fly_tornado

She looks great, that's a big job turning all those bits and pieces into a plane.

That didn't work out too well for Concorde. He must have had enough runway to land safely.

So after some procrastinating I finally decided to go to the Reno Air races in September. Though I might run this past the brains trust and see if you can help my trip.

Reno looks fantastic, 4 days of air racing action, packs of Merlins running full tilt @ 450mph, the Thunderbirds do their thing on the Thursday and 4 day pass is a paltry $75.

My itinerary so far looks like flying into Las Vegas to do a ride around the Grand Canyon, then heading over to Lincoln, Nebraska to see the Navy Blue Angels F18s and the Air Force A-10s perform at the Guardians of Freedom Air Show. That's on the 10th and 11th. There is the Strategic Air Command museum about 25 miles down the road which looks absolutely massive, they have a B29, B17 and a B52 under cover along with a bunch of cold war oddities. So close I can't not go.

Reno is from the 12th - 18th with qualifying on Monday, Tuesday, on Wednesday the racing starts and the Thunderbirds and the F22 arrives, Thursday is the Thunderbird's show,

F22 show is on Thursday through Sunday, along with racing and some sort of aerobatics performance.

So lots of planes to see, I will probably need a new neck after all that action!

I was hoping to take the train from Nebraska to Reno to get a look @ the Rockies.

So has anyone got any tips? I need to look @ booking airfares and accommodation soon. I am thinking that Reno shouldn't be a problem getting a room as its a gambling town and has been hit by the GFC so rooms will be cheapish. Not too sure about Lincoln, they reckon they get 300,000 visitors over the 2 days but I think the majority are locals: free entry.

Suggestions? Ideas?

Links:

http://www.airrace.org/race_experience/schedule.php

http://www.lincolnairshow.com/

The variable is the airframe, a pusher will get a different result to a tractor. light plane versus heavy plane, biplane versus monoplane.

we should have as much detail of every incident published? RAA pilots are at much higher risk than GA pilots.

Imagine the turbulence trying to land in a crosswind!

Good idea but I am just not sure what assistance I can be

CPS will have them if you don't mind the 2 week wait to get delivered.

G10 is a 3 cylinder 990cc 4stroke from the 90's, he does another video with a store bought scale that shows 190Kg from a G13B

From the videos I have seen on youtube, 450lbs is a good result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5hfcYwP0ck

google snopes Tyrone Jackson of Augusta

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/stabbedmarine.asp

original story, not so much fun

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2010-11-26/shoplifting-suspect-stabs-marine

this will bring a tear or two to a few of the old ultralight pilots on the forum.

So if you have a paying passenger, won't you fly more?

My Tornadoes have an electric fuel pump low in the airframe near the bottom of the fuel tank and a vacuum fuel pump set @ carb level. I can see that air in the fuel lines.

I just googled snopes $0.00 and found :play_ball:

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/zero.asp

its possible that carbon from the exhaust has probably contaminated the weld making it brittle.

how does the bubble starve the engine of fuel?

what sort of plane are you thinking about importing? if your plane is US registered just de register prior to shipping and reregister in Aus.

pit falls are many. consider that the typical freight company has very little concept of customer service and this extends all the way through the delivery process.

Get your plane vacuumed and spider webs removed before it leaves the states and you will save yourself a few hundred dollars. Untreated wood is also a major issue

its about 2.5 hours long but worth it

http://www.savvymx.com/index.php/all-about-egtcht

also check the EAA's webcast directories.

hmmm not likely

sounds like a good idea. oil cooled would have been a simpler option.

Looks like it would be cold flying in that winter

I think you would be more worried about getting electrocuted than sparks.

Its the Australian way...

looking @ the way the Chinese manufacturers have redefined the model plane industry, a $25K electric motor glider can't be far from the market.