boleropilot

date is confirmed as sunday 17th july 2011 !!!!!

location is Boonah Airfield, Flying Tigers hangar

breakfast is $5, free REAL MEN FLY TAILDRAGGERS sticker to all pilots

(if that offends you, turn up anyway, someone will lend you their sense of humour for the day)

any more info required, post your question here or PM me

hope to see plenty of you there on the day, ALL aircraft/aviators welcome

cheers

BP

had a nice flight back to Roadvale from Boonah yesterday afternoon, in very nice conditions

Kiwi and i took off together and we flew in company overhead Moogerah Dam, some very nice mountain scenery around there

poor old David Mason was stuck on the ground (lives nr the dam) watching us fly over, sent me a PM to say he saw us go over

i thought Kiwi had gone back to Boonah after i struck out for Roadvale from the dam, did a two way flypast of the runway at Roadvale (nil wind) b4 setting up to land

taxiied in, cooled down, turned off, and could still hear a Drifter!!! turned around, and there was Kiwi taxiing in behind me

a little cool and some big smooth areas of lift/sink on the day but some V nice flying with 2 x 40 min flts

cheers for now

BP

sorry Alan, should have put in more info, just getting started getting everybody notified properly

it's traditionally held at Boonah, we call it a 'breakfast' so we don't have insurance hassles and the need for all sorts of public/visitor 'safety arrangements'

sunday is a good day for it so those coming a long way can spend saturday getting there, stay the night (camping OK either underwing or in the hangar) then zip off at lunchtime sunday

when i have all the final info i'll make formal posts

cheers

BP

hey guys

the Drifter is now released and is just wonderful

demo version is the floatplane so get that one for free if you're not sure abt it

it's at Ant's Airplanes, the most fun you can have for $20 with your pants on

no point in me posting screenies, there's a heap of beauts at Ants website

you can also get Boonah, Roadvale and a terrific Tiger Moth from Ant as well, all freeware

BP

this year we're bringing it forward to try for some decent weather (2009 and 2010 blown out)

tentative date is Sunday 17th July, andbody know of any date clahses pls let me know asap

cheers

Boleropilot

g'day guys

been doing some last light flights betwixt Roadvale and Boonah at last light lately, very nice time to be in the air

at one stage all the ground below was in shade, the sun was over the range and i was still in sun - unreal...

btw, a Drifter has just been released for Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX, based on my acft actually

there is a demo version on floats available for nix but if you want the wheeled version you have to buy the package

at $20 it is an absolute bargain, look at Ant's Airplanes for the Drifter, Roadvale (where i hangar 455) is also available, freeware

cheers for now

BP

ps still gonna do a Drifter Fly-In at Boonah later in the year, date to be set

well my 582 has always been upright (installed at the factory) so i really don't get the inverted thing

Kiwi (legendary Drifter Hero of Flying Tigers fame) recently upgraded his 503 (inverted) to a 582 - and he inverted that too !!!

never really got that but he know more about Drifters than i will could ever hope to accumulate

his Drifter is a real low weight machine, no electric starter etc - when he tours (he's been to Avalon from YBOA) his toothbrush is sawn in half to save 10 grams !!!!!

btw, on the subject of engine failures, Kiwi says:

"there are only two kinds of Drifter pilots - those who have had an engine failure, and those who haven't had one - YET!!"

Kiwi walks with a noticeable limp, courtesy of the kind of event referred to above

which is why i practice engine failure drills just about every time i fly

every time i start to relax and think "gee, this is nice" i automatically pull the throttle and find somewhere to put her down

right down to 100 feet, to make sure ima doin it right and not taking the option at 500 feet of "yeh i reckon i cooda made that paddock ok"

on another tangent, have yous een the stuff on the 'web about fitting Suzuki 3 cylinder motors to trikes to replace 582s?

also popular (in Europe and Canada) is the BMW R1000 conversions - now that gives me a woody

problem is it would cost about the same as the value of me Drifter ...

cheers for now

BP

sorry, forgot to mention:

i've had two prop encounters of the nasty kind

one was an instructors seat cushion - he forgot to take it out of the back seat when he got out and i went on to do some solo work)

the other was part of an exhaust spring - now i make sure my red silicone gunk (and safety cable) is set up so that if a spring breaks (and they do, regularly) the prop will be OK

my first thought of a reply went along the lines of "it would be like taking a shower with a raincoat on" and that brought back some pleasant memories

then i had a brain fade (all the blood rushed to another part of my body and there warn't enough left for normal funtioning)

sorry, just kidding, as Goose would say "I crack myself up, I really do"

the machine dazza38 is referring to is owned by Ian Walker, sorta makes his Drifter look like a F16

you could try to get in contact with him via the Flying Tigers website I guess

next time i'm at the Tigers hangar, ie. next time i fly, i could take some pix if ya like ??

but hey really, my opinion is that if ya want an aircraft with doors, buy a plastic parrot (or sumfin similar)

cheers

BP

g'day all

for those of you flightsimmers out there, some wonderful news - Anthony (of Ant's Airplanes - take a peek at his website) is doing the final touches to the Drifter for FSX

i've been helping out with the beta testing (among other things) and it is coming along nicely, it will be just brilliant

in fact you may be tempted to get into flightsimming after seeing the pix - if that's the case, let me know and i'll do some posts on what you need to do to set up a proper system

cheers for now

BP

damn nazis etc

oh hey, didn't realise it was you who was the culprit m8

i just heard the story from some local Boonah guys (fishermen) who reckon the nazis on the dam are over the top, never any warnings, always a fine, not too friendly and basically a pain in the A

Roadvale is a lil strip i lease from a farmer, he used to fly a Jab out of there

it's abt 6nm north of Boonah, type in Roadvale Qld for Google Earth and the township will come up centre screen, the field is just to the west - GE co-ords are:

27 55 10 43S - 152 40 42 08 E

if you're into flight simulation (FSX) you can download it from the Ant's Airplanes website

cheers

BP

YBOA and h2o

yeh Heon it is a bit bumpy in places - maybe they should try the old reinforcing steel mesh (aka concrete slab reinforcing stuff) that i have heard so much about

apparently you tow a sheet of this stuff behind a 4WD and it does wonders, keeps the grass down but also smooths out the surface nicely - gonna try that at Roadvale soon i hope

btw, i heard a rumour that the blokes in charge of Moogerah Dam are a bit silly about aircraft landing there "without the proper permit" - surely an amphibian can land on a stretch of h2o without some dill :csm: racing up in his boat and demanding to see 'your paperwork" ???

cheers for now, let me know when you're gonna be in the area, would love to see ya drop in at Roadvale International

BP

Ant's Drifter for FSX

hiya guys

spent some time with Anthony on Sunday, another flight in the Drifter around Roadvale for some more sound recordings

the Drifter will be payware but as you would expect, Ant will offer a Lot for the outlay - you should see the level of detail he is putting in, it is outstanding (the air filters are a work of art)

having said that there will be a freebie, i'll let details of that wait for release, as a little surprise for ya's

another surprise will be the work Ant's doing on a certain GPS, some amazing stuff there too

cheers for now, shouldn't be too long before you are all zipping around the skies in a Drifter

BP

hey Gnome

i agree with you totally re. two aircraft of the same make being different to fly

i learned to fly at a school that had two Drifters, one i loved, the other i hated!

go figure...

bp

hey guys

beta testing is progressing well on Ant's Drifter - check this out:

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/view.php?filename=417Drifter1.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/view.php?filename=676Drifter2.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/view.php?filename=883Drifter3.jpg

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/view.php?filename=503Drifter4.jpg

cheers for now

BP

Well Done Thirsty !!! Congratulations m8.

btw, Anthony (Ant's Airplanes) is working on a Drifter for FSX. it's in beta testing (ima helpin out, seeing it's My Drifter he's reproducing) and it is just Brilliant.

oh and he's done Roadvale too, where i keep 455, and that is a class act too.

watch his website for the release date.

cheers for now

BP

stinson flight on flight simulator

hey guys

i've flown the route (Archerfield - Lismore) in a Stinson Tri Motor in stormy weather and it is just scary

trying to keep visual contact with the ground while the aircraft is being thrown all around the sky...nasty

2012 is the 75th anniversary of the crash, i'm going to organise an event including the Stinson Room at the Beaudesert Historical Museum, the Beaudesert Times for copies of the newspaper articles, Bernard O'Reilly's grave and Westray's grave

cheers for now

BP

sorry guys, can't really do it midweek

it takes a lot of time to get it all disconnected and packed up in the car, and vice verca

might try to do something after christmas, silly season is upon us and the weather is a big factor

looking forward to showing off the system, either at Airsport or Tigers, a satdee night would be best for me

cheers for now

bp

hey Dave, i sent you a pm re the Boonah software - did you get it?

dt

nasty surprise during training

my CFI during training showed me what happens if you stall a Drifter in a badly co-ordinated (too much or not enough rudder) in a climbing turn

the acft flipped inverted in a flash and dived toward the ground nose first !!!

took 700 feet to recover - his words were "now where would you be if that happened at 500 feet in the circuit, David?"

the answer of course is 200 feet under the ground :black_eye:

BP

Tecnam Review

hey guys, my review of Ant's Tecnam is now out, December edition of Aviator magazine

hope ya's like it

cheers

BP

link for boonah

here ya go m8, this is Ant's Airplanes link for scenery

Scenery

there's also a link there for Roadvale as well (and the freeware Tiger Moth)

btw, if we can't organise a flightsim meeting/demo at Airsport Qld we should be able to do it one night at the Tigers hangar, a satdee night would be best

cheers

DT

oh yeah

hey thirsty

that last comment was spot on

you go and fly when the conditions are not too flash (as long as you are competent) and when things go a little scary on ya further down the track, you got that experience behind ya and it means you handle the 'not too scary' stuff with ease

cheers, loved the vids btw (had no idea the Drifter tailfeathers moved around that much)

BP

sportstar LSA

g'day Ryan

you might want to have a look at Anthony Lynch's new Tecnam P2002 for FSX, it is probably the closest thing you could ever get to a top class LSA acft like the Sportstar

it's payware but is worth every cent, in fact is is spectacular value for $20 (i just wrote a review on it in the December edition of Aviator magazine)

it's available from the FlightSim Store, check it out at the Ant's Airplanes website

cheers

BP

boonah etc

going back through the old posts and saw this thread

Anthony has now also developed Roadvale (the airstrip i lease from a farmer who used to fly a Jab from there, 6nm north of Boonah)

it is a work of art, as is his recent payware release of the Tecnam P2002

cheers

BP

new pooter

hey MG

new pooter is up and running (boots up FSX in TEN seconds) and is a beast

let me know when you want to arrange a demo at the Airsports hangar and i'll be there

cheers

BP