{"id":1218,"date":"2011-11-09T17:33:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T17:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2016-11-15T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T13:59:45","slug":"alderney-adventure-taking-off-in-a-trislander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"Alderney adventure: taking off in a Trislander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21802765@N06\/6260476709\/\" title=\"EBX031 by moogiemedia, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6225\/6260476709_2188f9ac5a.jpg\" width=\"340\" alt=\"EBX031\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the more memorable experiences of my recent trip to Alderney was flying there on the 18-seater, three propeller-engined Trislander. The 18 seats include those of the pilot and co-pilot and we all boarded separately through car-type doors along the fuselage.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no aisle so we sat two abreast, right next to the whirring wing-mounted propellers. The Trislander, manufactured by Britten-Norman, is an elongated version of their Islander aircraft. In order to keep the pitch <!--more--> at the correct angle, a further engine was mounted at the rear, on the tail.<\/p>\n<p>On the way out it was a gloriously sunny day, and the low cruising height (around 5000 feet) ensured we had incredible views.<\/p>\n<p>I was inspired to write a song about it while on the island.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nTrislander,<br \/>\nEngines thunder.<br \/>\nTrislander,<br \/>\nWe hurtle through the sky.<br \/>\nA thousand metres high.<br \/>\nWe wing and wheel and soar<br \/>\nAnd all I want is more.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTrislander,<br \/>\nThe engines splutter.<br \/>\nThe wings flutter.<br \/>\nAnd now we start to fall &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&copy; Moogieman, 2011\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a few pics to give you an idea:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21802765@N06\/6261235798\/\" title=\"400x02010 by moogiemedia, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6033\/6261235798_cfa89192ca_m.jpg\" width=\"120\" alt=\"400x02010\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21802765@N06\/6260475203\/\" title=\"EBX030 by moogiemedia, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6040\/6260475203_ebc0bda606_m.jpg\" width=\"185\" alt=\"EBX030\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/21802765@N06\/6260433109\/\" title=\"EBX007 by moogiemedia, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img  class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6214\/6260433109_b8c4ae25c0.jpg\" width=\"185\" alt=\"EBX007\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more memorable experiences of my recent trip to Alderney was flying there on the 18-seater, three propeller-engined Trislander. The 18 seats include those of the pilot and co-pilot and we all boarded separately through car-type doors along the fuselage. There&#8217;s no aisle so we sat two abreast, right next to the whirring [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136,135,89,53,88],"tags":[137,127,126],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300,"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions\/1300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.moogieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}