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- Thu Nov 10, 2016 2:37 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
- Replies: 36
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Re: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
THANK YOU!!!Fyko I should have just asked you directly but after reading through just about every Aer news mag in Dave B's collection I couldn't find anything better than blurred black and white images of any of the Patrol range - it's like there was a government campaign not to let anyone see the t...
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:06 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11762
Re: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
...and well done on the database!
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:05 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11762
Re: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
wow! I used to bother Dave for images and research in my early days at SA Flyer if anyone has it he will...thanks Fyko (I know he photographed my Eagle at Bush Air's airshows, hoping like hek he filed those photos here!) What's your feelings on the concept of dramatizing / emphasizing the 'contrapti...
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:04 am
- Forum: Aircraft for Sale
- Topic: Enkelsitplek Flight Star
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10084
Re: Enkelsitplek Flight Star
Mate I am incredibly interested!! Is the airee still available?
- Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:23 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11762
Re: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
The deadline has actually come and gone I think so I'm pulling an all-nighter - I believe the story will be printed in the December edition if I'm not mistaken.
- Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:01 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11762
Re: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
Welcome Wingnutzster. I have admired you illustrations on may occasion. Fyco,s storys are also very entertaining. I've always wondered what happened to the articles he was going to do regarding the microlight story. Are you try to do something similar? Regards Freddie Thank you Freddie, no SA Flyer...
- Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:58 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11762
Re: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
Really getting desperate to source pictures of or at least find out what the Patrol was?! In preparation for this illustration which basically satirically emphasizes how complex and scary these 'contraptions' were in the microlight/ultralight boom of the time...I have a pretty good memory of my XCR ...
- Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:43 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11762
Re: Old Microlights - Do they just fade away?
Anybody out there with old microlight pics? I'm working on an article for my column in SA Flyer about my time at Rhino Park in the early 1980s. At that time Fanie van Rensburg was selling Quicksilver MXIIs by the dozen from his shop in the Willows. Hennie Malan was flying his American Eagle, John C...