On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:47:36 AM UTC-7, Thomas E. wrote:
> > A year or so ago, I was doing a little family history research and
> > discovered that the little low wing monoplane that was built in 1938
> > and owned by my uncle (also RAF) in the late 1950s is still airworthy.
> > This one:
> >
> > <http://www.chilton-aircraft.co.uk/gafgi.htm>
> Cool little airplane, with only 214 hours on it as of 2011.
>
> If you knew anything about airplanes and flying you could have gone straight away to the UK CAA registry and looked it up.
>
> http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AFGI
>
> It's CAA flying status permit expired in 2013. Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.

This is just irresistible:

I was looking to see the origins of the Little Shit's denigration of road racing (and to show how he's now wanting to drag the goalposts to something I've never denied)...

....and I found this denigrating comment about my uncle Giles' old aircraft (registration G-AFGI).

'Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.'

And because of the passage of time, the URL for caa.co.uk that he provided no longer works, and the new URL doesn't include the search term, but using their new search page at:

<https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/>

I found this:

'Mark: G-AFGI
Current reg. date: 02-Sep-2021
Total hours: 236 at 14-Sep-2022
Permit Validity Expiry: 13-Sep-2023'

So it seems that once again the prognostications of the Little Shit were less than useful.

:-)

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:25:42 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:
> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:47:36 AM UTC-7, Thomas E. wrote:
> > > A year or so ago, I was doing a little family history research and
> > > discovered that the little low wing monoplane that was built in 1938
> > > and owned by my uncle (also RAF) in the late 1950s is still airworthy..
> > > This one:
> > >
> > > <http://www.chilton-aircraft.co.uk/gafgi.htm>
> > Cool little airplane, with only 214 hours on it as of 2011.
> >
> > If you knew anything about airplanes and flying you could have gone straight away to the UK CAA registry and looked it up.
> >
> > http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AFGI
> >
> > It's CAA flying status permit expired in 2013. Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.
> This is just irresistible:
>
> I was looking to see the origins of the Little Shit's denigration of road racing (and to show how he's now wanting to drag the goalposts to something I've never denied)...
>
> ...and I found this denigrating comment about my uncle Giles' old aircraft (registration G-AFGI).
>
> 'Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.'
>
> And because of the passage of time, the URL for caa.co.uk that he provided no longer works, and the new URL doesn't include the search term, but using their new search page at:
>
> <https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/>
>
> I found this:
>
> 'Mark: G-AFGI
> Current reg. date: 02-Sep-2021
> Total hours: 236 at 14-Sep-2022
> Permit Validity Expiry: 13-Sep-2023'
>
> So it seems that once again the prognostications of the Little Shit were less than useful.
>
> :-)

214 to 236 hours from 2011 to 2022 means 22 hours in 11 years = 2 hours/year.
That’s a garage queen.

-hh

On 2023-05-02 11:41, -hh wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:25:42 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:
>> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:47:36 AM UTC-7, Thomas E. wrote:
>>>> A year or so ago, I was doing a little family history research and
>>>> discovered that the little low wing monoplane that was built in 1938
>>>> and owned by my uncle (also RAF) in the late 1950s is still airworthy.
>>>> This one:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.chilton-aircraft.co.uk/gafgi.htm>
>>> Cool little airplane, with only 214 hours on it as of 2011.
>>>
>>> If you knew anything about airplanes and flying you could have gone straight away to the UK CAA registry and looked it up.
>>>
>>> http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AFGI
>>>
>>> It's CAA flying status permit expired in 2013. Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.
>> This is just irresistible:
>>
>> I was looking to see the origins of the Little Shit's denigration of road racing (and to show how he's now wanting to drag the goalposts to something I've never denied)...
>>
>> ...and I found this denigrating comment about my uncle Giles' old aircraft (registration G-AFGI).
>>
>> 'Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.'
>>
>> And because of the passage of time, the URL for caa.co.uk that he provided no longer works, and the new URL doesn't include the search term, but using their new search page at:
>>
>> <https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/>
>>
>> I found this:
>>
>> 'Mark: G-AFGI
>> Current reg. date: 02-Sep-2021
>> Total hours: 236 at 14-Sep-2022
>> Permit Validity Expiry: 13-Sep-2023'
>>
>> So it seems that once again the prognostications of the Little Shit were less than useful.
>>
>> :-)
>
>
>
> 214 to 236 hours from 2011 to 2022 means 22 hours in 11 years = 2 hours/year.
> That’s a garage queen.

Meh... ...the point is it isn't in a museum or just sitting.

And a follow up:

It's now in Germany! Apparently owned by a flying club (and translated
from German):

"In July 2021 the G-AFGI was bought by three club members and brought to
Germany in August and is now part of the collection."

<https://www.flieger-stadl.de/de/flotte/chilton-dw-1/>

As a photographer, I'm sure you'll really appreciate the beautiful pics
they've got...

....including those taken of it flying in 2021.

:-)

On 5/2/23 11:41 AM, -hh wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:25:42 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:
>> On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:47:36 AM UTC-7, Thomas E. wrote:
>>>> A year or so ago, I was doing a little family history research and
>>>> discovered that the little low wing monoplane that was built in 1938
>>>> and owned by my uncle (also RAF) in the late 1950s is still airworthy.
>>>> This one:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.chilton-aircraft.co.uk/gafgi.htm>
>>> Cool little airplane, with only 214 hours on it as of 2011.
>>>
>>> If you knew anything about airplanes and flying you could have gone straight away to the UK CAA registry and looked it up.
>>>
>>> http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AFGI
>>>
>>> It's CAA flying status permit expired in 2013. Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.
>> This is just irresistible:
>>
>> I was looking to see the origins of the Little Shit's denigration of road racing (and to show how he's now wanting to drag the goalposts to something I've never denied)...
>>
>> ...and I found this denigrating comment about my uncle Giles' old aircraft (registration G-AFGI).
>>
>> 'Likely more a museum piece or sitting in a dusty hanger somewhere now.'
>>
>> And because of the passage of time, the URL for caa.co.uk that he provided no longer works, and the new URL doesn't include the search term, but using their new search page at:
>>
>> <https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/>
>>
>> I found this:
>>
>> 'Mark: G-AFGI
>> Current reg. date: 02-Sep-2021
>> Total hours: 236 at 14-Sep-2022
>> Permit Validity Expiry: 13-Sep-2023'
>>
>> So it seems that once again the prognostications of the Little Shit were less than useful.
>>
>> :-)
>
>
>
> 214 to 236 hours from 2011 to 2022 means 22 hours in 11 years = 2 hours/year.
> That’s a garage queen.
>
> -hh

ROTFLMAO!