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

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G'Day Allan
Yes Dad still has the Auster in his collection, has been restored to it's 
former Army camo and markings (NZ1702).
Thanks for Ians details, will contact him.

Mike
NZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Harding" <Allan.Harding@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: SER1 1948 (sic.) Land Rover for sale


>    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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