Old Koreelah Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Looks ready to fly intercontinental. Mentioned in the following: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34171454 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi303 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Google Images "Motor Glider" and winnowing through the multiple likelies, the most similar seems to be a Dimona HK36 T series motorgliders. http://www.touringmotorgliders.org/photopost/data/525/medium/diamond_hk36_mpp_super_dimona_1_by_dan_s_t-d595dwz.jpg http://www.comegliding.com.au/images/ac/new2.jpg http://tailwheelersjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Brian-in-HK-cropped.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffasguts Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 looks like airborne research (adelaide uni) yppf diamond 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi303 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 looks like airborne research (adelaide uni) yppf diamond Looks like I was right about Dimona HK36 and you were right about Airbourne Research. adding the two terms got this: http://www.airborneresearch.com.au/pdf/TriAnnualReport.pdf Page 113, section 5 "Major Assets" 2 DA HK36TTC-ECO Dimona VH-EOS & VH-OBS 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 Thanks for the replies! I had no idea of this research organisation. It's work is especially interesting because some of my early training was in remote sensing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon500 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Remember watching an episode of catalyst on the ABC a few years back, when they were using a Grob 109. They were doing low level air sampling over a lake I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 Nice plane. Something like that flew south over us yesterday, crossing the Liverpool Range at about 8,000'. Must keep a pair of binoculars handy for when exotic aircraft pass over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Old Koreelah, Please use a camera with a telephoto lens, Then we can all see. spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Mine is unavailable, but my wife has a good camera. Must start being nice to her... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 I'm lucky to be under the flight path for planes crossing the Liverpool Range between Narrabri-Moree and Scone. I often see interesting aircraft when outside digging, but I'd have to drop the pick, rush inside to find the SLR. Of more interest is local aircraft; blokes from our Aero Club or BAE CT4s doing aeros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Digging! not looking for buried Spitfires or trains are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Digging! not looking for buried Spitfires or trains are you? Yeah, right. A Nazi treasure-train could have gone missing in rural Australia... (One thing I can't understand. How can a WWII railway be built into a Polish mountainside and then forgotten/lost?) But maybe you're onto something, DP: there are persistent reports of Spitfires being buried in mine shafts near Oakey RAAF base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I think the ability to lose a Nazi train in a mountain hideaway is quite plausible. The Nazi's had a habit of using slave labour and then killing all involved to keep it a secret. Sad but true. But if you find a spitfire, I will bring a shovel and help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 I think the ability to lose a Nazi train in a mountain hideaway is quite plausible.The Nazi's had a habit of using slave labour and then killing all involved to keep it a secret. Sad but true... Yes but how could a railway or its embankment just disappear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I expect they just pulled up the track that was a siding spur or removed the connection to the spur and bulldozed over the rest. Who knows but hey did some amazing engineering in pretty quick time during the war. but if you find it I will happily help carry the loot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 How much of the loot should we give to the survivors/descendants of the people it was stolen from? (Albert Speers's daughter gave back all should could.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 That is the hard question? I just don't know- can it be traced back? A problematic situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Don't know about Spitfires, but a mate of mine bought a Yak in its original crate. Problem is he doesn't know what to feed it on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Looks like I was right about Dimona HK36 and you were right about Airbourne Research. adding the two terms got this: http://www.airborneresearch.com.au/pdf/TriAnnualReport.pdf Page 113, section 5 "Major Assets" 2 DA HK36TTC-ECO Dimona VH-EOS & VH-OBS Just watching a doco on SBS about Morning Glory, featuring awesome gliding flights and an ARA aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Stone the crows, swinging a pick in the back garden whilst checking on overflying aircraft. Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Leave those crows alone, Alan. They're aircraft too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coljones Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 That is the hard question?I just don't know- can it be traced back? A problematic situation The first step is to give back as much as can be given back. You then (and only then) worry about that which is left over (perhaps lend it to a public institution pending the eventual arrival of a legal/legitimate claimant, with no sunsets) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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