Re: SER1 1948 (sic.) Land Rover for sale

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From: Allan Harding
Subject: Re: SER1 1948 (sic.) Land Rover for sale
Date: 23:48 on 11 May 2005

    G'Day Mike,
    Is the Auster still in the family? The MkIII Auster flys 
beautifully, very easy to trim longitudinally but it certainly does not 
fly itself like a Cessna, Piper etc., the trick with Austers is getting 
them back onto the ground with some degree of elegance and still useable 
afterwards. Most of my student flying has been in Citabrias, they have 
very similar habits on the ground, and are great fun to fly (except when 
doing stalls and spins etc., being aerobatic they are a bit on the 
twitchy side).
    I do quite a bit with the Temora museum, making the odd tool, 
handling planes etc., and am due for a ride in one of the Cessna A37s, 
they really have some get up and go, 0 to 100 Kts. in about 4 secs., 
gear limiting speed 140 Kts. so to keep speed down, the climb out is 
nearly vertical on full throttle, of course they can be throttled back 
but the pilots say it is not as much fun.
    Regarding the 88", contact Ian Patrick for more info or at least 
where to obtain it. Ian lives around the corner from me, he and his 
father are 80" and ex-military enthusiasts. Ian has two ex Australian 
Army 88s, one is a Series II and the other a IIa? The latter is an 
oddball as its makers ID plate indicates that it is a 3/4 ton (ie. 
109"). It also has all of the Series III bits and pieces, even the rear 
wiring harness is for a 109" Series III with the extra wiring tucked up 
into the chassis rail. The other mystery is that the Army never bought 
88" SWB, all were LWB.
    Ian's email is Ipatrick@xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xx
    Sorry about the lack of SeriesI contect to date, here is the Series 
content of the posting. Who got their Legend yesterday? Fantastic 
content as usual.
    Cheers
    Allan
    Canberra, Australia


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