Will's first lesson, February 2006

Will's first lesson, February 2006

[richwilliams]

Nice one. Well done

[dancing alan]

Well done Will...you have inspired me to try and land my MODEL plane in the right field...

[petegifford]

Well done Will

[Mike P]

Well done will, you will want a big bag for one of those and loads of glue so keep it in one piece. Cheers Mike

[Alan]

Well done Will. So when is the first booze cruise to France then?

[Airworthyivan]

well done will, good for you

[Ian]

More of Will's exploits, posted on behalf of Pete:

Some stats on the Christen Eagle below which folks may be interested in.

He took her up three times and did loops, rolls, snap rolls, stall turns and some inverted passes.

Will asked me to point out its stressed to +9g and -5g – and he didn’t puke.

General characteristics
Crew: One pilot (although G-IXII is a two seater)
Capacity: 1 passenger
Length: 17 ft 11 in (5.46 m)
Wingspan: 19 ft 11 in (6.07 m)
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Wing area: 125 ft2 (11.6 m2)
Empty weight: 1,025 lb (465 kg)
Gross weight: 1,578 lb (716 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming AEIO-360-A1D, 200 hp (149 kW)

Performance
Maximum speed: 184 mph (296 km/h)
Range: 380 miles (610 km)
Service ceiling: 17,000 ft (5,180 m)
Rate of climb: 2,100 ft/min (11 m/s)

[Mike P]

Looks like great fun.

[dancing alan]

I had one of those Will But I sold it it was to SLOW LIttle Al