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  1. Welcome, Andrew! I am sure you will enjoy the forums here. Cheers, Neil
  2. That's appalling! It looks like a beautiful plane. I used to drive along the A3 from my house in Hampshire to my workplace at Heathrow airport for many years - I can imagine the chaos :( I hope he manages to repair it .......
  3. Hi, & . This is a great site - I am sure you will find lots of stuff to interest you! Cheers, Neil
  4. Mine is factory built S, Rotax 912 ULS, no chute, 6" tyres, 310kg empty weight. Cheers, Neil
  5. With diabetes RA-Aus still requires you to get a letter from your GP every year saying your diabetes is under control and you are fit to hold a driver's licence. That is what I have to do with my Type 2...... Cheers, Neil
  6. Begs the question "Who put the moron in Moronbah?".......
  7. Hi Dan, Welcome to the site! Cheers, Neil
  8. Yes - that is who I am going with. Have been to Wanaka and Omaka with them and they were great, plus you get to meet up and travel with other aircraft nerds! I have an aircon room booked at the uni, so should be fine. I am also a member of EAA, so I get cheaper entry, plus can buy a weeklong ticket for my brother at the cheaper rate too. Just doing the Oshkosh week (this time anyway!). They will be having a WW1 special display, so I will be like a pig in ....er... mud. Cheers, Neil
  9. Do you guys who will be there this year fancy meeting up to say Hi? If so, any ideas for a good place & time? Cheers, Neil
  10. Brilliant stuff, Debra! What you have done is inspirational, and I hope it encourages both more mature folk, and also more ladies into doing the same. You are proof that with determination and spirit you can achieve anything you set out to. I hope you enjoy the rest of your flying. My best moment was also flying a Gazelle, coming back from a trip about 6 miles out from my airfield I was joined for a short while by a flock of five or six ibis. I don't know how long they flew close by, but it seemed like it was for ages. Pure magic, and a totally unforgettable moment. I hope you experience something similar. Best wishes, Neil
  11. I really like it. Low and slow, short take-off and landing, and 140 litre tanks gives me close to 7.5 hours endurance plus reserve. My previous plane was a Gazelle, which was also great, but the endurance was only around 2.5 hours plus 45 minute reserve, which was ultimately quite limiting.
  12. Hi Baz, Sure is. A Savannah S. Whereabouts do you live, and where will you be flying from? Cheers, Neil
  13. Hi Baz & , Good luck with your RAA flying! Cheers, Neil
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    Good call, Nico13! Where are you learning, and what plane are you flying? Cheers, Neil
  15. Looks like a brilliant line-up. Wish I could have been there! Cheers, Neil
  16. I use AVPlan, and have found it intuitive, I have not used OZRunways. The support I have got from Bev and the guys has been excellent - always a key point for any application for me. I also like the AVPlan weather overlay and the Head Up Display that shows height AGL as well as altitude - useful for ensuring I keep 500 ft AGL over terrain, and potentially very useful if I had to make a forced landing. I have used AVPlan for a trip from Archerfield in QLD to Penfield (Sunbury) in Victoria. As commented before, they seem to leapfrog features, so it probably comes down to whichever you feel most comfortable with - both have a 30 day free trial. HTH Neil
  17. Hi Bob, My wife and I visited Vancouver last year - liked it very much. Good luck with the Foxbat - I have heard they are very nice to fly. Cheers, Neil
  18. Hi Rich, Good luck with your diet - cutting out/down carbs and sugar certainly helped my brother lose a stack of weight, and I believe Paleo goes further than that, so you should succeed! As Tony said, maybe the tooth fairy can help with the cash - how many teeth do you have left? Cheers, Neil
  19. Hi Phil, Good to see another Savannah driver on the site Tell us a bit more about your flying - where you fly from, what sort of flying you like, how long you have been flying etc.... Cheers, Neil
  20. Hi Mike, Welcome aboard! Do you currently fly, or is the Corby your first venture? Cheers, Neil
  21. That is a work of art!
  22. Hi Nik, I would love to watch the whole series but am not a Pay TV subscriber - any chance it may come out as a DVD (set)? Or on some other media I can access? iTunes? Thanks, Neil
  23. Hi Flyerme, Was one of the museums you tried the Shuttleworth Collection? They have such a range of vintage aircraft they may have a good chance of guesstimating the period and/or aircraft. Alternatively the people at Farnborough have extensive knowledge too. Best of luck - it looks superb! Cheers, Neil
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