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Seems to have made a move this morning Monday, around 7am, see what the days brings....

Congrats Don, and i do like the idea of Pelican that sounds great. Eric

Eyes in the back of your head stuff, they sneak it though, nah they wouldn't do that there politicians, they are there to help us..... aren't they?

Newspapers, they never lie.... Do they?

Just an update, please as Winsor mentioned above, jump on the email system, i have sent photos and emails this morning to NBNTV in Newcastle, 7 & 9 in Sydney so if we get a few people doing this maybe they just might get the message that it is news worthy, it will all be over in few days or so.....Eric:thank you:

Weather appears to be ok Dubbo way, maybe he's having a break, or his flight down has to co-ordinate in some way Bankstown way, haven't read anything elsewhere yet, done a bit of emailing this morning to some of local Newcastle papers that are arms of the bigger Sydney ones, not sure how much good it will do but at least they have some info and couple of pics, hope for the best.....Eric

Mine too don't worry, she know i'd rather be up there than anywhere else at times.........Eric

Such flimsy excuses lol............

Yep i'm thinking he will arrive Wallsend private strip probably Monday if does not do lay over in Sydney or get waylaid by all of those news crews clambering for his story, pretty disappointed with the coverage this trip hasn't got, it is such a shame...

Cool yep have been watching the track today thought he may go further but was unsure of weather in area, not that sort of stuff seem to worry him, 1/2 days he'll have finished his journey, not bad going.....Eric

Cheers mate, say hi if you get in, look forward....

Hey John, Welcome it's a fun site....Eric

Have it my Iphone, works well.....

The Case of the Missing Pilot

A pilot left home about 8:30 a.m. to do some work in his hanger at the airport with his friends. On the way out the door he answered his wife's "what time will you be home?" question with "probably about 1:30, I'll have lunch at the airport."

1:30 came & went, 3:00 passed, 6:15, still not home, finally at about 7:00 pm he rolls in the driveway, and presents his wife with a pizza, and begins the apologetic story.

"I finished cleaning the plane about 11:30, had lunch, and I started home, when alongside the road I saw this attractive girl with a flat tire on her car. I stopped to help, got the tire changed, and looked around for a place to wash my hands. She offered money, but I refused, so she suggested that I at least allow her to buy me a beer. She said there's a tavern just up the road, and they have a restroom, you can clean up a bit. I agreed to stop, we had a beer, then another beer, then a couple more, and I realized that this girl was not only pretty, she was very friendly, and a good companion to spend time with. Before I knew it, we were in the motel next door having sex. And that is why I am so late getting home."

His wife looked him right in the eye and said "don't lie to me;

YOU WENT FLYING, DIDN'T YOU?"

Hey Don, from what i am lead to believe he will coming into Wallsend private strip and that should be his final, I am at Rutherford and there is no talk at present he will come in so we're all thinking Wallsend as I think that is where the boys from Airborne may be crating the trike to send back home for him, we're waiting to get a confirmation on that one though as some of us want if weather ok to be around the skies for him, to welcome him to that last leg..... Eric

Dave up and at em just landed Blackall just North of Charleville and Cunnamulla, hop step and jump to Bourke in NSW, so could be in NSW later today depending on the weather up that way, but that doesn't seem to be stopping him

Cool, sounds like the place to be...........

Love it, that is so cool, gotta try that one......

This is kinda cool as well.

This exchange supposedly occurred between a controller and the pilot of a BLACKBIRD ( SR71 spy plane) callsign KNIGHT RAIDER:

Control, Knight Raider, request Angles Niner Zero.........(that's Ninety Thousand feet!)

Knight Raider, if you think you can make it all the way up to Angles Niner Zero, go for it!

Roger, Knight Raider ON DESCENT to Angles Niner Zero!

Unknown Aircraft: "Hello?.."

Easterwood Tower (me): "Please say again."

UA: "What?"

ET: "Who is this?"

UA: "This is Joe"

ET: "This is Easterwood Tower, where are you?"

UA: "I'm in the plane!"

(I looked down the flight line, checking if someone was sitting in a parked plane playing with the radio. I didn't see anything, and the senior controller was becoming more interested in my handling of the situation.)

ET: "Joe, where is the pilot?"

UA: "He got out when the engine quit.."

(I could only imagine a bizarre scenario in which the pilot had jumped from the plane.)

ET: "Joe, what does your airspeed indicator read?"

UA: (Long pause) "Zero?"

(So the plane was now in a stall I thought.)

ET: "Joe, whatever you have in front of you - a stick or a steering wheel - push it forward - you need to get airspeed over your wings!"

UA: "Are you sure?"

ET: "Yes Joe you need to push it forward... (pause)... What does your airspeed indicator read now?"

UA: "It's still zero."

(I thought, oh my god, Joe's plane was in a falling leaf spin. I couldn't help him. Joe was going to die. I did not know what to do. I looked to the senior controller. He said, "Ask him where his plane is.")

ET: "Joe, where is your plane?"

UA: "We are parked down at the end of the runway, the pilot got out when the engine quit and walked back to the hanger.."

ET: "Joe, get off the radio."

Gotta get me one of those at the gym near here, my sort of gym...

A passenger that asks what does this switch do, just after he flicks it.....

You do have to laugh at some of the statements that come out of our very knowledgeable peers at times....

I think he is having enough problems with a faulty computer, have heard nothing from him since landing here, hope to as he get closer down our Newcastle way....Eric

Great photos, looked like a top day....thanks for the photos....Eric