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Browng, that's a sweet little aircraft. Did you fly across the Nullarbor or was that just a day-trip :)

Is that a Cub Crafters 'Cub'? or a Legend 'Cub'? While personally being among those who don't consider any Cub that you solo from the front a 'real' Cub, (not even the Piper ones after 1946), I certainly appreciate the utility of its descendants as a tribute to the longevity of a truly superb concept. The Legend Cub in particular would make a very nice addition to my hangar, sitting beside it's great grand daddy.

Just discovered this thread, why is it that flying and motorcycles seem to go hand in hand? I currently have a 2004 BMW R1150R, a 1975 R60/6 (the last drum-brake BMW in Australia), and a 1989 Ducati 900SS, which is a very rare machine nowadays, some say one of the last 'real' Ducatis (i.e. pre-Cagiva, Fabio Taglioni design) see below for details;http://members.iinet.net.au/~browng/

You'd also want to think about the possibilities of stock wandering onto it, or roos, flocks of birds either on the strip or in trees nearby etc.

I think this is the australian dealer for the savage cub http://www.mcp.com.au/

I calculated a 51% kit with 912 at about $58000 AUD, but there's a cost calculator on the website. Does anyone else know anything about these a/c?

Hi Rick How many other professions spend their spare time doing their 'job' ? :) Welcome to the site.

geez - where sinking into the depths now - I suppose the moderators are going to jump in and close this thread

I must be doing it wrong. I mixed about 500ml of liquid pool chlorine with about 100 ml of brake fluid. It got hot and frothed up a bit. There was some smoke but pretty disappointing really. How is this done properly?

You lucky so and so - the amount of planning I gotta do would make a flight plan around Australia feel like a simple phone call ;)

Yes but with sex at least I don't have to log a flight plan :)

thruster, anyone who thinks flying is better than sex is either doing it wrong or older than 90 (apologies to anyone here over 90 :))

Bush; Good night Condy.

Rice; Good night Mr President.. oh, I almost forgot. Four Brazilian troops were killed today in Iraq. I thought you should know.

Bush slumps down in his chair and slides to the floor. His hands come up to cover his face. He curls up and emits a long, soft high pitch keening wail of utter anguish. Several minutes pass..

Slowly, he gets onto his knees and emerges from behind his desk into view of those in the Oval Office, just his head and hands poking above the Presidential desk…

He looks at Rice, with a puzzled expression on his face..

Bush; Condy, how many is a brazillion again?

I love the pic of the DTA trike flying over water. I have a picture that I cannot post here, because it is only in my head. When I was learning gliding, I was in the front seat and the instructor in the back. We did spin recovery. Well the image of my feet, then 3000 feet of air then the brown australian scenery spinning around my feet will be a memory I will take to my grave. Marvellous stuff!

Does anyone know where I can get a ride in a trike around Brisbane? I have a couple of weeks holiday in October and we're heading for Maroochydore, so I was hoping to find someone who could take me up. All these photos of people flying trikes looks too much fun to be true :)

Mike, I used to glide at Boonah ages ago. It was in the 2 seat K7 K13 and the old T53 back then. I did my solo at DDSC, but haven't glid for a while. Is that a DG-300 you've got there?

Does anyone know where I can get copies of the DVD of the trike flights mentioned earlier in this thread, or any good trike DVD's? It looks like a lot of fun.

Now this is spectacular chris

now that is why I want to keep flying ;)

Hmm. As someone said on the pprune site

AHhh yes let the paranoia, the propaganda and the indoctrination continue. Haven't seen a terrorist or pink elephant lately so the police state and the spray must be working just fine. Seen a few grandparents and children arrested though!

Looks like a Victa Air tourer

I was buying some port in a wine shop once and was chatting with the sales clerk. I told her we were having cigars and dipping the end in port was really nice. She was amazed and asked which end did we dip!

Some new socks

New jocks

Woolly slippers

a new bbq set

Ferrari GG50

new ventolin inhaler

the new Kylie CD

That's it really.

One christmas, years ago, we bought our two young sons walkie-talkie headsets. They were headsets with a microphone attached, so you could just walk around and chat to the other party. The in-laws came over for christmas lunch as usual, and I was outside with the headsets on. A voice came on saying "hello, hello do you read me?" I recognised my wife's voice (I thought), and said in my best professional way "Hello, I'd like to get into your knickers, over."

The other party then disconnected abruptly, just as I walked around the corner of our house and saw my wife hanging up the washing, sans headphones.

You know that hot prickly feeling you get on your neck when you've done something really stupid? I got that in my whole body. I grabbed her and said, "Tell me you were just talking to me on the headphones". She said no!

I had been talking to my mother-in-law.

Nothing was ever said.

True story.

A couple of months ago it was droning around our place, near Archerfield. It's really something to see when it flies over at <1000' around dusk. All lit up from inside. Brilliant.

I've grown used to the the sound of the usual GA aircraft, but when I hear something different, I usually dash outside to have a look. There's a fair variety of a/c flying around archerfield.

Hi Biondi

I hope I'm still flying at 77 years young. I'm only! 51 now, so you give me hope there's life left yet :)

Thrasher you b*stard, I nearly coughed up a lung

Ian

yes it's a Westfield. It's got a 1600 Toyota engine (4cyl, 20 valve) and Toyota T50 gearbox. With 160 HP and about 600 kg it goes real well. Yes I agree it's safer in the air, and I'd like to get back flying one day and finish my PPL. An ultralight might be the way to go I reckon ;)