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  1. Spin
    love it - ready for your botox errr, cortisone jab Pud, hope it does the necessary.
  2. Spin
    Update on the above, sanity prevailed and the frantic rush to make Oshkosh was abandoned in favour of a slightly delayed, eastabout circumnavigation. They are 3 legs into the journey, presently in Phuket. The Airplane Factory have nonetheless gone from the computer rendering above, to a pretty and by all accounts sweet flying aircraft in a remarkably short time. http://www.airplanefactory.co.za/sling4atw_news.asp
  3. Spin
    Nicely put Byron, co-ordinated control inputs are the key i.m.o. This is the power vs attitude debate for approaches revisited, with people tending to revert to whatever was drummed into them (literally sometimes) by their original instructors. I'm afraid I get a bit narked when lesson 6 "Effects of controls" patter gets trotted out as the final word on the subject with the suggestion that any deviation is akin to heresy and will render us unfit for the company of "real" pilots. Quite funny in light of the fact that the "lead with rudder in Tiger Moths" conversation was with a grizzled RAF veteran, who had flown everything from Tigers to Lancasters and gone on to amass an astonishing number of hours on Viscounts and similar. Instructing on Tigers, RAF and civilian accounted for a fair chunk of his log book hours incidentally.
  4. Spin
    My feeling is that; as with so much else aviation related, the answer isn't either or but both, - as you become more experienced and familiar with a given aircraft, you feed in whatever controls are necessary to achieve your aims, anticipating the secondary effects you will either use or have to overcome. The answer is closer to one extreme or other depending on the aircraft too, I recall that Tiger Moths are described as requiring the rudder to lead the way into a turn and the Drifter is a bit that way too.
  5. Spin
    Not quite so simple - I cannot speak for all airports, but in the case of Pathfinder at Archerfield, you as an RA-Aus pilot still require a class 2 medical to be able to fly solo under their exemption. In a way it is pointing the way a possible RA endorsement could work,ie. medical + training + currency
  6. Spin
    Slap me with the silly stick, sorry yes, Caboolture it is. Just to add my 2c, i've been to a few of them at Watts and it is one of the nicest days around aircraft I can recall.
  7. Spin
    Pete are you not thinking about the Festival of Flight at Caloundra on 27/8 of this month?
  8. Spin
    Unfortunately wherever you draw the line, there will be someone who wishes it were "just a little further over there....." The way I read it, the rules were stretched to cover amphibious operations which are obviously not possible without retracts of some description. Perhaps they shouldn't have been (dunno don't have an amphibian) but also remember that we could have been lumbered with the US speed limit too - also not exactly the "Land of the Free", of legend. Our rules are our compromise to enable affordable aviation; sure I'd also like see some changes but "stupid" might be a tad harsh i.m.o.
  9. Spin
    Sounds good, will up n mobile by then, will have to see if I can get some reasonable photos
  10. Spin
    Ah, been wondering when WPI would be putting in an appearance - you all set for Caloundra then? Have you had a go at the Jabbie yet?
  11. Spin
    For anyone intending to drop in - might be best to check with the caretaker or someone from the club first. I don't know all the details, but the land owner appears to be playing the goat and it would probably be best not to land in the middle of the dispute.
  12. Spin
    You won't get any argument from me - as far as your statement goes, but it does concern me a bit that we seem to react emotionally to these things and I'd like to see a more encompassing response from the aviation community - along the lines of the EAA's Young Eagles initiative perhaps? Leverage off the publicity that this has created? One of the biggest stumbling blocks in my view is the current paranoia about child exploitation - I'm sure one of our members had something to do with working with kids, perhaps some guidelines wouldn't go amiss, as much to protect ourselves as the kids.
  13. Spin
    http://www.pc-6.com/s100815-Styles.htm I have a vague recollection of the US govt having to pay damages for copyright infringements in relation to unauthorised aircraft being manufactured as part of the whole Air America saga, but this looks as if there was a degree of legitimate manufacturing going on too. Truly amazing the amounts of money thrown about in wartime!
  14. Spin
    Nice to see people reaching out and lending a hand, a really good reflection on the Aussie ethos - I would only hope that kids packing shelves after school to pay for flying lessons would get a similarly generous response.
  15. Spin
    With all the talk of Oshkosh just gone, not to mention the controlled airspace endorsement:stirrer:, I thought it was an appropriate time to bring this one to the fore once again.... interesting to see how the yanks cope with a mind boggling variety and volume of traffic. This very definitely has a place on the bucket list.
  16. Spin
    Yeah, pretty worthwhile - good video footage. The commentary is standard US doco, slightly over the top, but not enough to spoil it, I felt.
  17. Spin
    Thanks Owi looks interesting, beats my normal trick of throwing something at the TV because I didn't read the guide and missed the one interesting program of the week.
  18. Spin
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43957399/ns/us_news-life/ Sad news; RIP fellow aviators.
  19. Spin
    :thumb_up: Well said david10, unfortunately as so often happens here, the reasonable middle ground tends to get drowned out by the proverbial empty vessels who read the post or two immeditaely before their own and promptly air their prejudices. Having just embarked on the exercise of regaining my long dormant PPL, I'll add only the observation that having a PPL doesn't somehow magically confer superior skill on the holder. I have heard several pilots - who are apparently have PPL's and are studying toward CPL's, who were none too crash hot procedurally either. Same applies to Joe Blow from out west on his bi-annual visit to the big smoke. I'm not even sure that I'd bother about the endorsement if it were available, although being able to transit Gold Coast airspace would certainly be safer than having to detour west over the bush and up against the mountains - only reason for the extra hassle of the PPL is needing more than 2 seats at this stage.
  20. Spin
    Video here along with some vaguely informed discussion on an F-16 forum http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-15894.html Not what I go to airshows for, but a spectacular display nonetheless, very glad the aircraft stayed upright!
  21. Spin
    Wish it were me standing in the crowd there...... Found a really good set of pics at the following link; http://www.wpix.com/news/nationworld/witi-20110728-eaa-f16-incident,0,5934051.photogallery
  22. Spin
    Hey DB, if you haven't got one, word is RA-Aus can do one a few bucks cheaper than anyone else - I picked up the forms when I went to fly the Jab the other day.
  23. Spin
    Look forward to seeing that Gundy - imagine having to make that phone call; "Uh boss, I bent the F-16......."
  24. Spin
    I was sent these by a friend; "Another Oshkosh accident! Whilst I was admiring the war birds today two F16s arrived overhead. The leader did a normal afterburner high speed over flights, but the second jet made much wider turns without afterburner. They did three circuits following each other and then landed. The leader rolled out fine, but the second F16 landed fast and very late resulting in an overrun of the main runway. Fortunately he missed everything and everyone, because a few minutes earlier I had been standing in the approximate spot where he landed up. The nose gear hit the soft earth and the nose dug in lifting the main wheels clean off the ground. The engine ingested soft soil and grass throwing huge flames out of the jet pipe. The pilot was out in a jiffy and walked away rapidly, whilst we all expected the plane to catch fire. Fortunately it didn't and we were all moved away from the scene rather rapidly."
  25. Spin

    European Travels

    Spin posted a topic in Jabiru

    Found this on an overseas site, pretty comprehensive account of this couple's trip around Europe in their J430; I haven't been right through it yet, but some interesting stuff on an EAA meet amongst other things. http://www.bankleft.com/ http://flyjulian.blogspot.com/2010/10/swiss-alps.html http://flyjulian.blogspot.com/2010/10/copenhagen.html http://flyjulian.blogspot.com/2010/08/mountains-of-norway-click-pics-for.html
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