MartyG

Did my RPL back in 1985 over a 11 month period. Solo in 9 hours, licence test at 41 hours, usually averaged 1 lesson per week.

Cheers Ian. Sites like these will never be totally hassle free with so many differing opinions on subjects most are very passionate about and the odd 1 or 2 causing issues. The Mods here have a good grip on things which makes it a great site to be a member of. Keep up the great work. Cheers Marty

Cheers Phil was great to meet you m8, Didnt think to ask at the time but hope your flight went well. Hot bumpy day in the circuit today. No doubt see you out there again. cheers

Welcome Timothy. cheers

Yeh Phil Dave is very patient, One flight doing steep turns I wasn,t as precise holding altitude as Dave or myself wanted me to be and as he calmly told me more back pressure a few times I turned to him and said I,m old school Dave feel free to yell at me now and then, it might help lol. He still wouldn't do it though. Great Instructor. Cheers

Great job, man lands better on planes belly than I can on wheels lol

Glad he is OK, Hope the Corsair is reparable, Awesome fighter.

Very sad news, condolences to their family's & friends.

Welcome aboard Fran's, cheers

Chris congrats on your Solo, it's an awesome feeling. On the restart issue which in your case may of been a too low idle issue but it could of been any number of other issues that really could of ruined your day. Could of been failing fuel pump which could of failed at 200 ft. If something is not as it should be while wheels are on the ground that's the best place to be to sort it out. All part of the learning curve. Cheers and enjoy the rest of your flying.

Phil you are in good hands with Dave, I,m currently doing the RA conversion with Dave at Airsport after a (OMG)28 year break from GA. My attempts to fly the Tecnam Golf like a 172 didn't seem to bother him too much LoL. He knows his stuff so go enjoy m8.

Most of the kit prices I,ve seen are between $40000-$60000 airframe only so quite a saving but the time factor difference is big. cheers

Welcome aboard guys

Or maybe a Drone and speaker system with Audio loop of our Politicians during a session of Parliament, NO ONE would stay around to listen to that LOL

Hey Marty-d, Any idea what the cost difference is between building from scratch as you have and purchasing the complete kit tto assemble?. cheers

No worries BP, look forward to that, Cheers

Welcome aboard guys. cheers

I hope the Salto pilot didn,t throw the pencils away, He would of needed them to write out the Incident Report on the way down LOL, The man is way too cool under pressure.

My first Solo was back on Oct 2 1985, Get to sorta re-live the moment again soon, Instructor going to cut me loose again after a short break(28 Years OMG) Lol the skys over Boonah await.

Sad news, Hope the others pull through ok

well done m8, enjoy

Considering how the plane looks they seem to have fared pretty well, Speedy recovery to both.

Hot but good day, Warbird guys put on a great display again, Few more fly-ins today. Only 2 notable Rec Aircraft Company's had Aircraft on display, Sling2&4 and Evektor Light Sport.Enjoyed the event & cant wait for the next 1. Cheers

Drizzly morning at Evans Head Fly in, 1st fly in I,ve been too but seems not many light stuff flying in but pretty ordinary weather this morning, lot of low cloud/drizzle on the drive down from Boonah.

True m8 but still OUCH