[cjrpaterson]

[MattL]

Just someone following the open cockpit DfT GA guidance

[Paul_Sengupta]

[JAFO]

If it's one of them, my money is on it being the top one.

[MattL]

Did my first solo in BGBW, 27 years ago. Truman Aviation at Nottingham on flying scholarship, lived in a hotel near Trent Bridge Cricket ground. Some memories there

[Human Factor]

1991 for me. Probably the same hotel for my Flying Scholarship.

First solo was the late G-OATS but I flew all of the above.

[Hooligan]

Do hope the rest of it isn't in a nearby field...

Out of interest, are Tomahawk doors quick release like the Aerobat?

[TheFarmer]

I bet that was a breezy trip back home!

PS In their hashtag #, why have the police suggested that the door has low self esteem?

[Human Factor]

Do hope the rest of it isn't in a nearby field...

Out of interest, are Tomahawk doors quick release like the Aerobat?

No they aren’t. I imagine it fell of a truck or something.

[CoffeeChops]

1991 for me. Probably the same hotel for my Flying Scholarship.

First solo was the late G-OATS but I flew all of the above.

G-OATS first solo for me also back in 1987, though PPL only achieved last year. Flying Scholarship hotel was a bit of a dive iirc, at 17yo I didn't much care; I lived in the town next door so went home to get fed.

What happened to G-OATS?

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[Boxkite]

What happened to G-OATS?

'Destroyed' in 2005 apparently.

[Hooligan]

Thanks Human Factor.

G-OATS was written off in a heavy landing at Tollerton in 2005.

Remember watching her being spun through 12 turns at Farnborough by CSE's Jeremy somebody in 1978. Funny how the Tomahawk was successful and the Skipper wasn't - too expensive perhaps?

[kanga]

ISTR the YES team at White Waltham had built a PC-based simulator into a grounded Tomahawk cockpit. They might like a spare door. Failing that, I'm sure MP3's outfit could 'repurpose' it ..

[PeteSpencer]

At least the tailplane was high enough to be missed if it departed in flight.....................

[Lockhaven]

My guess is it fell off a moving vehicle, otherwise there would be far more damage if it had fallen from the sky onto a motorway.