yampy

I saw the TV report this morning . It is not true . That was definitely not the last Qantas 747 into SYD. it is true Qantas will cease all international operations at the end of the month , but until that time Qantas will continue to operate the 747 to Johannesburg and Santiago at least . The JNB to SYD flight is currently to the SW of Tasmania and the QF 27 to Santiago has recently departed SYD . I do wish these TV stations would get something right for once .

Dave C

Wedderburn is still very active , although its very much a private airfield and the members there want it to remain so . I know of instructors who have aircraft based there , but there is no training conducted from there , the instructors relocate their aeroplanes elsewhere to instruct upon .

What about Wedderburn? Used to be lots of activity there a few years ago, be surprised if there was nobody training there.

Peter . Thanks for that , I was a bit confused that's all .

Dave C

Dave, that link takes you to the profile of the person viewing it. Therefore when I click on it, it takes me to my profile. The link is generic, substituting the viewers ID as required.

With reference to FlyingVizsla post above , how come the “ blue highlighted text “ when clicked on takes me to my personal site settings . That can’t be right surely ? .

Dave C

Was going to edit the above post , for some reason I can’t ... ah well . Was going to sign off with “ cheers Aerkid “ ,

I was watching it live , as we were battening down the hatches here too . We had 200mm of rain and 47kts yesterday . Not a good flying day all round it seems . That presenter on the video gets carried away a bit hey . Money to be made on Youtube apparently. Here’s aerkid

Don’t know if anyone else has this problem with the new site but now I have to log in every time I go to this site. Well if I want to comment on anything.

 

Previously my iPhone and the site recognised each other but now I’m essentially a visitor every time I open the site. Have ticked “the stay logged in” box - no difference.

many hints on how to fix that?

Jaba-who

I have the same issue too .

Probably never. They'll call it something else and hope the passengers don't notice where they painted over the old name.

 

It’s already started . Ryanair has 737 MAX aircraft sitting at the factory with the MAX titles replaced by 737-8200 . The vast majority of boarding passengers wouldn’t know what they were getting on anyway .

You may want to include Air India on that list . 

I think this one is in the Flying museum near Royston in England. The name escapes me at the moment but well worth a visit if you are ever in the UK.

 

It would be the Shuttleworth Collection at the Old Warden Airfield as mentioned in my previous post .

I saw this aeroplane at RAF Mildenhall , UK around the 1984 mark , it was resplendent in the characteristic all over red colour scheme . I believe it now lives at Old Warden Airfields in Bedfordshire and still flies regularly .

I have attached a photo from Mildenhall .

Ah , whenever I see the Staffordshire Knot I get all sentimental , the county of my birthplace . Anyroad up , can’t you postpone the do until late September , I’ll be back on hallowed turf by then . ?

Near here, local place names including Jim Crow Creek, Blackjack Road and Blackfellows Gate Road are subject to name- changing petitions. Councils will probably concede. The names are at least 170 years old.

 

 As long as Yorkey gets to keep his knob and I can visit Rooty Hill I’ll be right mate 

It’s probably fortunate it was wheat and not a Canola crop . If it was Canola in full bloom the Foxbat would never have been spotted .

My first port of call every day is the “ Express and Star “ , and saw the report there . I immediately thought of you . Glad there are no serious injuries . 

The Baggies could do with a goalie like that . We need more of those non pc ads . The World needs to laugh at itself for once . Mek mine an arf 

Cheers Aer Kid 

Ian is haemorrhaging money in order to keep this site a viable asset . You , I, and Ian alike can’t sustain those losses . I congratulate him in exploring all avenues to provide us all with this valuable place . Yes it’s changed again , the alternative is no site at all . If you “ can’t take any more “ , then I say goodbye .

Dave 

Just bung on a bigger modern engine and call it a PC6 Max , problem solved .

Also if it is relating to time , is it UTC or local time ? . If it’s UTC then it’s no worries , because it would be dark anyway , and hence no flying for Rec aircraft .

Phil . I hope you didn’t forget to shout “ four” ?

There are several flight tracking apps , that will if you have the time and inclination show more details than ADS-B Exchange . I’ve just checked a PA28 nr Newcastle .ADS-B app didn’t show origin or destination , FR24 showed origin as Bankstown and FlightAware showed origin and destination . I didn’t manage to get a photo on ADS-B app but did on FR24 .

Components in the leading edge slat assembly not meeting manufacturing standards apparently. The FAA are to issue a Airworthyness Directive (AD) , directing all operators of the 737 Max and 737NG to conduct inspection and repair if necessary within 10 days . This will affect almost every operator of the 737 in Australia .

Dave

Jack . I assume you are referring to flying an aircraft under an ultralight registration . As I understand it , and I stand corrected if it’s not the case , an aeroplane has to carry an ICAO registration in order to be flown internationally , in other words in the case of Australia a VH registration prefix . I’m led to believe that the Australian method of ultralight registrations , eg by a numerical prefix is not internationally recognised . As I say , perhaps someone else may be able to throw more light on the situation, and like you welcome further input .

Dave

Talking of Lancs and all that , I just happened to find these beer mats hiding between the Sheep Shaggers , the Old Farts and a few Bishops Fingers . All I need now is to find my Spitfire beer mats and I can get a beer mat formation flight going .

Phil . It is the BBMF Lanc which carries the military serial PA474 . It’s had a few codes applied over the years and HW-R was carried about 2012 I believe . Currently it’s KC-A . Although the squadron coding has changed its always retained its military serial of PA474 and named City of Lincoln . The only other airworthy Lanc is coded VR-A and corresponds to its Canadian civil reg of C- GVRA . They flew together a couple of years ago when the Canadian example crossed the pond for the UK airshow season . I didn’t get to see them , sods law ain’t it .