RHB785

I'll do the best I can to provide a list of at least the Soviet and Russian lighties and the Czech ones as well. Of course anyone is welcome to add any that I miss or don't yet know about. There are many beautiful (and a few not so beautiful) types that were built in just about every country throughout the globe from the 20s right up to today. In fact there are probably hundreds of different light types that have been built for both civil and military purposes, some for both and some civilian types that were converted for military use and vice versa. Cheers, Ross.

Hi model bear, There isn't much in the way of Grokhovsky's lighties on the net as I've found out today. His G-38 twin boom fighter and the G-37 container plane are all I could find on the net. If you can get your hands on a copy of the late Bill Gunston's book The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995 he has a section on each of the Soviet/Russian designer/constructors during that period. Another designer I forgot to mention in my previous post was Moskalev. The Soviet/Russian designers produced some very pretty light aircraft and I feel it's a shame that more of them aren't available as plastic kits. When I get some time I'll dig up my very well worn copy of Bill's book and list the lighties here. Then there are the other eastern European countries that built aircraft; Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia to name some off the top of my head at 1:30 am. I've found my copy of the book and Grokhovsky did produce a light container plane of similar concept to the later American Packet where a shaped container was wheeled in under the aircraft and flown to a destination somewhere and an empty or full container flown back. The designer I was trying to think of was Gribovskii who designed a series of very pretty single and twin engined lighties before WW2 and a troop carrying glider during WW2. Cheers, Ross.

Has anyone thought of all the Soviet light aircraft from the 20s onwards, from the Tupolev Ant-2 to the Yakovlevs of the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and up to today. There are also the Grokhovsky light planes and those from Grigorovich and Nikitin just to mention a few. There are quite a few Yak light types available from A model, the Nikitins from Prop and Jet. A model have started making the Kalinin series of lighties starting with the Kalinin K-5. Cheers, Ross.

Hello John Aero, There are both types of inspection patch on this particular Tiger. What I have interpreted as metal rings may well be celluloid. I'll have a closer look at theopen hatch today today. RHB.

I was at the Royal Newcastle Aero Club yesterday and took some detail pics of the club's Tiger Moth. In regards to the gap betweeen the upper engine cowling and the upper forward decking forward of the windscreen on this particular Tiger there is a slight gap visible, maybe half a finger's width deep. With regards to the inspection patches, these are circular fabric patches doped over circular metal rings. This Tiger also has the tread tubes on top of the upper cowling to spread the force when there is a person standing there refuelling the aircraft. One of the inspection patches on the rear fuselage is at the moment removed (the one under the left hand tailplane). I'm returning to the Club today so I'll take some more pics including one of the fuselage interior inside the removed inspection patch. RHB.

Can someone tell me if it's necessary to upload photos to a hosting service before posting them here? I have some pics of A17-111 (aka VH-RNI). When someone gives me some guidance on this I'll post them here. RHB

It is necessary to upload photos to a hosting service before posting them here? I have some photos of the Royal Newcastle Aero Club's Tiger Moth A17-111 (aka VH-RNI). They show a small gap between the upper engine cowling and the top of the forward fuselage decking forward of the front windscreen. Also are some pics of the Aussie Tiger's round inspection plates. These aren't metal as I think has been stated here but are actually pieces of circular fabric doped over rings of metal. When I took the photos there was one of the of the inspection holes on the left hand side of the fuselage that had the fabric removed. Can anywone give me advice on how to upload photos here. Also in the hangar at the same time was a 1930s Waco Cabin biplane. I don't know what mdel it is but I was told that there are only two of this particular model flying anywhere in the world. I also got a couple of pics of this aeroplane. I'm hoping it will still be there on Friday when I return to do som study for my RA Aus pilot's certificate and for my private pilot's licence renewal when I get my medical back. RHB.

Thank you wez and John. John, where can I find a catalogue of your products? Cheers, Ross.

Hmm.Disregard my question about the photobucket thingie. I've just read the FAQ. Cheers, Ross.

I know that some people may feel this is beyond the scope of this discussion but I have an old (1973) Australian Viscount caravan. These were made from an aluminium frame clad with aluminium sheet, mine being the log cabin profile used at that time. Both the inside and outside of the sheet is anodised with the inside being left unpainted. For those who would be interested I could take some photos and post them here when I work out how to. Would I have to first upload them to say photobucket and then post them here? Or can I just upload them to my computer and hen post them to the forum? Cheers, Ross.

, A newbie here, just wondering if Aeroclub is still in business. I hope so and if so where can I find their catalogue? Cheers, Ross.