old man emu Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Would you put me in contact with them OME, Met After all that, are you still interested in the hull? OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I have one original aluminium 108 Voyager wheelpant, with original Dk green paint and top chrome strip....damm..too late !..............................................................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Yeah but you turkeys keep on banging them up. It's a bit like wanting to keep spoked buggy wheels and tillers on cars - they would be hard to handle too. Aargh jeez Turbz, relax, it's OK Mate,,, we understand... It's a known fact that not everybody can handle a serious aeroplane... But I salute your willingness to stick up for those who can't, and make them feel better. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Of course their devilish things Wayne T ,,that's why it takes a Super Hero to fly one !!! ;-)Met Hang on Met... I'm not sure we should be put on a pedestal like that... Ya gotta remember, the stats show most of us are afraid of heights... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 They should call you lot Swingers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 They should call you lot Swingers Actually, having spent my formative years in the 60s & 70s, I always wanted to be a swinger. And these days, on my old girl, I have to swing the prop to get her purring. So OK, I guess I am a swinger, at last... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 LIL must be interesting when the grass is wet. Taildraggers would have been great in the days when we had "all round" proper landing fields, but someone seems to have lost the plot along the way and forced them on to narrow runway fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 .......Taildraggers would have been great in the days when we had "all round" proper landing fields, but someone seems to have lost the plot along the way and forced them on to narrow runway fields. This be true. But it's OK, we're learning how to handle it... As an aside, I can remember flying over Kansas USA back in the late '90s and seeing a HUGE concrete slab on the ground, 1 mile x 1 mile (640 acres), which I was told is one of the old airfields that were built back in WWII to train pilots. Now THAT was a proper landing field. YEE HAR! Landing and taking off into wind everytime with a minimum of 5,280 feet (1,609 mtrs)... But the concrete would have been hell on the tailskids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hell i've seen a C182 do this so taildragger not the problem, it was an actual disaster straight thru the side of the hanger and took the entire bar out. not one bottle on the top shelf survived! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hell i've seen a C182 do this so taildragger not the problem, it was an actual disaster straight thru the side of the hanger and took the entire bar out. not one bottle on the top shelf survived! Holly mackerel! I didn't realize it was such a serious bingle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 It was a bungle that ended up being a bingle. Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Back to being serious, the port wing seems to have demolished a pole on its way to the hangar. There's insufficient damage to the hangar wall to account for that wing-tip re-modelling. Any info? Also, both wings now have the same sweep to them. Just asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Agree maj training is the problem was he low hours ? Of course it was the training! No one told him that it was best to open the doors of the hangar first. Frank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 This be true. But it's OK, we're learning how to handle it... As an aside, I can remember flying over Kansas USA back in the late '90s and seeing a HUGE concrete slab on the ground, 1 mile x 1 mile (640 acres), which I was told is one of the old airfields that were built back in WWII to train pilots. Now THAT was a proper landing field. YEE HAR! Landing and taking off into wind everytime with a minimum of 5,280 feet (1,609 mtrs)... But the concrete would have been hell on the tailskids... Quite true Wayne. Where I grew up in northern central Canada there were no airstrips, just lakes & rivers so it was floats in the summer and skis in the winter and absolutely no concern about cross-wind landings. Thinking then was 'why would you depart or land anyway other than into the wind'? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Quite true Wayne. Where I grew up in northern central Canada there were no airstrips, just lakes & rivers so it was floats in the summer and skis in the winter and absolutely no concern about cross-wind landings. Thinking then was 'why would you depart or land anyway other than into the wind'? I can imagine what you're describing Riley. I've never been on the ground in Northern Central Canada. But I did ferry an aircraft from Fairbanks across to Philly one clear, summer night. We were just inside the arctic circle at one stage, and there was a whole lot of rugged country below us. I distinctly remember sweet talking my engines to, "keep running". Fore there was no-where I'd have liked us to try a landing on our wheels, and that's for sure. Definitely skis or floats country. In a previous life I used to spend a bit of time going into places like Tapini in the PNG hi-lands and we used to think we were pretty special. Then, from up high, I saw the country the Canadian bush pilots operate into, and I've been tipping my hat to them ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I can imagine what you're describing Riley. I've never been on the ground in Northern Central Canada. But I did ferry an aircraft from Fairbanks across to Philly one clear, summer night. We were just inside the arctic circle at one stage, and there was a whole lot of rugged country below us. I distinctly remember sweet talking my engines to, "keep running". Fore there was no-where I'd have liked us to try a landing on our wheels, and that's for sure. Definitely skis or floats country. In a previous life I used to spend a bit of time going into places like Tapini in the PNG hi-lands and we used to think we were pretty special. Then, from up high, I saw the country the Canadian bush pilots operate into, and I've been tipping my hat to them ever since. Slightly off-thread (but then, crunched classic aircraft aren't a good topic) however, when I was in the SE highlands of PNG I had exactly the same thoughts but 180 degrees in reverse. I reckoned that some old-time Canadian bush pilots (provided they survived) could add an exciting chapter or two to their prowess diary by flying off some of those New Guinea strips. Thankfully I was only ballast at the time so carried no responsibility for getting anyone home alive but I am still in awe of those charter and God-botherer pilots who threw themselves at any hole in the sky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 ..........those charter and God-botherer pilots who threw themselves at any hole in the sky. You're right Riley, we are off topic a tad. But I can't resist complimenting you for such a delightful description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Topics lookin fine, I had a strip in PNG as a screen saver for a while,,,,,hard to imagine taking a STOL aircraft in there ,these guys were in a twin otter I think! Oh we're drifting off Met, I'm sure. But Ahlocks will jump in here and sort us out shortly. I haven't been to PNG since the late '70s, so I have no idea if the Twotters are still working up there the way they used to, but they were doing a damn fine job back in those days. A Canadian aircraft of course. But then, so was the 'Bou. Funny that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluey the fly Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Back to the topic, I was told that the left brake had some how locked early in the take off run. I did notice a tyre skid mark on the runway and across the dirt to validate this story. (Or he might have had a gyroscopic effect and touched the left brake instead of the right one.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluey the fly Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Yes i can under stand this .When i first started i tried to steer it like a billy cart with your feet on the axil, any one changing from a trike to plane would have to concentrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Just as you would getting into a car with a tiller I suppose.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Just as you would getting into a car with a tiller I suppose.... Oh oh... We're back to the spoked wheels and tillers in defence of the blokes who can't handle serious aeroplanes... Nah, I don't like that'n as much as the yella one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Better shut up, I might try one in the future and I bet there would be cameras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Better shut up, I might try one in the future and I bet there would be cameras Guaranteed... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Better shut up, I might try one in the future and I bet there would be cameras Its when you try them you realise how much more fun they are !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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