AVOCET

What happened next , ? Looks like he ran out of tape .or Battery ran flat on the camera !

Make a "check the bolt" part of your daily pre flight , After all , if the nut falls off the wheel ..... Mike

I left loxton at 10:30 sunday flu up to 5000 over the clouds 4/8 oct Looked down for scans and OAT -1 cel . Needles to say ,back down to 4 ooo ish, under the cloud with bumps for 2 hrs Mike

My condolances to family & friends , My family came close to getting that phone call , they are devistated , as am i , Cheers , no , not realy

Oscar

FREE , now thats a safty incentive !!

Thanks Phil , likewise , I hope they find that J258 in QLD .

Found a bloke looking at athe Avocet on sunday morning Ide just spent the last 1/2 hr taking off the turret cowels for a pre flight. He came over after and introduced himself and gave me his card and said any time you need to talk about any thing aviation to give him a ring . I found him to be cheerfull , helpfull , and appreciated my contribution to aviation , can happen every time i land , if YAM I asked him about my i phone as a back up to pocket fms for the skyview , his answer was i need to upgrade to an i pad , May as well keep the map sub up , it would be cheeper , just take the maps you need for that flight . MIKE

Rob built the J258 from a jabiru j 250 kit ( the ones they exported to usa , they have the 250 wing which has a 4 ft cord .) He wanted to fit an 8 cyl jab engine ,so considerable mods and redesign had to be done . Strengthening the firewall and other mods were done and the plane has been flying for a few years , although i dont know how well . Mike

Great time , its the the first time since aug '11 ive been able and willing to go to a flyin , great bunch these flying folk ! Had 13 knt tail wind on the way back , 1.9 hrs and another cross wind landing back home , The avocets a handfull in cross wind above 13 knts ! More practice . Mike ,

Mildura is Y MIA , Now i know where it is , Now , next Q . Where are you ?

Wheres MQL ?

Yes , ive also had some good yarns about "Hot Rod , Jabiru's . A safe return please ,

Ditto to all posts , lost for words , I was flying at the same time , 2 hr flight to Loxton for the flyin Mike

Im asuming you have done the instal/unstal yourself , On a scale of one to five Spanners , One Spanner being an easy job like changing the spark plugs And five Spanners being the hardest type of work like engine assembly , right tools ect , Appropriate work space , How would you rate your ability in ,,Spanner ratings ? Just asking , Cheers .

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Gees , all those posts , my mistake , kept comming up on screen that there was an error!!!? Mike , Ps .i think this might all ready be posted ? ?

Gees , all those posts , my mistake , kept comming up on screen that there was an error!!!?

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Will do my best , glancing at the weather for next weekend ...??? Ill book in any way , and thanks for the bed offer , ill take it , Look forward to catching up , Cheers mike

Just had a look , lots of forms to fill out and coudnt find the all important "how Much "? Would mind comming . Mike

M With my turret installation , being able to vent heat and exhaust on top will benifit in quieter running with straight outs . Its already fuel injected , so flipping it just leaves the gravity drain of oil from rocker gear back to sump . Some sort of oil feed and return to and from the rockers without poolong oil in the now sloping upwards rocker tubes . Mike