Student Pilot

Going forward...................😁 You getting that speak from Canberra?

😁 Any Pipers are great little machines

Colts a lovely little aircraft

I am terrible at maths, not that smart yet I can fly!!!! Use all the techno babble you like if you want to sound smart or wind somebody up but I think stuff that technical has no place in flying.

Windup

Couple of things, a spirit level is open to flight forces and doesn't remain level. Bob Hoover demonstration of the roll while pouring a jug of water being an example. If an aircraft cannot maintain altitude it can just descend without stalling. This thread has just become one giant pocket pissing contest. Turns at low speed need you to be aware of the aircrafts foibles and handling, no science degree needed, a degree in pedantic's not required either. Stop this madness.................

Aircraft, Gary.......................Aircraft 😔

Epic PP thread...........

A slip has crossed controls skid usually not. Balanced flight always better, there are times when a slip can be used to loose height/speed. Some people who can't/don't want to crab down final in a crosswind use flying out of balance or a skid. I have always used crabbing.

Not sure about the last variants of the Corsair but most of the ones in WW2 had fabric spar back. I have seen a pic of rows of Corsairs lined up after war in the Pacific, they must have been there a while as most of the fabric had rotted away showing the structure underneath. I would have thought a Corsair was good for over 300 knots indicated. Most of the WW2 fighters had fabric control surfaces and the likes of Spitfire went well over 240 knots.

Tactics were much the same all the way through aerial warfare, faster aircraft had different tactics to slower better turning. Much the same counters from 1914 through to the Vietnam war where missiles and smart weapons changed things.

Neil was a gentleman, he used to fly Tom around in the 182 towards the end of Air Ag. AA/Superspread only used Tigers. They did look into the Lysander and Stearman but DCA at the time weren't going to let that happen. SS did use Wirraway's for a limited time.

The Cat had fabric from the spar back, a lot of area to stitch-up and brush. I remember seeing a Cat on Survey work in the 70's used to take ages to fly over it was very slow. The Corsair also had fabric from the spar back, unusual for such a high performance aircraft.

Basil Browns Airfarm used the radial ones before they got the Ceres

You can always drive to get the full experience. People blind drunk they can hardly stand, place full of empty cans and rubbish. The brawls outside the pub late into the night. All the good stuff still available 😁

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Quite a few of the with SS prefix were old Super Spread aircraft.

Only old actual photographs, in the vault somewhere. The one I flew was the one used in the flying shots of Mad Max. It was based in Tumut a couple of years ago.

Very nice machine to fly, responsive and well harmonised controls.

Correct Kasper

In the real world distance and capability don't match all the hype. Society now thinks it's OK to pay delivery people on pushbikes and motor scooters $3 an hour so how are drones going to compete with that?

Looks to have a British look about it, Fairy or Hawker style. Could be a Westland but they usually used radials

There is a working unit at the Nhill aviation museum. The table and tracker is all serviceable and usable. Getting an old Link that hadn't had any maintenance would be a big job to get serviceable. Very old electronics (Valves) and paper bellows for movement is what you are dealing with. I found the Link very similar to a Tiger to fly/manipulate.

Superfluous really, there will be no GA left shortly to transit airspace.