Matt

Nev - thanks for passing on this very sad news.

I had the pleasure of meeting Decca on a few occassions and on one of them took him flying in the CT4 at Ballarat - was great to be able to share the passion with him.

http://www.recreationalflying.com/forum/trip-flyin-reports/9579-destination-ballarat.html

You'll be missed.

Awesome shots as always Scott. I was hoping you'd have a shot of Matt and Simone's beautiful "new" CT4...Matt sent me a few of their "handover" at Tamworth and of the flight up to Toowoomba with Lars & Andy in the Wirraway.

Hi guys, just found this thread...been away for a little bit.

There is a camping area with some facilities (toilets/showers) being provided by the Griffith Aero Club for those wanting to camp. It's not airside (for many reasons, one being security I imagine) but it is on the airfield grounds near the aero club building (next to the terminal car park). If you'd like details, please contact the aero club as they're organising that aspect.

Why not call Mick or Lee and ask them directly - they're numbers and email addresses are in the magazine.

Great shots Scott and a nice restoration job.

If you're interested in video - there are a couple of very light/capable cameras which can mount on just about anything.

This site has details on the better ones available: Self Contained Helmet Cameras | Launch Helmet Cams

If you want to use a standard video camera, there are some neat "G clamp" style mounts available for under 20 bucks...I'll find a link and post it for these ones.

Ryan PT22 @ Tyabb

Cessna 140 @ Tyabb

Parrot 74 on the way home from Tyabb Airshow

Thanks Phil, knew that was coming and hopefully it puts some common sense and pilot decision making back in place i.e. minimum calls mandatory then make calls as required by the situation.

CTAF procedures are detailed in AIP ENR - link: http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications/current/aip/enr/1_1_1-116.pdf

Section 21.1.13 specifically refers, the table titled "Summary of broadcasts - all aircraft at non-towered aerodromes"

By the book your mate did the right thing (assuming he gave a clear of the runway call). That said, in my humble opinion, common sense needs to be applied to not over-communicate and flood the airways - imagine what Temora would have been like on the weekend had everyone attempted to make all the calls by the book.

There are a couple of electronic Constant Speed props available for the Rotax - Airmaster and Woodcomp have them.

There's too many variables to give a complete answer...but will clarify - you probably mean "variable pitch" and not "variable speed"...as they're all variable speed.

Basically the three types are:

* Fixed pitch

* In-flight Adjustable (manual - either electric or hydraulic)

* Constant Speed

Fixed Pitch is a compromise approach, depending on pitch setting, it will either give very good takeoff performance OR very good cruise performance, not both. A common setup would provide the best compromise between takeoff and cruise.

In-flight Adjustable provides a variety of pitch angels to suit the flight regime i.e. finer pitch for takeoff/landing and coarser pitch for cruise - this is controlled by the pilot and similar concept to a manual gearbox in a car. It requires the pilot to monitor manifold pressure gauge and RPM and to adjust the pitch to meet optimum combination.

Constant Speed effectively provides an "automatic" version of the in-flight adjustable prop. An RPM/Power is set for each stage of flight and requires little/no input after being set.

The "performance" of each will vary depending on aircraft/conditions etc.

...and some more from Melton...

Clin Ashton-Martin's Avro Cadet.

Bathurst syndicated L39 Albatross

The opposite view of the Winjeel to Phil's shot

A friend of ours, Warren Canning, is currently building one on his farm at Kyneton.

Warren is the son of Clive Canning - author of Charlie Mike Charlie which recounts Clive's story of building the first Thorp T-18 in Australia and flying it around Australia and then to England and back - a great read!

I can put you in touch with him if you'd like.

And we haven't had January results have we?

G'day Lee,

First things - good to catch up yesterday, look forward to seeing you and your new addition at future events.

Ditto to the above...and pretty sure you'll find that Di has a template for a T6 Airtourer.

G'day Scott,

Bendigo's swipe bowser is still there and operational, it's a BP unit.

Not an Airtourer, from memory it's a yellow Zodiac or Zenith.

Yep, that's the one.

Sorry guys, been away for a few days. Werribee strip is at the north west edge of Werribee (just off the road to Bacchus Marsh), about 3nm NW of the racecourse and about 5nm NW of the Mansion/Equestrian Centre. It's marked on the Melbourne VTC.

Noel's home number is 03 9742 4227 (it's noted on a few websites, white pages so don't think disclosing it here is infringing). As mentioned, Noel and his wife Fay are lovely people and very welcoming.

G'day Kaz,

We're in Canberra this week and don't have your email address handy. We're heading home tonight so I'll send the SUP to you once we get home.

I'd post here but file size is too big for the forum.

Werribee strip (next to Manor Lakes) is still in use I believe, owner is Noel Evans and is a lovely bloke and welcoming of visitors...well, was all the times we flew in there :) I have Noel's number, PM me if you'd like it.

Point Cook is only an option if you're visiting the RAAF Museum.

We'll be there, hoping to have a good showing of CT4's as well...all going well we'll have 5 or 6 there.

John - this isn't the "evening" show, that is/was for the Beating Retreat ceremony, this is the bi-ennial RAAF Musuem "airshow".

FYI - AIP SUP has been released, available from Airservices: http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications/current/sup/s10-h04.pdf

The event did happen...my beef is that all the footage used in the show is either faked or of completely no relevance (like showing a Super Sabre flying upside down when talking about an F15!) yet the commentary suggests that the footage is related to the event. It is actually a bit of a disappointing one from the History Channel, normally they're pretty good at these things.

And for those that doubt the ability of computing power to fly unstable aeroplanes, there's many stories of modern fighter aircraft making it back to base with bits of wings / tails missing due to mid-air incidents. Most of these aircraft would not be flyable without the flight control computer, so losing some part of the aircraft and becoming unstable is ops normal for the computer.