Svenskt Flyghistoriskt Forum

A forum is not worth very much with mute members.

I will stay silent too until Lars and all the others are re-installed or we are given a good and acceptable reason why they are not being allowed to voice their opinions.

Curt,

If I am still allowed to sign in tomorrow I will be very happy to make the translation or you.

Erik.

Hej Rainer, The problem is not that I have had the guts to make my point but lack of understanding the ‘democratic’ way in which you guys in Sweden live. I have been informed through the back door that Lars Sundin has been blocked from the forum. My opinion is that Lars was the backbone of the forum ...

I do not want to dispute the various ways the engine of the Fieseler Storch could be started. Compressed air sounds a bit advanced to me and unpractical considering the type of operation the Storch was designed for. I will go along with the old hand crank but listen to this start sequence. Don’t you ...

All is well that ends well. At least for the boy.

Monitoring the CNN I picked up this article.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/18/co ... index.html

It is very easy to be clever after the event but I had that small inquiring all the time…..

Henrik,

Does this help?

http://www.fcfk.com/safir/sb91/list/91318.htm

http://www.swafhf.se/Restoration%201.htm

http://www.sibwings.com/freeware.php

I wish you luck,

Erik.

Hello Christer,

The music, which was composed by Eric Coates, is taken from the film ‘The Dam Busters’ which covers the story of the 617 squadron. Wonderful film and I have seen it several times.

Soft landings,

Erik.

I do not think it would be a big job to check out the pilots in Sweden with a current or expired license to fly a helicopter. Are we talking about 500 to 800 individuals? Now, tell me this, how many of the refugees that now live in Sweden are qualified helicopter pilots? Lars showed in his first ...

I can foresee that future air conflicts will fought with the two sides flinging aviation history books at each other.

I think we must congratulate each other that this attack was a simple robbery and nothing else. It has now been proven beyond any reasonable doubt that it is a child’s play to ‘borrow’ a helicopter and to ground helicopters and whatever else that needs to be grounded operated by the police. This coul ...

I have for sale, providing the offer is serious, one copy of Albin Ahrenberg’s book ‘Ett flygarliv’. I bought this particular copy from Mr. Ahrenberg personally and he wrote on one of the leading pages ‘Erik Johansson med vänlig hälsning från författaren Ahlbin Ahernberg'. It is a hard copy book in e ...

As we all know the English are a bit eccentric. But I feel that those who are unconventional also have a lot of fun. I do. I may be wrong, but as I do not think there are piers in Sweden suitable for these kinds of exercises. Perhaps Tranebergsbron could offer an alternative. And now I hear those ...

Hej Lars och Arne, I really enjoyed reading your latest contributions. It reminded me of the good old days when the DC-6 was THE aircraft. Osterman Air Charter (OAC) and the Danish AeroNord, which can be shortened to Internord, operated DC-6Bs. Whenever there was a chance to get a ride in those ...

I just spotted this article about the 787.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/b ... ing14.html

I just wonder how this problem eventually will be solved knowing that Boeing has many strings, other than those in the wings, they can pull.

I am very astonished about the lack of response to Kenneth’s notice about the safety of airline passengers. What has been mentioned before is what you ‘self loading cargo’ may see in the cabin. The show starts long before that and you, with all due respect, can not see this. When you buy material for ...

Hej Kenneth, I must admit that I belong to those who pay little attention to the safety announcement before take-off. I suppose I have listened to these repetitions too many times to really be serious. I am wrong, but I know them by heart. One item only is of interest to me and that is the ...

I remember well Överste Sven Uggla from my years when I served at F8. He was well known and liked by everyone and he was particularly famous for on thing. He could stay in the air with his Hunter considerably longer than anyone else. While all the other Hunters returned and their pilots left the ...

Too true, Lars, When I left F8 for F16 in the early 60s we had no helicopters. We were Hunter operators with the exception for, was it 4 divisionen, which operated an assortment of aircraft for the benefit of those who worked at Tegelhögen på Gärdet and had to be airborne for so many hours every mo ...

Hej Arne, Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? Quote by Clarence Darrow. And, just for fun, here is a lesson on prepositions by Sir Winston Churchill. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html Sorry if my joke turned into a lesson in English. Says ...

Hej Bengt, I did and I did not. There are so many illusions in aviation these days so I thought playing with the word would bring some fun in the just now so sombre aviation industry. Halsningar from Erik (who doesn’t have a keyboard with the ‘O’ crowned with two dots. If you follow the news in The S ...

I read that the Jumbo Hostel at Arlanda is for sale. The reason for this is explained in this article. http://www.svd.se/resor/nyheter/artikel_3275767.svd If there is anyone out there who demands a small bit comfort and space why not go from a cramped Boeing to the more luxurious Illusion? http ...

Hej Fredrik, Really nice to hear that you enjoyed your visit to F8. I can help you with the following names and contact numbers: Kamratföreningens ordförande: Ulf Björkman, Telephone 08-32 93 97. Kontaktman/postadress: Sune Blomqvist, Telephone 08-580 36 879 Hemsida: www.f8kamratforening.nu Sune and ...

Hi all Vulcan fans,

She is still, amazingly, gracing the sky.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8169496.stm

Having had a guided tour around and inside the old bird I admired most of what she could do and deplore some of the things she was never designed to do.

Good news.

They made it! Well done to Mikael and the French pilot.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8165110.stm

What will be the next event?

Hej Lars and thanks for the links. I really enjoyed them.

But going back to Ryanair I suppose that this

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php ... -en-220709

was the start of it. Add to that the journalist’s imagination and qualifications to write about aviation and…….