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Wow. Amazing stuff, H.H! Gotta see LHI one day!

Just wait till the first takeoff, now that is great fun.

Keep up the good work, and let us know how you go. :thumb_up:

There will always be bad reports, and they are fair game, but we should try to encourage good research.

The comments on the article are interesting reading. So many people don't quite know what they're talking about.

...I still reckon there is a place for it as a training aid to practice playing with radio navaids and GPS and getting hand to eye coordination sorted. Wonder of it would be any good for practicing a 1 in 60?!

Thanks guys. Glad I'm not the only one!

:throw pc:The real thing is the only way to go!

Yeah, I just read about that. That sux indeed!

I've had plenty of those days in recent history. But don't worry, a perfect day will come along and get you addicted again (or even more so!).

Aviation is a fickle mistress.... Keep the faith.

Yep, today after weeks and weeks of waiting I finally got to go for a long flight with a friend.

The victim willing participant was my friend Shane, who is currently studying for his PPL down at Moorabbin with Royal Vic. This was his first time in a recreational aircraft, so I was keen to get his feedback on what he thought about the flying experience in a Jabiru.

It was a perfect day for flying, and we spent a whole hour touring around the local area and finished off with some circuits. It was great fun. I couldn't wipe the smile off his face afterwards!

More details at my blog here.

Maybe I'll convince him to join the dark side Recreational Aviation family and have some real fun!

Congrats, Don!

Wow! Cooper Basin looks awesome. Thanks for sharing, Jeff! :thumb_up:

Plenty do, Bob.

Here's one that I can think of off the top of my head:

http://www.lightwing.com.au/features.html

This is what I'm finding!

Once upon a time I was pretty good at flying in the simulator. I used all kinds of tricks to ensure I was flying square circuits and flaring at the correct height, etc. While now that I'm qualified to fly the real thing, I came back to the simulator to see whether I could hone some skills and found that I am terrible at flying in the virtual world!

Well, not exactly terrible... But you catch my drift. Procedurally I'm much better (I would hope so, too!), but I guess I put it down to the fact that I am looking for cues that the sim just doesn't provide. It is harder to sense the sink when on final, it's more difficult to judge 45 degrees when turning base etc, etc.

Has anyone else found this?

I guess that if I spent some money on a TrackIR system, a powerful computer and a good set of controls it might be better - but I find myself thinking "Hmmm...I could buy all this stuff at ~$1500+, or I could fly for many hours in the real one."

Living here in Ballarat, I've learned that you must take the opportunities as they come up (especially this time of year!). If you let that one perfect day pass, you can almost guarantee that the actual day you've booked the aeroplane will be s:censored:thouse!

Would love to see some more photo's if you have some available.

Which panel option did you get, Chris?

Looks great, Oz!

I'd like to try a microlight one day, looks like a great challenge - but great fun, too!

Looks beautiful, Chris! :thumb_up:

it dosen't hurt to fly the first circuit yourself and talk the student through......

The biggest problem is it came on the same day as my 4WD Action Magazine and EAA Sport Aviation.... :|

...the little symbol that says it's the end of the article. I was always turning the page to read more of the article only to find it had ended.

You'd think that NASA could have afforded better padding on the seats!

That is cool.

I read mine, and promptly shared it with some non-flying colleagues at work. They're all now keen to check out this Recreational Aviation business!

... and light winds!Peter