DAVID SEE

The email address for Leonnie comes back with an error.

I flew over the Ultralight/Gyro strip at Marian today... it is well with 25 nm of Palmyra. Blueadventures and some other pilots (some of who I believe are forumites) are building a hanger there... I will have to drop in there.

Cheers Davo.

Hi Folks

I was speaking with Leonie Creed on Sunday night and she asked if I could let as many as possible, (who are coming to Old Station) know that she has lost most of the details for accommodation, and if you could please contact the Creed family to see if you still have accommodation there. Leonie is concerned that she has lost contacts and wasn't able to notify as to yes or no for a bed.

If you don't still have the poster on the weekend, the contacts are....

For Leonie Creed its best to email as she is often out of the house and mobile reception isn't very good there [email protected]

0438 346563 ...............this for accommodation. Leonie Creed

[email protected]

0408 346536.................this for aircraft enquiries. Ron Creed

See you there for the weekend of 28/29 May, not far away now:smile:

Hope this dosen't cause any problems for you.

Cheers Davo.

Secretary C.D.F.G.inc.

Congrats Darky.

Great feeling to know you are one of the few who can enjoy the real freedom after all the effort and time you put in.

It is worth it though.......Good on yu

Cheers Davo:wave:

Congratulations Evan.

I just came in from a quick spin around the area in the old Lightwing, yesterday I'd promised my young neighbour (11yr. old) a fly soon. And the little bugger was up and had his chores done, on his sisters push bike and at our door before 6:30 this morning. ( I was thinking more like the weekend) At least he has his priorities right, had him back on the ground by 7:45 so he could get home in time to go to school. Anyway, what this is leading up to is that I came in to have a coffee and catch up with whats happening on the site and read your thread. Good on you mate that first solo is one flight you will never forget, and to wave it published, that's awesome. I get both PF and RAA mags. so am looking forward to reading your side of it.

Cheers Davo:-)

Freekin heck......130hp. that thing should climb vertical....

Serious though, it sure looks like you can have some serious fun on that.

Welcome to the site.

Cheers Davo.

Congrats. Pete..

That's a flight you'll always remember, good on you mate, we might even see you at OLD STATION at the end of May.

If that's John Walmsley's Lightwing, then you are training under one of the best C.F.I's around, and say hi to him and Linda for me please

Cheers Davo.

Mercy Mission - The rescue of Flight 771Cheers

 

John

Thanks John and Spin, that looks like the one. And yes to the Tuskegee Airmen as a good one too

Cheers Davo.

I saw a moovie about 15yrs. ago, I can't remember the exact name but it was based on a true story about a couple of blokes who were ferrying two Ag-tractors from America to Sydney, the hoppers were converted to fuel tanks. One went in the drink at Hawaii (full of fuel, to heavy and clipped the trees on take off) the other flew on and finished up lost, low on fuel and in a storm and by then it was dark. A commercial airline out of N.Z. tracked him down and got him back to land as he ran out of fuel. It was called something like..."The search for flight 327'....or " In search of flight 327"...327 is not the numbers, I just used them as an example, was a great movie and have never seen it or heard of it since.

Cheers Davo.

Wish you all a great Christmas and an even greater New Year. Especially to Ian and Family for giving us such a wonderful place to share our experiences.

We are having a wet one up here, the Dawson River is expected to peak tomorrow (friday) at 13.5mtr.

thats 1.5mtr. over major flood height, a lot of sand-bagging going on in town at present, we can't get there as we are cut off by the water too. Black soil here so cannot move till it dries out a bit.

Cheers Davo

Mate, I'd gladly pay $50 to have the lightwing washed, because whoever did the job would earn their money, a lot of cattle in the airstrip paddock and no matter how careful one is, you always seem to find a fresh one. the worst of it is when you taxi with the door open and thats when you are leaning out the side to see into the setting sun and eyes squinted up to see through the glare and don't see the freshly made 'cake' just sitting in the grass waiting for some old fool to be coming home when.......splatter,splatter and splat,......instantly say f**<;!!'~,:/**......then think to oneself 'bugger, I've done that before'.....you idiot. Then your wife won't let you in the house until you clean up and stop smelling, and you gotta clean the plane pretty quick too, the tail wheel goes up on the fence post to wash under the tail and aww, damn it, it just goes on and on, it just tops the day off nicely... really makes you enjoy a beer or four..

Cheers Davo.

Dingo Roadhouse on the Capricorn hwy. about 1/2 way between Rockhampton and Emerald.

Land and taxi up to the back door.

Cheers Davo.:)

Congratulations mate, it's a feeling you'll never forget:clap:

Hi Darkey,

Been away for a couple of days, just now on line and saw the 'bad luck / good luck' incident.

Main thing is you are all here to tell about it....

Wedgies' are one of our greatest concerns up here in Qld. the only days we don't come across them is on windy days, have had them go between us when flying along in company and we've often wondered what damage they'd do, sure know now. Sorry you found out the hard way, keep up the good work and flying, and hope to see you around one day.

Cheers Davo.:big_grin:

I have just received word that a great friend and a man who has been flying most of his life has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was the owner of Smokey Creek at Jambin and the main-stay behind the Callide Dawson Flying Group. Kev Wilson will be sadly missed for a long, long time. Our thoughts are with his family.

Dave See

Secretary C. D. F. G.

Hi Tomo, Mate if I was doing that run, I'd head out to Miles then up over the Taroom strip (a bit more

open country going nth. along eastern side of highway for that 20nm from Miles) from Taroom track 10* M for 45nm. brings you over the Gleebe Wear, a little bit of gorge country and sorgum and cotton fields, you hit the Theodore Cracow rd. turn to 341*M for 18nm. brings you to our place, on the bend of the gravel rd. ( Frogs Hollow S24* 49.355 E150* 08.396 ) 1.000mtr. grass strip ph.0414832946. From here, track 325* M for47nm. takes you over Moura and Baralaba to the bend in the power lines, follow these for 50nm will bring you to Capricorn Hway. near a radio/repeater tower about 8nm east of Blackwater town, then straight to Capella (55nm) and on to Clermont (30nm)

Hope it helps, its a bit long winded, but it takes you over fairly open country all the way

Cheers Davo.:big_grin:

Caps

Hi Ian, if you get the caps moving is there any chance of sourcing them without that pesky little button on the top? as my headphone usually ends up driving it into the top of my bald head.

Cheers Davo:big_grin:

Bumper stickers

Hi mate, can I have three of each please one lot with "REAL PILOTS FLY TAILDRAGGERS'

and the other three with 'IF YOU WANT TO GET HIGH, LEARN TO FLY'

thanks Davo:big_grin:

I'll second Ozzie's input for you Tomo.

IMPORTANT NOTICE CHANGE OF VENUE

The Callide Dawson Flying Group Inc "annual fly-in" will be held on 4th and 5th September 2010 at FROGS HOLLOW near THEODORE and not at SMOKEY CREEK as in previous years,

please pass this on to anyone you know who is planning to attend.

Dave See, (secretary) CDFG Inc

email: [email protected] for Frogs Hollow co-ordinates and further info

Calendar

Hi Tomo.

I think its a great idea, and you can put me down for three

Cheers Davo:clap:

Hi Pete..

I did my training at coominya some years ago, and have had time with two other instructors since.

Each one has their own method of teaching. but make sure you ask lots of questions, sometimes its the quality of the student that determines the quality of the instructor

Cheers Davo:nerd:

Great read Davo, good to hear of someone putting in the miles behind a 582. Now how about some photos for the rest of us stuck at home, lots of great scenery where you went?Cheers Carl

Hi Carl. Yes I will pop some pics. in as soon as my *^## computer comes home from the doctor, all the pics. are on it. I'm sneaking onto my wife's computer whenever I can and she's up me about it too. Yes lots of great scenery so hopefully by the end of the week.

Cheers Davo.

This may be a little 'long winded' but it's the way it was....

For those of you that read of my previous x-country trip to Grafton last year in the trusty old 'farm car', also known as the Lightwing, well I finally got time to put my next trip on here...the last one I put under Just Landed as I'm not too sure where things like this are supposed to go, I'm putting it here.

This time was for a family get together to scatter Mums ashes. This time my brother from Moonie came with me. Our mum passed away last year, and so my wife Liz and I drove down for the funeral, it was decided at that time to wave another get together at Easter time to scatter her ashes (in her words she wanted to be "thrown over the creek bank") now fast forward to Easter......Packed and fueled the lightwing, this time my sister-inlaw made some cushions and two back packs to hang over the back of the seats, great idea as not a lot of room in the lightwing, one for clothes and the other for bottle of oil, Mr. funnel,rotax tool kit, tie down ropes etc.

WED.

Same as last time, pack and re-pack, still feel I forgot something but not sure wot. Said tat-ta to my lovely wife and blasted off in a big cloud of dust at 8:00 a.m. for Moonie. Good run to Wandoan where cloud was building over the range, it was clear over to the east so carried on, climbed to 5,000 and skimmed aver the top. Off the cloud about three mile before Miles. Looked like more cloud or heavy fog further to the south, thought the sun might burn it off before I got to it, not far past the Miles airstrip there was a road train heading nth. so I asked him if there was fog around Moonie, poor bugger, frightened the crap out of him. He knew there was no other vehicles around, thought he was loosing the plot till I told him I was 5,000 ft. up, that made him feel better. he couldn't remember, didn't think so. Just south of The Gums I ran into it with about 20nm. to run. It wasn't on the ground so went under it as the base was about 1,000 agl. knowing that I could duck back to Tara if need be, it cleared off by Moonie so no dramas after all. Called my brother on uhf from 10nm. out, on the ground after2.6hrs. fueled and readied for early morning take off.

THUR.

The early morning thing didn't work. couldn't see 30ft. through the fog. 8.30 depart for Tabulam via Stanthorpe. Patchy cloud for first 50nm. climbed over it till we were sth. of the Milmerran area, it was starting to close in so went down and bounced and bumped our way under it till Stanthorpe where it cleared again so we kept going. A bit more cloud east of there withthe top of the range disappearing into it, told my brother we would have a look at the height of it and if too high we would be going back to Stanthorpe, all was o.k. flew over it for the next 20mins. gps said 5nm to go and could see the edge of the cloud coming up. AS we sailed off the cloud I rolled the nose down and Tabulam was right where it was supposed to be! Put in a big side slip till 2.500ft. then followed the Clarence River down to Grafton taking lots of pics. along the way. Arrived at the old home farm, ( now owned by my other brother) buzzed around there a couple of times, didn't raise anyone so flew over to the Sth. Grafton strip, made phone calls, everyone in town and someone will be along soon. There a great mob of blokes at the Sth strip (as every where you go) so we drank some of their coffee and answered lots of questions, we were two days ahead of where we needed to be so wasn't in any hurry.

FRIDAY.

most of it was spent flying family and friends up and down the river. Then a few beers so that put a stop to the flying... Great stuff.

EASTER SAT.

Finished up about 50 people turned up for the gathering, that's not bad considering it was just a family thing, but a great day. there was some sad moments but well worth the trip.

SUN.

Day on the farm, no flying today. Just a good day with the rest of the family.

MON.

My brother Dick and I departed for the run home to take us via. Casino, Kyogle, Beaudesert and up to Dunwich on nth. Stradbroke Island. Really heavy dew turned lightwing into the sun and wiped down the windscreen and wings etc. gave it 1/2hr. to dry off. Started got tenps up, shut down and said our goodbyes to the rest of the family. In the air at 7.30am. and track down the river towards Maclean. Turn left at the broadwater and head north towards Casino, past Kyogle and getting towards the border-loop with patches of cloud coming up we went round a couple but they were still building so we turned back to Casino. Another great mob of blokes, rang the no. on the clubhouse and they came straight down to open up for us, drank more coffee and ate their biscuits. Skies all clear so took off again tracked over Kyogle, Border-loop, Beaudesert, Canungra, Jacobs Well(Heck Field) over the Jumpin Pin bar and up the beach on North Stradbroke Island to Dunwich. My brother couldn't get over the amount of islands, channels, sand bars and tiled house roofs as well as air traffic around the Gold Coast. Put down at Dunwich airpark after 1.6 hours from Casino.

The blokes at Dunwich airpark are all old mates. Hence the reason for the run up there. They took us into town to but fuel and a snack. Back to the airpark, fuelled the plane, eat and talked a lot! So stayed the night.

TUE.

Depart Dunwich 7.30am, 2hr flight to Boonah, overfly Heck Field, Jimboomba, tracked down the highway a few mile and then across to Boonah. Put down there to catch up with more people another cuppa with Greg Neal and his brother Len who was down from Biloela. Stayed on the ground there for a couple of hours because of cloud on the Gap. It started to break-up so we got on our way. The day was warming and our lift wasn't great so did 4 orbits over Lake Moogerra. Reached 4,500ft on the third one but still abit of cloud in the Gap. One more orbit and could see behind 1 large cloud so wheeled around behind it and through the Pass, told my brother to be ready for the bumps which didn't come for another 5 mile but true to form they 'roughed' us up a bit. Got to the junction in the highway about 6nm north of Warwick... 35 mins gives a ground speed of 55knts ( the orbiting did it). Drew a line to Milmerran which took us just north of the power station and coal mine. Then direct to Moonie. Put down at Moonie 2.1hrs from Boonah. Tied down, fuelled and then had a beer. A great day especially after catching up with old friends.

WED.

Depart Moonie 8.30am for Theodore and home, straight into 25knot headwind, tried all altitudes for first 30 or so mile, stronger headwind up at 5,000 but smooth, down to 18knots at 500 but rough so opted for the smoother ride and went back up. Had plenty of fuel on so no worries there. Wind eased down a bit by Miles and by Taroom it was 5 kts on the nose still up on 5,000. Ran into broken cloud just before Glebe Weir getting thicker so opted to go under it as I was only 50mins from home and I bounced my way along 'til about 10 mile from home, came out from under the cloud and it all smoothed out, buzzed home and it was sure was good to see Liz (my wife) come out onto the verandah and wave. Finished of with a low circuit then came in, shut down in front of the hangar at 12.10 giving 3.6 hours for the last leg. Total flying time from 'go to whoa' was 19.5 hours with a total fuel burn of 350litres (that's 17.95 litres an hour). My brother is a deisel fitter and he said " I'm not a fan of 2 strokes but that little thing never missed a beat". It was a great trip but it was great to get home. If you're think about doing a x-country... just do it! Get the ERSA and maps and GO!

Cheers....Davo

Hi Pete. Great to hear of anyone flying but even better from someone starting out. Congratulations on joining the flying group of people from all around the country. You have Coominya as your strip, is that John and Lindas place? if it is, say hi from me please.:thumb_up:

Cheers Davo.