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  1. Mick
    Here's what my fleet looked like about 10 years ago. I was heavily into pattern ( precision aerobatics ) back then as well as the warbirds. The big Spitfire was actually my fathers, it has a wingspan of 2.4m
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    MXS-R in Matt Hall's colours, wingspan 2.27m power will be a Desert Aircraft 50cc 2 stroke. I am hoping to have this one finished in about a month................
  3. Mick
    Hangar 9 P-47 Thunderbolt. 2.1m wingspan. Refinished and detailed out. Powered by 30cc Moki 2 stroke. I sold this one a couple of years ago to fund the 2.47m wingspan P-47 that I currently have half built.
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    SNJ-4 Texan, 2.24m span powered by 30cc Moki 2 stroke. This one was retired a few years ago after 8 years of flying.
  5. Mick
    My collection of electric foamies, to give you an idea of size the P-38 Lightning is 1.4m wingspan, the little Trojan is 420mm span.
  6. Mick
    Thought I would start a thread for you to post pics of whatever models you have. So for starters here is my ESM Hurricane. Refinished & detailed up. Wingspan 1.8m power is a OS 120 4 stroke ( 20cc ).
  7. Mick
    I sought clarification of this from the Ops Manager at the stage when I did not have a X-Country endorsement, the answer I received in writing was exactly in line with Motz's post # 17. The reason I sought clarification was that I wanted to land at an airport 15nm from my home field.
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    Surely there has gotta be somewhere nicer than Toowoomba to spend that holiday Motz!
  9. Mick
    Damn, next they will be taxing Anti-Freeze for our Rotax's!!!!
  10. Mick
    The rules do not allow for the use of GPS's, especially non-TSO'd ones. Re the 50 knots - again the rule is "one size fits all" so has to cover aircraft doing up to 130kts.
  11. Mick
    You have to remember that this rule is a "one size fits all" scenario. While you may think that it is pretty hard to get lost 50 miles from your airstrip, in some featureless terrain it would be very easy to loose yourself only 50 miles from your home strip. For example central west NSW where you have mile after mile of wheat paddocks and on many summer days visability with dust & haze may be as low as 15 mile, it would be very easy to become goegraphically challenged .
  12. Mick
    Das Fluegenthing?
  13. Mick
    Holidays??? Are you giving away holidays? I'll have mine at Duxford! .
  14. Mick
    I was taught power off steep turns as part of an S turn profile to loose height if required on a forced landing. But also taught never turn back in EFATO. .
  15. Mick
    I think that alot of us are missing the point that Kev is trying make. Some of you refer to more subtle or polite ways than Kev's to reinforce not to make the impossible turn. Kev's point is that despite these less blunt ways of putting it, people still try it. Kev's blunt attitude is put across because other methods are not stopping it, hence something else must be tried. At the very least Kev has got us all talking and thinking about what we will do. If this saves just one accident no-one can say what Kev has done is wrong. I have flown with Kev a few times and I could not help but be impressed by his skill and feel for an aircraft that he had not flown before. Wayne I sure know what you are saying about Kev really knowing what a rudder is about. Further on ythe subject of EFATO, I was once having a discussion with an instructor about EFATO and the instructor's response was "If I think a student can handle it, I give them a couple, but if I think it will upset the student I don't do it." This attitude left me dumbfounded and angry. I argued that the ones who he thought might be upset were the ones who needed the training the most but he couldn't see my point. .
  16. Mick
    I have just changed my avatar to show my R/C Hurricane on it's maiden flight about 6 years ago. It's 1.8m span, weighs 6.5kg and is powered by a 20cc 4-stroke. An ARF kit that I spent approx 200 hours detailing out and repainting. This is what I mean by my signature line - I DON'T have a flying problem
  17. Mick
    Regarding the lack of distributed information and / or lessons from RAAus, if it because they do not want this info published in the magazine for Joe Public to see, why not an insert in the magazine posted to members the same style as the one re insurance with our latest issue? I still cannot believe that the executive do not share potentially life saving information.
  18. Mick
    Motz I am so glad to read this, this thread was starting to make sound like very few are getting important training like this. During my training I was put through consecutive circuits with all flight instruments covered up, then with the gradual introduction of further failures such as flaps. It culminated in an engine failure on late cross wind with a return to the strip I had taken off from for a no instrument, flapless, engineless, downwind landing. Did all this have me sweating - YES. But was I having fun - Hell Yeah!!! More important though was the confidence that I gained in knowing that even with all the failures if you just fly attitude and power and don't panic it will all work out just fine. I would have thought that all student pilots should be getting training like this, but unfortunately I know that many are not.... Back on topic - I check for active ASI. I have had an issue in past with a dragging brake so a mental check that acceleration feels normal and no abnormal pull to either side confirms that issue is not present.
  19. Mick
    Wow! This has gotta be one of the best cases of topic drift ever. I opened this thread expecting to read about the new Tech Manager???
  20. Mick
    I have finally tallied up the numbers. Total attendance was 54 aircraft, highest number of type was the Savvys with 10, followed by 8 Jabs & 8 Cessnas. Fastest, loudest and coolest was definitely the Mig 15 making it's last flight ( it's airframe is time expired ) to be stored at Old Station. Classiest as always was Des Porter's DH Dragon which was kept busy doing plenty of joy rides. Most notable absence was the Trojan & Yak from Archerfield kept away by weather like lots of others. Next year will be bigger & better.
  21. Mick
    You must of missed the late night riding of the mechanical bull by some of the local ladies. The funniest of these was my wife trying to get up on to the bull ( which is difficult as she is so short ) when Ronnie Creed valiantly tried to help but only suceeded in pushing her right up, over and straight off the other side!!!! As part of the team greeting arriving aircraft I took photos of every aircraft there. I will tally up some numbers and report later but the Savanagh was definitely the highest number of type. Definitely another top weekend at Old Station, lets hope the weather is kinder next year.
  22. Mick
    The car is packed with heaps of camping gear and we will be heading to Old Station early in the morning to start setting up. Hopefully when time and weather permit I will slip away and get the aircraft from Rodds Bay ( 35nm south-east of Old Station ). It's nice to have a fly-in close enough that we can take a heap of camping gear to do it in comfort instead of the minimalistic exersize that camping out of the aircraft usually is. Let's hope the weather plays nice so everyone can get there.
  23. Mick
    We're off to YMYB in the morning for the fly-in, anyone else heading there? We are camping at the field, like to be right in the middle of the action.
  24. Mick
    For those of you who have been lucky enough to attend the "Mecca of Aviation" this will bring back great memories. For those who have not been yet, have a look and you will get an idea of what those of us who have been rant about. The latest images on google earth of Oshkosh were taken during Airventure 2011. Simply type "Oshkosh Wisconsin" into the search function in google earth to be taken to the city of Oshkosh. The airport is on the southern edge of the city. Zoom in and pan around to see the thousands of aircraft parked on the field. Also note the huge camping area to the west of the main display area. You can also just make out the colored dots on the runway that mark the multiple aim points for aircraft touching down at three points along the runway similtainiously. The only way they can accomodate this many aircraft in such a short time! I hope everyone else enjoys looking at this as much as I did.............
  25. Mick
    It has been reported that the student pilot was from Gladstone & a member of our newly formed aero club. My condolences to those effected by this terrible loss. Whilst trying to establish this fact I came across this pathetic piece of journalism on the Gladstone Observer newspaper website...... "A GLADSTONE man has died after the single engine wing ultra light he was learning to fly crashed."
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