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Good onya, Solomon! Keep going with it! Cheers Neil
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Natfly 2012 Flying Trip Photos ... by Winsor68
Neil_S replied to winsor68's topic in Trips/Events/Seats
Hi Don, Great pictures, and liked the comments with them. It was good to meet you too. Look forward to catching up again next year! Cheers Neil -
Hi Howard, I assume you are talking about the photos from the Tyabb Airshow - I believe they were all Stewart Mustangs. Cheers Neil
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Hi Alan, I hope your wife makes a speedy recovery. You made the correct decision, of course. All the best Neil
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Hi Mike, I am also a Friend of the RAAF Museum at Point Cook (love those grand old aircraft), and visit quite frequently as I live at Hoppers. I fly a Gazelle out of Penfield at Sunbury - happy to have a chat about RAA any time and if you would like to come over to Penfield for a look around I am happy to take you out there. There are a few tail draggers out there (Stearman, Luscombe, Kitfox, Drifters). Start a Conversation with me (click on the Inbox at the top right hand side of the screen and select Neil_S if you haven't done that before) and we can arrange date/time or just have a chat. Cheers Neil
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Hi Stevron - I took a pic of the high wing Brumby - it's somewhere in the middle of my Flickr photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsidwell - select Natfly2012 Plus there are pictures at their website, of course :- http://www.brumbyaircraft.com.au/Brumby%20610.htm Cheers Neil
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Hi guys, Just posted nearly 100 photos from Natfly onto Flickr :- ....even included a few arty-farty ones of the sunset over the windsock (I must be going soft...). Sadly I still didn't manage to get pix of all the planes that I would have liked , as I kept getting distracted talking to people! So hopefully others will be able to fill in the gaps. Enjoyed Natfly again this year, especially being able to put some more faces to names from this website, such as Winsor68 and Ross (Maj) Millard. Interesting to hear the origin of the "Maj" handle (and relieved it had nothing to do with Madonna ). Enjoyed the presentation by Ross on two-strokes very much. Thanks to all the organizers and people who volunteered their time. Also thanks once again to Mr H. for taking the camping gear for Matt and me up in his car. It meant we could camp in relative comfort (ya can't fit much camping gear into a Gazelle!) Cheers Neil
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Hi Ak, Landed on Friday at about 1.30, and taxied into the green "camping under wing" area following the guy on the bike. Shame we didn't catch up - we must do so at Penfield. BTW I know of two other people who flew up from Penfield, and didn't see either of them the whole weekend at Temora, but then saw one of them when we were refuelling at Yarrawonga! Cheers Neil
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Hi Ak - well done! I also learnt at Sunbury and did my first solo there - so I know the feeling very well. Mine was on 36, and there was some wind shear on final over the buildings, but I had been warned to expect it. I shall make no comments about the weight of the instructors but it sure did make a difference with only one person on board..... btw - if you really are interested in the Bristell (and who wouldn't be) - the guy who sells them is based at Sunbury so you can take a closer look pretty easily. Anyway - now you can look forward to lots more flying as PIC! Cheers Neil
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Excellent WW2 training videos website
Neil_S replied to Scooby's topic in Warbirds, Vintage and Classic Aircraft
Hi Scooby, Great! Lots of awesome stuff. I love old films like these. Thanks for posting. Cheers Neil -
Hi Stangman, I am sure you will enjoy this site - it has lots of good info, and discussions in the forums. I am also from the UK, although living in Australia now. Whereabouts are you located? Do you fly yourself? Don't hold back with the details! Cheers Neil
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.....and it has been shown time and again that the way to keep Alzheimers at bay is to learn something new, keep your mind active, and meet new people/friends, so look on the purchase/building/flying of a plane as an intangible asset to stave off the onset of old (mental) age - sod the cost! Neil
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Looks brilliant - must think of an excuse to be in the UK for that! Cheers Neil
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Hi Ayavner, Depending on how many hours you envisaged flying you could consider just buying a share in a plane - it would be lower cost and obviously you could sell that share a while later if you wished to move on.... There are pros and cons - you would need some agreement wrt who flies when, shared cost of maintenance, hangar fees etc but it might enable you to get in the air for less than buying on your own..... Cheers Neil
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Hi Ron, Well done! You must have a great sense of satisfaction from such an achievement. Like all the others - I would like to see some pix! You can always upload pix to www.flickr.com - it's free, then just put the link in here. Cheers Neil
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Very cool vid!!
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Hey Oksinay - Well done! Hope the weather is good enough for you to exercise the Nav skills a bit now. Cheers Neil
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Hey Tomo, Being from the UK I thought all Australian videos were upside down Cheers Neil
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Hi Camel, If you are on Windows 7 Home Premium then the free Windows Movie Maker software on it will do a reasonable job. Don't expect miracles (it IS Microsoft after all), but it will allow a basic video to be produced quickly and cheaply.... There are lots of "How to" type articles on the web on how to use Movie Maker too, which may help. I would recommend 3 or 4GB of RAM too, otherwise it might be sloooooowwww. Cheers Neil
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Webinar-12 Myths About Stalls & Spins — Letting the Facts Fly
Neil_S replied to djpacro's topic in Aerobatics
Chrome works fine too (Win 7). Good Webinar. Cheers Neil -
Hi Maj, My co-owner Matt and I hope to be going in the Gazelle, and like you, have little room for camping gear etc, so Mr H has kindly agreed to take some gear for us as he did last year. I am pretty sure I have a container of Castrol Anti-freeze/Anti-boil coolant (full) in the hangar (will double check tomorrow), so can add to the load that Howard is taking for us if he is OK with that (glad he has a big car!) Cheers Neil
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Penfield has all circuits to the west, so it's LH for 36 and 33, and RH for 18 and 15 in order to avoid traffic at Riddells Creek, which is very close (2nm) to the north east, and where they have all circuits to the east for 02-20 so we avoid each other. People should always read the ERSA and preferably give a phone call to the airfield if they have not been there before to get a briefing. As others have said, it's not just good airmanship - the procedures are there to save your life. Cheers Neil
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Hi AK, I also learnt at Penfield in the Texan, but got my Low Performance endo and now have half shares in a Gazelle, hangared at Penfield. Happy to take you up for a flight in the Gazelle if that is also something you may consider, but it's probably a bit early to be deciding on planes yet, although window shopping is a lot of fun! Who are you learning with? Terry or Rod? Hope to catch up, Cheers Neil
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Hi Steve, Good stuff! ...And I bet you wish you'd done it years ago, don't you? Cheers Neil
