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pylon500 stated "......when my Lightwing got damaged and I'm not sure what the future is for Lightwing so it's on hold" Arthur, are your concerns regarding the viability of rebuilding your Lightwing based on how it would fit back into your training operations or is the reluctance couched around the long term prospects of Lightwing's ability to remain in the recreational flying arena? Owning two (one for sale and one a write-off) I'm deeply interested in the basis of your reticence. cheers Riley
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Interesting background of a very determined individual. Thanks again.
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Thanks shafs. Bureaucratic decisions are sometimes unbelievable. Surely some possible collateral damage during any salvage attempts when first dicovered 8 years ago must be preferable to the decree by Mr Tonkin to leave it there to rot away to nothing. Had there been loss of aircrew involved, the refusal to disturb the wreck could perhaps be understood. At any rate, I wish the current applicant all the best in the revived efforts to retrieve and restore the machine. cheers Riley
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A couple of months back a planning application was lodged with the Corangamite Shire council by a fellow seeking permission to extract a CAC Wirraway A-20 from 1.3 meters of mud in Lake Corangamite. Anyone know how/when it got there, why it's stayed there and whether or not his plan was approved and/or completed? Gotta be a story attached to this.
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Turbs, do I assume that after "going over" (and ultimately rejecting) a country boy's hand-painted willy for 15 minutes you then moved to the 'face painting' stall and concluded a deal?
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Loved it Ian. Is it copyright or can I repeat when appropriate? cheers Riley
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When you get something thommo, I'm all ears. Tks for the glimmer of encouragement. cheers Riley
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????? I wasn't aware that a cross country endorsement was type specific. A nautical mile is a nautical mile and one in sixty is one in sixty no matter what you've got your ass strapped to. FT, sometimes I wonder.......
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Here's the irony Doug, my GR912 Lightwing (55-3658) is currently up for sale so some bodgies actually do quit them occasionally, (selling the Lightwing was part of the deal I made with the wife when the Aeronca Champ followed me home - it's just taken about 18 months to action the plan and she'll doubt my veracity if I stretch it out much more). Whilst it would be a lot quicker and easier and probably not too much more expensive, I could hang the radial on 3658 but I won't cannibalize this perfect example in order to build a boy's toy 'Special'. So, like yourself and with the help of others, I too will keep scrounging till I find a suitable project. 0632 looks far prettier now than she did in the 'Across Oz' documentary. Well done. cheers Riley
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Tks RMGA. I'm guessing you're referring to John R's GA55 hangared on the back row at Serpentine? If so, we've already had discussions some weeks back and I had a pleasant morning visiting and viewing before Xmas. I agree, it is a very well kept and nicely presented little machine and I'd snatch it in a New York minute but alas, John obviously deserves to expect a good market price for his A1 flying machine rather than what I'm hoping to outlay for a 'project' proposition. If I'm off base, smack me on the back of the head and forward me the contact details. Again, my thanks for the response. cheers Riley
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HI-WING TAIL DRAGGER PROJECT WANTED (not restricted to LightWing) Four weeks since my first 'wanted' and still no joy so figured it appropriate to poke the fire again. The Maj is ferreting details on a few slim leads in Qld but apart from that .... Nowt! I accept that the silly season causes the timing to be most unpropitious but I've been haunting the internet and have twice been 'too late and/or too far" for a couple of possibilities so the hunt continues. Therefore I repeat my plea - I'll follow up any tips or suggestions no matter how remote and will travel anywhere in OZ to acquire a suitable candidate. Anything that's RAA Cat 19 registerable and sitting un-used and forlorn in a hangar is worth asking about. (Old chinese saying - "Don't ask? - Don't get Lah!"). I don't need FWF and I'd be wiling to consider some fuselage/structural repairs. Tax your memories Folks and shower me with masses of messages. cheers Riley
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Wish you'd told me that before I replaced the distributer on my 1937 Riley Kestrel with a magneto. Nevertheless, despite my lack of knowledge, it worked very well.
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You could be right if whatever was very cleverly walking backwards. I'm with Yenn, the bird 'fluffed' the flare. Brings to mind the videos of ducks & geese landing on sheet ice. You can actually see the 'WTF' expression on their faces.
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Congrats JG on an excellent plan and it's very successful carry thru. Did the double sunset (as baggage) a few years back with 4 up in a restored C170. The poor old girl worked real hard to get the second one in. A unique experience and, having only a pilot's cert, I doubt that I'll ever get a second shot at it. cheers
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Greetings & welcome Justin. I just know that with you residing in Ontario, that 701 will be fitted with a set of amphib floats when you get it airborne. I grew up in Northern Ont (Sudbury district) and didn't see an aircraft with wheels until I left for the Air Force after high school. What part of Ontario are you based in? Best wishes to you with your aviation aspirations. cheers Riley
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Apropos to Maj's "no urinating in the fire pit" ruling perhaps this epistle will explain his reasoning...... A couple of aviators lived on the same airpark in FNQ. They were the best of mates and Bill's oldest boy was a high school sweetheart of Graham's only daughter, Lucy. All was well till one morning at the clubhouse as mad as hell, Graham says "Bill, from now you on keep that boy away from my place!" "Hows that?" asks Bill, "what's he done?" 'He pissed in the snow right in front of my place" says Graham (it gets cold in FNQ). "So what's the big deal, surely there's no real harm in that" says Bill. "No harm!" yells Graham, "Dammit, he pissed so it spelled Lucy's name in the snow!". "Well the boy shouldn't have done that but I don't see it being bad enough to raise all this fuss" states Bill. "Well I sure as hell do" yells Graham "there were two sets of footprints and I for damn sure can recognize my own daughter's handwriting!" Hope it doesn't snow in Townsville tonight Maj. All the very best to everyone for 2014.
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Phil, first time ever but you got it wrong. The Savannah is the hi-wing metal jobbie that LOOKS LIKE A ZENITH 701! cheers.
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Marty_d Whilst I'd bare my ass in front of the GPO at high noon on a Friday before I'd ever support Labour, your abv post caning the Libs did cause me to chuckle. cheers Riley
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Much appreciated TAAd. In 1959/60 as a techo posted to an RCAF CF-100 allweather/night fighter alert fixture (414 Black Knight Sqdn) in northern Canada, the emerging CF-105 was the talk of the flight line. It was an unimaginable kick-in-the-guts to both line service crews and air crew alike when the government made the policital decision to scrap it. Fifty three years later I still have an Arrow memorabilia window sticker that I refuse to use for fear of the window getting broken and losing it. cheers Riley
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OK guys, I've only been on the hunt for less than a week and so far I've responded to the following tips from forumites..... - a ground-looped Lightwing thats been in a hangar in Qld for some time. Owner doesn't wish to part with it. - a fabricator on the Gold Coast who can build a fuselage to my specs. (too ambitious for my bank account). - a Slepcev Storch which unfortunately had been sold some time previously. - a Lightwing that will be coming on the market but not for a year at least. So..... nothing positive yet but there must be more candidates out there awaiting clarification. Rattle your memories and think about what tales you've heard or knowledge you may have of a hi-wing taildragger that needs a new lease on life. The search continues and thanks to those who have already responded. cheers Riley
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Dazza, at what age in your perfect world does an average pilot become a "pretty dumb **** pilot" who needs to trade his pilot's licence for a pair of knitting needles? In every aspect of human activity there exists a ceertain percentage of 'pretty dumb **** whatevers" - it's a component part of being human, so I take umbrage at your labelling me a 'pretty dumb **** pilot" just because I'm in my mid seventies and have occasionally been known to make an error of judgement. In your omniscience, please advise at what age I should have euthanized myself so as to not impinge upon your perfect world? This post could be my polite way to imply that you can get stuffed but then again, perhaps we can chalk it up to senility and no knitting needles?
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Adam You have a PM. tks
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I'm shopping for a suitable airframe to hang a round engine on. Do any of you Lightwing afficionados in this great land have knowledge of a decent unloved or un-used GA or GR model sitting in a hangar/shed anywhere that looks like it would benefit from a re-work? Wiling and able to travel anywhere to consumate a purchase. The Maj reckons I've go no show but I'm hoping we can prove him wrong. Send me the rego number and I'll check it out w/ the owner. Help! cheers Riley
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Good one PA. Thanks.
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Hey Bob Got a real kick out of your description "fits where it touches and touches where it shouldn't". Guess we've all been there at some time or another. Hang in and it'll happen. cheers Riley
