Wayne T Mathews

I don't like his language at all. Too confrontational, too derogatory, too much name calling... I am far more likely to discount any good points he has for all of the drivel that comes with it...Because I know that he wouldn't be swayed by my more tempered argument, I'll just go out and call the man an unthinking moron and primitive bully who shouldn't be encouraged to present such crap in public.

 

For the record, I don't support turning back. Some may do it and make it. Many do it and don't make it. So regardless of the mechanics, the odds aren't in your favour if you turn back. But I won't support rubbish like what was written by the unapologetic Kevin Walters, CFI, as helpful either.

For a bloke who says he doesn't like confrontational, derogative, name calling language, you sure know how to use it.

Forgive me for saying this, but in my opinion, people who live in glass houses, Shane, really shouldn't throw stones...

Kevin trained me to be an RA Aus pilot instructor. Believe me, I know from first hand experience that he can be as subtle and soothing as a train wreck at times. As Tomo said, the man doesn't mince words. Having said that though: in my experience, so long as I listened to what he was telling me, and tried to do what he showed and told me to do, the man had the patience of Job.

One of the points Kev really stresses, is that RA Aus pilots should always know where we are going to land if our engine quits. To do that, he trains us to always be selecting another emerg landing site before the one we're using now is out of range.

With this technique firmly in our mind, it's easy to plan in the event of an engine failure after take off, to land straight ahead within 30 degrees of the centreline, with the wings level, until such time as another emerg landing site is selected. Kevin trains his students to verbalise this plan prior to rolling, because verbalising our plan reduces the odds of an engine failure on take off causing us to panic and attempt an impossible turn.

I sit here looking out the window at the drizzle, and the gloom reflects pretty much how I'm feeling at the moment. Like most of you, I knew David only through our conversations here, but I can't think of one person more ready to investigate the questions, to understand the regulations, to think through the safety issues and to make sure that he was trained and practiced, ready for whatever came. It's only human nature to look at terrible events and find reasons why it couldn't happen to me - too dark, too low, too cloudy, too poorly maintained; I'd never let that happen, would I? - but something did happen, David, and only you know how you reacted, what you tried, how you fought to manage an impossible situation.So now on this grey day, who among us can still sit here and say it couldn't happen to me.

 

Vale David.

Vale David.

Well I am deeply shocked to learn the identity of the pilot in this incident. ...... Like so many others we shared a phone call or 2 from time to time as well as emails. Recreatioanl Aviation has lost a very special person.Sincere & deepest sympathy to his family & close friends at Yarrawonga.

Rest in Peace

It is with sadness that I advise the passing of one of our forum friends:[ATTACH=full]17760[/ATTACH]

When you go on a flight, you will see the surrounding area with a bird’s eye view and you can experience what it’s like to pilot a plane! Here’s your opportunity to see if flying is for you. You can

do this and more on the weekend of 23 & 24 June 2012 at the Gunnedah Airport.

Gunnedah Aero Club with support from Airborne Flights, AutoGyro Australia, Billabong Aviation, Lake Keepit Soaring Club, Maxx-G Aerobatics, Middlebrook Air Operations, Thomas Aviation, YBZ Airborne Adventures; are proud to bring this opportunity to you at the Gunnedah Airport. There will be more than 10 instructors, with their aircraft, to take you up for a “TIF” (Trial Instructional Flight) or an Adventure Flight as a passenger. Booking times are on a first come first serve basis; please contact the pilots to make an advance booking. You need to be at the airport terminal office at least 15 minutes before your flight time. There will also be availability on the weekend; just stop by and check in at the office building.

Aircraft available for Training Instructional Flights (TIFs) – for advance bookings call the pilot listed:

· Piper Archer or Cessna 150 ($100 - 20 min flight) Gunnedah Aero Club 0408 453 030

· Piper J3 Cub & Tecnam Sierra ($100 - 30 min flight) Wayne Mathews 0429 422 747

· Microlight Trikes ($60 for 10 min or $100 - 30 min flight) Chris Perdulovski 0428 444 868

· New Generation Auto Gyros ($100 - 30min flight or $180 - 1hr flight) Hunter Jones 0412 048 679

· Glider ($150 - 20 min flight) Ian Downes 0425 796 619

Aircraft available for Adventure/Joy flight:

· Cessna 182 (3 people per flight - 10/15 min flight) Gunnedah Aero Club 0408 453 030

· Yak 52 Warbird ($299 aerobatic adventure by former Navy Fighter pilot) Dave Baddams 0402 123 363 - Amy

· Stearman Open Cockpit Biplane ($299 – 30 min adventure flight) roy Thomas 0428 359 590

· Tiger Moth Open Cockpit Biplane ($199 – 30 min flight) Troy Thomas 0428 359 590

·

On display; look over airplanes, antique cars, motorcycles, tractors and horse drawn carriages. There will also be an overhead aerial display on both days, kite flying on Sat (12:30 - 1pm, you need to bring a kite) and model airplane aerial displays on Sun (12:30 – 1 pm). BBQ food available from 11- 2 pm. Bring the whole family along, making it a day to remember.

I have only just found this thread ... well done young man ... we are all proud of you. Keep learning, you are never too old or young to do that.

When you go on a flight, you will see the surrounding area with a bird’s eye view and you can experience what it’s like to pilot a plane! Here’s your opportunity to see if flying is for you. You can do this and more on the weekend of 23 & 24 June 2012 at the Gunnedah Airport.

Gunnedah Aero Club with support from Airborne Flights, AutoGyro Australia, Billabong Aviation, Lake Keepit Soaring Club, Maxx-G Aerobatics, Middlebrook Air Operations, Thomas Aviation, YBZ Airborne Adventures; are proud to bring this opportunity to you at the Gunnedah Airport. There will be more than 10 instructors, with their aircraft, to take you up for a “TIF” (Trial Instructional Flight) or an Adventure Flight as a passenger. Booking times are on a first come first serve basis; please contact the pilots to make an advance booking. You need to be at the airport terminal office at least 15 minutes before your flight time. There will also be availability on the weekend; just stop by and check in at the office building.

Aircraft available for Training Instructional Flights (TIFs) – for advance bookings call the pilot listed:

· Piper Archer or Cessna 150 ($100 - 20 min flight) Gunnedah Aero Club 0408 453 030

· Piper J3 Cub & Tecnam Sierra ($100 - 30 min flight) Wayne Mathews 0429 422 747

· Microlight Trikes ($60 for 10 min or $100 - 30 min flight) Chris Perdulovski 0428 444 868

· New Generation Auto Gyros ($100 - 30min flight or $180 - 1hr flight) Hunter Jones 0412 048 679

· Glider ($150 - 20 min flight) Ian Downes 0425 796 619

Aircraft available for Adventure/Joy flight:

· Cessna 182 (3 people per flight - 10/15 min flight) Gunnedah Aero Club 0408 453 030

· Yak 52 Warbird ($299 aerobatic adventure by former Navy Fighter pilot) Dave Baddams 0402 123 363 - Amy

· Stearman Open Cockpit Biplane ($299 – 30 min adventure flight) Troy Thomas 0428 359 590

· Tiger Moth Open Cockpit Biplane ($199 – 30 min flight) Troy Thomas 0428 359 590

·

On display; look over airplanes, antique cars, motorcycles, tractors and horse drawn carriages. There will also be an overhead aerial display on both days, kite flying on Sat (12:30 - 1pm, you need to bring a kite) and model airplane aerial displays on Sun (12:30 – 1 pm). BBQ food available from 11- 2 pm. Bring the whole family along, making it a day to remember.

I used black on my 582 and haven't had any problems with heat.If you wrap a piece of tape around the outside of the spring, and pump the goo up the middle it looks a little neater.

Regards Bill

I've seen heat shrink put around the spring, but I hadn't thought of putting the silastic up inside it. It'd definately look neater, and hey, it might work better too.

On one engine that has been brought to me, there was no silastic on the springs. Two springs were missing, the rest were rusty, and worn where they'd been rubbing against the exhaust's attachment "hooks", causing an indentation in the "hooks" as well. It wasn't expensive to buy replacement springs from Bert Flood's, nor was it a big job to put them on. But replacing the "Hooks" on the exhaust will be a bigger job when it becomes neccessary. For the moment, I have put silastic on and am monitoring it in the hope that it'll slow down the "rubbing", and therefor the wear rate. Eventually though, I expect we're going to have to take the exhaust off, grind off the old "Hooks" and have new ones welded on. The question is: when?

It is a nation whose economy runs on the basis of distrust and fear. As a nation they are ALWAYS afraid of someone, and fully defended in preparation.First it was the black Africans, then the Russians, then the Japanese, then the Vietnamese, then the Islamic Middle East, then the North Koreans, and now the Chinese to a degree.....

 

Basically trigger happy.

Done a bit more to it this afternoon!

Exhaust system

 

 

 

Bit closer up

 

 

There you go... bit more, I think I'm almost ready for an airborne run... this weekend probably.

The exhaust springs are not pulling straight. They are stretched. And they have no safety wire or silicone to keep them from flying into the prop if/when they break.

With these exhaust springs, Tomo. If/when they break they can fly off and damage your prop. Which is what happened in this picture.

You can reduce the chances of this sort of damage by putting a lockwire loop around the spring (through the inside and then around the outside) and then laying a silastic bead over the lockwire and spring ends as shown below. I know this isn't pretty, but it works.

Low cloud + High/rising terrain + Homeitis (perhaps)? = Bad news.

The Warrumbungles are not all that high, but they're rugged and certainly rate as tiger country for light aircraft. And the weather over them and down towards Coolah can occasionally, be very iffy. It's claimed a few people over the years, and frightened many others, myself included.

It's so sad for the families when things like this happen...

It wants to be a Cub when it grows up...

Hello all, I have been reading your feedback on Natfly....... Over 500 people PER HOUR were in forums. So somebody got something out of the weekend.......(Wayne's edit: Bloody oath we did!!!)Cazza (Carol Richards)

[Finally figured out how to do this ... Here are some photos of the 1951 Auster J1B VH-KBY. .

Looking at it in the full view, side on, arial shot, you sure can see its CG Taylor pedigree lines, eh?

Yee har... It looks great Tomo... But you're about to find out what was meant by, "When you find you've got spare time and money. Buy an aeroplane. It'll fix the problem...

Bloody good write-up Ross. Thanks.

Maaatee,The only carbon footprint Austers leave is under the aircraft when they are parked ...

Yeh ... good on ya Wayne ... weeelll just as it happens the old girl has got a HUGE .... 130 HP ... LOL and ya gotta chock her, pull on the park brake and tie her to the old Landcrusher to a do a full power run up ...

The bit that amuses me about my Auster is the Austin A40 hand brake as the parking brake and the Austin A40 window winder as the trim adjuster ...

Very rough figuresFly yourself Gunnedah to Grafton - $1080.00 return

 

Fly yourself Melbourne to Grafton - $2000.00 return

 

(You could actually get to Tokyo for half that)

 

(This for people who are not board members, just donating their own resources to try to achieve an improvement)

 

Kero Burners

 

Adelaide - Gold Coast Jetstar return $149.00

 

Perth - Gold Coast return $189

 

Melbourne - Gold Coast $119

 

Mackay - Brisbane $99.00

 

Electronic Conference

 

need examples of software

Well, transparency is well and truly dead isn't it.A private meeting not to prepare material for Members to consider and discuss, but to put in place changes to the constitution as "special resolutions for the next AGM"

 

Well I guess the members couldn't give a stuff what happens to them, so it probably doesn't matter.

David, and a couple of others, have repeatedly called for interested members to contact their board representatives and ask what the issues are that are of concern and/or offer suggestions. David has also given us his and Don Ramsay's private email addresses so that we may ask questions and submit suggestions to the CRC.

I feel it is fair to say there are many of us here on this forum who followed, or at least observed, what happened on this forum on "Black Sunday" last year when both Don and David, plus many others, were censored by having literally thousands of posts wiped out without warning or recourse. Because of that, many of us understand why Don, and many others, will not post here again. (Screw me once, shame on you. Screw me twice, shame on me) I think saying he is not being transparent is a grose distortion of fact, Turbz... For the fact is Don has asked me, and I must asume he has asked others who have called him, not to go public yet with what he has told me/us, because it'd do more harm than good at this time. Don is not being secretive, Turbz. He just won't talk to us via this forum... So call him if you have a question or a suggestion. And if you don't have his phone number, send him an email at [email protected] and ask for it...

Ooohh waarrgh... Toilet talk, toilet talk... Mummy will be cross, Boys, if you keep it up...

Tubz, that would have be the most accurate description of how these things always seem to turn to pooh that I've ever read.

Having said that, I'm sorry, but I'd much rather fly myself into somewhere like Grafton than PAX into somewhere in a Kero Burner... On the subject of venues... Perhaps Temora???

Richard Bach certainly knows how to write. But I think it's fair to say he regularly takes the art of being a nutter, to new heights...

I wasn't ignoring you Andy, I've not been to this forum since before you asked who would like to get together for a pow wow...

This sort of stuff is way outside my comfort zone. But I'll come from Gunnedah NSW and listen. And Coffs is as good a place as any in my opinion...