prwood

Just got this regarding the sale of my Skyranger (price was $38,000). Needless to say I will ignore it...Thanks for getting back, am ok with the condition and will be offering you $38,500 for it. Am buying it for my holiday because i'll be coming home soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer and presently on the rig offshore. I won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my job, i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction here due to bad weather condition and our satellite server has been down and that's why i contacted you with internet messaging facility. I will be paying you through PayPal to your bank account as i do not have access to my bank online but i have it linked with my PayPal account to make payment. do get back to me with your details such as" bank name, account number, account name, bsb code, so i can proceed with the payment and once payment has been made, i have a pick up agent that will come to pick up the of the aircraft from your address. Hope to read from you soonest and kindly end advert on site.

 

Pls send more pictures if available

 

 

 

M. Leitch

 

 

Cheers................Doug

Same Mr Leitch who offerred me $500 more for my X-air....Politely told him to Foxtrot Oscar

 

 

Goolwa SA

 

 

We were paying $550 but have just received an account (9 months late) for this financial year for $2750 !!!! No advance warning & no justification.

 

Salad Fingers is my hero M61A1. Just love the utter wierdness

 

 

What should you reasonably expect to pay for airport usage fees for a 3-axis ultralight. I mean the annual fee you would pay, on top of hanger rental, to use the taxiways & runways, say on an airfield within 90 minutes drive from a major CBD.

 

 

I agree that the management team have a lot on their plate at the moment, but hey, they have had 2 years to plan since the last show & it's not as if this is the first time they have been at the show. Perhaps I will consider volunteering next time once I have finished nursing my wife through a particularly nasty bout of chemo/stem cell transplant therapy. I thought the ASRA display was terrific & the glider mob even had a simulator.

 

Pete

 

 

Hi all...Not wanting to being critical of the volunteers manning the tent, but seriously, is this the best we can do?

 

I visited the tent with my flying buddy on Friday around 4pm to find ...a tent with some trestle tables inside, a section of a plywood & timber fuselage & a few people milling around inside. Nothing on the outside to say "Hey, come in & talk to us about this great sport."

 

Nothing inside the tent to grab your attention & no-one came up to acknowledge our existence or say G'day. Sure, there was a roped off area with a few RAA registered aircraft sitting in it, but no-one in attendance to talk to anyone about the displayed aircraft. By comparison, all the USA visiting aircraft had enthusiastic personnel willing to engage in conversation, anyone showing interest.......Very unimpressed.

 

 

Try John Oliver at Oliair: www.oliair.com/ He flys out of Point Cook

 

 

So while we're on this topic, who uses X-Plane? And what do you think of it?

X-plane 10 on my iMac (also runs under Windows). Runs beautifully with orthophoto scenery of the UK. Would love to be able to run it with all options maxed, but don't think the computer has yet been developed that could do that!! One thing I dislike in v10 is the so-called plausible world. I think the roads & buildings look cartoonish & much prefer to use 3rd party add-on orthophoto scenery.I prefer X-Plane to FSX (which I also run under Bootcamp on the iMac). Get a much better frame rate with X-Plane, although FSX has a huge resource in add-ons. Interesting to see more 3rd party add-ons are being developed for X-Plane now that the MS team have been disbanded for over 2 years. Have recently installed UK photo scenery & it's pretty realistic.

 

 

Does anybody know how and where to download additional aircraft for MS FSX? The current range is fairly limited.

Avsim Online or Flightsim.com both have a huge range of downloadable freeware in aircraft, scenery etc

 

 

Hi Pete,Have you talked to robinsm about long distance trips in his Xair? He had a couple of neat ideas for storing extra fuel although i think it was pretty much a single-seat conversion...

Plenty of room in the X-air as you say - makes the old Warrior feel very cramped!

Thanks 68volksy,

We will be flying 2-up from Horsham to Goolwah, so no room at all for extra fuel.

 

 

Sorry Pete, Which one do you have? I am sort of slowly hunting fo rthe right aircraft.

X-air standard with narrow entry. So easy to fly.

 

 

Xair looks a bit squishy. How is it inside on long distance?

Hi Shags,

It's actually very roomy in the width department, more width than a Cessna (according to the agent). Seats aren't bad but my backside is only comfortable for the first 2 hours!! Leg room is reasonable & with a low coaming the view is sensational. Getting in & out requires a little flexibility & I can see that getting harder as the body gets less pliant with age. Regards Pete

 

 

Hi all,

 

We are taking the trusty X-air on the next Megafauna trip to Goolwa. We are planning on flying from Barwon Heads & meeting up with the rest of the gang in Horsham. We will have ground support to Horsham & onwards to Goolwa, but may need some assistance on the return trip. Are there any members based in Horsham, Naracoorte or Ararat who might be able to help with fuel pick-up &/or hangerage ( if the weather goes pear-shaped).

 

Regards Pete

 

 

Ian Robinson of Aerial Ads. based in Moorooduc Vic. Taught me to fly & does great sky writing. Contact 59788529.

 

 

Guy that taught me to fly, Ian Robinson of Aerial Ads in Moorooduc does skywriting along with banner towing. He tried the "dot-matrix" system of skywriting using 6 aircraft & controlling the whole shebang with laptops. Only saw one attempt over Melbourne quite a few years ago & it was pretty impressive. Never went anywhere, as according to Ian, his main problem was getting 6 pilots in one spot at once!!!

 

 

I believe there is an olive grove with an attached restaurant on the Bellarine peninsular, somewhere near Drysdale I think. They have their own strip. Details can be found on their website http://www.lighthouseoliveoil.com.au/

 

 

A good man down...awful news & will be sadly missed

 

 

By THE NATIONPublished on April 15, 2011

A two-seater plane crashed in Nakhon Nayok's Ongkharak district yesterday evening, leaving its two occupants dead, police said.The pilot was identified as Kraiwut Saringpaiboon, 50, and the passenger an Australian man named Peter Franks. The wreckage was found in a rice field not far from a private airstrip. Initial investigation found that the two occupants were on a training flight and the plane was about to land when the engine ceased causing the plane to crash, according to Police Lt-Colonel Opas Walaiphet of the Ongkharak district police station.

 

Witnesses saw smoke coming out of the plane before it crashed into the rice field in Canal 15 along Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Road and went up in flames.

 

Peter Franks was a long time member of the Geelong Sports Aviators group situated at Lethbridge in Victoria. He was a prolific builder and many will remember his Nieuport, Jenny and Renegade that he proudly displayed at the Avalon Airshows.

Grovedale still operating but you would need to phone first. Barwon heads, no problem but always pays to phone ahead. Join circuit X-wind (not mid-field) as parachute ops landing on field. CFI is Aub Coote & is not there on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Office phone # 52542338

 

 

Hi,I was wondering if anyone knows of a wing manufacturer in Australia. I know wingtech does but they have said they won't do a wing for a pursuit 10 anymore.

Is there any others

I built the wing for the Pursuit-10 that Eastmeg recently purchased, it's not difficult & maybe he could let you have a copy of the plans;). Then you have the problem of the sail. Perhaps Dianne of Punkinhead could make one using the old sail as a pattern. Or use a sail-maker...Then again public liability may be an issue but it's worth a try.

 

Good luck...Pete

 

 

No problem getting gaskets etc from Floods for our 200 hourly.

 

Rgds Pete

 

 

Been running 618 on X-Air standard for 200 hours without any problems.

 

 

Hi everyone. Just want to let you know that 2 of our members will be talking about their recent trip up north in a Cessna 172 to surf the Morning Glory. Also, another member will be talking about his trip to Oshkosh this year. There are sure to be some great photos to see & lots to talk about. Why don't you come along & join in the fun at our next Lightweight Aircraft Association meeting on Monday 8th November at the Caulfield RSL. RSVP to Peter Wood at [email protected] & I will be there to meet & greet. Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Regards Pete

 

 

Hi to all members of this great website.

 

The Lightweight Aircraft Association is a group of people with interests across the whole spectrum of aviation & we would like to extend an invitation to any members of the Recreational Flying website to come & meet us at one of our club meetings which are held on the first Monday of every month (with the exception of December & January) at the Caulfield RSL.

 

We invite you to visit our website at:Page Title where you will find details of upcoming events & guest speakers together with information about club members, the aircraft they have built/flown & the history of the club which stretches back to the early 80’s. In fact many of the club members were involved in the formation of the AUF/Recreational Aviation Australia. If you would like to speak to a member, please feel free to contact me at:

 

[email protected].

 

We look forward to hearing from you,

 

Regards Pete

 

 

Wish I could take some of the pain away. Thoughts are with you.

 

Pete