Genghis the Engineer wrote:Not sure 107 is an obvious round number, but it's about 10 times the number of aeroplanes I've had an interest in, and you have nearly double my types in the logbook Hatz, so I'm certainly impressed.
If you ever feel like a project - Eric Brown's "Wings of the Luftwaffe" has never really had an equivalent in GA, and I'd love to read a detailed treatise on the handling characteristics of all of the oddball, interesting, and maybe even mainstream aeroplanes you've owned and flown. Sadly, I doubt it would ever be a commercial success, but done well, either on a website or say PODd on Lulu, would certainly earn you the respect and appreciation of a lot of the brighter people in GA.
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Don't underestimate the appeal of a book. Look at the book signings the do at Duxford, I recall watching quite amazed at the crowd arounda SR71 pilot who'd flown over to do a signing. My brother has a collection of signed books including all the cold war jet ones Buccaneer Boys, etc.
I knew the authors of a sailing book called "sell up and sail", but it has been selling for decades and rev 5 is still selling. Didn't make them rich but every so often they got a cheque turn up from the publishers.
Okay, it may never be a Harry Potter, but if hatz has a book in him, write it.
hatzflyer wrote:What was best or worst? no such thing...all had their ups and downs ( forgive the pun).I enjoyed them all at the time that I had them.
Longest ownership by a huge margin is the RV4 , That must say something but turning up at a Fly In in Belgium in a Percival Prentice in military colours 5 up and taxying in with a 4 ft square union jack hoisted out of the "chip fryer" rear window and a load speaker blearing dambusters out of the same window had it's moments!
And yes they were ( are) my own just for my own use.
That's two chapters!
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