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  1. On the news tonight they said the attendance at the last show was 250,000. This year they have capped tickets at 200,000 and require parking to be prebooked, to cut back on traffic chaos. There will be parking at an off-site location with shuttle buses to the airport, as well as the usual train service to Lara.
  2. Yeah, you're likely to run out of petrol before you reach a servo on Geelong Road. In 2017 and 2019 I went by train from Southern Cross station Spencer St to Lara Station then by bus. Much more relaxing. When I have gone by car, it's taken over an hour just to get out of the parking paddock.
  3. I used to be an avid attendee, but the last one I attended was 2019. I got a bit affected by the sun/heat, and was transported back to the first aid room near the gate on a golf cart. When I collected my things, I found that I had lost a Panasonic Lumix digital camera worth about $700, which must have fallen off the golf cart. Then there was the covid epidemic in 2021, and since then I haven't felt capable of handling all the walking. My daughter says I could hire a mobility scooter, but I don't think it's worth it. I also used to attend Laverton and have been to Point Cook RAAF base. You will find a collection of my airshow photos here: red750's photo gallery - AIRPORT-DATA.COM
  4. I know nobody gives a damn what I think, but personally, I would prefer them as separate sites. I joined Rec Flying when Off Topic was just another foum on the site. Then, when it was separated off as Social Australia, that became my prime site. Yes I still check the New (Unread) section of RecFlying, but only open a few of the topics, eg, 'Oddball,...' which I am closely involved in, creating aircraft profiles and posting any news (accidents, etc) that I pick up on. There are not many who are part of both sites, and I consider the regulars on SocAust to be my friends, kinda like a Men's Shed online. The fact that we can discuss/argue about anything from politics to cars and motorcycles without distracting from the central theme of RecFly is a big PLUS. Yes, I could survive if it returned to one site, but I don't know if the camaraderie of SocAust would continue the same.
  5. A man is recovering in hospital after a light plane overturned after landing in grassland on Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula. Police were called just before 12pm following reports a vintage plane had flipped onto its roof after landing at Tyabb Airport. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft managed to climb out of the plane without help.
  6. Our dog wakens the neighbourhood. He even barks when I wake up for a drink during the night. Last night the young guy from next door was on our front patio and Buster was barking before he got a chance to knock on the door. If a postie or courier drop a small parcel on our doormat they never knock, but we know because the dog goes berserk.
  7. For some reason I have been blocked from Social Australia. This happened after I dropped my mouse on the floor.
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    shuttle escape.jpg

    This is a freeze frame from a video clip of NASA's Shuttle crew escape capsule landing after a test flight.
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    Thatcher CX4

    Also include where it is located. How far it has to be relocated will have a serious effect on how much it will cost the purchaser.
  10. Both sites were down most of the day. I've only just got on after trying almost all day. I even sent an email to Ian. I thought he may have been transferring the files, and wondered if we required an '.au' URL.
  11. The Beta Alia 250 eVTOL and CX300 cTOL, two versions of an electric air taxi/cargo aircraft. eVTOL Alia 250 Just a moment... WWW.AUTOEVOLUTION.COM cTOL (Conventonal Takeoff and Landing) Fixed Wing CX300 Beta’s CX300 electric plane takes off just like conventional planes INTERESTINGENGINEERING.COM The company believes its conventional take-off electric plane could be certified easier than eVTOLs.
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  12. The Arnold AR-5 is an experimental single seat, low-wing sport monoplane with fixed conventional undercarriage, designed and built by Mike Arnold. Originally conceived by Mike Arnold as a personal sport airplane with excellent performance and good handling qualities. The design outperformed initial performance estimates for its relatively low power output, exceeding 200mph with only 65hp. Constructed of fiberglass-epoxy matrix composite material utilizing the "moldless method" popularized by Burt Rutan. Careful attention to aerodynamic detail resulted in noteworthy laminar flow drag reduction, as documented by aerodynamicists Alex Strojnik and Bruce Carmichael. In 1992, the AR-5 flown by Mike Arnold set the FAI C1a Class World Speed Record of 343,08 km/h over a 3.0km course Mike wrote several articles about his design methodology for various magazines. The sole existing example resides at the Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA.
  13. Hijacking this thread for a moment. Today I watched an episode of Ice Pilots NWT, the Buffalo Airways show, One of their Lockheed Electras had a problem where the right main undercarriage got stuck in the UP position due to a problem with the gear door. They did two hard touch and goes on the two remaining wheels to try and shake it free, but no luck. They finally landed on the two wheels and settled onto the right wing, ripping off one propeller and destroying the other. The plane slewed off the runway and the crew evacuated. They got a crane to lift the damaged wing, put a rope on the jammed door and pulled it off with a 4WD. They then lowered the wheel so the plane could be dragged back to the hanger, where their backup Electra wa undergoing repairs., minus an engine. They took one of the good engines off the left wing of the aircraft that had just crash landed and fitted it to the spare plane so they could resume their services.
  14. Robinson Unveils New R88 Helicopter WWW.HELIS.COM Robinson announced its first all-new helicopter in 15 years, the R88, its larger aircraft, which will be powered by a single Safran Arriel 2W engine and equipped with an all-glass Garmin G500H TXi cockpit
  15. Interesting aside: There was a short video of a SouthWest Airlines 737 landing. The caption said: Boeing 737 with 130 passengers lands safely. 45,000 planes land safely in America every day. Air travel has never been safer. Meanwhile, 12 car crashes occurred while you werre watching this (45 second) video.
  16. Thank you BrendAn and Onetrack. I was unaware my address was on the post, I have no idea how that happened. I couldn't copy the online link to the report, so saved the file to my dowloads directory, and attached it with the 'choose files' option below. As you know, I've done that thousands of times without this happening.
  17. When I try to copy the URL from the websearch, it wants to download as a.pdf file which appears above. Basically, the results of the investigation are summarised as : A pilot made a tragic mistake that caused a plane crash that killed him along with his wife and three children, an investigation found. The small plane crashed in Tennessee last year killing Victor Dotsenko, 43, who was the piloting aircraft, along with his wife, Rimma, 39, and their three children, David, 12, Adam, 10, and Emma, seven. And the family from King Township, Ontario, in Canada, likely died after an error by the father involving an engine gauge, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report. A yearlong investigation of the March 4, 2024, crash found no mechanical problems with the plane, although the fuel selector was between the “off” position and the left main tank position.
  18. A Boeing 737 800 experienced engine vibrations shortly after takeoff and returned to the airport, but the engine caught fire on landing, causing passengers to escape via inflatable slides or onto the opposite wing, through dense smoke. All passengers escaped safely.
  19. The Riout 102T Alérion is an ornithopter built in 1937 designed by René Riout. The Alérion went through a series of ground tests including in the Chalais-Meudon wind tunnel 1938 when the wings suffered a structural failure. Further development was abandoned with the start of World War II. It never flew and was stored until it was found in 2005 and brought to the Musée Régional de l'Air at Angers, where it was partially restored.
  20. A Bonanza 36 crashed into a car park in Pennsylvania and burst into flames. All 5 POB escaped, although with burns, some severe. Reports say the crash was caused when the door opened in flight. They did not say whether it was the front door or rear double doors. Many years ago, when I was doing solo circuits in a V-tail Bonanza at Moorabbin, the door popped open on downwind. I had read in the POH that this could happen, but could be handled easily. It was cold and windy, and a bit ofd a surprise. I completed the circuit as a full stop landing and closed the door, before resuming touch and goes.
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    EADS CASA C-295

    The Airbus C295 (previously CASA C-295) is a medium tactical transport aircraft that was designed and initially manufactured by the Spanish aerospace company CASA, which is now part of the European multinational Airbus Defence and Space division. Work on what would become the C-295 was started during the 1990s as a derivative of the successful CASA/IPTN CN-235 transport aircraft. On 28 November 1997, the prototype performed its maiden flight; quantity production commenced shortly thereafter. In April 1999, the Spanish Air Force became its launch customer with an order for nine military-configured C-295s; two years later, the type was declared operational with the service. Further orders for the C-295 would promptly follow. Following the incorporation of CASA into the pan-European aeronautical group EADS in 2000, it was redesignated as the EADS CASA C-295. EADS rebranded itself as Airbus in 2015. Both manufacturing and final assembly of the C-295 is normally performed at the Airbus Defence and Space facilities in San Pablo Airport, located in Seville, Spain. Additional manufacturing arrangements have been agreed with some customers. Since 2011, Indonesian Aerospace has produced the CN-295 under license at their facilities in Bandung, Indonesia, via an industrial collaboration with Airbus Defence & Space. During 2021, it was agreed that, as a part of a larger purchase, a batch of 40 C-295s for the Indian Air Force would be license-manufactured in India by Tata Advanced Systems, at its facility in Vadodara, Gujarat. As a part of further order for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard, the facility will also process delivery of 12 more aircraft for Maritime Patrol roles. Beyond its use as a tactical transporter, the C-295 is capable of performing a wide variety of missions effectively. These include parachute and cargo dropping, electronic signals intelligence (ELINT), medical evacuation (MEDEVAC), and maritime patrol. Some of the equipment for adapting the aircraft to performing various roles has been mounted onto pallets, allowing for its rapid installation and removal. On account of the lack of sales achieved by the CN-235 in the commercial aviation segment, although civil certification was obtained as to facilitate its use by government agencies, a commercial version of the C-295 was not pursued for some time by the company. It was not until 2017, over a decade after military-orientated C-295s had entered regular service, that the first contract for a civilian C-295 was finalised. The C-295 has been acquired by multiple nations including India, Spain, Egypt, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Ireland and others. For details of development, desigm, operational history, variants and operators. click here.
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  23. The Republic XP-72 was an American prototype fighter-interceptor developed by Republic Aircraft as a progression of the P-47 Thunderbolt design. The XP-72 was designed around the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engine with a supercharger mounted behind the pilot and driven by an extension shaft from the engine. The armament consisted of six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) wing-mounted Browning AN/M2 machine guns and underwing racks for two 1,000 lb bombs; Alternative armament packages included two 37 mm M4 autocannons with four .50 caliber AN/M2s, or four M4 autocannons. The XP-72 development paralleled that of another Republic design, the XP-69 that was to be powered by an experimental 42-cylinder Wright R-2160 liquid-cooled inline radial engine mounted in the nose of the aircraft and driving contra-rotating propellers. The XP-69 was intended for high altitude operations and featured a pressurized cockpit and armament of two 37 mm cannon and four 50 caliber machine guns. As the XP-72 displayed greater promise than the XP-69, the XP-69 was canceled on 11 May 1943 and an order for two XP-72 prototypes was placed on 18 June 1943. The XP-72 flew for the first time on 2 February 1944, equipped with a four-bladed propeller. The second prototype was completed on 26 June 1944 and was equipped with an Aero-Products contra-rotating propeller. As the XP-72 displayed exceptional performance during flight tests, an order for 100 production aircraft was awarded. The order included an alternate armament configuration of four 37 mm cannon. By this time, World War II had progressed to where the need was for long-range escort fighters and not high-speed interceptors. Furthermore, the advent of the new turbojet-powered interceptors showed greater promise for the interceptor role. Thus, the production order for the P-72 was canceled.
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