dunlopdangler

at least Dalby has a heap of motels which are generallly easy to get digs at weekends as they are fairly busy during the week..

yeah, got a little damp for the wings and wheels and really hasn't dried out since even the gliding championships held here were washed out...although I would expect a fly in to be conducted in the cooler drier months so would be a great thing to do

I offered up Dalby to the RAA as well last year, we have the infrastructure to support a major fly-in and I would be glad to help organise..

Probably use Tommo as a tooth pick after eating all the fat kids lol...

well that is certainly an end of an era...John certainly did a lot in developing recreational flying in the region and I know will be missed..hope he continues to do the same down in tassie...wonder what triggered the move though...true love perhaps..

anyone know what Brett is doing?

I thought this was a recreational flying site....travelling by airline of any brand can hardly be described as recreational!!

Anyone thinking of flying out to dalby won't get fuel neither as the disaster commitee has closed all road fuel outlets as well as the avgas bowser (except for emergency use). We got prior warning and were able to fill up beforehand. As the road out of Brisbane is underwater, supplies are becoming quite grim, the irony of it all is that the town is full of trucks which are laden with goods (produce, foods etc) parked up not being able to go any further. we have just had our sixth flood and it is really getting on our nerves...we cant go anywhere...do anything, but at least we are safe and feel for the pour souls in the lockyer valley...it is also frustrating not being able to help out, I was there in 1974 rescuing people etc by tinny and doing other stuff and feel I should be doing more to help..anyway I hope we can experience a speedy recovery and life goes back to normal soon..

by the way, for those who were asking, spoke to young Tomo's brother today and they are all fine, (Tomo is still in PNG) the house is on a ridge and they have escaped inundation (other than paddock flooding)

This is horrible news...I believe Ben's brother in law was in the plane with him....so terrible for the family, my prayers are with them:sad:

And it is raining still.....it is going to be a low avgas bill!!

We organised 4 aircraft to fly over....bugger it is cancelled, would have been nice to see a little sunshine and beach after the crap weather and flooding here..

Gidday Jack,

SAAA Chapter 15 (archerfield) used to have monthly meetings at Archerfield airport but I think that has gone by the wayside and now have their monthly meetings at a members home/hangar/venue, I noticed that you fly the AA5s and if you are not already aware, The Brisbane flying group also is based at Archerfield and I think they still have three Grumman Tigers. The Soutport Flying Club is also home to a SAAA chapter, and is a little hard to get into, you could contact them and wrangle an invitation to visit one of their meetings. other than that you can either hire a car or get hold of an aeroplane and visit many of the country aerodromes that have a strong recreational following such as the ones that Mazda has suggested, and you would not be disappointed visiting Watts Bridge, Toowoomba, Warwick, Kingaroy or Gympie aerodromes.

thats our PA-28R Arrow with a new paint job (1978 model) as with most "older" birds...they do look a little better with a face lift..

Haven't had a chance to catch up with tomo's family...but Cecil Plains copped a fair bit of water through it. I would imagine that the flood at least would have affected their property, as for their house, I hope not, but a lot of farm houses over that way (built above all known flood levels) were inundated. I have been flying friends over their properties to check crop and stock losses and I really don't think the full brunt of the consequences has hit home yet.

I got a contact at channel nine, might end up being fodder for aca or something like that:stirring pot:

flood water dropping

We went up again today, this morning the flood was still peaking and about three o'clock this afternoon was on the way down..Sky was full of aircraft. Lot of distraught people understandably wanting to see their destroyed crops. lets hope this is the last of it

My son took the pics so I included his self portrait:big_grin:

sure is:censored:

we are expecting flood peak at midnight with two evacuation centres being opened in town

lot of water coming down the creeks that hasn't hit town yet...worse still if the rain doesn't ease off and coal trains start running, we will start to get power shedding. Roads are cut to the power stations and they are doing crew changes by FIFO with choppers

bit damp here as well with rising water everywhere:sad:

Yep....planning to fly over again this year if weather is a little more ffriendly than at present

really need to get a grip wondai....and appreciate what the ag guys are doing and why CASA approves their ops as such. Jack Newton got all cut up walking into the spinning prop of the C210 which was to take him somewhere and unfortunately was blind drunk when he staggered into almost oblivion....and had nothing to do with ag or for that manner Ivan Milat:loopy:

damn!!! A sad loss of a great bloke...he will be missed:crying:

That looked like a really nice A36...good to see pilot OK

Bass..PM me your address and I will send you a book about aircraft syndication which you may find interesting reading...

All good advice here Bass..if you are going to crosshire as a training aircraft then you will more than likely need to go down the P/L route. If on the other hand the aircraft is used purely "non for profit" by syndicate owners then go that way as a group or club. best advice is to go knock on the door of an accountant.