Vambo57 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Just saw this coming into land at the Airport. WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Its called an airplane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Vambo57 said: Just saw this coming into land at the Airport. WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Just now, RickMcD said: It's the civilian version of the Warthog. Pilots hate it because they have to fly it in reverse using wing mirrors to see where they're going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocky Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Vambo57 said: Just saw this coming into land at the Airport. WTF? Great photo/camera if you took that from the Braes.....................either that or you have had a very near miss from your vantage point on top of one of Paisley's tower blocks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Great photo/camera if you took that from the Braes.....................either that or you have had a very near miss from your vantage point on top of one of Paisley's tower blocks!!! Paisley's a bit overcast today. Must've been a wee gap in the clouds earlier allowing the blue to shine through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Its a Piaggio Avanti. There were two in last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 This is also a Piaggio, I feel there's a theme with their products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo57 Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 20 hours ago, Jocky said: Great photo/camera if you took that from the Braes.....................either that or you have had a very near miss from your vantage point on top of one of Paisley's tower blocks!!! I didn't claim that I took that photo. Seen it from my office window across from the Showcase Cinema and Google is your friend. Very strange looking Aircraft. Apparently it goes faster than normal Turboprop aircraft as it pushes, rather than pulls. Quite noisy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo57 Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 14 hours ago, tony soprano said: This is also a Piaggio, I feel there's a theme with their products. Saw one of them a couple of weeks ago in Split. Another strange design The Italians are mental about design apparently. Here's a Piaggio Ape. Think I saw one in one of the Pink Panther movies scuttling back and forth through some junction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FS Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 A push prop design, unusual but not that uncommon, there's a one man single seat version based at Prestwick Flying Club tae... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Saw one of them a couple of weeks ago in Split. Another strange design The Italians are mental about design apparently. Here's a Piaggio Ape. Think I saw one in one of the Pink Panther movies scuttling back and forth through some junction. "Ape" is Italian for "bee," easy to understand when you hear one. We called them mozzies when I worked there for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 On 10/13/2016 at 0:53 PM, Vambo57 said: Saw one of them a couple of weeks ago in Split. Another strange design The Italians are mental about design apparently. Here's a Piaggio Ape. Think I saw one in one of the Pink Panther movies scuttling back and forth through some junction. I thought that was Shull taxi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 5 hours ago, renfrew said: I thought that was Shull taxi Aye, and you have your own seat in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo57 Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) 22 hours ago, cockles1987 said: Did you miss it coming in today? Very stylish. Is that an 'M' reg? What country is that? Forgive my interest, as living in Kirklandneuk as a boy, I was a bit of a plane-spotter. ETA. Thanks for the photo. Edited October 21, 2016 by Vambo57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Isle of Man, Vambo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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