DAVID SEE

oops wrong place...

first off.... congratulations to both you and flightygirl on your flying progress, it just keeps getting better. second...my last post "what do you call a good landing" is in the wrong place, I ment to put it in the 'general discussion' area:loopy: I hope your not confused as to why I'd put it here, I'm not up to speed on these puter things, so don't know if I can move it over or not.

Cheers Davo.i_dunno

what do you call a good landing

the old saying is 'any landing you walk away from is a good landing, if you can use the plane again then its an excellent landing', came home from a fly the other day, my wife Liz was with me, all was good, flew the normal circuit (its a home strip but I still fly full circuit) and landed from the north as I would'nt have so far to taxi home. Did a good three pointer (even my wife said it was a good landing) just before the sock, at the same time the sock started to lift at a 90' angle from the right my thought was 'oh, a little bit of turbulence, I'm glad I beat that in' by this stage I was about 10 to 15mts. ground roll, stick right back sitting up straight looking over nose for live stock...ie. roos.etc. no more thoughts of the wind sock until the right wing lifted followed by the tail going up and over to the left, talk about quick opposite lock, full left rudder and right stick with a blast of power, run along on one wheel for maybe 3or4 seconds which seemed more like 2mins. and she settled down as smoothly as it went up ........a really good reminder that neither the flight or the landing is over until you are parked and engine off.

Cheers Davo.:raise_eyebrow:

forgot to say will be there till monday morning.

I'll be there on thursday orvo, will be at the C.D.F.G. site (Callide dawson flying group) will have both the trusty old Lightwing and the Fisher there. Will be great to talk to a lot of you in person as this computer thing is a fair challenge for me. I put something on here and send it, then find out that I sent the damn thing to myself.:bad computer:

Canungra airstrip

Hi Sabre.

Just read your note on the Canungra airstrip and the hangers there, mate, I flew over there a couple of months ago and saw the extra hangers, good to see their still there. It would be 6 or 7yrs. since I was there, they have a terrific B.B.Q. setup and the hangers that were there then were all in use, so I imagine they would be full now. There was a big dead tree right in the middle of the approach path on the southern end, it was easier to do a classic 'spitfire approach' by coming in around it than rather than over it. I see you have the co. ords. there is a dam on the western side of the strip.

Cheers DAVO..:thumb_up:

Hi ANDY, there is a few of us out here that still fly the slow entry level type. I own and fly a FISHER 303 which I bought as my first plane, I refer to it as the 'trail bike' I was going to build a Savanna and wanted something to fly while doing that. It has a 447 to drive the fan out front instead of the 277 that it was originally designed with, a cruise of 50kts climb in exes of 1000ft/min. stall at 25kts, its a low wing tail dragger, fully enclosed and as light as can be on the controls. I bought a Lightwing which I do most of my flying in now. The owner of the property where we live flies a Trike and the Fisher pokes along comfortably beside him. I'll have both it and the Lightwing at MONTO in June, hope to see you there Cheers DAVO:big_grin:

Hi Horsefeathers, welcome to the group. Say hi to Alex Mercer for me please, he flies out of Gympie too, tell him I'm still in the same place and the strip is always mowed LOL.

Mate make sure you make it to MONTO for the June weekend even if you have to drive there, it will be cold but worth it.

Cheers DAVO..:thumb_up:

Lightwing cruise speed

Hi TOMO.

The old girl cruises comfortably at 65kts if not over 80lts on board, if under 50lts you can get it on the step in a slight nose down attitude and she will sit on 72/75 @ 5,300rpm. coming home from a mates place a few months ago, late in the arvo. held it up on 5,600/5,700 and IAS of 81kt GPS ground speed of 79kt they are a very draggy plane but exceptionally strong and suitable for rough bush strips. This old girl is airframe No.2 and my rego. is 035 so she has been around for a long time, a blue head oil injected 582 which performes well if you treat it as such I fly the same place the slippery composites fly but I put more hrs. in the log book

Cheers DAVO.

Hi MATT

Congratulations mate, that's the flight you'll remember for the rest of your life. Good on you and welcome to the world of recreational flying:score 010:

Cheers DAVO>

I have a set of headphones that the insulation is coming off the lead. I should say came off the lead. Could someone advise me where would be the best place to send them for re-wiring please Thank you Davo.

Hi All

I haven't been here for some time and have since completed two cross-countrys

The reason it came about was my aging Mother was failing rapidly and I wanted to see her before she went, 92+ yrs., still living on the farm near Grafton on the Clarence Riv. First trip I flew down in July '09. Packed up the Lightwing & re-packed a couple of times - satisfied I had every thing, (including my penrite oil) said my goodbyes to my lovely wife and lifted off at 7:00A.M. from our home strip just north of Theodore and flew south to the township of Moonie 2.9hrs. Put down on a private strip 3nm. sth. of Moonie, one of my brothers lives there and met me with 60lts. of fuel, got 50 in - that leg=18l/hr. (My Lightwing has the standard 50ltr. tank but has also had wing tanks fitted,110lts. if you was to fill it, @ 18lts/hr. will give you six hours,my bladder wont last that long) Rest of day in Moonie after having a beer. In the air again at 7:00A.M. for a planned 3.5hrs. flight Sth/Est to take me over Texas, Bonshaw, (both on the Qld/NSW border) Emmaville,(old tin mining town) Dundee, a small community north of Glenn Innes then turned more easterly for Grafton and over real tiger country, thats when low clouds started to form, rang ahead and was assured of clear skies at Grafton, so was able to fly on and around the odd columns reaching to (my guess is) about 8,000ft. slid off the cloud about 12nm. before Grafton and settled down to a more relaxed feeling for the last 10min. of the flight, into a string southerly about 2,000ft. that never let up till I was on the ground, 3.6hrs

Had four days on the ground there.

It was hard to say Goodbye for both Mum and myself, knowing it was for the last time.

Had to be home for work so left with three days to spare to come home via the coast to Gympie then inland to home. Started getting blown about only 1/2hr. into trip so put in at Casino and spent the day there(only 1:00hr. from the farm) Next morning, wind from Sth/Est and cloud building so flew Nth. over border-loop and because of cloud finished up almost at Beaudesert with rain squalls on the coast, clear of cloud so a left turn and overfly Boonah at 4,500ft. and go through the 'gap' the next 10mins. was the roughest I have ever flown in, thought I'd have bruises on me from the seat belt. The closer to Warwick the better the cunditions. so then drew a line on the map to Millmerran avoiding the powerstation then to Moonie , 1,1/2hrs. on the ground for fuel etc. then blasted off for home a planned 3:00hr. trip, but had variable tail winds and landed back home 2.5hrs. later. Thats just skipping over it, but it did set the scene for the next trip which was Easter just gone. That trip was a total of 16.8hrs. which included a few joy flights for family etc. the little two-stroke never missed a beat. Hope to see you at MONTO FLY-IN on the long weekend in June Cheers.. DAVO

Hi people, thanks for the welcome. In answer to your q's yes it is good having a strip at the back door. The property is 2,000 acres, primarily cattle breeding with some grain

I'm a grader operator in the Moura mine, 10min. drive from home, we moved here four and a half yrs ago and I bought my first plane (the fisher) a couple of months after we got here. Frogs hollow is the property name and the owners were kind enough to allow me to establish the air strip and even provided me with a (very, very) old grader to use. My passion for flying stirred an interest in the owner of the property to learn to fly himself and he now has a trike and has put an airstrip on his other property and we fly every chance we get. In may 09. I bought the lightwing and have clocked up 65hrs. in it so far.

Isla Gorge is 55k by road south of us.

I hope you read slow because I write slow and type even slower, the old two finger trick My wife Liz and I live on a cattle property just north of Theodore QLD.We rent one of the houses on the property, and the owner of the block flies a Trike. I own and fly both a Lightwing reg. 25-035 and fisher 303 reg. 10-133 the airstrip is right at the house. When Liz is in the office with me soon I'll get her to stick a couple of pics of the place on here, the biggest mistake I made in Aviation was not learning to fly earlier in life. I did my T.I.F. in april 2003 at 53yrs. of age, but am now enjoying rec. flying more than anything I've done before...Never think your too old or too young to learn. cheers Davo.:thumb_up: