Auction for a flight with our very own BBS Biggles, MAD MARK. [Archive]

Grayling

18-02-2009, 09:39 PM

That legendary BBSer Mad Mark has offered as an AirgunBBS auction, a flight with him in his Microlight from the microlight club airstrip near Formby, Merseyside for the lucky highest bidder. Whose bid will then be donated IN FULL to that most worthy of charities HELP FOR HEROES. This is an exceptional auction and is sure to be an unforgettable day with surely one of our forums most famous members, some may even say INFAMOUS LUNAR KNICKERS :rolleyes: himself taking you for a sightseeing flight of the local countryside.

I will be somewhere in the area to capture the day on my digi camera and as part of the auction will provide a framed piccie of the lucky BBS member with Mad Mark and his Microlight to catch the moment for posterity.

This is a wee bit different as auctions go and a big thanks to a very BIG HEARTED guy, Cheers Mark buddy :). He's even tuning my Air Arms Shamal for me to ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE :).

There is a weight limit of 14 stones for a ride in the back seat of Mad Marks microlight so will all bidders please bear this in mind.

the_Verminator

18-02-2009, 09:42 PM

get the Ball rolling £1..
Hope I dont win, I have vertigo!!!

Napalm

18-02-2009, 09:45 PM

Bugger that, but I'll donate 5 quid to stay on the ground! :D [I will donate a fiver whether someone outbids me or not ;) ]

engin

18-02-2009, 10:07 PM

Merseyside? Is that north of the Thames somewhere, isn't it?

I'll bid £50.

On condition that we dont have to go up until April or May!

stevie h

18-02-2009, 10:09 PM

£60
:d:d

Grayling

18-02-2009, 10:12 PM

Bugger that, but I'll donate 5 quid to stay on the ground! :D [I will donate a fiver whether someone outbids me or not ;) ]

Now thats a good start :), very kind and generous THANKYOU :), PROVING AGAIN WHAT EXCELLENT MEMBERS THE BBS HAS :).

Charlts

18-02-2009, 10:14 PM

£65 and I'll get Andrea to wear a bikini top when she goes up with him!:D She's the only one under 14 stone in this house!:D

Ryan

steelyglint

18-02-2009, 10:15 PM

£10 17 stone so I can't fly but I'll put it to HFH if I don't win ! can't mark temporarily remove the other leg ? :D:D

engin

18-02-2009, 10:25 PM

Lets go for my max and see what happens. I can go to £100. My last bid......

Tony.T

18-02-2009, 10:25 PM

I'll donate a £65 canvas wrap (using your best photo) to the cause:)

Grayling

18-02-2009, 10:36 PM

I'll donate a £65 canvas wrap (using your best photo) to the cause:)

Another excellent gesture cheers Tony :).

MAD MARK

18-02-2009, 10:43 PM

:rolleyes: Fook me this aint fair as i like all you guys;):D:D:D

It's a hours flight guys with a blind one legged dude in fancy pants;):D:D:D

Mark:D

engin

18-02-2009, 10:48 PM

:rolleyes: Fook me this aint fair as i like all you guys;):D:D:D

It's a hours flight guys with a blind one legged dude in fancy pants;):D:D:D

Mark:D
Mark,

If I win it, it could be interesting.

You with one leg an two eye, me with one eye and two legs. Not sure I have fancy pants but something tells me the flight might make whoever wins pant's brown!:eek:

£100. My last bid stands.

E

MAD MARK

19-02-2009, 08:35 AM

Mark,

If I win it, it could be interesting.

You with one leg an two eye, me with one eye and two legs. Not sure I have fancy pants but something tells me the flight might make whoever wins pant's brown!:eek:

£100. My last bid stands.

E

LOL:D:D We will get her up and down somehow;), you will be fine mate, something you will never forget.

You do have some way to come to Formby though where we will be taking off from

Mark:)

Grayling

19-02-2009, 07:39 PM

Bump to the top, can the mods do this as a sticky pwetty please :).

Disco Stu

19-02-2009, 08:12 PM

I will bid £110, better go for a jog to get under 14 stone :eek::eek::D

Nev

19-02-2009, 08:51 PM

I'm not bidding anything to go up in a machine driven by someone called MAD MARK apart from that 10 quid would only get me to sniff at the wheels of the crazy kite:D:D:D

I would love to take photo's from up there but my head for heights went years ago.

Keep on bidding peopes

engin

19-02-2009, 09:16 PM

I will bid £110, better go for a jog to get under 14 stone :eek::eek::D

Good luck Stu.

I suppose you've saved me a trip "North of Watford"!:D

Perhaps I can persuade Mark to pop down here instead?

Nev

19-02-2009, 09:34 PM

Good luck Stu.

I suppose you've saved me a trip "North of Watford"!:D

Perhaps I can persuade Mark to pop down here instead?

You won't get a nose bleed ...honest:D the air up here is the same as down South:D

jagxkrs

19-02-2009, 10:50 PM

No chance for me then:(:(:(, not been 14 stone since I was about 19:eek::eek::eek: can I nominate a victim:D:D:D

MAD MARK

20-02-2009, 08:59 AM

I will bid £110, better go for a jog to get under 14 stone :eek::eek::D

Nice one Stu, don't worry about your weight to much, i just wont carry as much fuel;):D:D

This is my plan, take off from formby climbing out to 2200 ft to clear RAF wood vale and fly down the coast to Blackpool where we will climb again to 3400fp for Blackpool airport, if the sea is out we will do a out landing at pilling sands on the beach for a brew and bacon butty;):D you cant beat my cabin food guys it's better then British airways:rolleyes: taking off again doing a in land leg over RAF warton airspace and following the m6 motorway, might get a bit lively with the hills with the wind blowing around them but makes it very interesting at times:eek::D:D, there are some good sites to see on the way back, the flight will take about a hour and half depending on weather and wind

ATB
Mark:)

MAD MARK

20-02-2009, 01:18 PM

Good luck Stu.

Perhaps I can persuade Mark to pop down here instead?

What me in London:rolleyes: are you mad, be like that program on TV for the kids:eek:wheres wally:o:D:D , lot of big planes flying round that area as well and don't fancy being nose art on the front end of a 757 thank you very much:D:D

:eek::eek: look what happened to Santa http://www.dauntless-soft.com/PRODUCTS/Freebies/NoseArt/santa-plane.jpg :o

Mark:)

Disco Stu

20-02-2009, 01:38 PM

Nice one Stu, don't worry about your weight to much, i just wont carry as much fuel;):D

This is my plan, take off from formby climbing out to 2200 ft to clear RAF wood vale and fly down the coast to Blackpool where we will climb again to 3400fp for Blackpool airport, if the sea is out we will do a out landing at pilling sands on the beech for a brew and bacon butty;):D you cant beat my cabin food guys it's better then British airways:rolleyes: taking off again doing a in land leg over RAF warton airspace and following the m6 motorway, might get a bit lively with the hills with the wind blowing around them but makes it very interesting at times:eek::D:D, there are some good sites to see on the way back, the flight will take about a hour and half depending on weather and wind

ATB
Mark:)

Flying over Blackpool :eek: I shall try not to throw too many things down onto Bloomfield Road :D Over warton and following the M6 back I will be able to see my house. :eek::D:

pollythedog

20-02-2009, 04:30 PM

Nice one Stu, don't worry about your weight to much, i just wont carry as much fuel;):D:D

This is my plan, take off from formby climbing out to 2200 ft to clear RAF wood vale and fly down the coast to Blackpool where we will climb again to 3400fp for Blackpool airport, if the sea is out we will do a out landing at pilling sands on the beech for a brew and bacon butty;):D you cant beat my cabin food guys it's better then British airways:rolleyes: taking off again doing a in land leg over RAF warton airspace and following the m6 motorway, might get a bit lively with the hills with the wind blowing around them but makes it very interesting at times:eek::D:D, there are some good sites to see on the way back, the flight will take about a hour and half depending on weather and wind

ATB
Mark:)

definitely mad, he's gonna land you up a tree, :D:D

Grayling

21-02-2009, 07:48 AM

Wow :eek: £110 CHEERS STU :). AN EXCELLENT GESTURE. ONLY Made possible by Mad Mark.

I am PROUD to call Mad Mark and his beautiful wife Rachael friends. This was a brilliant offer by Mark for me to auction this flight, I don't know now why I was pleasantly surprised :) this is just typical of a guy who has such a huge heart and has never to my knowledge been beaten by anything or ever will for that matter :).

He knows from his own tragic experience what these young lads in Selly Oaks and Headley Court are going through.

Mark is the personification of all that is GOOD and POSITIVE about this forum and our hobby in general A TRUE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN :). Even if he's half TAFF now :cool:.

Taz

21-02-2009, 11:43 AM

There is a weight limit of 14 stones for a ride in the back seat of Mad Marks microlight so will all bidders please bear this in mind.

well that rules out 99% of the BBS then :rolleyes:
:D :D :p

MAD MARK

22-02-2009, 10:35 AM

definitely mad, he's gonna land you up a tree, :D:D

Bugger off:rolleyes: , heathen:D:D

Mark:D

Grayling

26-02-2009, 04:24 PM

Shanks

27-02-2009, 10:24 AM

There is a weight limit of 14 stones for a ride in the back seat of Mad Marks microlight

don't worry about your weight to much, i just wont carry as much fuel

Just how much leeway is there on this? It is a fantastic opportunity for the lucky winner. But at the [cough] generous end of 18 stone does this mean that if was able to bid enough to win you could only carry enough fuel to give me a lift to the end of the runway :o:D and clearing Wood Vale would be a lost hope :D:D

Cheers - and good luck with the auction

MAD MARK

27-02-2009, 12:42 PM

Just how much leeway is there on this? It is a fantastic opportunity for the lucky winner. But at the [cough] generous end of 18 stone does this mean that if was able to bid enough to win you could only carry enough fuel to give me a lift to the end of the runway :o:D and clearing Wood Vale would be a lost hope :D:D

Cheers - and good luck with the auction

My microlight would lift you but the engine would be going flat out to keep us up there, i can cut back on the fuel with in reason depending how far we are going, as long as i have enough fuel plus emergence in case i have to divert to a different airfield,

The only problem with carrying big weights is if the engine stops and a fully loads Quik 912s drops very fast with having a small wing:D:D If i was flying the Quik GT450 that has two more meters of wing and more lift, that's the only down side of my Quik is the wing size and load it can carry, there faster and more nimble in the air then the gt450 but you cant have it all

ATB
Mark:)

Grayling

27-02-2009, 10:28 PM

I will bid £110, better go for a jog to get under 14 stone :eek::eek::D

The flight with Mad Mark goes to Disco Stu for a cracking bid of £110 :).

Steve Valentine

27-02-2009, 10:44 PM

Bollox, is it too late to bid £120? bin waiting all night to bid at the last minute and got engrossed in a film!

Steve

Grayling

27-02-2009, 11:35 PM

Bollox, is it too late to bid £120? bin waiting all night to bid at the last minute and got engrossed in a film!

Steve

It's not bleedin Fleabay Steviepoo's :rolleyes:.

Steve Valentine

27-02-2009, 11:40 PM

A simple yes or no will suffice.

Steve

nelsdad

28-02-2009, 12:02 PM

Awh poop! I missed this one too:(

Disco Stu

28-02-2009, 06:54 PM

Woo Hoo!!! better raid the piggybank and have a rummage down the back of the sofa.:eek:

MAD MARK

01-03-2009, 11:29 PM

Nice one guy's, Steve and bill, I'll be doing a few mates flights in a month or so;)

Ive been told I'm braking the law by doing any sort of fundraising or making money with my microlight, i could lose my private pilots licence by doing so, the caa for ya, tight c""ts:(

Just happens me and disco Stu have been mates for years;) and he is giving the donation off his own back, nothing to do with me:D:D

Cheers guys:)