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Maybe they should start making the Dc3 again but with a turbo prop? David

Hi Scott, Yes still looking for a nice Tecnam at the right price but no hurry, your new ride must not be far away hey? David

Interesting..thanks all.. David

Yes thanks for the info...I will have a look.. David

Yes thanks guys...she was certainly a big old airplane...probably ferried around some soviet general at some stage.. David

We have recently come back from holiday in the UK and Russia, we were in my wife's home town and my son took me down to a new WW2 display, it had some tanks and anti-aircraft guns with placards telling us all about the equipment, in Russian by the way, but the aircraft in the photo was just added to the display and did not have a placard erected yet to tell us what it was and it's history. Anyone know what type of aircraft it is, looks to me to be a plane from the late 1930's, anyone know it? David

I will be going for sure, whether I drive or fly I will go.. David

Looking at that map it would have needed air to air refueling to get anywhere near Tassie... Spose the pilot could have cut it down to 1 engine to save fuel.... David

Our next overseas trip will start in Seattle and then move over the border to Canada...always wanted to visit that city....I am even more looking forward to it now I seeing now that I have seen the list of things to do and see there...thanks dutchroll for the overview... Dvaid

Thanks Phil for the info...I don't know about a religious experience Phil but I know I had a "Oh what a rip off" experience the last time we went there and I saw the tickets prices to see a bunch of old rocks....we stood outside the fence and took our photos of the rocks.. David

Hi Phil, 1 day 2 nights mate...then we are off home...We land at Heathrow at 6.00pm Monday, I have a hire car so we will probably go for a short run somewhere close, I would like to drive to the ocean maybe....not sure where we will go for the day Phil? David

Hi Phil, I wish I was still there to see that...we will be back in the UK Monday.. :) David

Hi Tony, Hopefully we will meet one day at Fly Now... David

So what approximately would be the cost to bring a aircraft from say Italy to Brisbane? disassembly, packaging it up and then reassembly here... any ideas?? David

Hi All, Well here I am in the UK, I visited RAF Cosford Air Museum yesterday (photo's to come) and then I dropped in to see fellow formy Phil Perry at Overton...what a gentleman, he took me around and introduced me to few fellow flyers and some of the aircraft stored there...I am sure some of these photo's will be of some interest to our rag and tube flyers.. In the photos there one of the guys that has fitted out his hangar to be the ultimate Man Cave it is a really good setup. All the airfield signs were made by Phil, check out the one in the photo.. !!!! I thank Phil for taking the time to meet me, I only wish I had more time to chat, thanks Phil...he's the one on the right by the way with his mate Bob... David

I think that this is an attitude of many people who are in the construction industry and others that they feel that the training is not relevant and just a box ticking exercise which just puts people off, I have seen this when I do my safety inductions etc, the blank look on peoples faces with the old...lets get this over and done with type attitude. We don't need that, if you are going to develop a safety training program for recreational flying it HAS to be informative with up to date info and especially for us it's got to be fun as well, I think maybe some sort of hands on safety training that may include engine management EG: for a Rotax things to check before flying, sounds simple but to refresh things that may seem obvious that has become over time things we just tend to skim over even though they are important. I guess this is probably the role of this new safety coordinator, he will need to come up with very up to date and informative safety programs but also making it fun for everyone as well otherwise you are going to get those blank looks at the presentations which won't do anyone any good at all.. time will tell I guess.. David

Kev, Yes that judges your flying but what about where your head is safety wise, maybe you have time off flying, could be health reasons, could be a divorce could be a lot of reasons, yes you may fly ok but don't you think that as the same time as doing your BFR you should be a some re training in human factors, it's a funny name , I just look at it as someone asking you questions about yourself and how you fly and the decisions that you make before you fly and during your flight, I think these decisions are just as important to your safety then the flying of the aircraft...don't you? David

We can not live in the past guys...what was ok 10 years ago is not on now...safety now IS the number one factor in most industries, construction, mining and many others, safety now is number 1 before anything, if an accident happens at work now you can no longer use the old... oh we didn't have the money for that piece of safety equipment, Workplace Heath and Safety won't wear it, it's same for us, RAAus can't be seen to just let things float along we must been seen by our masters that we are always moving forward trying to improve our safety standards, I know that this costs money, I know there are members that say, I don't need any more training, I have been flying for 30 yrs but that doesn't work anymore. I do safety inductions at work and I have these comments every day, why do we need to do these 30 min inductions they are all a waste of time and all crap...I say to them...sorry but that IS what is required for you to work at this site, if you don't want to do it, then there is the gate...same as flying, if the powers to be need more safety programs etc well we need to get used to it and bloody well do them, the days of no ongoing training is set to go like the dodo birds. I have seen how awareness programs have worked on construction sites to lower accidents, sometimes you just have to hammer it into some peoples heads before they understand that it is in their and their families best interests that they go home at the end of the day in one piece... I think our organization's leaders are just seeing the future of our sport and are trying to show CASA that we are a professional group and that they take the safety of our members and our friends and family that fly with us seriously, 30 of our friends have been killed in relatively short time... I think we need be seen to be taking action before CASA does...I applaud our leadership and if it costs some more to do that, providing the costs can be justified I am all for it....IMO David

I personally believe it should be a combination of both class room human factors and airmanship in the cockpit, they go hand in hand I think and I think also that the class room should be a continuous thing over a year say every 6 months not just a one off course never to be revised again.. I think it is just like driving, there are a lot of people out there that have been driving for years but are need of a refresher course in safety, new rules eg: mobile phones and the like to try and knock out some bad habits that they may have developed over the years, I think that the same would apply to flying...maybe even more important from the safety point of view. As always it seems it comes down to the cost of running these courses but I think if you are serious about safety and airmanship this needs to be looked at. David

That's the way...fly it home...great news...how exciting for him, I hope you have stocked up on warm gear to go to Iceland and Greenland.. David

So the next time I am around GoFly shag_j I will keep a look out for a Mexican coloured Escort...when I was a kid I almost bought an Escort panel van...you know a shaggin wagon (no pun intended) but I bought a TC Cortina wagon instead.. David

I guess that is a good thing Nev if the engines are as bad as you say they are.. David

Well done!!!! continue round the world...he is halfway there .... David

How did it go Geoff? Not good? David

Bull, I am not a professional fisherman or a career flyer, I am amateur fisherman and a recreational flyer and I can assure you that I do not get any of things you allude to in the post or email, as I said it is your responsibility as a rec flyer to stay abreast of the latest news whether you have internet access of not, so I am not incorrect as you say within what I do. Bull you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and doing the woo is me stuff and just get on with flying and stop complaining about really nothing, you are not achieving anything doing what you are doing, if you have a gripe you should be sitting down with your local RAAus rep and be discussing all of this with him and not doing it here. David