deltacharlie

Reminds me of a wedding once, it was so moving even the cake was in tiers...

Jabiru taildragger

http://www.recreationalpilots.com.au/gallery/details.php?image_id=73

Hmm i'll take a shot at this.Practise power failure in a R22 and hit a bit hard and the rotor chopped the boom off.

am i close??????

I have always driven a manual car so my left foot pressure tends to be higher then my right. Until I got the feel some of my early attempts at breaking C152 were sort of.....interesting. Good for frightening those young instructors, though.

Flyerme - from your other thread it would appear that you may have identified the woolie boogers in your little 447. Should it still not be 'on song' when you get the suspect carbs/fuel system sorted, get back to me & I'll find a couple of used coils for you to try.Deltacharlie - tell us more about the steam traction engine in you avator -I'm envious as hell! cheers Riley

It has been kept in "preservation" ever since and currently lives at the Campbelltown Steam Museum near Sydney, not too far from Camden. (www.csmm.com.au). Interestingly, a couple of other steamers from our museum have been used in The Great Gatsby film recently made in Sydney.

Apologies to other forum-ites for the thread drift.

If the coils are Bosch parts, try a Bosch agent. I had an Alfa Romeo years ago with Bosch distributor. When I broke the dizzy drive shaft I went to a local auto electrician with the Bosch model number of the dizzy. Of course you can't buy just a drive shaft but a whole new distributor was a quarter of the Alfa price.

Hi DCYou wouldn't have been an Antiquer for a long while, would you?

 

DC3 is the other aeroplane I'd love to fly before I die.

 

kaz

I think I was born an antique®. The trip in DNA was terrific - my first time in a DC3 and I was surprised how comfortable it was, if a trifle noisy. Had a bit of adventure leaving Temora. The starter motor on the RH engine failed so the ground crew performed a "New Guinea" start. Wind a length of rope around the spinner and pull it with a jeep! Took a few tries but once they synchronised the pull with "ignition on" away she went. Of course that made us late back into Bankstown and we found we were locked into the airfield until the pilot retrieved a spare key from somewhere.

Yes, maybe so, Dazza. I've been looking for it since late December in two different shops, but they're both owned by the same bloke so maybe he's stopped stocking it.

Can I say a swear!!!! Seriously... heck!!!That poor kid!

I suppose the only saving grace is that most members of the public would not know the a/c was overloaded, but of course CASA will.

I'm not an RAA member so I have to rely on the newsagent. It's Jan 21 and still no sign of the mag. Is it still going to newsagents?

OOPs! Don't know what happened there. I was going to say.... Be careful you don't google "landing strip" or you might get one of those "other" sites.

For a while now we have been dreaming about that block of dirt on which we can build our own airstrip, store our planes and indulge in flying when it suits us. I know people who do have their airstrip, be it on small acreage, part of a farming enterprise or in an air park.

Recently discovered you can search keywords in the description on realestate.com.au. I tried "airstrip" "plane" "pilot" (and variants) and came up with a collection of ready-made or potential sites.

In Qld there is no systematic approach - each Council has its own approach - some want zoning & planning approval, some don't want to know.

What is your experience with finding land, getting an airstrip approved / established, landing / takeoff & circuit issues, Council etc.

Sue

Great idea, Alan. My only trip to Temora was in a DC3 - VH-DNA. Most appropriate as DC are (is?)my initials and DNA is the "type" of my steamroller.

Well Tomo you have such a good reputation for being able to get your hands on many different types of aircraft, surely you must have a friend with a 32 seat DC3 or something similar, to be able to fly a group to Temora.?????.Alan.

My middle name is PEDANTkaz

Mmmm, I have a sense of deja vu. I was involved in a similar discussion a little while ago. I must admit if is one of my hobby horses, just one of many.

http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/best-college-to-learn-cpl.28895/

Hi there Guys, Galls and even Emus,We have some very good Avatars that some members use and I was just curious as to why we use a particular one. Some people use a photo of themselves, many use a photo of their aircraft or the type they fly, some use a photo of the type they would like to fly and others use animals.

How about letting us know the reasons.

 

As you know mine is a photo of my Son-in-Laws aircraft which I fly but since I love animals and it is often said that some people look like their animals, should I change my Avatar to the photo of a Guernsey Cow?

 

You had better open up the picture, I do have a beautiful face.

My avatar is from another hobby a bit divorced from aviation. It is a 1926 Fowler steam roller which I have been "preserving" since I bought it in 1964 aged 17.

So I have the privelage of spending my mornings and afternoons stuck in road traffic while driving either side of the Kingsford Smith International Airport. Because I have nothing better going on at the time, I listen in to the tower chatter on LiveATC.Most of the transmissions between tower and pilots is fine. There have been instances where not one word has been discernable over the static. I am definately not an ATC nor a pilot (damnit!), but I would like to know if there has ever been a case where ATC has stopped a plane from taking off because the quality of transmission is so poor? I realise that if the radio is not working at all (total falure) the aircraft would would not be allowed to fly. Can an ATC make that type of call???

Thanks

 

Shawn

And don't get me started on apostrophes.

Come on give John a break, going off his location english isn't his first language so he's doing ok.Looking at current trends he might just have a big future in aviation.

Good luck with your quest John.

Yes, Somewhere that teaches spelling and grammar.

Sorry guys. If anybody thinks my post #3 is irrelevant - it is! It was meant for something completely different. I'm a d@*^h#$d.

Hate the sound of a prop strike, don't you?

Motz, that's a good thing you're doing. I hope the gods smile on you.

Now I'm upset. Did a lot of my early training in that aircraft.

Just joined yesterday after watching the site for a while so thought I'd do the right thing and post. After a life-long interest in aviation decided in 2007 to learn to fly GA - at the age of 60. Unfortunately after 20 hours in C152 at YSBK and just coming up to soloing CASA decided my distance vision wasn't up to scratch so they declined my medical.I've decided RA is the way to go and hope to get back into flying later this year. Looking at some of the other newbies makes me jealous. So many people seem to be active aviators and even own or are building their own aircraft. Oh well!!See you soon Dennis