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Hi Jordi, welcome to the forums. I flew out of Girona Airport in a Bristol Britannia a few days after the airport opened, after holidaying in Sant Feliu back in 1965. That goes to prove how old iv'e become. Good luck with the Zenair upgrade. You might find it a lot hotter to fly with it's bubble canopy in the Spanish sun, whereas the flash should have given you a bit of shade with it's high wing.

With all the posts knocking Jabiru's reliability in the past, I feel his comment was just a bit tongue in cheek, not to be taken seriously. Lighten up and accept it for what it is. Hopefully we can all learn something from this sad incident, and prevent similar situations arising.

I think SplitS is simply

Thanks for posting that Jerry. I enjoyed the flight, now which way is the bladder relief department?

Please help me to help you in making Recreational Flying (.com) the best resource on the internet for every fellow aviator. I reckon it already is, Ian. Thank you!, but would like to see you get more reward for the pleasure we have received over so many years as a result of all that you have made available to us. You have put so much into this site that we shouldn't simply take it for granted either. (unfortunately the times we currently live in tend to make some of us a bit complacent on occasions). Your hard work is certainly appreciated by me, and i'm sure that many others would agree. I have visited training facilities and chatted to other pilots, and can't believe how many don't subscribe to this site. I always say " that is sad, because you probably don't really know what you are missing out on. How can you deny yourself such pleasure, and available knowledge?" Just go and check it out. I'll get down off my soap-box now and leave time for others to vent their feelings, or appreciation. It must surely be gratifying to see other pilots and aircraft constructors across the world who are contributors. Kind Rgds Planey.

Sure did! Many thanks OME

That was great OME. Strange they never mentioned their range of model engines of which I had many. I used to fly control-line combat with a Frog 500 glow motor that I modified. It used to scream without a muffler, probably to the annoyance of people far far away.

No i'm getting, have got old and forgetful. l just realised mine was a Frog kit which was made locally to where I used to live.

Thanks for posting that OME, I found it very interesting, as I was a school boy when that was envisaged to be the future way of fast city hopping. Among'st my many other planes, I also put together a 1:72 scale model of it, which from memory was marketed around that time by Airfix, or the Revell kit people.

Looks more like a Transavia design to me, and just as ugly as their old AirTruk which apparently was quite nice to fly.

Yea, I saw that at Bankstown Construction Site on Sunday. Still has runways left (just) among all the new building work, Horrified at the extent of it all. If you have an aircraft that you hire out, there's always more of a chance events like this can happen.

I remember the Beagle 206's at Shoreham at the time I had my very first lesson in an an Auster, and also the Beagle Pup which I thought was really streamlined for it's time. However Beagle's management needed more people that knew what was really needed, so the large scale of sales envisaged sadly never really materialised long term.

One might have a whinge about the cost of insurance, but in instances like this you'd possibly think it was money well spent.

Whatever facts are presented, there will always be a minority who know better because they've been lucky so far. And of course we hope it may continue.

Thanks Peter, I missed it. You know the old saying carrots are good for ones eyesight, but good wine can double your vision. Next time i'll eat my carrots first.

Always good to get a positive report in this thread.

Maybe this might help. Enjoy that glass of red you deserve a break. Kind rgds Planey

That's most interesting. Thanks red. What! no photo's yet Quick get on yer bike.

steering him towards the Spratly Islands, which put a real chink in his original flight plan

The graphics look great, but I couldn't help but notice that the upper part of the Harbour Bridge is missing. Possibly those midnight scrap metal thieves have been at it again. At least mine is complete in FSX and good fun to fly under.

May be not politically correct OK. However, I did convince a young mum family member to take a TIF back early this year. She and her partner have much deeper pockets than myself, so that was a relief to my wallet. She too, reckoned it was one of the best experiences she had ever had, and her Facebook photo's said it all.

So with all the Covid 19 restrictions affecting our lives, flying activities have also taken a big hit. Flying clubs, training organisations, forums, etc; have all suffered as a result, not to mention reduced financial incomes in many, many cases. So what have you all been doing as a result of this? This great site is also reported to have much reduced activity, so tell us about some of the things you have done during this period, and hopefully we can swell the activity numbers a bit. Every post is then and opportunity for someone to respond to, and hopefully it is interesting and worthwhile to someone else. I tend to give TIF's as Birthday gifts to young male relations and friends. This way they not only get to experience something new, which is in most cases exciting for them, and they then brag with their friends that they flew an airplane and will probably put a photo or three on Facebook. About 16yrs ago a customer of mine asked me for ideas for a Birthday present for her 16yr old son. Unbeknown to her, I built in the cost of a TIF into an automatic gate quote I did for them, and gave it to him. She said it was the best thing ever, and the last I heard was that he about to go for his twin rating. Going back just a few years ago, i'd deliberately leave copies of my flying magazines when visiting the doctors, dentist, or barbers in a bid to promote interest in flying. For many years, I had a sticker on the back widow of my van which read "I'd sooner be flying with Schofields Flying club" Maybe more advertising is needed, which need not necessarily be expensive. All clubs should have something similar in my opinion. If nothing is done to promote something, it's normally easy to assess what improvements you could expect. Recreational Flying! Why pay $200 to jump out of an airplane. For about half that, you could experience flying one. Ph. No.########## Schools. TAFE colleges, boys clubs, gym's, etc; are all ripe for potential promotions. Your comments please!

We need more Nev's.