Mick

Watching a mass take off of 13 Spitfires at Duxford a few years ago, they don't let the tail get up to a normal flying attitude while on the ground. They hold the tail low until they fly off in that attitude. When we first see this Spit it is pretty much at a flying attitude & neutral elevator, maybe the tail should not be allowed to get that high to start with.

Great to see people rush in & lift the aircraft to get access to the pilot. Around here people would most likely be kept away & the poor pilot would have to wait for a crane to arrive or the rescue truck would cut up an only moderately damaged, rare aircraft & wreck it completely.

that merlin was at full power ]

I talked to an old bloke at Old Station, who had a twin commander (like Bob Hoover had) they gave him a spot nearest to the amenities and food stalls. He was younger than me.

This was our first time and won't be our last and thanks to Scott's photo (the third photo in his post) we have proof that we camped. I don't think it was what you would call cold, but we kept ourselves well rugged up!Well organised.!!!......Top entertainment.!!!!!...... the air marshallers did an excellent job with big smiles.!!!....and mother nature turned on perfect weather for the weekend.!!!

I was disspointed not to get time to get a closer look at your RV & meet you.

We are saddened to hear that this might have been the last one, but hopefully Leonie can be persuaded to run it again in a maybe smaller form. It is our favorite fly in event of the year.

Watch this space!!!!

We had 196 aircraft landed & registered by last light Saturday. Plus 6 or 7 day visitors on Sunday taking our total to just over 200 for the second year in a row.

A massive effort for a small flying club, thanks to all that helped us out.

Sure you are at the right place?Looks awfully lonely out there...lolol

As of tonight there are over 90 aircraft in the parking area.

FWIW, I dont charge a single cent when anyone comes flying with me. Sometimes people buy me lunch, sometime people shout me a beer at the pub afterward, I don't expect anything. I am only going flying when I want too, not when someone else wants me too. What goes around comes around, Compensation may come in seeing someone enjoy flying, it may come in seeing someone else accomplish their dream of flying, I don't really care.

It's funny how when you are learning to fly you can't wait to fly by yourself, yet once you have done a bit on your own you soon realise it's much better to have someone with you to share the fun.

HEY!!! You took my spot!

That's a funny little thing, what is it?

Not sure what you would find funny about it?

I shoulda closed the canopy before I took the pic!

Flew from Bundy up to Old Station this morning. Here to help prepare for the Fly In this weekend.

Awesome flight up, cruise at 6500 ft over broken cloud, beautiful & smooth with a 15 knot tailwind too!

Just landed at Old Station, the place is looking great.

Glad I got here early, lucky to get a parking spot

Is this worth going for the Saturday alone? I would have to depart before the airshow to get home before last light.

The timing of the show is really set around getting people to stay for the saturday night, that is what I would recommend if you can make that work.

I always find this comment/statement some what of an oxymoron, we read/hear it a lot. "He died doing something he loved' Really? Does anyone want to die just cause you are doing something you love? I'd prefer to stay alive despite loving something (like flying!)It's such a silly statement!

If I leave this world as a result of a flight gone wrong, I really hope that no one says or writes that I "died doing something I loved".

Right there with you Planey, that is really cool.........

for someone, anyone but me!

I find it a bit strange that if a witness saw a wing come off that it is taking so long to find the aircraft.

If a wing came off the aircraft is unlikely to have tavelled far from that point.

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That's interesting. I have seen 2 Comp ARF Tucanos with turbo props & the sound did not impress me. They sounded no different to a big electric. In your video the turbine sounds comes across very clearly, the ones I saw were just all prop noise.

There already is forum here, it's under Special Interest Forums. Specifically see the thread "Show us your models". There are plenty here that also fly models.

Lately the modelling section has been bombarded with videos from the UK, the poster does the videos not the model building / flying. It is all stuff that can be found on Youtube.

Geoff,Russell Middleton from Pro-sky at Maryborough had access to a floating hull aircraft for endorsements.

Wayne.

I have been flying this Edge 540 since about August last year, just realised I had not posted it here.

It's a Peak Models ARF, just under 2.4m span, DA 50cc motor, 7.9kg. The ARF was not the best but reflected the price. Plenty of work to bring it up to scratch but the end result I am happy with.

It didn't come with any of the graphics, just the basic scheme, all the vinyl was cut by a mate & applied by me.

The colours are scale, as flown in the Perth Red Bull Air Race in 2009 by Matthius Dolderer.

Is that a scatch build or the Hempel ARF? I have a mate near Brisbane that has the Hempel ARF & is accruing funds for a Valach 800cc radial engine to put in it.

I went to Legends in 2014, it was every bit as good as the promo video. Bad weather in Europe stopped a few warbirds getting there, but there were so many there the only thing I missed was the Red Bull P-38 Lightning.

It was a bad year for the mass Spitfire display, they only managed to round up 13 that year.

My wife loved it so much she insists we need to go again, I guess that's yet another occasion I will have to do as

I am told!!!

What a disgrace.. The new tech manual was formulated and sent off to CASA for ratification all in secret, only time we heard about it when the thing was released to the membership.Frank had some very good suggestions and he was ignored. Hence what is being hidden in that manual.

Before any yelling .... Just have a read of the thing.. Looks like a police force wrote it.

 

Even if CASA wrote it they would have sent it out as a NPRM first up. Not -- Here it we will fix it if need be.

 

KP

I have stated my belief that people should take the chance to voice an opinion in a format that may make a difference.

You however continue to just bag out RAAus. You have made it very clear that you have a barrow to push, but in any business you will gain more respect if you achieve success by out performing your opposition, not by bagging them.

Let's see some action not just words.

Survey done. I have taken the opportunity in the open answer parts to speak my views on a few issues I have with where RAAus is seemingly headed & focused.

Even if you don't like the format / options given, use the opportunity to speak up. There has to be more chance of getting a message across there than just talking about things here on our forum. Maybe the message will be heard, maybe not. The only thing certain is that if you don't participate in the survey your voice will not be heard or counted.

Hi rdarby,

Avgas is available from a permanent facility on site. Recommend fuelling on arrival to ensure no delay when you want to leave. Just advise the aircraft parking marshals when you switch from CTAF to ground frequency & they will direct you to the fuel.

Re food & drink there will be plenty of options on site, unless you have any unique dietry requirements you should not need to bring anything. All on site vendors contribute to our nominated charity, the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service. The 06 Bar will be well stocked with beverages for saturday night.

Have a look at the link in my original post, click on "The Fly In & Heritage Show" tab at the top of the page for lots of info about the weekend.

You will be met on arrival by the lovely ladies of our "Meet & Greet" team who will point out where everything is and answer any questions you have at the time.

Any other questions before the weekend, just ask. See you there!