Flying in the far north

[Guernsey]

I say all station moorrabbin this is parasol 4188 5 mile south inbound @ 1500 Eta 5 min ! Petty much same as ga but aircraft type & numbers ,

Not sure if I would say 'Parasol' as I remember seeing one flying in the movie 'The sound of music' and it wasn't flying very fast.

 

Alan.

 

 

[ben87r]

I did my training with Ron as well and found him awesome!!

 

Check out http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/cairns-area-flight-training.45948/

 

I spoke to him sounded good! does wet hire

 

 

[ben87r]

Apart from that, Nope nothing

 

 

[rhysmcc]

I did my training with Ron as well and found him awesome!!Check out http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/cairns-area-flight-training.45948/

 

I spoke to him sounded good! does wet hire

Yeah I spoke to Darren a couple of months ago and he no longer has the SportsStar and hasn't yet got a replacement, I had hoped to pickup some wet hire from him also until I heard the news.

 

 

[ben87r]

That's no good! Did he say what happened?? As far as i knew, That was the only plane north of Mackay

 

 

[rhysmcc]

I believe there was an issue with the paint job which had to be redone, after which the owner decided he was going to put it with a flight school down south where it would get more use. Real shame.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

She actually a shiatsu and the wife would kill me if I was to sell my little flying partner !

Yes Doug,. . . . . sorry about that, after I posted, I looked at the other view of the plane and noticed what appeared to be a CANINE near to the wingtip ! ! ! My mate Sooty ( the airfield engineer ) looked over my shoulder and said to me. . ." That . . . you stupid tw*t. . . is a bloody DOG. And him and his wife are breeders of the SAME model of canine apparently. . . . .

 

Thank you for posting the actual picture of the beast Upside down, Obvioulsy in deference to the fact that I live on the other side, in the UK, very considerate mate and I thank you.

 

Still a nice aircraft though innit ??

 

Cheers. . . . Phil

 

 

[Phil Perry]

I say all station moorrabbin this is parasol 4188 5 mile south inbound @ 1500 Eta 5 min ! Petty much same as ga but aircraft type & numbers ,

Oh yes,. . . I forgot about the "All Stations" call, over here, if there is to be no response expected, usually from a private airfield, we call " XXXX TRAFFIC - G-ABCD - 5 miles North inbound." Just in case there is anyone else in the circuit ( pattern) I used to find that, when flying around in the OZ bush, that a call on 119.1 would quite often elicit a response, dunno whether this is still used, or Smoke Net ( CFA) usually someone on there to talk to on HF and VHF. . . . and when all else failed,. . . . channel 40 or 50 or 51 on the 2 metre FM amateur band always got somebody to have a chat to. . . . . . . . ( rarely flew without an FM ham rig in the outback. . . ) We used to use the RFDS channels too now and again. . . . . very helpful bunch of blokes !

 

 

[Doug Evans]