Sunken Day Boat

[HEM]

10 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

Years ago a glider affair crashed into Oulton Broad, almost on top of me. I phoned up various local news-desks, the first came straight to the point, "anyone dead?" "No" says I, "not interested" said the voice.  Some things don't change!

From what I know of gliding in the UK (I learnt to fly in DE & only have a dozen or so flights in the UK but my brother was CFI of a UK gliding club for some years) gliders did not carry registrations of the form G-MVJC until very recently.  So I'd doubt that was a glider - possibly a powered aircraft with engine failure).

 

2 hours ago, grendel said:

I thought with gliders anything that ended with the plane on the ground (water) and the pilot alive was called a landing.

With just under 2000 glider flights in my log book that ain't true.

Water landings with gliders  whilst certainly not recommended do happen & are usually the result of a seríous mistake at least some minutes previously. 

[Helian]

The registration is for a Mainair Gemini Flash (microlight).

Registration cancelled by the Civil Aviation Authority in August 2018.

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[SteveP]

Morning all, so far we've had lobsters, grockles, etc, not sure about six toe county but does anybody know what caused the day boat to sink? Apart from an excess of water! It may be useful to know.?

Steve

[Smoggy]

36 minutes ago, SteveP said:

Apart from an excess of water! It may be useful to know.?

There was no excess of water, it was just in the wrong place.

[twowrights]

1 hour ago, Helian said:

The registration is for a Mainair Gemini Flash (microlight).

Registration cancelled by the Civil Aviation Authority in August 2018.

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Something my eclectic imagination had oft wondered about, you pay the DVLA for a private car registration plate, do you have to pay for a 'private' aircraft registration number? i.e. G-EEZY for Easyjet.

[JennyMorgan]

3 minutes ago, twowrights said:

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Something my eclectic imagination had oft wondered about, you pay the DVLA for a private car registration plate, do you have to pay for a 'private' aircraft registration number? i.e. G-EEZY for Easyjet.

The BA aren't adverse to requests for particular boat registration numbers, if you ask nicely! 

As for aircraft,  asking a Broads forum does seem a tad tenuous! 

[ExSurveyor]

1 hour ago, JennyMorgan said:

As for aircraft,  asking a Broads forum does seem a tad tenuous! 

Probably on most others, how long before someone comes up with an answer

[CambridgeCabby]

1 hour ago, twowrights said:

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Something my eclectic imagination had oft wondered about, you pay the DVLA for a private car registration plate, do you have to pay for a 'private' aircraft registration number? i.e. G-EEZY for Easyjet.

Quick google gives the answer 

[ExSurveyor]

Just over 2 hours, not bad for a boating forum.

[Vaughan]

When I worked on the gas rigs off Humberside, British Airways Helicopters had a brand new Westland 30 , the first in its fleet.

The registration was GO-GAS

[Helian]

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Something my eclectic imagination had oft wondered about, you pay the DVLA for a private car registration plate, do you have to pay for a 'private' aircraft registration number? i.e. G-EEZY for Easyjet.

I'm not sure if you have to pay extra for a "special" aircraft registration, but once issued to one particular aircraft, it's not transferable to another one.


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