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barry.collman(at)air-brit
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 Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:13 am Post subject: A day out! |
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Hi All,
I thought I'd let you know that I met up with Dan Farmer this morning at the RAF
Museum, Hendon. We spent about 4 hours touring the exhibits, by which time Dan
had been 'on the go' for some 27 hours, having captained his American Airlines
B777 into London-Heathrow early this morning.
After wearing out our shoe leather at the Museum, we then drove a short distance
to Elstree Aerodrome to take a look at John Houlder's 680E, which he's owned for
nearly 38 years! It seems it was in the process of an extensive overhaul. Both
engines were off and the interior was all but completely stripped out. Some of
you may remember that John and his 680E were the subject of a write-up in TCAC's
'Flight Levels' magazine some years ago. [If you own a Twin Commander and do not
receive 'Flight Levels', contact them accordingly!]
After taking a look at some of the other aircraft both in the hangar and
outside, a good number of which were 'N' registered, it was time to drop Dan
back at the Tube Station, so he could get back to his hotel in London and grab
some well-earned rest.
It was good to have Dan's company and to hear an American accent again!
Has been a good day all round. In the post this morning was a package from the
FAA. In it was the paperwork covering the history of two Commanders, the files
for which had eluded being found by the FAA for the last 10 years! I sent them a
list a month or so back and one of my 'favorite' Examiners has managed to locate
these two and photocopy the relevant documents. $3.65 well spent I say. Mind
you, there's a few more they have to locate yet!
Happy Days!!
Very Best Regards,
Barry
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rlegg(at)austarnet.com.au
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject: A day out! |
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Hey Barry,
Thanks for the update on John's 680E.
You forgot to report on Dan's irreplacable and unique brand of humour!?
Cheers
Russell
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| Quote: | Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:11:54 +0100
From: "Barry Collman" <barry.collman(at)air-britain.co.uk>
Subject: A day out!
To: <commander-list(at)matronics.com>
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lt;barry.collman(at)air-britain.co.uk
Hi All,
I thought I'd let you know that I met up with Dan Farmer this morning
at the RAF
Museum, Hendon. We spent about 4 hours touring the exhibits, by
which time Dan
had been 'on the go' for some 27 hours, having captained his American
Airlines
B777 into London-Heathrow early this morning.
After wearing out our shoe leather at the Museum, we then drove a
short distance
to Elstree Aerodrome to take a look at John Houlder's 680E, which he's
owned for
nearly 38 years! It seems it was in the process of an extensive
overhaul. Both
engines were off and the interior was all but completely stripped out.
Some of
you may remember that John and his 680E were the subject of a write-
up in TCAC's
'Flight Levels' magazine some years ago. [If you own a Twin
Commander and do not
receive 'Flight Levels', contact them accordingly!]
After taking a look at some of the other aircraft both in the hangar and
outside, a good number of which were 'N' registered, it was time to
drop Dan
back at the Tube Station, so he could get back to his hotel in London
and grab
some well-earned rest.
It was good to have Dan's company and to hear an American accent
again!
Has been a good day all round. In the post this morning was a package
from the
FAA. In it was the paperwork covering the history of two Commanders,
the files
for which had eluded being found by the FAA for the last 10 years! I
sent them a
list a month or so back and one of my 'favorite' Examiners has
managed to locate
these two and photocopy the relevant documents. $3.65 well spent I
say. Mind
you, there's a few more they have to locate yet!
Happy Days!!
Very Best Regards,
Barry
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barry.collman(at)air-brit
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:39 am Post subject: A day out! |
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Hi Russell,
Dan was his usual humorous self early on in the day, but he was flagging a bit
from tiredness by mid-afternoon. Hardly surprising given that he'd been awake
for 27 hours!!!
Very Best Regards,
Barry
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