Makes you wonder how it used to be.(from the London Times)

[mike newall]

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Paul Hendry-Smith

If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.

And if they fly 2 strokes, I guess they are all experts at the above !

Gave a talk to a strut years ago about the Coaching Scheme - asked if anyone had had a forced landing and a small gaggle put their hands up............

Do you fly Microlights? I asked

We stopped laughing about 20 mins later after lots of tall stories

[merlin]

Chap up our way just lost his plane (pilot OK) in a forced landing - VW pwr. another with a 912 and the twin off Blackpool had Lycomings.

When I first flew a 2 stroker the instructor told me to expect it to fail one day and fly accordingly. Wise words indeed.

[mike newall]

No - neither - I was just surprised at the little group who raised their hands and then they educated us all on forced landings !

[David Hardaker]

Mike
Don't feel too smug behind a 4-stroke ! (that's an engine where one stroke is to develop power, and the other three are devoted to wearing the engine out !) (not my words)
I've had 2 unscheduled landings, both courtesy of 4-stroke power.
And nearly a third one courtesy of a Rotax 582 that went distinctly off-song but let me get home with partial power.

[Bill McCarthy]

If there is one thing that gets my goat, that is those who judge a persons character by the newspaper they read - especially with reference to the "Daily Mail", with boring regularity - and not in jest. Do they recoil from one if they find one on an empty seat on a train lest they get contaminated. It looks like it's coming to it that "The Tatler" is the only suitable periodical to be read by aviators.

[Dave Hall]

Most super-active forums (fora ?) seem to be populated with a good dose of argumentative bigots who feed each others prejudices until steam comes from their ears.

I can do without that, so rather enjoy the peace and quiet on here.

[Norfolkjohn]

I can only echo Dave Hall’s comments.

Paul, with due respect, your comment :

“There seems to be a subtle level of snobbery associated with flying on this site that I don't find on other sites”

would, IMHO, be a pretty accurate description of the Flyer Forum and I’m astounded you feel that the LAA forum is somehow less friendly and constructive.

I have to say quite honestly that some of the comments I’ve seen on the Flyer Forum recently have left me wondering why I’m still involved with GA. I find the LAA (and BMAA) forums are a breath of fresh air by comparison.