gareth lacey

thanks Ian, some of these topics are getting boring and takes away from what this great site is about AVIATION CHEERS GARETH

Hi Ada, do you have an axe to grind with raa pilots seems that us old guys get up your nose! Cheers Gareth

Oh, they do have toilets as well to far to walk in to town for coffee and there is a restricted area close by as well just a pee stop but a bit of wind at the end of strip off the hills cheers Gareth

Yes the strip is open , landed there last month but very quiet the guys mowing the side grass told me not many planes landing and the plane in the long grass at the entrance has been very neglected cheers Gareth

Has anyone asked the pilot? He was flying the plane and if as everyone suggests it's a tricky plane to fly I don't think a low time or on type pilot would be.and really it's more supposition than real facts.also we need to ask how the pilot is feeling, that would have scared the s##t out of me cheers Gareth

Hi Graham and Val nice to catch up with you at the fly in and your trip north sounds great ,you will have tell me all about it, I am away till the 11th sept but will go out to Warwick on the sat so hopefully can catch up then c

Doug is a great CFI,have done most of my training with him,great pilot and instructor cheers Gareth

Flying down the coast at Rainbow Beach ,heading home to Boonah after a few days in hervey Bay Cheers gareth

Flying down the coast at Rainbow Beach ,heading home to Boonah after a few days in hervey Bay Cheers gareth

thanks guys , it looks to tricky for a low time pilot to take on , after a bit more research it looks like we will go north (where its warmer for my wife) thanks again for the advice cheers gareth

I am planning a trip to Nelson Bay ,does anyone know aan airstrip that i can fly in and leave plane for a few days closer to Nelson Bay would be good , Thanks Gareth

Rokospol Via (bristell is simi liar)

I took my youngest sister over elliot heads. Near bunderberg flying over Mays island on sat 1st august cheers gareth

Very nice scibe work on your tubes , good fit up for welding, sound way of holding the leg bosses together for shrinkage during the welding progress , great work cheers gareth

There,s 1 on the road out of Alice Springs clearly marked , just south of a village called Aileron cheers gareth

Wed flight at 9.30 am , pressure at cruise 3bar temps 84 912 cheers gareth

Brumby high wing for sale at Boonah , as new 13 hrs TT and $120,000 cheers gareth

anyone going to the Archer Falls fly in , i am going up from Boonah if weather is good , cheers Gareth

Hi Adam i frequently come across 3 balloons in the Beaudesert area Qld I fly out of Boonah and enroute to the coast or north they are usually up about 7am till 8 am i pass them by about 1 mile and 1000ft above ,noworries at all and let them know that i there ,seem like a cheerful lot, always friendly when i radio them cheers gareth

Aldo, you are right i dont know you ,and far from aiming at you it was a general observation,the Murdochs,Packers,Rhinhearts, and a lot of the "wealthy" have done very little for Australia, Dick Smith helped put Aus on the map for rest of the world , he has spent his own money doing good things for the community , we collectively only remember the wrong decisions/mistakes that people make , the good things outweigh it by spades , Dick Smith is not alone ,there are many wealthy people who give thier time and money for worthwhile causes and the not so wealthy also contribute to/for the benifit of others ,generally i think that Dick Smith has good intentions for the aviation community,i have been in aviation a short time ,and have seen first hand what a few people are like , we all need to get on with each other, we don,t have to agree on topics but caustic remar

Many years ago i met him in Sydney, very affible then , down to earth , to each his own , i give him my vote , tall poppy syndrome at it again cheers gareth

Bex , the tall poppy syndrome is alive and well in Ozz, never give up and dont let the Bxxstards get you down, as you say time is sometimes challenged and you are working in another culture, stay with it and i am sure it will become reality for you chin up cheers gareth

UL engines typically have an American prop from Prince props , they are well made and meaty , my condolences to the family. does anyone know what type of plane ? cheers gareth

WTF , would any one fly this !

Flying back from Caloundra last Friday ,overflew Spicers Gap lodge near Cunninghams Gap , very exclusive resort , clear skies and calm