By Andy Goodall on Friday, March 8th, 2024
in Airshow, T6 Harvard, T6 Texan, Wacky Wabbit
At T6 Harvard Ltd, we take pride in our legacy of training pilots to soar to new heights. Since 2019, our program has been dedicated to preparing aviators for the challenges and thrills of flying some of the most legendary aircraft in history โ the Hurricane, Spitfire, and P-51 Mustang. With 14 pilots and counting, […]
By Andy Goodall on Monday, June 5th, 2023
in Airshow, T6 Harvard, T6 Texan, Wacky Wabbit, Warbird
We had the absolute pleasure today of taking 99-year-old (soon to be 100) George Pritchard on a flight around some of his old Cambridgeshire WW2 Airfields, including former RAF Bourn, Wyton and Alconbury, with a flypast of Duxford IWM landing finally at Fowlmere. WW2 Pilot F/Sgt George Pritchard was a Wellington pilot and then a […]
By Andy Goodall on Sunday, October 9th, 2022
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TURKISH ADVENTURE PART 6 of 8 To continue from my last post about the T-28 Trojan – What I liked most about the Trojan were its predictability, throttle response and excellent controls; it seemed that at any speed, when trimmed correctly, it could be controlled easily with a very light touch and the roll rate […]
By Andy Goodall on Friday, October 7th, 2022
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TURKISH ADVENTURE PART 5 OF 8 I have to say a big thanks to all the staff at the M.S.ร. Air and Space Museum at theย Sivrihisar Aviation Centre in Turkey, especially Ali ฤฐsmet รztรผrk, a renowned Turkish professional display pilot, recently retired. Without the support and trust of Ali, his family and the staff, I […]
By Andy Goodall on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
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TURKISH ADVENTURE PART 4 OF 8 The air show at Izmir concluded with an excellent final display along the coastline on the 10th of September, with substantially fewer people than the 2.2 million the day before; I would say only a few hundred thousand, yes, just a few hundred thousand! My final display was […]
By Andy Goodall on Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
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TURKISH ADVENTURE PART 3 OF 8 After a restful stay in the Park Inn Radisson, we returned to Kaklฤฑรง Airfield mid-afternoon, but not before going next door to the local Starbucks for some email admin and a Cappuccino or three! Preparation for the display had been done the day before, so we all knew what […]
By Andy Goodall on Saturday, September 24th, 2022
in Airshow, T6 Harvard, T6 Texan, Wacky Wabbit, Warbird
TURKISH ADVENTURE PART 2 OF 8 So, to recap, we have flown from the M.S.ร. Air and Space Museum in Sivrihisar Turkey to Zafer (LTBZ) for fuel and then off to our destination at Kaklฤฑรง (LTFA) in Izmir, where we shall stay for the next few days to take part in the air show which […]
By Andy Goodall on Friday, September 23rd, 2022
in Airshow, T6 Harvard, T6 Texan, Warbird
TURKISH ADVENTURE PART 1 OF 8 I was recently invited back for the annual air show at the M.S.ร. Air and Space Museum (Turkish: M.S.ร. Hava ve Uzay Mรผzesi), located at Sivrihisar Aviation Center, Eskiลehir, Turkey. Oh boy, was I going to be in for a surprise! I want to write a series of posts […]
By Andy Goodall on Thursday, August 4th, 2022
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I often get emails like the one below, and I would like to share this now with you… Always nice to share some history on an aircraft that we all know and love ย – The HARVARD! Good morning. I’ve just been reading the piece about oxygen equipment on your excellent site. I now know my […]
By Andy Goodall on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
in Airshow, Gallery, T6 Harvard, T6 Texan, Wacky Wabbit, Warbird
TE20 Massey Ferguson Restoration On the 23rd of October 2021, Andrew Goodall and Collin Vaughan discovered the “Wabbit Twactor” on eBay after searching for the ultimate warbird towing machine for the Harvard MK4, known as the “The Wacky Wabbit.” Initially, Andrew was interested in the newer more modern options available for towing aircraft so, Having […]