BigPete

This has been a most informative thread, one that I've read with great interest. On Saturday I went for a local flight here at Echuca, very early in the morning. It was all quiet, most people still in bed. It was very hot at 1000ft around 40 deg with a very strong wind from the north. (around 35 knots). Conditions, however were very smooth and consistant. After a short while I noticed the oil temp creeping up, and because of the unpleasant heat I decided to land. Joined mid downwind and noticed I had a ground speed of 135 knots (wow). I realized that my base and final legs would therefore be quite slow. As I turned onto final this was confirmed as I was pointing the nose at about 45 deg left of track (base leg) and my GPS ground speed fell to 35 knots. Time to head for the runway and fly the rest as an oval circuit I said to myself (as I remembered this thread) and did just that. I love doing something new in the aeroplane. By this time I had 15 deg flap, nose up, indicated speed of 70 knots (and still 35 knots ground speed on the GPS). I could allready see I would land short and increased power. The windsock was limp and I new I would fall even shorter as I decended out of the strong wind. Increased power a bit more and adjusted my speed up by another 5 knots (now 75). I did enjoy flying one smooth arc and seeing the threashold from a different viewpoint. Selected 30 deg flap on very late final and did one of my better landings. All thanks to all you guys who posted here. Loved it. regards :big_grin::big_grin:

(oh - bugger - I've spilt my cold tea.......) :confused::big_grin:;) regards :big_grin::big_grin:

....the rest of the NES were so pure in thought and deed. :heart::heart: PourUsAnotherPete :big_grin: sits back and sips his iced tea, "what a lovely colour it is", he muses, "and lots of little bubbles rising to the top". :big_grin: Satisfied the the Captain :heart: remains (at least in the short term) on the right side of good and evil, :thumb_up: CrusaderPete faxes off a "thankyou" note to the Good FriarPuk and adds another order for 2 cases of alterwine at the bottom. ;) It remains to be seen if TabbyTurnipPlanter and Bollocks can keep their minds out of the gutter :devil: long enough to write about things aviation in the NES. What we need is an incentive to write a funny interesting story (about aeroplanes). A cameo that could be inserted into the NES thread but doesn't have to relate directly to the story. :thumb_up: Open, of course to all forum members. I'llSellMyNanIfItHelpsTheRAAIan might just provide a prize for such penship qualities if we ask him nicely. ;) What say you, SirIan:question: regards :big_grin::big_grin: My pen is full of Holy Water.

It sure is MM,.....I have never encountered conditions (heat) like this before in the early morning. As it was so smooth I throttled back and enjoyed the (magic carpet) ride. Running at reduced power may have "leaned out" the motor and produced the higher temps. I did run at full power for a few minutes, but it didn't seem to help (and it didn't hurt, either). By this time I was back at the airport and decided to land anyway. By the time I was on late final the temp was down below 80 deg. regards :big_grin::big_grin:

A couple of mine.

Are we doomed? My Dear FriarPuk. :heart: We are in dire straits right here in the NES. I believe the root of the problem is twofold - firstly the very high temperatures have stopped the NES characters from flying their aeroplanes. thumb_down Secondly, due to the on going and continuing drought I believe they are no longer bathing. :confused::black_eye: What else could make normal flyers thoughts turn to debauchery and unwholesome acts of depravity. Strong words you say, and I say YES, for there is an insidious element which I believe originates from the good Captains :heart: garden. :yuk: I fear his aunt and her innocent looking pen is the root of ongoing evil which has plagued the NES for the last week or two. :black_eye::ah_oh::sad:i_dunno What else could lower good men's morals and fibre. I feel we need a cleansing, an exorcism if you like. :thumb_up: As a man of the cloth and a maker of fine wine, :heart: I think that you're the man for the task at hand. I was hoping that cooler weather and cooler heads would prevail, but alas, this has not come to be. I suggest another sermon on the mount might be in order. Sooner than later would be good. :thumb_up: Perhaps UnpaintedGeoff (who is an expert of the night flight) could fly you in undercover of darkness. I await your reply. God save us all. regards HighlyConcernedI'veseenTheLightPete. :big_grin::big_grin:

Up at 5.10am, Shave and shampoo, toast and coffee. Drive out to airport (5 min) drag out the Jabby. :heart: 6.15 first light, temp is a pleasant 26 deg, depart from 35 - smooth as. :thumb_up: alltitude 500 AGL.......WTF ??????? Temperature now 42 deg. :ah_oh: Its bloody HOT up here. Level off at 1000Ft and fly the river. People camped everywhere for the Southern 80 (Ski Race) . Oil temp goes past 100 and creeps towards the red zone. thumb_down Bugger and , time to go home. :confused: Beaut landing on 35 (straight as a die ;)) Temp now down below 75 deg. Put Jabby back in hanger, close doors and watch the sunrise. :confused: Back home at 7.00am. (Sigh) :black_eye: regards :big_grin::big_grin:

So. TubbyTurnipPlanter has an air cooled outboard motor that is proving to be more reliable than anything else :thumb_up: (with pistons) he has ever owned. :) BrigadierPete, :big_grin: (cop that Maj Mallard (and get ready to duck)) can see an exciting use for this new power plant. :ah_oh: 1. Attach it to the front of SlartiBustIt's Cheater and give him cultivation (is that a real word?) capability. :thumb_up: While he's doing circuits he's performing some real land care (could claim the tax benefit as well). 2. Or it could be attached to.... regards :big_grin::big_grin:

"ya got that right TurboTubbyTuba" :thumb_up: said IDoAllMyOwnStuntsPete, i_dunno as he crossed old Elsie off his xmas card list. :yuk: "Every bloody week I ask the bowlers at the MBC (Moama Bowling Club) how many wickets they took and they still can't see the funny side of the question". "Some people just can't laugh at themselves" CourtJesterAndAllRoundFunnyGuyPete mused to himself. :confused: And speaking of the Southern 80 weekend, all I can say is on that weekend the only safe place is in the air. (44 deg or not!) i_dunno Did you know that all of the boats (in the race) will burn in excess of 200 liters (each) in the hour it takes to complete the race. Most of the spectators will be out of their trees, (and heads) lining the riverbank with a stubbie in each hand. WhatTimeIsMatlockOn?Pete sits back, takes another swig from his lemonade :big_grin: and wonders if the Jabirooted :yuk: (still being fixed after his last little misshap) would pull a skier without the propwash blowing him/her off. After all, the Riverland Lass and the fishing rod episode (you'll have to go back a fair way) proved, in theory, that it was possible. :thumb_up: Armed with a new ski rope, 4 rolls of gaffa tape and ideas of a quick release thingy (in case of snags), :ah_oh: McGuyverPete, again, heads for the workshop. regards :big_grin::big_grin: The thong of my Aunt still haunts me.

G'day Harthy - Sorry mate I missed your post to me. Would love to put you up on Wednesday night (if that's how things work out). Inlaws have the spare room booked, but I'm sure we can fit you in (somewhere). I've asked for an arrival at 1600 hrs (local) (Thursday) as I can't leave Echuca until 1400 hr. (work). regards

Nice one Matt :thumb_up:...Great pictures...KAZ :big_grin: :thumb_up: regards :big_grin::big_grin:

......mad keen inventor. ComeFryWithMePete :big_grin: has been in the workshop. :thumb_up: While all the cry babies have been lamenting about being grounded "cause it's too hot, and our wings will droop (among other things), :yuk: UpUpAndAwayPete :) has fitted a king post and struts to the top of his wing. Although its knocked 10 knots of the cruise I'mUpHerePete doesn't care. Plan B is to fit wheels up there as well and then AmIReallyUpsideDown:question:Pete can come and go anywhere, anytime, anyway(up or down). :censored:MePete also discovers (quite accidently) that when up side down in a Jabirue on final, selecting 15 degrees of flap had the opposite effect and the Jabiflew instantly picked up 30 knots, overshot the strip and landed in the local tip. thumb_down:censored: As the main gear (newly attached to the top of the wing) touched down IWishI'dThoughtThisThruPete :black_eye: realizes the omission - no bloody nosewheel. In a cloud of dust and dumpings the Jabirooted, :yuk: cartwheeled into the last recycle bay (right next to the main office). Wayne (he flys a Jabiru or two) stuck his head out of the office window and said, "looks like we're even, BigPete. Come and have a coffee". egads :big_grin::big_grin:

regards :big_grin::big_grin:

Hey Kev, try using more than 1st flap but not full flap (around 30 deg) on late final. Electric flaps let you set them where you want (of course). Works good for me (J160), I only use all of the flap for short strip landings (40 deg) (the extra 10 deg really does help you to get in). regards

The minimum requirement to get the "freebies" on offer is to display your aircraft Fri, Sat and Sun. (13th -15th inc.) You can fly out late Sunday, but it's a bit hectic. I plan to fly out early Monday. (and arrive 1600 hours on the Thursday) Did this two years ago and it was a real hoot. FREE campsite (for four bods) at Laura sports ground, local scout group provided brekky, extra showers and toilets bought in, Laura Sports Club is right there for a cold one and they run a cheap outside BBQ or dine inside at very reasonable rates. Free bus shuttle runs every two hours or so and is brilliant. You get 4 free passes (one for you and three "crew") for each of the three days (fully transferrable between your invited guests) there are a few give aways (sew on badges and aircraft participation certificate) as well. You must register your interest (www.airshow.com.au) and they basically invite you to attend. Grass strip (18R -36L) 500 meters west of the main runway (designated 18L - 36R) for duration of airshow. Grass strip was a little rough (2007) and we asked for permission to depart from the main runway (18L) (on Monday) We were given the OK and away we went - fantastic. Download the AIP (SUP) H01/09 dated 15th Jan 2009 and have a good read. regards

...to crappy :yuk: (weather wise) to fly and we're all bored (and still on holidays). :thumb_up::thumb_up: (this makes 41). regards :big_grin:

Hang on a minute - time out. Now I know that sometimes it's a bit hard to follow the NES but, :yuk: Why would I throw the book at myself Read post #865 carefully. There's only two people there. Me and BigLes2centsWorthless. i_dunno Caroline wasn't really there. (I just said she was) :confused: and Paley was in the pub (as always). :ah_oh: So....... Is this a plot hatched by Bollocks :black_eye: (and put up by SlartiHarrierWhoops (master of the vertical landing) :yuk: (who is also in the Captains :heart: pocket 'cause he didn't throw him in the cooler)) :broken_heart:or there's two or more of me. :thumb_up::thumb_up::thumb_up: Wow - MultiPersonalityPete, :) master of the emoticons and more alias than Dick Tracey ("Hey, got any string on yer Dick" his girlfriend asked one day), (What do you think it is?" he replied, "A bloody Yo-yo!) Well, sorry, no time for more. Dinners on the table and we're hungry. regards :big_grin::big_grin: OMG - this is my 1000 post

Sorry Bollocks - I think this is funnier: and daring - Ian will be watching. And I applaud you Captain :heart: regards

...clean up the street as well as the NES story. :yuk: the only thong I have is on my left foot regards :big_grin::big_grin:

gazumped by the 'planner. (damn)

jeez - talk about a trip down memory lane :thumb_up: -- remember Guy Fawkes night when no letterbox or anthill was safe. :yuk: Daring was the youngster who would light a penny bunger, :black_eye: watch the wick burn down and disappear before throwing it (the bunger) deep into the water. If your timing was good, it was "Dam Busters" or "depth charges" you ripper, and if it wasn't you had a sore hand for a week. :black_eye: Back in those day kids were real kids (nee tough:devil: ) - we played outside and used our imagination. (sadly - a lost art these days. (yes, I know what time Matlock is on). :big_grin: Armed with 3 months pocket money :thumb_up: (real money that was earned, and not just handed out) you fronted up to the counter at Coles and bought your arsenal for the big night. Sky Rockets and Roman Candles were for the woosies :yuk: (and girls), the real boys only bought things that go "BANG" and the louder the better. :devil::devil: Our favourite trick was to make a morter ;) (short pipe shoved into the ground at an angle) shove in a bunger,and launch a tin can (with another lighted bunger wedged inside ) at the enemy (other brother) :yuk:. Good, clean, wholesome fun!!:heart: (sigh) regards :big_grin::big_grin:

....YES..:thumb_up:...Those Were The Days, BackToTheFuturePete thoughts flew back to the 70's - where, he was a young innocent man, attending the Institute of Technology and looking in vain for a proffessor on campus (sorry, they're all in town marching down the main street in protest ). Free beer, :thumb_up: free love :heart: and free parking. :big_grin: It doesn't get much better than this FlowerPowerPete said to himself as helped make protest signs in the staff lunch room. ;) It's a wonder in this age that a young man i_dunno so full of peace and love :heart: would soon join the Australian Army and become a highly trained killer (we used to put "Trained Killer" on our tax returns where it said state occupation - we were so funny in thoses days ) After 21 years and never firing a shot (other than at the rifle range) :yuk: HereForTheDurationPete finally worked out how to fill in the discharge papers and returned to "civy street" :thumb_up::big_grin: (and it only took him 6 years to settle down ;) (ex service members will know what I mean)) regards :big_grin::big_grin:

Sooooooo........I'mStraightRapperGeoff comes out of the closet and does a Snoop Dog on the ultra conservative NES story. :thumb_up:thumb_down (Yo WhippingBoyPete) i_dunno Using his unstable financial future as the perfect cover PlainRapperGeoff, (Not to be confused with PlaneWrapperJeff (from the Oz Stork factory, overseas delivery boy), almost fails to capitalize on an obvious opportunity ;) to market his JabiruJetJuice as the untimate paint stripper. :black_eye: "Look at my freshly stripped Jabinew", ;) he would say, :big_grin: "last week it was a Ken Done/Pro Hart abhorration, and after one wipe of JabiruJetJuiceMousse (now with a foaming agent at no extra cost) it has been restored to its virgin, butt naked original state". "It is also a fantastic barbecue hotplate cleaner (Slati just loves it :heart:) and guaranteed to make your spark plugs go that extra 100 hours". RapDaddyGeoff added. It wasn't long before the Captain :heart: was on the 'phone to Berlin. "Ve haf ze serious problem here in Oztralia" he said to Bosch(e) HQ. "If PlainJaneVanillaPlainRapperGeoff gets his latest creation really going, then you and champion can say goodbye to 25% profit margin. :yuk::yuk: "I hear the Riverland gals :heart::heart::heart: are using it as nail varnish remover too" said OvernightInstantSuccessGeoff on early morning RiverRadio. "This will not do", said......... regards

quote when you punch the electric trim button! :ah_oh: ( and there nothing wrong with that ;)...is there?:confused:) end quote ..but Bollocks, :raise_eyebrow: (who is the John McEnroe :yuk: of aviation) is now wanted by the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Aircraft) for Sqintstar abuse. "We can't have his kind in aviation punching poor defenceless aeroplanes" they cried. After this episode, the Captain :heart: figured (and rightly so) that guilt by association was a fair bet, :black_eye: and took pains to distance himself from the abuser. "He seemed like such a nice boy", the Captain :heart: said to his Aunt i_dunno (as she looked for her missing biro), but you can't always tell a Sqintstar driver by the cut of his jib or the width of his headset. (and there's plenty wrong with that). :big_grin: Unfortunately, the abuse report has been sent to headquarters along with a renewal for first DriftA:censored: aircraft registration built in Australia out of bailing wire and corrogated iron (pinched from from the backyard dunny of the original QANTAS hanger circa 1929). Will justice be served....... regards :big_grin::big_grin:

"aw me, here we go again", said WhippingBoyPete (to himself) as he read the Captains :heart: last post. "Geez when things get slow lets all have a go at "DoesHeExistPete, :confused: IsHeGayPete ;) (not that there's anything wrong with that) and IsHeDoingTheRiverlandGirlsPete :broken_heart:. Meanwhile SlartiBustItTwinHotplate flys around unblemished, Paley is still on holidays, :thumb_up: IanI'llSellAnything is squeaky clean (and low in profile) PlainDrivel is somewhat silent and the famous Le Crappe :broken_heart: serves it up to everybody and anybody, but MainlyPoorOldKickHimInTheNutsWhenHe'sAroundPete. :black_eye: WELL ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - ALREADY. I am not an animal :ah_oh: - I have feelings, if you cut me, do I not bleed. :big_grin: I is, therefore I am.(Sheesh) and :yuk:. ThinSkinnedAndSomeWhatHormonalPete pours himself another gin and plots to get even :hittinghead: with somebody. Soon. regards :big_grin::big_grin: