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Ian, if you reckon this little beasty is better than an MCR, you can put me down for one too! :thumb_up:

Canetoads? Prefer a six iron. Satisfying sound as well as good pitching distance with the desired effect of a lost shot in the rough:devil:

Nyngan/Cobar would be a good site. Who knows what bearing information from a Cobar radar site would have had on the flight that killed the spud king. Lot of transcontinental flights pass through that airspace. Just because there isn't much development in that area doesn't warrant a service. Big Charlie Bravos move quick around the western plains. Dubbo gets stuff all early warning of storm lines coming in from the west. Some of the biggest storms I have seen have been in that area in the middle of the night in early spring. Bad enough to drive through let alone fly in 'em.

FlyGirltake2, agree with you there. It was fora like this that got me interested into getting back into the saddle , so to speak:thumb_up: Ben, in fact I will make that my first trip! Hopefully, very soon.

WOW, 6 pages of posts. Oh yeh, my answer? The aeroplane will takeoff, however, it's undercarriage limiting speed may well be exceeded. There is no relationship between runway and airspeed.

So far, 94 separate airfield shots. :thumb_up:

Fly both with and without GPS. I have found that GPS is great for checking met report for winds are accurate. Big Sky Theory has been tightened up a bit by the use of GPS. I am old school, I didn't like the idea of going hemispherical from quadrantal heights. Technically, you can have close to opposing tracks at the same level. Very bad news for picking up visually. As for my flying, GPS is the aid. I still plan as per butt saving practices. Tiger country is as bad as long over water for me. GPS is great for picking up planned track after a weather diversion. Also great for picking up track after Waldo Pepper impersonations when I get the chance to fly above SCT fluffy stuff with a few buildups to fly around. Hope we never stop learning compass clock and map. Whizz wheels will never need batteries.

G’Day everyone, just been surfing around now for a couple of days and am very impressed with this site. Very little political unrest to be found, which is to be commended. After all, the important bit is the flying! I have been a serial lurker over the last few years. Indeed, this lurking rekindled my desire to aviate once again. I completed my PPL about four years ago after a hiatus of about twenty years. Have CS and RG and am working on my CIR. The cost of it all makes things very hard to justify to the MD. She had conniptions when she saw the receipt for a trip I did with my dad up to Denni and back. $600+ was just + too much so the flying took a back seat for a little bit. Not current and in need of a medical to get back into it. Even my ASIC has expired! The biggest crime is I have had a RAA licence for over twelve months and haven’t consummated the marriage as yet. I will be seriously looking into changing this very shortly. I am impressed how large the RAA has grown over the last decade. I fobbed it of years ago when the AUF first started under the likes of those ragwing kite things with a glorified brushcutter out the front with a dinky propeller. My neighbour had a go, I informed him he was mad attempting to aviate in a thruster……how wrong I was. After seeing what is now available would make even a hardened GA type change his mind. I have a particular liking for the Dynaero MCR out of Dijon. Although it has competition from the Millenium for the most bang from 100hp. I have this hope that Tom Wickers’ machine may change a few sceptics. That aeroplane has a lot of potential. (Wonder how an Arrow powered by a 3300Jab or a 912 with an MT electric prop would go?) Anyway, hope to be around for a while. Decca, if you are reading this. Mate , you are an inspiration! Mark Jones