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An interesting newish video about the movie career of the Ju-52 It was three of the earlier model Junkers G-31 that were used in the Wau- Bulolo goldfields in the early thirties. And for a while, back then, their non-stop ops put PNG at the top of the table for worldwide air-freight volume. They even came with a special rooftop loading bay for bulky cargo. A car was the easy bit, considering that this entire dredge - not to mention the entire town - had to be flown in from Lae using the 3 Junkers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_G_31 https://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/junkers ju52/junkersju52.html https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-junkers-ju523mg-wau https://aeropedia.com.au/content/junkers-ju-52/

Another interesting fire bomber conversion - the Grumman Tracker to the CALFIRE S2-T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker

Same here. Same here. Maybe a direct donation facility would be simpler and mean less work for the over-stretched organiser at this point.

Juan Browne comments on the ATSB report:

I think this section of the report offers some useful clues - and lessons: "Information about Coombing Park ALA was available in the OzRunways application. This application was installed on the flight instructor’s mobile phone and was in use during the flight. At the time of the accident, the application had an additional ‘remarks’ section for Coombing Park that included: Bird and animal hazard exist. Rising terrain east of field. No other procedures were included in this guide, nor were they required by any regulations. However, following the accident on 12 November 2020, additional information about Coombing Park ALA was included in the OzRunways application. The ‘remarks’ section was updated to include: Rising terrain to East, crosswind departures from [runway] 07 only Terrain at 3,953 within 3NM of field. No go around on [runway] 07 Power lines at end of [runway] 25 Additionally, ‘procedures’ were added to the OzRunways application in the same update that included: RH circuits on runway 07 Crosswind departures from [runway] 07 Up wind departures from [runway] 07 prohibited Simulated engine failures prohibited Engine failure on [runway] 07: make RH turn and glide to creek flat Coombing Park ALA was not included in the Enroute Supplement Australia (ERSA)."

Here is the revised CASA AC referred to in video and report: advisory-circular-91-02-guidelines-for-aeroplanes-with-mtow-not-exceeding-5700-kg-suitable-places-to-take-off-and-land_0.pdf COVER IMAGE:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-059

Looks like a great place for a flying visit. Especially given that the hosts are so welcoming

Yeah, that was what the wink was about. All that hard yakka climbing to 2000' . ;- )

"Had to do the obligatory climb of Rawnsley Bluff, 2000ft up this track!" Of course! After all, they say the view from up there is amazing! ;- ))

A couple of vids and stuff here but you've probably found those already on the Tube.

https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/optimum-cg-test.141807/

No, not valid at all. The 2022 Sling TSi is at least 10 times safer for such a trip. No need to count the reasons why. Anyway, I'm more interested in comparing the human spirit involved.

Well, the Sling 4 TSi is double the AUW and double the speed of the Ranger (and has a heater) just for starters. Anyway, either type can prove that the adventurous spirit is alive and well. That Ryan of Lindbergh was way out of its envelope, too.

How much more one could question when the U/L concerned is not a Sling but a Skyranger. Below is one of the videos about French aviator Thierry Barbier's round the world Skyranger adventures. Sadly, he did crash fatally, in the end but, ironically, not on one of his high risk legs but due an EFATO on a local flight in Kenya in 2016. [A rough english translation is available via YouTube's Auto-translate function. ]

But Durandal and Glorieuse are the names of the prop types.

Hell, yeah ... as the tag line of the first film puts it: "Taking off with a 1000lbs of fuel is TERRIFYING" (cf. The Spirit of St Louis which was carrying 1000lbs more fuel than it had ever carried taking off from Roosevelt Field in 1927.)

This video explains how the Sling 4 TSi high wing (145 Kt TAS / 950 Kg AUW) was (re)designed around the 915 iS with its 141 available horses.

No, indeed. As they were acutely aware, as we find out by way of the amazing dialogue scenes, cutting in (sort of) real-time between the 3-cockpits. I don't think there's ever been a video quite like it.

Yes, they were an exceptionally brave little trio wandering out into the Atlantic. One of the PICs involved was an American airline pilot who came over to Joburg to build her own Sling High Wing kit (in a hangar near the Sling company HQ) and, rather than have it shipped back, decided to join the others on their epic voyage to Oshkosh.

Another time, place and type ... same lesson.