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  1. Lawrence Rippon

    Just liked this picture..

    Dropped off my Commander for annual yesterday and took this picture. Its really nice so just wanted to share. That's all, nothing else.
  2. Lawrence Rippon

    Supercommander in the UK

    This went by at EGMT Thurrock today. Supercommander.
  3. Lawrence Rippon

    UK Fly-in 26th April 14?

    Hi All In the other UK fly-in thread and after some offline exchanges, it seems a consensus has formed around Sywell EGBK this year. In the absence of John Ferguson and as I am based there, I am going to organise this year. Why Sywell? Hard Runway Loads of Parking Used to handling owners...
  4. Lawrence Rippon

    Future Flyin Not at Kemble Please

    Reports coming in from other pilots that Kemble (Where we have had our fly-in for the last two years) are now running Range Rovers up and down the runway for up to an hour at a time closing the runway. Pilots are being held at the end of the runway for in one case 45 mins until they are...
  5. Lawrence Rippon

    Calling Los Angeles COGers

    I'm going to be in Los Angeles next Thursday the 26th August at a bit of a loose end. Is anyone doing any Commander flying who would like a right seat passenger? I’m doing an FAA IR next year and It would be really useful to get a heads-up on your procedures (VFR or IFR). Never flown in he US...
  6. Lawrence Rippon

    Aeroexpo anyone?

    Anyone going to Aeroexpo?
  7. Lawrence Rippon

    Flying in Volcanic Ash?

    You may have heard that all of Western Europe and Scandinavia are closed to IFR Traffic and in some countries to VFR as well. There is a cloud of volcanic ash drifting over from Iceland. With almost no experience of this in Europe, I thought I'd ask those of you who have to deal with this...
  8. Lawrence Rippon

    Who Owns ZS-IZM South African Commander

    I met up with my co-pilot for the Iceland trip for the first time on Saturday and amongst the many aircraft he has flown, he cut his teeth on a Commander his mother used to fly when they lived in South Africa. ZS-IZM, a 112. He lost track of it over the years and we were wondering if anyone...
  9. Lawrence Rippon

    Iceland Fly In

    A few weeks ago it was suggested that we may be able to get a fly-in together to Iceland which both sides of the Atlantic may be able to attend. It would be useful if those who were interested in this would make their intentions known. There are three from the UK who were doing the trip...
  10. Lawrence Rippon

    2 Commanders at Le Touquet

    Plane spotting again, last month at Le Touquet, two 114's not seen before, anyone know them? I have a feeling G-BHSE is at Wycombe in a group and OO-SFL is owned by a Simon Michel in Belgium, apparently Simon flew from Paris to Quebec in it a couple of years ago, I guess he also flew back???
  11. Lawrence Rippon

    Flying over water - Does this bother you?

    Took a trip from Gerona, Spain to Valencia, Spain last week via the Mediterranean. I realised that this was the first time I had ever had to zoom the GNS 430 screen out to 50 miles to find the shore. Due to the airspace around Barcelona, the part of the route furtherest from shore had to be...
  12. Lawrence Rippon

    Formation Training - Interested?

    UK Commander owners- I'm trying to get a formation training day together and my instructors (RAF trained) keep telling me that the whole thing would be a lot easier if it was being done with 2 Commanders in the early stages. Do any of the UK Commander owners want to do some formation training...
  13. Lawrence Rippon

    Flying to Ireland

    Hadn't flown in Ireland before this weekend, what a nice laid-back approach to flying. With a full radar cover across the country and class C airspace above FL75 and at all major airfields, the known environment allows the controllers to give you a high degree of safe autonomy. (if that makes...
  14. Lawrence Rippon

    Euro Flyout - Cannes Route Proposal

    Thanks to those who voted in the poll, the winning destination was Cannes, however we should be able to accommodate Montpellier in the route also. The purpose of this flyout is to have some fun, a holiday with some flying with friends, rather than a flying holiday. If you like the route we...
  15. Lawrence Rippon

    European flyout

    OK, we dropped the baton a bit on this one but it is still not too late to get a trip organised. From the last thread the consensus seemed to be that organising something at this shorter notice outside of Europe may be difficult. Therefore can we vote on a final destination and fill in the...
  16. Lawrence Rippon

    Why isn't anyone blogging?

    I had a few minutes off today and browsed through the various options our forum offers, when I came across the Blogs section. It is a lonely place with only a small number of entries which fizzle out not long after they have started. I know the general impression of a Blog is a stream of...
  17. Lawrence Rippon

    Commander Vs Airliner

    I often find myself justifying the cost of having a Commander to others, Bank Manager, Accountant, Wife, etc. This weekend the planets aligned and the mathematics fell into place, I finally not only beat the local low-cost carrier door to door but smashed the public transport prices at the same...
  18. Lawrence Rippon

    European Fly-out Summer 2009

    Despite the weather, 4 crews made it to Shoreham for our first meet and greet of the year. The discussion over lunch turned to organising a longer distance fly-out during the summer. The following suggestions were tabled: Balkans Madrid Palma Mallorca Greece The fly-out format would be 2...
  19. Lawrence Rippon

    Formation Flying

    It's a quiet day at the office today, so I decided not to waste any time and have formed a close formation aerobatic team featuring similar Rockwell Commanders. I thought you may like to see some pictures from this morning's first practice session. As you can see we are perfecting the simple...
  20. Lawrence Rippon

    Commanders of Blackbushe

    I moved to Blackbushe a couple of months ago and was amazed by the number of Commanders based there, 11 in total. I've attached pictures of 9 of them over two posts, two still to photograph. I haven't seen this concentration of Commanders in one base before, aside from the factory, is this...
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