huppypuppy

Confucius say.... man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

I wish!

Not wrong there, Nev - knowing a few folks with those fine English lorries!

Not wrong there - it's the same with guys with old trucks..... the bug bites and it bites hard! Then there's Mack truck guys - they get bitten by a dawg!

I have done a TIF with the wonderful Gavin Morgan from Precision Helicopters up in sunny Coffs Harbour (my avatar is from that flight) - it's a hell of a lot harder than it looks!

Sure is! Just 13km south of Dubbo off the Newell Highway and recreational flying only using Legend Cubs

It's a farm just south of Gilgandra towards Dubbo - the field was just ploughed ready to seed

That's the one! John is a well-respected Dubbo businessman who owns a block of shops in West Dubbo - Tommy (his passenger) owns his own mechanical repair shop....

I happen to know two people whose lives were saved by the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System - the SR22 they were in lost oil pressure en-route to Dubbo so they had to do an emergency landing in a farmer's paddock 15km south of Gilgandra. The pilot knew his SR22 had the CAPS parachute on board and deployed it 200ft above the ground - plane only sustained minor damage and both on board suffered only minor injuries

Thanks, recflyer, Kamloops and facthunter! I think my love of aviation came from my first joy flight in a JetRanger..... that's a story for another section though!

Thanks, Daz - good to see us Aussies well represented!

Thank you, SDQDI - I see I am gonna love it here!

Hi folks, Joe Hupp from Dubbo, NSW, Australia here - am a newbie to this forum! I am an aviation enthusiast with a love for rotary wing aircraft (helicopters). I have been into helicopters since July 2006 - I first flew as a passenger in a Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III turbine helicopter with a company over at Mudgee. I also have flown (as a passenger) in a Robinson R44 Raven II piston helicopter with a friend from Orange.... love the little R44 as it's a fairly versatile machine. I'm looking at getting my recreational pilot's licence one day - I have a neighbour who is ex-RAAF and runs his own school using only Legend Cubs as a trainer..... Looking forward to talking to you all as time goes on! Joe