Louis Moore

Time to go solar power! Sorry to all those IFR pilots, you're dead of out luck!!!

The tractor looks like five times the size of your plane Tomo!!!!

If the paint is thick enough it will block a good amount of the UV's but would need to see it. Also looks like it is in a hangar (most fabric aircraft are kept that way) so UV damage should not be a major issue. Do not get me wrong though, sanding back a fabric aircraft is a MONUMENTAL job that at the end of the day is nearly worthless compared to re-doing the wing. Alternatively you could just wait until all the paint flaked off, I would only think you would have to wait a month or so!!!! If you change your mind Ian, I have a friend looking for a hour builder, does not really care for condition as he intends to fly the hours he needs and put it back on the market at a super low cost, so if your not interested pass on the details and I will let him know.

Come now fabric rules. If we were both to crash on an island, I could tare my plane apart and make myself a bed! It's not impossible to sand back fabric and re-paint it if automative stuff has been used making the rejuvenators useless! It's just a very slow and easy to stuff up process. Where is the J1?

I am not sure if the term is excited or very very scared Motz!

I know I shouldn't, but that really made me laugh

I am inclined to disagree, there should be no reason to fly further than 25nm without the Nav endorsement. No excuses, no exemptions, if you want to fly further then do the training.

That last guy really nailed the whole STOL effect! Bet he pulled up quicker than most other people on the day

It is amazing to think that ended badly, it seem to start on such sensible footing!

I am sure they still kick the tyres before.... most flights at leasts!

Not much room between big prop and backside. Might need some changes to go full size!

I know of a few pilots who had the old restricted license and thought the same thing, say whats an extra 50 or 100nm, how bad can it get. Two of them ended up with PC9's of there wings after busting airspace, one ended up running out of fuel after hitting a head wind and getting lost and another lost his plane after crashing in a field because he got lost. I know 4 guys who thought that way and 100% ended up finding out just WHY there was (and is now for RAA) a cross country endorsement. I know another 25nm seems innocent but the BIGGEST factor with stretching out that line is how much the chance of simply doing a 180 and hitting something that reminds you of where you took off from is reduced. Within that radius your chances of becoming navigationally disorientated are very slim, the more you extend the large that window becomes, tripplefold!

I would start with some flying lessons

Okay, now I am official envious!

You should start a new thread Bruce with some nice shots of your cars, in the general thread section, so I can drool over them ...... Please!

This one is not fair! You can hear him trickle in the power on a few of those approaches!!!!!

Be careful with the flight sim and RC models, is fairly different sitting behind the beast pumping those pedals and praying it's gunna stay straight than playing it on flight sim!!! That being said I actually did not find the step from nose to tailwheel all that bad, but I had been flying a while by then and had a good number of hours and LOTS of respect for aircraft! As of yet I myself have not been bitten or had a situation where I have had to put on more deodorant after landing! But I have watched a few aircraft try to barrel roll on landing and so I never feel the need to relax at the controls of the Auster! When I doubt I always watch this video to remind me of the dangers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGOwcnGts4s

My auster used to be spin rated before it was RA reg'd, I also had an old 150 that was spin rated too FUN

When unsure just go with "Dem Flyin Tings"

Do not no where he took off from, might have been a clear day. It's nice looking highway, maybe he just wanted an excuse to try it out as a runway

My wife does not read the forum, so I have no idea what you're all talking about

Looks like fun, you need a transponder for this trek correct?

Mine is this photo because my wife is number one in my life.

They realize the errors of their ways and come home to the best place in the world Alf, makes sense!

To many buttons in those big planes HH, time to downgrade!