Jabiru down at Manilla NSW

[Guest SrPilot]

I am not a betting man but I bet it's repairable. I've seen a lot worse that flew again. Nev

"Again", Nev? I've seen worse licensed for flight the very first time (i.e., before any damage). They should never have been licensed for flight yet they flew (or on a couple of occasions, tried to fly). One that I remember particularly was an all-metal unique design that looked like the metal had been cut from sheets using a chainsaw.

 

I saw a Volksplane taxi out once for its maiden flight. It turned at a 90 degree intersection and its wooden landing gear assembly folded. It did a belly flop on the pavement and the wooden prop shattered. It too had been signed off for flight. (A group of us picked it up and carried it into the hangar when the pilot said he was going to rethink the landing gear design.)

 

 

[Oscar]

Yes, the wires would have taken some of the energy and I agree, how much I couldn't guess, but it's still a lot of energy dissipated in a very short space of time.

 

 

[jetjr]

the wreck will be sold, someone with skills and time will get it cheap and rebuild. Possibly sell for a profit in the end.

 

 

[Jabiru Phil]

Aircraft carriers pilots have been doing this for yonks.

 

 

[Oscar]

Yep - though it is generally considered good form to arrive with the wheels pointing down...

 

 

[M61A1]

"Again", Nev? I've seen worse licensed for flight the very first time (i.e., before any damage). They should never have been licensed for flight yet they flew (or on a couple of occasions, tried to fly). One that I remember particularly was an all-metal unique design that looked like the metal had been cut from sheets using a chainsaw. I saw a Volksplane taxi out once for its maiden flight. It turned at a 90 degree intersection and its wooden landing gear assembly folded. It did a belly flop on the pavement and the wooden prop shattered. It too had been signed off for flight. (A group of us picked it up and carried it into the hangar when the pilot said he was going to rethink the landing gear design.)

I think they call that "natural selection", they're trying to outlaw it here, but people aren't complying.

 

 

[storchy neil]

I neil say no more who gives a shit take a look at the shit I went through and I still have the parts that in no way would pass for airworthy neil

 

 

[Guest SrPilot]

Aircraft carriers pilots have been doing this for yonks.

But not with the nose gear.

 

Oh, wait, what is "yonks"?

 

 

[skeptic36]

But not with the nose gear. Oh, wait, what is "yonks"?

A loooooooooong time

 

 

[facthunter]

Crazy Australian invented words. Fair Dinkum, it'd drive you to drink the billabong they chucked the jumbuck in. Nev

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

But not with the nose gear. Oh, wait, what is "yonks"?

Sr. you might need Frank Povah's help with Strine. He lives in Minnesota, but writes this column:

Aussie lingo: Blockie

 

 

[Oscar]

Sr, years ago I worked for a significant Australian organisation that had representatives in both Washington and London. Both were mates of mine; the Washington appointee returned for a de-briefing, and over a beer, I asked him what he'd learned about US culture.

 

He was a smoker - like me. He explained that using the Aussie term for asking if one could beg the gift of a cigarette in Aussie: 'can I bum a fag off you?" was absolutely NOT a good approach in the USA.

 

 

[cooperplace]

good thing he hit that wire, it broke his fall and saved him

was it Spike Milligan who said "fortunately the ground broke my fall"

 

 

[Guest SrPilot]

Sr, years ago I worked for a significant Australian organisation that had representatives in both Washington and London. Both were mates of mine; the Washington appointee returned for a de-briefing, and over a beer, I asked him what he'd learned about US culture. He was a smoker - like me. He explained that using the Aussie term for asking if one could beg the gift of a cigarette in Aussie: 'can I bum a fag off you?" was absolutely NOT a good approach in the USA.

True. But they'll bum a cigarette. That's why when I was in the USAF (and a smoker way back then) I carried an open pack on Spanish cigarettes in my pocket. When someone "bummed a smoke," I would give them one of those while keeping my U.S. cigarettes concealed in another pocket. After getting one or two of those things, they'd bum off someone else. They tasted like - and left the flavor in one's mouth - of what I always imagined the way smoking a cow plop would taste.

 

 

[Guest SrPilot]

Sr. you might need Frank Povah's help with Strine. He lives in Minnesota, but writes this column: Aussie lingo: Blockie

Thanks. I'll take a look. My multiple trips to Australia hasn't provided me enough opportunity learn the language. My first language is Southern U.S. English.

 

 

[Geoff13]

Thanks. I'll take a look. My multiple trips to Australia hasn't provided me enough opportunity learn the language. My first language is Southern U.S. English.

You can have only one first language, so is yours Southern U.S. Or is it English. Sorry but you can't have both.

 

 

[Jabiru Phil]

Crazy Australian invented words. Fair Dinkum, it'd drive you to drink the billabong they chucked the jumbuck in. Nev

Stone the bloody crows mate.

 

 

[facthunter]

You might inspire me to further study. My mob only got here in 1862. Nev

 

 

[Guest SrPilot]

You can have only one first language, so is yours Southern U.S. Or is it English. Sorry but you can't have both.

English is the root language, U.S. version is the principal dialect, Southern is the Empyreal Tongue.

 

But we don’t know a swagman from a Billabong or a Coolabah tree from a-waltzing Matilda. Can’t say for sure that we’ve ever seen a jumbuck or a tucker-bag, but we do know that the Jabiru under discussion was one tough airframe and I do have 2-3 Akubras to wear when I choose to do so.

 

 

[turboplanner]

But we don’t know a swagman from a Billabong or a Coolabah tree from a-waltzing Matilda. Can’t say for sure that we’ve ever seen a jumbuck or a tucker-bag, but we do know that the Jabiru under discussion was one tough airframe and I do have 2-3 Akubras to wear when I choose to do so.

Waltzing Matilda Territory style (Ali Mills) will save you the effort of translating "jumbuck";

 

 

 

[facthunter]

Akubra's are now made from FRENCH bunny fur. We have plenty of rabbits but no organisation of the harvesting. Pretty good hat anyhow. Nev

 

 

[Guest SrPilot]

Akubra's are now made from FRENCH bunny fur. We have plenty of rabbits but no organisation of the harvesting. Pretty good hat anyhow. Nev

My first one is circa 1991. Bought it in Alice Springs.

 

 

[facthunter]

Did you take it out on a Starlifter? Nev

 

 

[Guest SrPilot]

Waltzing Matilda Territory style (Ali Mills) will save you the effort of translating "jumbuck";

 

 

 

[Oscar]

English is the root language, U.S. version is the principal dialect, Southern is the Empyreal Tongue.But we don’t know a swagman from a Billabong or a Coolabah tree from a-waltzing Matilda. Can’t say for sure that we’ve ever seen a jumbuck or a tucker-bag, but we do know that the Jabiru under discussion was one tough airframe and I do have 2-3 Akubras to wear when I choose to do so.

Sr, you have to be Tasmanian to wear more than one Akubra at a time... ( it's a Mainland joke..)