ClintonB

Found them (Andrews race cars) very helpful for small quantities of 4130 also.

Did a great job under pressure and calmly. Glad the the outcome was good. Hope the instructor is ok.

Good odds you will have another aviator in the making there.

looks like a good day out.

Would the full flap takeoff inhibit speed build up. Hell the cessna is slow enough on tar with 20 degrees(1/2 flap)

Cloud Dancer sparked my love of the Pitts aircraft, pretty dodgy by modern movie standards-no CGI back then.  

At school (early 80's)we watched an old film on reels with a bunch of kids stopping bad guys with remote control spitfires- RC gear had 1 stick and as huge. I have never been

able to find out what it was called. After that I started building model aircraft.

Very sad loss of an aviator. I was only just reading his last closing article in sport pilot about letting go of a plane. I will miss reading his work,

have filled a lot of bad weather days reading magazines with his articles.

RIP Mark

Is that a runner. Scale spitfire would be awesome with a 12 cylinder sound.

Pack your fishing gear, I moved to Carnarvon just for the fishing in the late nineties. Had some great times there. I miss the climate and tucker from there now.

Pindan Is it true  the ship wreck gone from the cliff base now? near the salt jetty at cape cuvier.

What KR said if you just want to do a few long flights for the enjoyment or challenge of a Bass Strait crossing plus two different weather zones on route to plan for.

 

If there was any need to get there and get back without weather lay overs, sometimes of several days at isolated  towns, then IFR endorsement, and I still know plenty of pilots who don't like going on rough days. I spent a lot of years trying to work flying into my business trips and mostly had to explain why I wasn't coming or was a day or two late.

 

Alternatively, using Launceston as the Tasmanian base and Emerald to tie in with KR, you could leave Launceston at 10:45 am on Jetstar, land at 3:45 in Brisbane, have a pleasant sleep over, leave Brisbane at 6:55 am Qantas and arrive Emerald at 8:30 am bright and fresh for $618.00 one way.

 

And that's with Jetstar and Qantas doing the flight planning, refuelling, and IFR flight if necessary to meet that timetable, no hangarage, no maintenance and no depreciation.

 

The Avgas bill would be more than this. And there are always specials when planning ahead. the country (emerald) bits are the killer $$$wise 

This made me look on eBay, now watching several large projects that look “cheap” and fixable. I always see things how they will be, not how the wife sees them.

Somebody slap me please!

Maybe a pimped up thruster on floats?

The hit cancel worked a treat, picked my first tap as origin. Easy to do that way.

Kitplanes for Africa, Bushbaby 500 and safari. I can find some pics and maybe SteveL from forum has a fairly recent one. They are similar to the Kitfox

How do you remember which is yours. All the same and way too faaassst

Very sad, especially with family there waiting/watching. Fire chief said plane was inbound with nine on board, wondering if that is correct as jumpers should have been gone when inbound.

Thanks for the info all.

Will test out on tomorrow’s flight.

Cheers

Clinton

thanks. will do

Hi All,

I cannot figure out how to get a plan started on Oz runways without it selecting me at home with a 5 mile leg to point of origin ie home to YSTW. When i tap airfield it only has option to add to plan, not start from there. Is there something i am missing. I want to print plan sheet which I can only do at home. Any tips appreciated.

thanks

Whatever this one is, it looks good. Paint and colour choice could have probably made the previous one look better.

Does anyone have info on weekends event at Moree. I am not on Bookface and you need to log on for details.

I would like to attend Saturday morning with info on procedures, approach, limited times etc.

Cheers

Clinton

Just watched current affair. What a bunch of Douches. Typical of greenies and desk jockeys that have never done anything but criticise any one doing their own thing or having a go. I bet the airfield was there way before any of the people complaining were living there. They more than likely would have bought cheap because of location, then go on to complain. I hope this is a battle that goes in the favour of all of you guys who use and make a living from the airfield.

Good luck

Supplying the arm mounted jet pods sounds a better idea. I haven’t seen any new videos on them lately, but they were impressive. At least you could only splat one at a time with them.

Every time you enter a competition or join a newsletter etc online your details go out, with no control over them or much chance of a win( in case of a comp). Runways/airfields cost money. paying a small fee is not such a big imposition. The really high charging ones could be avoided, especially in our category. Offers of no fee for fueling up there could be a sweetener for most and bring in business for them. Privacy does not really exist anymore for people who access/use the internet and we should be expending energy on more important things. Just my thoughts on this matter

went there a few weeks ago, the little radial on the front was different. Suprised at no real forward vision. The lady at front desk was helpful, maybe she could send photos of the info displayed around the plane.

First trip to Narromine today, test run for new car by after last flights failure ( carby broke inside) Museum is interesting. Will go back again with more time and my young fella with me.