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The single ECU scares me, but with the fuel injection fleet having accumulated over 60 000hr and not a single failure, it must be safe. SDS offers a similar system, but with the option of having a back-up ECU. I think they are going to sell a lot of these kits in North America. Why get a 914 or 915, when you can have this fuel injected turbocharged 912 on your homebuild for the same price as a 914?!

Maybe you should get this;

BJL is 'meat bombing' in Hervey Bay this weekend. Wonder where DBP is?

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Hi Stickshaker I saw your post about traveling down to South Australia and thought that this guy must have been one of Russell's students..... glad to hear my suspicions were correct. Enjoy your holiday down south.

Thank you FlyingVizsla Working this coming weekend, but now that it has changed to the 11th I might just drop in to see what the club looks like. I had a look at BJFly's post and it looks like there are a lot of fun places to fly to in the Wide Bay area. cheers

Hi Planedriver I live directly under the downwind for runway 11 there is at least one trike that does circuits late afternoon or early mornings.....might be the same guy ;)

The Urangan pier is still there. Little shorter than what it was in the early 1900s, but still close to 900m long

Newly minted recreational pilot here. My journey started roughly 18 months ago when I decided to bite the bullet and full-fill a lifelong dream and earn my PPL, but the local GA school has just closed their satellite campus here in Hervey Bay. I contacted the local aero club and they put me onto Russell Middleton of Pro-Sky Maryborough. Having never heard of RAA I was a little sceptical. Russell convinced that starting with an RAA pilot certificate was the way to go and cheaper than GA. There was also no other flying schools in the region. In retrospect ending up with Russell was the best thing that could have happened and I would not be this far in my flying career as a recreational pilot if it was not for Russell. Having a young family and working 50-60hrs a week does not leave a lot of time for flying. Russell was willing to meet me at 6am before work and on weekends, no way a GA school would have worked around my schedule like that (probably would still be flying circuits). Every-time I flew with Russell I learned something new and my first solo was such a non-event. What I thought was Russell making control inputs during my landings was actually just the way the plane feels. I have just completed my cross country endorsement with Russell and it was one of the most fun challenging things that I have ever done. Now I am looking for my next flying challenge........... Tail wheel, floating hull, VP/CS prop, low level, build/buy a plane? I definitely caught the flying bug. Frans