Neil_S

Hi Toppee, Port Campbell is helicopters only, but I have recently landed at Peterborough, which is only slightly further up the coast and a bit nearer to Timboon anyway. Landing fee is $15 and needs to be paid in advance. It is managed by 12 Apostles Helicopters from Port Campbell (they have it as an alternate in case of bad weather). Call 03 5598 8283 for info, (or [email protected]) HTH Neil

Hi Peter, As you are in Mallacoota I have just realized a friend of mine with an A22 Foxbat lives in your neck of the woods (near Deddick Valley) . He flies from his own property there (quite a challenging strip!). If you like I can open a conversation with you to give you his email. I am sure he would be happy to share his experience of the Foxbat with you. In addition I hope to get to either/both Parkes (AirVenture) or Narromine (Ausfly), so if you get to these we can meet up for a chat re the Savvy. I also expect Pete Gillespie, the Savannah dealer (based at Bendigo), will be at both of these. Cheers, Neil

Hi Peter, Yes - I have been flying a Savannah S for the past 4 years and am very happy with it. I'm afraid I haven't flown either a Foxbat or a Zenith, so cannot really comment on these. The features of the Savvy that drew me to it were the STOL capability, and the long range tanks (over 8 hours + reserve). I am getting 13-15 litres/hour with a TAS of around 90knots. So it suits my purpose and is not too hard on the pocket. I also liked the S as it made the fuselage shape rounder and less agricultural. In addition it had the adjustable seats (good for someone vertically challenged like myself, while still accommodating taller passengers). The price was also more reasonable compared to others with similar capability. HTH Cheers, Neil

Hi Peter, The ICP website has this info. You will need to select English as the language each time, but no big deal. Link below :- [/url]https://www.icpaviazione.it/?page_id=254&lang=en Cheers, Neil

Hi Tracey, Welcome to the forums here, and nice to have another lady on board! Good luck with your trial flight - and be prepared for it to get you hooked and going for a pilot certificate! Cheers, Neil

Yeah - I can't remember if my memory's failing or not....

Hi, For Australian WW1 planes you should contact TAVAS (The Australian Vintage Aviation Society) - formed by Andrew Carter. They have a number of WW1 replicas up in Queensland. Google TAVAS, or check their Facebook page for contact details. My Airdrome Airplanes Sopwith Pup replica should be ready in a year or two..... Cheers, Neil

Nick's is actually a Sopwith Snipe. Dave Marshall at Riddell's had a Sopwith Pup, built by Transavia (same as the RAAF Museum's one), but he sold it recently.

On a US internal flight a few years ago (I think it was AA) I sat next to a young guy with an emotional support dog. The dog was brilliant - sat at his feet without a noise the whole flight. The guy patted the dog as we took off and landed as that's when he (the guy!) got nervous. As others have noted - I've sat next to feral humans that should be banned from flying, this dog was a pleasure to travel next to. The guy told me that having this dog has enabled him to travel to places that he would otherwise never have been able to go to. Cheers, Neil

YMEK is in the ERSA

AVPlan on my iPad mini has a screen fade-to-black function which you can set between 1 and 20 minutes - just tap the screen to get the display back. I find it works well as I only check the magenta line etc every so often anyway. Cheers, Neil

Yup - my doctor reckons I should cut down, or eliminate, both! Neil

Currency? Cheers, Neil

Welcome to this site, Srix965 Cheers, Neil

I also take "built-up areas" to be the areas marked in yellow on the charts (VTC, VNC, WAC). Easy to plan to navigate round them, and then easy to confirm that you are not over them whilst flying using AVPlan/Ozrunways etc Cheers, Neil

Hi Peter, When I (part)owned a Gazelle and wanted a spare key I just made one myself. It is very easy to copy the shape of the forked one from a piece of scrap metal. Cheers, Neil

Yes - he is the museum curator. The original is stuck out of normal public view in a storage facility. Criminal IMO. I saw it on an open day. Surely it is worth permanent public display somewhere? Neil

Yes, I have also flown over the Duigan monument. It was shown to me while on a BFR a number of years ago. I would also recommend reading "A Flying Life" by David Crotty, which details the life of John Duigan and his aeroplane. Cheers, Neil

Hi Geoff, I now realize I must also drive past this monument fairly regularly as I drive up Plumpton Road and join the Calder to the north on my drive to Penfield, which is where I fly from! Now I know where it is I shall make a small diversion and stop to have a look at it. Thanks for that info. Cheers, Neil

I used to work at Heathrow for 10+ years, and every morning at 10.45, regardless of where you were, everyone would stop and watch the New York Concorde take off. A sight that never failed to impress with its beauty, and noise! I was lucky enough to fly on Concorde once (at a much reduced price for BA employees) - brilliant! So smooth and graceful. It was a very sad day when they stopped flying. Neil

Excellent videos! Thanks for posting, OME. Cheers, Neil

A few pictures from the ones I took..... Cheers, Neil

Hi, I also have the adjustable seats in my Sav S, and find them great. I am a short*rse at 5'4" so I have mine full forward and still have a cushion, but most of my passengers have the seat full back. Didn't fit them myself as it's factory built. You need to have the central Y control stick, of course, and the manual flap lever is right in front of the seat. All good. Cheers, Neil

In my recent BFR in my Savannah we put the flaps up and sideslipped reaching a max descent rate approaching 1500 ft/min. A very effective way of losing height rapidly. Cheers, Neil

Hi Skippy, Thanks for your reply - very interesting. The book figure for the Savvy S at that rpm (5000) is actually 18.5 litres/hour....., so my figure of 15 litres/hour looked pretty reasonable to me. My experience of other 912ULS powered LSAs (I learnt to fly in a Texan), was similar, so your figures look amazing to me. I'd be interested to hear what other pilots running 912ULS powered planes get.... Cheers, Neil