Historic flight News

Adam has fixed the Peugot – Thank You!

The airfield Peugeot is once again up and running, however, there is a catch. After replacing the two front brake calipers ( courtesy of Dorset Fire and Rescue !) A hydraulic leak was discovered the from the rear, not only that the rear bleed nipples have also sheared and are not as straight forward to replace as the front. Tthe rear brakes have been bypassed and the car is now operating on the front brakes only so BEWARE brake performance has been reduced. After a few test runs it was found the braking performance is no worse than our landrover, the handbrake still functions on the rear wheels.

Record 158 Launches

In the last month WB922 has flown a record 158 launches. The previous record was 90 in August 2003 when we first bought it. Thanks to everyone who has donated monies, time, effort and spare parts to the vintage flight!

WB922 Unserviceable

After a number of flights Monday 2nd May it was noticed that the threaded bar joining the aileron bar to the right hand control column was severed 9/10ths of the way through, in fact after further inspection and movement it then snapped completely. Fortunately, it happened on the ground!!!

Bar fitted and C of A carried out.

A new bar was fitted and the C of A carried out last Friday and the aircraft is once again flying. Having been test flown on the Friday night, the aircraft was displayed at G-VFWE the Great Vintage Flying Weekend 2005 taking place at Hullavington airfield. The display consited of the Sedbergh, The ‘Babe’ winch, our new landrover, a Viking, a Van Gelder Winch and the Launch point caravan – Air Cadets old and new. Several of the visiting pilots and many of the guests first flew solo in a Sedbergh and the aircraft attracted a lot of attention.