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Not always a Victorian?

An exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign "Speedbird 206": Speedbird 206: "Top of the morning, Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of the active runway." Ground: "Guten Morgen. You vill taxi to your gate." The big British Airways 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop. Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?" Speedbird 206: "Stand by a moment, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now." Ground (with arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, haff you never flown to Frankfurt before?" Speedbird 206 (coolly): Yes, I have, actually, But it was dark, people were shooting at me and I didn't land!."

Well Done... How did it go? Nervous?

Now THAT is a plane you could ditch...

This poster doesn't know what your all on about... :big_grin:

Brothers die in ultralight crash in Vic Really not good

At a guess, it looks like electromagnetic equipment... Similar to a magnet, some rocks have a slight magnet field associated with them. My guess (and a guess because I've done some work with geophysicists) is it would be used for mineral exploration.... gold, silver and ignoeus related gemstones. Weird using a DC-3 tho, I've only heard of Air Commanders being used... Stanzahero

Yep. Guess that means I'll need GA...

The old V6 Holden engines were a good example of the mixed threads. Every thread on the outside of the engine was metric, and all the threads on the inside of it were Imperial (SAE). You ended up with a metric engine mounting bolt thread and on the other side of the crank case wall you had imperial main bearing bolt threads.

Sugestions Try drought... worked well in Horsham.... I started by using a tall object as a reference. eg the main windsock, or a hanger roof. By keeping an eye on it, as well as the approach, I could tell how close I was to the ground by the the object and the horizon. Once it got to a predetermined point, I'd say to myself "slow decent, flare" and I'd be where I needed to be. With practice I didn't need the reference any more. This technique was used by the poster and absolutely no responsibility is taken by the forum or the poster for any suggestions in this post. Drought is dangerous if not handled correctly. You'll get the hang of it. Stanzahero

War spares not the brave but the cowardly. (Anacreon, 570 BC – 488 BC)

Tigermoth at Pt Cook. One of the two Tigermoths at Pt Cook AFB used for joy flights.

The first time I took a non-pilot up was a few weeks ago in Echuca. I was as nervous as all get out because I'd done a go-around on our arrival (in a J120 from HSM) so I opted for a slight cross wind take off and landing. He (my brother, the pax) loved the flight and it was a real confidence booster! They also don't notice small errors on landing so it's great! The guys at Echuca were helpful too. Have fun, Shags_j Stanzahero.

Welcome Bradley, Been flying long? How long have you had your plane? (It is yours insn't it?) I can't believe I said 'Hi' before Tomo! Stanzahero

How cool! Another use for "two fingers"!

Some one with 'too much time on their hands'? :big_grin: Stanzahero

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

I did a similar thing... I took my foot off the "accelerator" and wondered why the engine didn't slow down. Turns out I had my foot on right-rudder (as normal in a take-off run), so then the little J120 decided to head left. I regained control of my brain before I ran out of runway width. Scared the hell out of me... I had plenty of time to analyze because it was on my last solo X-country. Stanzahero

Actually they do look like they'd be at home on the front of an old Fergie i_dunno...

Not on our J120. BecM managed to touch down on a flat and still managed to keep it on the runway. Only damage was to the tube. Stanzahero.

Unless you fly a glider...

...too many props... Or am I looking at the wrong thing? i_dunno Stanzahero

J120 Our Flying Club (Horsham Flying Club) uses the J120 as a trainer. We also have a RAA registered J230 as a glider tow (amongst other duties). I feel that it can be a little confining for long X-country flights (I recently flew from Horsham to Echuca), but as a regular fly, it is was a fun plane to learn in (the instructor helps). :thumb_up: I can't knock it either as a trainer or as something more permanent.