26/07/2014 Briskoda Skoda Owners forum

Even by 08:00 we knew it was going to be a 'roaster' of a day and so by 08:30 we had the cooler blowing into the cockpit and the D/V windows removed so we could get a little airflow through the aircraft, ready for our visitors who were due to arrive at 10:30.

As Charles was back with us, he welcomed our visitors and managed to control his natural urge to repeat very old Skoda jokes!

Charles welcomes the visitors.
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When we came to carry out the systems demonstration, we discovered the intercom was playing up, and so we had to revert to a system of hand and voice signals relayed from cockpit to crew chief via Roger standing at the bottom of the cockpit steps.

Roger relays messages between cockpit and pan whilst Ben watches the bomb doors opening.
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Following the systems run, each of our visitors (in groups of four) received a cockpit tour. Even with the cooler blowing at full blast, the temperature in the cockpit soon became a little uncomfortable

Once everyone had had a cockpit tour, our visitors brought their vehicles onto the pan for the usual photo-call.

The vehicles lined up before XM655.
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After lunch, Ben and Len checked all the intercom fuses, and then tested the intercom which was then working fine, except for the Nav Radar's station. When Tim arrived, Len and Tim replaced the Nav Radar's station box without improvement, and so further diagnostics will be required.