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Let's celebrate a good result. Well done to the pilot, nice to see a great outcome rather than the tragedy of body bags, trauma and longer road closures.

Plenty of aviation history and sights to see in Darwin and environs Bones. Many of the early pioneering flights had to stop in here for their island-hopping adventures so there's all types of plaques and displays scattered about. We live on a curved road which was originally a taxiway for the Parap runway in WW2. Great for aviation buffs to enjoy and for those like me who just like discovering a bit of local history.

Nice time of the year to get around. Enjoy!

Very cool Xavier.....have to work on the product name tho'.....body bag aligns you with Dexter, Christal sounds like something you might purchase in an X-rated shop. Cheers Des

Hi Everyone,Finally got the Yellow Hornet back into the air today after doing quite a bit of maintenance, here's her first flight after two and a half months of sitting idle. Here's a few pics of a trip to Gunn Point approx 25nm East of Darwin. The conditions were perfect, even a little chilly, thought at one stage that I could do with a light jacket. Anyway here's a few pics.

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Nice to see the Hornet on the move again. Thought it was you on the radio.

Cheers, D & J

No brainer.......won't use the F**E word..... care of Donald T.....but it's a set-up. Apart from dutchrolls' analysis also noticed a guy in the foreground ignoring the action for far too long. How about a stuntman's audition tape!

Jealous as all hell Kev........but be joining you soon.

Cheers, Des

Welcome PDD. Reckon Boonah will work a treat. Flew with Dave late last year and loved the P2008 so much we are in the midst of purchasing one. Dave was great so we will be doing our navs with him, something we are really looking forward to. Cheers Des

Thanks for the video and promoting the discussion Nico. As a low hours pilot, I find these sort of discussions and video extremely valuable.

I thought you did well!

Cheers, Des

I didn't fly today. Spent couple hours at 30 kts winds scraping the ice off the wings and shoveling.

 

I didn't fly today. Spent couple hours at 30 kts winds scraping the ice off the wings and shoveling.

 

Thanks for the great photos Vlad.

Cheers Des

Too funny Kev. Better watch out the wallabies don't get any ideas about joyrides!

Cheers, Des

HI All, my Wife and I have started training for our ra pilot certificate. She is at s & l and Im one lesson ahead on c & d, we are training with different flight schools at different airports. We are both loving flying and progressing well, we have already found that our instructors have very distinctive approaches to training, being more relaxed and hands on as opposed to clinical and hands off, barring excercises. It will be interesting to see how we progress! Happy aviating:slap:

My wife and I learnt together. Same airstrip, same times, different instructors and different aircraft (Tecnam and Jabiru). Chased each other around the circuits many a time. Great for debriefs over a glass or two.

Hey all,I found this forum after I bought / imported my first ultralight a Thruster TST from 1987

Here is a short video from a test flight carried out today from my sloping 300m field:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx09dQ6-e_s

Cheers, Des

G`Day Des! Frank.

Kev is always threatening me with a run in his yellow Drifter so i me be converted to the tube and rag yet!

Hi and welcome Des, I completed my XC and PAX endorsements in 2016.The PAX endo is a piece of cake, the XC was a little more significant, but it is so worth it, and fun.

 

Tony

Cheers, Des

G,day Des, planing a northern holliday latter this year + plane and don,t know any pilot's up their as yet, be nice to meet up with like minded people and get some local knowledge, tips and briefs when i get their, meanwhile welcome

Hey Des,How have you been, hope you and the wife had a great Christmas.

 

Kev.

Hope you had a relaxing Xmas with family and friends as well.

Cheers, Des

Greetings all,

A new member based at YMKT in Darwin, working towards gaining my cross-country and pax in the new year. Loving the experience especially as my wife is doing the same. Plenty of debriefs through our training.

Both looking forward to wider horizons after the navs are negotiated.

Cheers, Des