Riley

Loved the doco and thanks Sleemanj. Woodwards's book "Propellorhead" mentioned in the preamble is an excellent read for all rec pilots (not just rag & tube types). If you can beg, borrow or steal a copy, enjoyment is guaranteed.

 

 

should mention have NOT put a deposit down, antill I sat mourn, so no commitment

Greetings Flyerme As you have a bit of time prior to inspection, I'd suggest you canvas fellow RecFlying 'forumites' on these pages as whether any of us have specific information on that particular aircraft. You wouldn't go amiss by posting it's RAA rego Nr (I can't make it out in the ebay photo) and current whereabouts with a general query about "who knows what?" with regards it's background/current state. Unless it's been flown solely off a private strip all it's life, someone is bound to know something about it's history and flying record. Despite there being some 10,000 RAA members around Oz, recreational aviation is a pretty small world and, because we're always talking aircraft, there ain't a lot of secrets. Have fun & good luck. Cheers Riley

 

 

We bought our farm 2 years ago about 18 months ago while having a dozer on the place doing some work I had him put in 2 strips about 400 mtrs long each...basically just levelled the ground. I have a neighbour to the south who is inline with the main runway but far enough away as not to fly directly over the house with a slight turn after takeoff although this is a north south runway...I do have SE/NW runway so takeoffs are best done on that one when the wind is coming from there. My neighbour hasn't complained...yet....but I don't expect any issues...another neibour to my east wanted to know if his mate could land on my strips I said yes of course but he has a Jab so not sure if the stops are big enough for homI didn't get council approvals or anything and have had council inspectors at the farm for some approvals for things we have done and they never had any issues with them...this is the Bundaberg council.

I will be putting up a big work shed come hangar about 24mtrs x 10 or 12 mtrs wide this will double as a workshop and also hangar this will be put up with approvals as not to anger anyone although I am told that you can literally put up anything you like with approvals provided it is more than 200 mtrs from any boundary. I haven't tested this but my shed will be only about 10 mtrs from my northern boundary.

 

I have a powerline at the southern end of both strips I got Ergon to install red balls on it..that was expensive but I could not forgive myself if anyone hit it while landing at my strip

 

Mark

I reckon the Thruster and Lightwing would be exquisitely happy on your choice bit of greenery (might have to do a repower on the Hummelbird tho) and I'm ten shades of green with envy. Lovely looking setup so keep those neighbours on side. Well done old son.

 

 

Still have "Biggles... Pioneer Air Fighter"

 

... Special Air Police"

 

... Second Case"

 

... Flies Again"

 

... Air Detective"

 

... In The Jungle"

 

... The Black Peril"

 

... Cruise of The Condor"

 

... Camel Squadron"

 

...Flies To Work"

 

in my bookcase. Some still with their dustcovers. Guess I need some grandsons! Cheers all.

 

 

Anything that flies must be BEAUTIFUL......hows that Pud.Alan.

Nothing personal Alan but based on that statement you just cast 50 gazillion votes for our ubiquitous Ozzie bushflies. Pud - put him on our vigilante snuff list!

 

 

Hi there,Thanks anyway but after witnessing yet another sales rip off from a guy in the Gold Coast, I purchased another kit, way safer!

 

Regards

 

FP

'Ripping off' as in flogging something at a too high price to an unwary customer or 'ripping off' as in deceitfully/illegally hiding a shortcoming on the subject aircraft? Please elaborate if you think fellow aviators would benefit from being aware of the circumstances. Forewarned is forearmed.

 

 

Love it, love it, love it. Hopefully it will fly further than the average rooster can. What a fun idea and a great paint job. Better to have all those hops under your belt than to take an experimental to height then find the problems.BTW, that's the only plane with a high, forward engine that I can say is 'real pritti' (Thrusters might be fun but by God, they're ugly.)

Thrusters ugly??? Say five 'Hail Marys'. Put ten bob in the poor box and now go wash out yo mouf!!! (Thrusters ugly .... really . Pud, get yer gun. Us thought police gotta go varmint shooting)

 

 

I did too and there seemed to be a special focus on Brazillian landing strips.However, I came across an interesting link about the worst 7 landing strips: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/adventure/news-seven-scariest-landing-strips-earth

Hell 80K, that ain't scary! You wanna talk scary - bad - horrible - worst landing strips (??) talk about my ex-wife (and she ain't even Brazilian!) Back under my rock.

 

 

Hey Bacon. I checked with that geezer re the used aileron skins & he wants to keep them with the wings as a replacement set just to ensure that he'll never need them. Guess you gotta help Wayne buy a Mercedes (just kidding). Cheers Riley

 

 

Message to self...... When flying the Thruster, stay away from Dusseldorf!

 

 

Hey guysIm taking delivery on a maxair wb 503 drifter next friday when I get home from work( Cant wait been a long 2 weeks!!). And just want to find out what oil everyone is running in there drifters, and were they buy it from hoping to buy in 20l drums if I can

Thanks Bacon

Wal from Bert Flood (Australian Rotax agents) recommended Castrol 2TS synthetic when the old Penrite green slime became unavailable. Methinks even if you get your two stroke oil for free it would be folly not to follow manufacture's guidelines. I may be preaching to the choir but, assuming that the Drifter's donk has a fair number of hours on it already, any good quality synthetic will probably do the trick without adverse results but always keep in mind that clean fuel pre-mixed to correct ratios and carb needles set for correct burn temps are equally important as the RON of the fuel and the brand/grade of lubricant. Just a tip, if you have a connection in the motor trade who is willing to source it from the local Castrol agent in 20 litre drums (as I do), check first to see whether they hit you with a minimum order delivery charge. I unwittingly got slugged with a $20 levy for making a purchase less than $150 the first time around. I now ensure beforehand that there's enough of us in need at the airfield then buy 2 drums at a time. Have fun next week. Cheers Riley

 

 

Here's one for all you ex (or current) RAAF'ies out there. I'm curious to know if Air Chief Marshall Sir Neville McNamara (Ret) might still be amongst us and if so, where? Apart from seeing that his autobiography "The Quiet Man" was resting in a public library in Tuggeranong some 7 years ago, Google gives me no clues. Can anyone point me in the right direction? cheers Riley

 

 

Hang on??? What are we talking about?

Pud, you're a naughty boy. Go stand in the corner!

 

 

Greetings G-Omer. Trust you'll find this site an ongoing source of interest, information and sometimes spirited debate on all aspects of aviation. Like others, I too have old familiarities with Norfolk . Never flew anything during my three years in Gt Yarmouth but spent many hours in Bristow's old Wessex choppers going to work from Caister in the early seventies. Welcome to the forums. Cheers Riley

 

 

Was wondering if anyone here knows off a accurate way of testing if dacron skins are still safe to fly with. I've found a few articles about a tester that quicksilver sells to test there dacron with but cant find out were to buy one from. Any help would be awesomethanks

Bacon

Rather than to spend a fair bit of money (that could be better spent on fuel) for a tool that you probably won't use again for 10 years, under threat of piercing both your eyes with a sharp stick and hanging a building block from your nether regions if it's not returned, I'm happily to loan you a Bettsometer to do your testing. You cover the cost of posting both ways and.... insure your vitals should it get lost. Get in touch if you can't find one closer to home. cheers Riley

 

 

Lightwing Sport 2000 24-4583 was auctioned on Ebay this week and went to some lucky person today for $38,700. It had been sitting at around $20,500 for the past few days. I ferried the aircraft new from the factory in 2006 for the buyer in the towers, and it had only done around 139 hrs since then, and had always been hangared. It was a 100hp heliview with the optional flaps and the very nice full-view side doors which gave great visability. My estimate of it's market value as it was would be around 55-60 k so somebody got a real nice Xmas present at $38,500..!!.......................Maj...I've attached some photos I took during the 2006 ferry which was Ballina-Chinchilla-Taroom-Emerald- Charters Towers.

I too, was watching it with great curiousity and wishing that I didn't already have too much aviation apparatus. It was solely the fact that I needed more flying machinery like I need a third nostril (plus the fact that the little lady would painfully extract what little is left of my manhood) that stopped me from throwing my hat in the ring. Congratulations to the new owner and commiserations to the vendor - I reckon he got screwed! Happy holidays all.

 

 

My thanks also Ozzie. cheers

 

 

So, for the benefit of those who were/are outside the link, can someone please dig up and post the video of this unusual weather report?

 

 

All i can i say before the accident report comes out is, it looks like the pilot got caught in the "willi willi" just at the critical stage of the rotors getting to flying speed resulting in the blade flap, which caused the machine to simply roll over due to the forces involved.The pilot is apparently not seriously hurt, bruising ect, so good news there, not so for the machine a total rebuild job for the summer it looks like.

Yeah Bones, we have it on pretty good authority (his partner) that, apart from some panel-beating on his elbow (skin grafts) and some bog in the hole in his thigh where the throttle speared him, the pilot will be kicking on by Xmas (albeit, not in the Dominator). She reckoned the rescue chopper was followed immediately 'line astern' by two news choppers sniffing for a story. Despite the fact that the pilot was walking around prior to departure for the hospital, it still made the news that he was suffering spinal damage. Very pleasing to see that no-one on this forum climbed unto the speculation/theories wagon which so often happens.

 

 

was this a question on my behalf??

Assuming that 'trikepilot' and 'Kathy B' are one and the same, then yes, the query was inspired by your hangaring requirements. I was chasing info earlier to confirm that the hangar in discussion would accomodate both your flying machines. It eventuates that there's enough floor space left over for you to go out an buy a third aircraft! Merry Christmas. cheers Riley

 

 

Brings to mind a quiet Sunday morning in 1959 when I was in barracks nursing a festive 'big head' at an RCAF base in northern Canada when a sparkie, whilst performing a routine stray voltage test on a CF-100, despatched 29 rockets from the port wing tip pod out thru the huge closed cantilever hangar doors. As I recall, there were two rows of operational CF100's parked outside on the flight line immediately in front and not one aircraft was smoked by the rockets. Alas, both my hangover then and the subsequent destruction of brain cells since preclude me being able to relate whether it was the sparkie or the armourer (perhaps both) that carried the can for the episode. I do remember being impressed with the comparatively 'tight' grouping of the rockets as they perforated the doors from a distance of about 50'. Whilst it was the only rocket launching I was close to during my service time, it certainly wasn't the only 'Sunday Morning Coming Down'. Ah, the stupidity of youth. Merry Christmas to all. cheers Riley

 

 

Nothing to do with aviation but just want to give anyone that belongs to "Rest Super" a heads up to change to another provider.Earlier this year in february i lost my younger brother unexpectantly to cancer. He wasn't rich and had very little in his fund. Under a grand. But that's irrevelant.

I am the last of our family so proceesing the claim should have been a simple affair of filling out the form i was given and providing the paperwork asked for on the form. Well i have been totally dicked around by this mob, every couple of months another letter wanting another certified copy of a birth/death/marriage certificate for all members of my deceased family. First mother then father then sister. One would think that they would ask for these all at the same time but no, they drag it out with individual requests about 6 weeks apart. Then they decide they need another certified copy of my drivers licence with current residential address as the one i sent them with the original form at the begining had expired while going through the process. Then another 6 weeks goes by and they decide that's not enough, so now they want a certified copy of a utility bill showing the same addy as that on the licence. The money is not important to me. Myself and his close friends decided long ago to give it to his charity 'Care Flight' that he spent way to much time helping out in between his piss poor paid social worker job. I can't help but think 'what if'. It feels just like the usual 'stall' tatics an insurance company does. Are they doing this sort of thing to a family that need to settle quick to keep a house over their heads? Can you see my point?

 

I have found the whole processs so far pretty stressfull. Just when i think it's almost all behind me, off we go again. I have dealt with my brother's bank, centrelink and the ATO and all were finalised quickly and compasionatly with either one visit or a letter.

 

If something happened to you, how would your benificary be treated? Like i am? I've lodged a complaint. But maybe this post might help others avoid going through what i have. It has not been a pleasant experience.

 

Ozzie

Ozzie

It would be a shame if you haven't cc'd a copy of this post to the Gen Mgr of "Rest Super' as surely he'd have to be interested in what 9000 forumites now know about their way of doing business? Wishing you good luck for an imminent conclusion.

 

 

Pud

 

Dunno about your calculations but I agree that only once does one ever have to find a broken strand (OUCH!) whilst running their fingers down a control/support cable and, from then on - forever, I wager they will very, very carefully inspect (and respect the importance of) cable stranding during pre-flight inspection. A pierced finger (which ultimately could avert a busted rectum), proves to be a very cheap 'heads-up'. cheers

 

 

I look back at where I was at 120 hrs TT - and I could never have instructed at that level, even after 20 hrs instructional training. I actually had over 350 by the time I'd finished a GA FI course, and even then, my handling was average, and my patter was disjointed and poorly co-ordinated. Don't really know how they passed me??To be blunt, I worry that in RAAus - you can instruct with 75 hrs command plus a 20 hr course - when in GA you need, (usually), a 200 hr CPL, plus a 50 hr FI course. I think the bar is just too low for RAAus. I know - it's all based on the individuals competencies - but I think that instructing has been, if you can excuse a colloqial, dumbed down so that RAA can attract more starters.

 

happy days,

Pots

 

Perhaps not explicitly, but generally I agree with your concerns. Whilst RAA has given me access to aviation realms that would have been un-achievable on any other basis, I continue to think that we recreational flyers will have to face a 'come-uppance' at sometime down the track for these luxuries. There are too many areas of self-governance within our spectrum that rely upon individuals 'doing the right thing'. Thankfully most of us do and the system sustains however, there always exists the element of the 'bold' pilot, and that element has (and always will) give CASA or it's counterpart a ' raison d'etre'. (slightly off topic I know and this is me on a good day!) cheers

 

 

The T300 is still in 200 pieces, the Hummelbird is awaiting flight testing after yet another fuel tank repair and the L/Wing is on the ground pending receipt of the exhaust headers fm Ballina so I couldn't do any flying today - HOWEVER - seven other machines comprising rag & tube, weight shift, gyros & plastic fantastics (plus three times that many drivers/crew and hangers-on) travelled fm Bindoon (YBOO) to Wongan Hills for a very pleasant 'lunch away'. I drove over (with the WIFE AS CREW I might add) to ferry pilots & pass fm the airstrip to town for lunch & back. Magic day with marvellous people. It was too good a day to stay home. cheers y'all