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What a wonderful thing to read after sitting at the computer getting stressed about trying to upload a customers new database, they can wait for while and I will do it shortly. cheers Bruce
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Hi Alley Often thought that the pub needed a strip, would be a good fly away from Deniliquin, only 60 mins but could be the start or finish of something. Get a bit spoilt where I live as the 804 and 802 air tractors come across my roof every day and last week they were top dressing millet about 100 mts from my house, unreal to watch, up over the top of my place at about 200' or maybe higher or lower. They know me and they know that it does not bother me or my family if they are close to our property. Should have had the camera out but didn't but will next time. PS. Did you stay the day or did you keep on going, to me the pub sounds like it is sort the place that you would stop for a break, get a beer and just stay. To me it sounds like the perfect spot for an afternoon flight and return sunday morning after breakfast. cheers Bruce
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Wollongong Ultralight out of fuel?
BruceScott replied to 68volksy's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Hi The Jab tanks are hard to dip because of the wing angle. The J160 I fly here in Deniliquin, I can dip the tanks and it shows maybe a 1/4 inch on each side. Thinking that I need to get fuel I calculate the fuel used after 4 1/2 hours maybe around 70 lts. Go to the bowser and put in 70 + lts but you need to make sure that when the plane was fueled it was fill left, fill right and top up left again to give full fuel. Some of the users here just fill left and then right and do not worry about the left top up again. I have found the guages on Jabs to fairly well indicative of what is left in the tanks but good old hours x lts/hr is the only way to go. A lot of people bag the Jabs because of the way the tanks slope but I have a mate here who has a Piper Saratoga and his tanks are the same and he uses the hours x lt/hr rule as well. Cheers Bruce -
Hi DoubleB Best option is to use the instructions on the e6b Easier than the DH Manual but you need to alter the slide rule on the e6b to get the result and manually add or subtract the wind drift
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I have the Dyson Holland books and I went to the page where it explains the wind drift calc on the e6b, the way that the book shows to do it is different to the instructions on the e6b. But the end result is the same both ways. If you follow the instructions clearly in the DH Manual you will get the desired result. It is just a different method of getting it. Because the manual has a copyright on it I did not want to go into the specifics of the DH instructions, you just need to remember that the outcome in fig 1.2.7 on page 23 is the calculated true heading of 235, you do not need to take the 5 degree left drift off. Doing it the way the e6b says will show a wind drift of 5 degrees right so you would add 5 to 230 to get 235. Same result, different ways of doing it. Hope that helps you doubleb Cheers Bruce
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I was cooking breakfast at the deni aero club and got waylaid doing the dishes. Bruce
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good the way they put the animation together on this, I actually had an aero club member send it to me to distribute as news. I sorta emailed back and said have a closer look. bruce
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good bit of driving there turbo, see you on 60 minutes next week Bruce
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Started working life as livestock truck driver and now write Transport Fleet Maintenance, Workshop and Fatigue Management Software. Have had Pilot Cert for around 2 years, but work and available funds limits the amount of hours flown. 1 son doing law degree and the other doing civil engineering degree, maybe they will remember dad and help the flying fund one day. cheers Bruce
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Yes Don I would agree on that, have had a demo flight in the blue and silver ng5 that was at Temora and to me it was the pick of the RA planes that I have seen so far. Les and Brett flew both planes to Deniliquin a few weeks ago and to me they truely live up their claims. Very roomy inside, adjustable rudder pedals, glass cockpit, what else could you want. Cheers Bruce
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Currently evaluating PocketFMS on HTC HD2 phone, seems to work fine, cheaper than buying a Garmin and then having to buy a desktop planning app as well. But it will only be cheaper if it works 100% though. Bruce
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Australian Airfield Photographs website started.
BruceScott replied to errolchopping's topic in Just Landed - Welcome
looks great errol will send you some of the deniliquin airport, just need to shink a bit. cheers bruce -
Hi cfi Only been actively involved with the aero club for about 2 years so I cannot recall the actual school name but do know of some of the flying instructors that were around. cheers Bruce
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CFI are you familiar with deni are you? If they made 12 RH as well that would keep most of the traffic away from town. we have a lot of students here doing night curcuits at times and this is what bought it on, but once everybody gets used to it then it will be fine. cheers
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Hi All Just to let anybody who may be flying to Deniliquin from Midnight Monday the 1st Nov that 06 will change to right hand curcuits, 24, 12 and 30 will still be left hand curcuits. This will be a permanent change. Council applied to CASA to do this to decrease the amount of aircraft doing curcuits over the town for safety reasons. Cheers Bruce
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Pete Very sorry to hear about your loss. Our thoughts are with you Bruce
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I think that after the 1st solo and the 1st solo nav the best buzz that I have felt was taking my 83 yr old father on a trip from Tocumwal via Deniliquin-Balranald-Clare Station (90 mile nth balranald)-Hay - Tocumwal to show him the area in which he grew up in years ago from the air. we did 470 nm in 4 hr 55 mins with one landing at Balranald. We were in a Jab 160 and was a good day with a few diversion around a few homesteads where Dad wanted to look at from the air. I had taken my 2 sons up for a few curcuits before but I think when you can take your father it has to be the best feeling ever for those of us who still have the privledge of having a father around. Mother is the next next passenger if I can get her to go. Kylie (better half) will not go as she hates flying and therefore any romantic weekends away at the Flinders Ranges etc are a non event unless we drive. Cheers Bruce
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Tomo It is something that falls from the sky and makes your head wet, like being in a shower, we get it occassionly here. Cheers Bruce
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it's raining in Deniliquin, 50 mm in 2 days, great for the farmers and hopefully bring a bit more money into the town if their crops survive. Can't fly but who cares? Cheers Bruce
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Hi Geoff Did not see the previous post where you said where they were. I was bit out with the finke one when I thought nw nsw. Bruce
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G'day Geoff How was the trip? Could this be white Cliffs or Tibboburra? Where were the last 2, one looks to be in the red country nw nsw but other that I am stumped. Cheers Bruce
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Rang my mother in law yesterday and said that I had a present for her but said it was slightly used as I had used it to sweep the carport. This was definitely when the fight started.:hittinghead: All in all she is a good MIL and she puts up with my comments. Broom was a bit cheaper than giving her my car to drive.
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Thanks Geoff I think that these may take the same amount that you will be away to figure out. Looks like they could be in the middle of the outback somewhere. Have a great trip.:thumb_up: Cheers Bruce
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Geoff You made this one a bit harder, lot of citrus growing, so it could be anywhere along the murray, Robinvale, Swan Hill but you said closer to me and none of those strips looked like those as on the trip to Pooncarie I had those as alternate strips. Never flown in there but I think Griffith , got the ERSA out to see if Griffith had a 24. I will have to get the camera out on my next flight and send some for you to work out. Cheers Bruce
