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Floats for the Drifter mate :) !!! I haven't been up for a while Franco... Busy with other interests... I will give you a ring next time I go up to Cairns and drop in for a Coffee...

Floats Franco ?

Nice work... Jut found an article on it. Australian team restoring Mawsons hut have appently found the airframe. The wings were originally left back in Australia during a Demonstration Flight in Adelaide and yes it was converted to a sled. But the Vickers motor had troubles in the temps so was sent back to England :)

Any ideas?

Must be why they are selling off airports to the Chinese... Mmmmm... ?? ;)

Drifter on Full Lotus floats............ Thats a thread I found from Maj, Franco.Also found a bit of info on floats for ultralights. Not cheap :) PRICES - Floats sets

I think Bex had the right idea... I will chip in too send him there for a week :) ... Serious!!

Hey Mate, I live in El Arish and met up with Franco in Deeral ... Top guy and great pilot. He no longer instructs though. Was a CFI until the recent past. He will be more than happy to take you up for a fly. It's his passion. Send him a message as he is quite an active person on the net :)

Nice One Franco... Would like to join you in the near future for a Tablelands run... :)

Have a look up the top mate...far right under the Rec Flying Logo ... Posts(14 days) . Should find what you need there. (i do use Apple so may be different) Cheers

Hahaha... Franco.. I wrote to him last week... No reply but he liked a bunch of Skydiving and Aircraft pics on my Facebook page... ;) Hope you have better luck. My message was simple and direct :)

I am now his friend on Facebook... Wrote him a short simple message for translate telling him to look at this site and possibly start a build thread. . Sounds like he is doing this all on his own in the article. Looking at the glorious bird he built we could be adding longevity to his life :) ... lol

I could contact him on Facebook and direct him to this site. As long as people on here are happy to help him out. As I am sure we will. Set his own Thread up!!

We could always set up a crowd funding show for him... Make his dreams come true :)

Not interested myself ...thought I would post it in case it is a useful cheap motor .. Cheers :)

Has anyone heard of this one? Aircraft engine for sale | Miscellaneous Goods | Gumtree Australia Salisbury Area - Salisbury South | 1148764369

Hahaha... This plane was in Tully for while as a back up... The nickname (as we have one for each callsign) was Blow Job Lovely. lol ... Was a right dog!! 2003-4 I think. Clients would pay to go to 14k ft but if it made it to 11-12k before you got Hypoxic you were doing well... Oh the memories!

The US invented an inflatable plane, could be dropped behind enemy lines for downed pilots Why bother when you can keep this beauty in the boot...lol

It does say proposed stealth fighter

I concur.... As payment for his service as our fearless leader I would like to start a fund to buy this Italian man a decent coffee machine and some real Coffee.. Bleand 43 is NOT coffee ;)

As a newbie to Recreational Flying I feel I have a good view of the whole process of getting involved in the sport. So far I have only met with friendliness and helpful people. I have a background with jumping out of aircraft and my Dad was a pilot. I really do not think that disposable income is an issue with many young people. It is what they spend their cash on that is the decider. Big nights out, cars made for racetracks driven in built up traffic areas (lol), overpriced housing etc etc. I still believe that you can get into flying relatively cheaply and safely if you do your research, talk to the right people and be patient. My goal is to get 100 hours and an aircraft within my first year. This year! It is an exciting time to get into it really. Technology is making the previously expensive and out of reach items needed to create machines previously unthinkable ... Achievable!! I see the Electric Aircraft as a key to the future of Aviation and in particular for someone like me Recreational Aviation. Think 3D printing using materials such as hemp instead of carbon fibre! Have a look at what Zeoform from Northern NSW is doing with it. Energy storage is the only thing holding Electric back at the moment and that is rapidly changing. I built a house in the Rainforest of Far North Queensland on the South side of a hill in the wettest and cloudiest part of Australia and decided to run it with a standalone solar system. It works and that was 6 years. People said I would struggle with it but I don't. I run a generator every now and then and sometimes often during winter low cloud and rain events with the sun low in the north side of the hill I live on :) ... So! I think there will shortly be a rec aviation revolution similar to the 70's when it all of a sudden became a sort of affordable thing to do for the normal Australian on relatively medium incomes. I look at some of the guys on here designing these amazing machines from there own heads and experience from our forbears and just wonder at where this can go with such good minds seeking innovation simply for the enjoyment of creating for there peers and not just for $$$ for Multinational Parasites... So as a newbie beginning my Ultralight Journey I see a lot of positives and a lot of change is going to happen. And like many Groups and Clubs... Who may have forgotten the excitement and sheer joy of flying in Small craft for reasonable amounts of money... Then sometimes a new group emerges to cater to the needs of the new technologies and people entering into the field. This is not a political rant... Simply an observation after reading a lot of the material on this site. I feel that Recreational Flying is a grass roots pursuit that in some aspects is closer to GA than anything else. Obviously most attention will be given to where the money is in many organisations. This forum is fantastic as it lends itself to all parts of flying due to its inclusive and expansive audience. So during this year I might pop my head and neck out to update on my Cheap arsed pursuit of Recreational Flying in Far North Queensland Australia. Cheers, Todd ps. This was written in a one take rant.. Its not Gospel ;)

Classic!!! Thanks for that...

Haha... I am also one of those that numbers the whole lot. At the last elections I had finished work and went to the voting booth late on a Saturday arvo... Proceeded to mark the long list of hopeful parasites and genuine humans down to the least wanted in any form of control. This took about 20 minutes... Just as the volunteers were about to start locking up I cried out... "I need another Ballot as I have made too many mistakes" ... The looks on their faces was priceless... As i folded my perfectly good Ballot paper and dropped it into the bin of Who really knows what goes on :)

I remember one of my neighbours flying ultralights when I was a kid. These photos were taken 1978 somewhere outside of townsville. The older Gentleman in the photos was Jim Parker. Anyone know the aircraft? My Mum also flew this aircraft and managed to nearly break both ankles putting her feet down instinctively in front of the cross bar on landing Ash .pdf Jim Parker.pdf Ash .pdf Jim Parker.pdf Ash .pdf Jim Parker.pdf