Rotaryman

Yesterday, was a special day! My good friend, Bob Pagett (Rotary Man,on here), his partner June and friends of theirs, Barry and Denise Smith, all from Sydney and in Cairns for the weekend, came in to catch up with Frances and me!Bob, obtained his AUF pilot certificate, in my Drifter way back when I was instructing! Blames me for catching the flying bug and went on to be a commercial Helicopter pilot and instructor, running his own flying school, for several years, out of Cairns aerodrome.

 

This is Bob and June.

 

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Barry and Denise.

 

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I met Barry, for the first time yesterday! He decided he may never get the opportunity again to have a fly in a Drifter, so, with a break in the bad weather, I took him up! First time in an Ultralight!

 

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Frank.

WOW......awesome footage.

Awesome vid, thanks for posting..

Casa

remember the CASA Motto.

Here at the CASA We Are Not Happy Till Your Not Happy..

It's not the running costs, it's the initial purchase. It's quite a chunk of change if you want to be remotely civilized about it :-)

scheduled and unscheduled maintenance - 100 hourlys - Insurance -

Flat battery and replacements run out at well in excess of $1200 plus your down time! while Fuel and Oil are your least concerns.:thumb_up:

For all that, I'm much happier to fly fixed wing and not risk the mechanical complexity and possible hard (auto rotation) landings of a helicopter.

Greetings fellow aviators,

Just a short introduction as a new member to your great site.

I am an experienced commercial helicopter pilot and instructor with type endoresments on the following.

Robinson R22

Robinson R44

Bell 407

Bell 206 Longranger

Bell 206 Jetranger

Bell 47

As350 Squirrel

Hughes 500 E

NVFR

Low Level

Mustering

Sling Ops Below 2750kg

Grade 2 Instructor

Cheers and look forward to future input and debate.

Rotaryman

Helicopters Rule

Greetings fellow Aviators,

I am a recent new member to your hallowed Recreational Flying webb site and thought I would thow my 2 cents into the debate.

As a commercial Helicopter Pilot and Instructor of some 16 years experience I would like to say Helicopters Rule.

I remember an old bold pilot once telling me that we can teach a Monkey to fly a plane, but they do have issues with making the radio calls when required..

Unlike Helicopters that do require considerable imputs to maintain flight, a fixed wing wants to fly and many have taken to the skies with out the monkey being strapped in.

In anycase I welcome any questions relating to Helicopters and happy to represent our Rotary breathren.

Cheers:clap:

Plastic Owls

Hi Frank,

I can advise that you can purchase a plastic owl from Australian Geographic stores for approx $25, I use one for scaring the hell out of those pesky possums and it does work, not so sure how it would work on those feathered types though? maybe worth a try and remember to continue to relocate the owl as the birds will get used to it otherwise.