The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk I

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Here's some while making time in Georgia.

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/i/l/kbcY5_G4sz76ygst706ukuhEA0_Hl3bqq01Q119RpM4/11029881/1319104800/773c44f/IMG_1668.jpg#1

https://photos-3.dropbox.com/i/l/IGgfmw_yVmDlY631uNXTqUcT68m_KsudFy2Qr-SHFco/11029881/1319104800/c2e68af/IMG_1690.jpg#3

https://photos-2.dropbox.com/i/l/w-ziirDbbrMpc4dgqQT94dQTWYA0m_CS1oLDawvUJw4/11029881/1319104800/38afc4a/IMG_1670.jpg#2

https://photos-4.dropbox.com/i/l/mt6J246Ks4_0Dg8AXo57QOjFsVH1OASYFfNQQob6Rzo/11029881/1319104800/6f1c42c/IMG_1705.jpg#4

https://photos-5.dropbox.com/i/l/-gPbESfiXqjOWg3o0qgnK_my4XkDEpUYttKtOiI-9rw/11029881/1319104800/d8901b2/IMG_1729.jpg#5

Nice to be able to get up close with these machines.

Cool pics! :E

[sprocket check]

Thanks Doc,

Here's some more. Acres and acres to roam around in, I was like a kid in a toy shop.

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/i/l/_LVdI3oo74XLUrDc-LN3O6UQrr7zD9cG480JqQaAzTQ/11029881/1319108400/8b47d09/IMG_1643.jpg#1

https://photos-2.dropbox.com/i/l/hdCIyAy8VpP3NT0VWFH4tdtQlZvyf7_jsQhfbAxttF0/11029881/1319108400/82a1384/IMG_1646.jpg#2

https://photos-3.dropbox.com/i/l/ubKlUh-cl-J0x8nCBPrWMj-soUvYi3XPQbE40T9B6ds/11029881/1319108400/7008b90/IMG_1648.jpg#3

https://photos-4.dropbox.com/i/l/yh9NCN-6zM_hX4AInmvyrNOJO14DDj5IF9qwYm1qmg8/11029881/1319108400/4e94151/IMG_1650.jpg#4

https://photos-5.dropbox.com/i/l/HYEGTbxlYr_x8we4u1Id-Dv4kxSWusjqyw-i5r92Dq8/11029881/1319108400/79dd9bf/IMG_1660.jpg#5

https://photos-6.dropbox.com/i/l/h1pdODJ703WUk1V6OTpIHpdzNixk9Hb22-MBwcipPK4/11029881/1319108400/b7c60ff/IMG_1664.jpg#6

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/i/l/kbcY5_G4sz76ygst706ukuhEA0_Hl3bqq01Q119RpM4/11029881/1319108400/b5a4b4f/IMG_1668.jpg#7

https://photos-4.dropbox.com/i/l/2-EfLTRQPX3JmqtYXb2lkd8vh9DKaZQc2Grdr81CiR0/11029881/1319108400/989c1d7/IMG_1683.jpg#10

https://photos-1.dropbox.com/i/l/OZQpDtxhkR8ZV-dz7572rbSrrXVdLfmTdMaJ5ZMps8Q/11029881/1319108400/cb86626/IMG_1693.jpg#13

[morno]

Haha, I think the Dr's comments were tongue in cheek, because he couldn't see any pics. Neither can I!

[VH-XXX]

Interesting! I didn't realize that Australia had a thunderstorm alley - I know the US has one up the middle (a tornado alley) but didn't realize we had something similar.

[sprocket check]

They appeared and then disappeared... working on it

[Aye Ess]

OK,while we have a slight intermission til Sprocket gets his piccys up,here,is something I stumbled upon for Forky

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a401/alan_spears/bonanza-stamp.jpg

In the years of V tail Bonanzas in the USA,many doctors flew around in them & for some reason,crashed. They earned the name Fork Tail Doctor Killers. Now,we all know where Forky got his name.

[sprocket check]

Try 2.

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1643.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1646.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1648.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1650.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1660.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1664.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1668.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1670.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1680.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1683.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1685.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1690.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1693.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1705.jpg

http://www.screensound.com.au/Files/GSE/pprune/IMG_1729.jpg

[Clearedtoreenter]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=273841739303886 (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=273841739303886)

[rioncentu]

:ok::ok::ok::ok: Oh what a feeling

[Blue Sky Baron]

Looks a bit fake to me, but, it is the USA so anything is possible.
More likely a viral advertising campaign for Nissan.

BSB :ok:

[truthinbeer]

Great acting. I missed the cameo by Lesley Nielsen though.

[ABX]

An entertaining clip, there are a couple like it on the internet. If it were real we would have seen it in the news.:ok:

[spinex]

http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=129779

Received via email from o/seas - photoshop or genuine, stuffed if I can tell?

[donpizmeov]

Saw a pic like that of a UH1H once. Croc had stopped breathing sometime before the pic was taken, and was attached by the loadie. The local cops had asked for help with its removal.

[VH-XXX]

Based on the body language of the rear seat passenger it looks legit!

[truthinbeer]

There are even tracks in the sand behind the croc!

[T28D]

Have a look at the rotor dish, he is sticking a lot of power in there to compensate the weight of the crock !!

[spinex]

Thought maybe some of the professionals would have put up something on yesterday's 20 ship Super Hornet formation over Brissie. Anyhow here are a couple I got - conditions not too photography friendly, well that's my excuse anyway.:hmm:

By the way, nice appetiser by the RV-8, sounded like a Subie roaring away there as it scooted over the CBD.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317189_10150348119648971_804708970_7908672_1602451099_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/311834_10150348119698971_804708970_7908674_1151859924_n.jpg

[rioncentu]

Great work Spinex.

What a sight to see:D

I'd loved to have witnessed it. Hope many of you got to see it.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Couple of pics from Saturday:ok:

http://www.fototime.com/{B7E67FAE-A4F0-4CA3-81C6-9D173A865709}/origpict/IMG_5770.JPG

http://www.fototime.com/{33B985ED-05FD-4AD9-B663-36BD1407C303}/origpict/IMG_5752.JPG

http://www.fototime.com/{26ABB165-C791-47E3-BC63-4FD014994189}/origpict/IMG_5753.JPG

[Jabawocky]

Ahhh looks a bit like dis wun!

3IvOtnHPJLg

[Jabawocky]

By the way, nice appetiser by the RV-8, sounded like a Subie roaring away there as it scooted over the CBD.

Which CBD? If you mean the BAE Hawk....well maybe but if you meant CBD of Caloundra or Woorim on Bribie....I may just know what you mean. Might even have some video of that too that was emailed to me from the aforementioned RV8 with Subbie up front.

[Jack Ranga]

There'll be a C195 in Melbourne real soon :ok: permanent resident, getting boxed up real soon!

[Chimbu chuckles]

They're a lovely old aeroplane - completely different (superior) build quality to modern Cessnas - built like Bonanzas. That'll make 7 in Oz I think..maybe 8.

[Jack Ranga]

Can't wait to get my hands on it :}

Yet another work of aviation art :ok:

[Aye Ess]

HA....you know Jack,I was thinking exactly the same thing.

[Jabawocky]

A few more happy snaps from the weekend :)

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/IMG_5834.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/IMG_5838.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/IMG_5839.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/IMG_5840.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/IMG_5841.jpg

And a token Beechcraft to keep Forkie, Chuckles and Clinton smiling, this is a really nice F33A.....stunning refit about 7 years ago.:ok:
http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/IMG_5837.jpg

So can anyone guess where? Should not be too hard.

[spinex]

"Which CBD? If you mean the BAE Hawk....well maybe but if you meant CBD of Caloundra or Woorim on Bribie....I may just know what you mean. Might even have some video of that too that was emailed to me from the aforementioned RV8 with Subbie up front."

Thought you may have an inkling of the aircraft concerned - having seen photographs of yours consorting with said Subie powered mistress. Missed the Hawk(s) actually - were they still tagging along when the formation went over Brisbane?

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Obviously somewhere 'nice and green' Jab.....Looks very pleasant!

Any further shots of that 'Chippy' lurking in the background there....please..??

Pretty please....:ok::ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

JR you 'white cane current' for landings?

Do NOT try to peer down the side of the cowl on landing - you'll end up pointed way left because you will tend to line up the curved cowl with what little else you can see. 75-80 kts down final...75kts over the fence...trickle off the power as you round out and flare looking straight ahead into nothing and keep stuff lined up in your peripheral vision. Keep the nose coming up for a tail low wheeler. As the tail wheel settles on slide your feet up onto the brakes 'cause you is about to lose rudder effectiveness. The tail wheel is stearable but you WILL need a little brake to stay straight.

Get the round out and flare right and she will reward you with lovely greasers...but the C195 is about the blindest tail dragger you will ever fly. Two people who have owned/flown Harvards and who also own/fly C195s have told me the 195 is a significantly more challenging aeroplane to land.

Get current in a C185 concentrating on tail low/wheeler landings and the C195 won't present any insurmountable problems landing wise. They can be 3 pointed but the rear bulkhead is a weak point and did I mention they are BLIND forward on the ground?

[Jack Ranga]

Chimbu,

I wouldn't attempt anything like that without the right preparation!! I'm not a big fan of scaring the **** out of myself to learn things. I don't know whether my mates partner has time in it (my mate doesn't). I'll pass it onto him that I know of a fella with time in it, you may get some work if you are interested :}

[Jack Ranga]

HA....you know Jack,I was thinking exactly the same thing.

Touche' Aye Ess, I'll show the bloke some of your work!!

[Super Cecil]

Ranga said
I wouldn't attempt anything like that without the right preparation

How hard could it be, I've seen a girl flying one? :8

[VH-XXX]

Impressive video of an IranAir airliner landing with no nose wheel. Looks to be landed expertly under the circumstances.

That was close: Dramatic landing caught on film | Herald Sun (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/news/dramatic-iranair-landing-caught-on-camera/story-fn32891l-1226178618388)

[jas24zzk]

Nicely controlled 'impact' of the nose. :ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Very nicely done.:ok:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Ha!

Its a Boeing 727, right? Made in the US of A, right? The US has had an embargo on trade with Iran for many many years - since the embassy thing, right?

That 727 doesn't actually have a nosewheel, and the yanks won't sell them a new one - so they have been operating that aeroplane like that for years. A rubber pad replaces the nosewheel.

Practice makes perfect.

Gives new meaning to "rotate" on TO. :E

Dr

[Aye Ess]

Hey,Forkie. Did you see the piccy I put up for you on post 8751?

[frigatebird]

Pelicans on the Cooper at Windorah

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/CooperCreekPelicansWindorah1.jpg

Anita with the Irish Rose barmaid

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/AnitaandIrishbarmaidWindorahHotel.jpg

She hit it off like a house on fire with the refueller -

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/MarreeRefueller1.jpg

at Marree

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/Marree3.jpg

We were going the other way when we saw this, - as we were coming back..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/DSC_0254.jpg

and we left after refuelling and an early breakfast, so didn't get to play a round..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/DSC_0268.jpg

Back to aerial sight-seeing again

Heading east across the southern end of Lake Eyre North and looking out the port wing towards where Cooper Creek would run in if it was flowing

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/CooperCreekentrance.jpg

Cooper Creek at Innamincka

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/OntheCooperInnamincka1.jpg

Innamincka Crow

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/InnaminckaCrow1.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/InnaminckaCrow2.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/InnaminckaCrow3.jpg

'not enough 'jam'..?'

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/InnaminckaCrow4.jpg

(p.s. - in light of the day's developments, reminds me of a shiny suit flicking another Aussie icon back and forth, - but to get that analogy right he would have to be a little import - like say, a Mynor Bird....)(as in Minor..Mynah..etc..)

the Three Birds at Nappa Merrie
(the ex-Qantas Ops Person, the Nurse, and The Frigate Bird)

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/3BirdsatNappaMerrie1.jpg

Dig Tree Pelicans on the Cooper

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/DigTreePelicans.jpg

Cooper Creek, Dig Tree, Face Tree, and Nappa Merrie strip at top right.
(Innamincka 20 miles over the border in S.A., on the far right horizon..)

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/NappaMerrieDigTreeCooperCreek.jpg

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Hey,Forkie. Did you see the piccy I put up for you on post 8751? In the years of V tail Bonanzas in the USA,many doctors flew around in them & for some reason,crashed. They earned the name Fork Tail Doctor Killers. Now,we all know where Forky got his name. Yes mate, thanks for that. I did wonder where my name came from! :E

The V-tail Bonanza is a very tricky aeroplane to fly, requiring skill right up there with Chuck Yeager - so I really don't know how I have managed to survive the last 800 hrs.

Dr

PS: THE painting is now framed and has pride-of-place in an art-nock in our lounge.

[frigatebird]

Cunnamulla is a lovely town with roses in the main street

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/Cunnamullamainstreet.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/CunnamullaMainStreetRoses.jpg

after chaperoning the girls around for nearly a week, like the Cunnamulla Fella I need a rest and a drink..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/CunnamullaFella2.jpg

[P51D]

Very nice photos Jaba. I've got an F33A which is coming up for a repaint soon. Any idea of the Rego of the Bonnie in your photos. Thanks P

[Dora-9]

P51D - it's VH-SIQ

[Jabawocky]

Yep thats the one!

[SPL-101]

'Miracle' landing without nose gear: Iran Air ace saves lives on Boeing 727 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TDCjhp3Wfk)

[VH-XXX]

SPL101- check out post 8779 and following comments!

[P51D]

Dora-9 and Jaba. Thanks for that. Mine's VH-SIB, a sistership. Bloody nice paint job and photo all the same. Cheers P

[gnomie]

Jaba,
Your post #8772, where about in this great brown land are those shots taken.
gnomie.

[Jabawocky]

I wondered if anyone picked them. Greenfield just west of Lake Cootharaba :ok:

[Pilotette]

Nice pics there Frigatebird! Watch that Tommy, he's a ladies man! ;)
Did you see any of the other symbols hidden/graded in that part of the country? There are a few!

[frigatebird]

Hi Pilotette
We would have looked for the Marree Man, - but was told he is all overgrown now.
:ok:

Saw plenty of these..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/DSC_0255.jpg

a man-made feature, like roads, on occasion..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/DSC_0256.jpg

then there were these.... guess you know where they are..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/CooberPedydeparture2.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/CooberPedydeparture3.jpg

[Pilotette]

Yep I know those mounds of CBP dirt all too well!

You certainly know when you in Kidman country...
http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr172/shety002/image.jpg

[tinpis]

(Sigh) I suppose there's a Tw eet Tree out there somewhere? :hmm::rolleyes:

[frigatebird]

(Sigh) I suppose there's a Tw eet Tree out there somewhere? http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/yeees.gif:rolleyes:


(Sigh) Boring you, Tin..?
Have noticed you have plenty to say on here on occasion..:hmm::rolleyes:

I have put a notice for George in Where Are They Now


etc..etc..

[SPL-101]

VH-XXX

Haha sorry, I should have checked to see if anyone else had put it up. My bad. :ugh: :O

[PyroTek]

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7457/jetstarw.jpg

Messing around with my new camera. :ok: Takeoff from YBBN.

[Jabawocky]

I saw you using your new toy on the weekend.....no doubt the chances of a red tail jet were limited :}.

Now how about some from the "Butter-Cub"

[PyroTek]

How about a piccie of Jabawocky giving me the finger? :cool:

[Jack Ranga]

How about a piccie of Jabawocky giving me the finger?

He took it out of his nose? (or date) :E

[Kippers7]

William Creek.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/WilliamCreekNDP.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/YWMC11.jpg

Lake Eyre.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/LakeEyre6.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/LakeEyre8.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/Longreach1.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/FokkeronthegroundOlympicDam.jpg

Birdsville.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/Birdsville.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/BirdsvilleRunway14.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/SimpsonDesert.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/ChannelCountry3.jpg

Dog Fence
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/DogFence.jpg

Auster J-5 tucked away.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/AusterJ-5.jpg

Getting dropped to our plane by Arkaroola's owner. Top Bloke
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/Pushingoutthe207.jpg

Old faithful.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/Cockpit.jpg

[Jabawocky]

Early edition OzRunways on Ipaper. That is awesome:ok:

Nice setup in that NDP :)

[jas24zzk]

h'mmm

Looks like he's undersquare Jaba :}
Nice perf tho for 8.5k, windy wheels, twistie prop, only way to travel. :rolleyes:

[Piano Man]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7950/dsc0013svu.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/714/dsc0013svu.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

Thought I would try a sepia shot.

Aye Ess, sorry it has take so long :ok:

[frigatebird]

Kippers
I noticed the pink in some of my shots from Lake Eyre too, in different light.
Some from the same places recently..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/WilliamCreek.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/Arkaroolastrip1.jpg

Would swap your cockpit for mine, but would mean less time looking out the window.. :ok:

[kingRB]

I noticed the pink in some of my shots from Lake Eyre too, in different light.

means you were over the Madigan Gulf :ok:

[PLovett]

The pink in the water of Lake Eyre is due to the algae growth that occurs in the extremely high salinity level water. It is apparent when the waters start to recede because it is then that the salinity levels start to rise without the influx of fresh water.

[frigatebird]

Just need some Flamingoes then..

Pre-breakfast drinks and a departure soon..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/DSC_0276.jpg

[Clinton McKenzie]

So what's the go with the strip that runs approximately North/South at William Creek, the Northern most end of which is just to the South of the Wrightsair accommodation donga? Who uses it / is allowed to use it?

[Clinton McKenzie]

Second go at posting this piccie:
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/4236/cccsv.jpg

[PLovett]

Clinton, I think that was the temporary strip that Trev put in when the main one was being sealed.

[Jabawocky]

Hey fb

Where is that last one, looks like Jundah or somewhere similar?

[frigatebird]

Jaba
Some guys were leaving William Creek (for White Cliffs) at about the same time..

The 'bird had had the mains reshod before the trip to avoid something like this....

Agents car, Innamincka
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lake%20Eyre%20trip%202011/ShreddedtyreInnamincka.jpg

[Aye Ess]

Piano...where have you been. That's very irresponsible of you. There are lots of us waiting for your piccys. Sepia & indeed black & white adds a nostalgic character to photos. Great work. I'm guessing...Cairns?

[Kippers7]

Yeah frigatebird the photo's don't really do the lake justice. The Pink was nearly fluorescence, absolutely amazing.

Hey Jabawocky, frigatebird's last picture is Arckaroola's strip where you see me pushing out the 207 and the Auster. Just letting you know my Ipaper has great battery life.:ok:

[Pilotette]

Dougie at Arkaroola is an absolute champion and good friend. He knows pretty much everything about anything mechanical, scientific and geological. Ask him about running LOP and the benefits of GAMI injectors and you'll be converted for life!

Clinton.. Yep as PLovett said, 03/21 was the temp strip while the bitumen was being put down on 11/29 but it's still available for those that need it at times of strong crosswinds.

[mcgrath50]

Loved the bitumen at William Creek! Great to see investment being made at outback aerodromes, rather than taking things away from them! :D

[Piano Man]

Sorry Aye Ess, please accept this as an apology and I will try to work on some more for you! :ok:

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[Aye Ess]

Attitude: better
Picture:fantastic as usual

How about you journal your whole week in pictures and post them all every Friday night?

[VH-XXX]

Spotted in a dear departed friends hangar on Friday.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/poster.jpg

[Urshtnme]

Where can I order one?

[Clinton McKenzie]

I think that was the temporary strip that Trev put in when the main one was being sealed.Doh! :ooh: Thanks PLovett. It’s so obvious I’m embarrassed I couldn’t work that out. I must be getting slow(er) in my old age. Now to working out how to get my piccie posted :confused:

[Piano Man]

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If only you could hear the sound of that radial!

[dghob]

Kipper - I love the curvature of the earth in some of your photos. Tends to emphasise just how big this place is.
dghob

[bentleg]

Not dunnunda but you might enjoy some excellent pics, some with sound (http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09.html).

If you like this stuff, the B1B, B52, C17 and a pyro bombing run were all seen at Avalon this year. Next Avalon is March 2013.

[Piano Man]

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Evening over the YBCS GA apron and with a Qlink 717 departing in the background.

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End of another day!

[spinex]

Hmmm, spent some enforced sit down time yesterday, thread mining here. Geez there is some gold to be found; not having spent time in PNG I particularly enjoyed the pics and stories about that part of the planet, although outback Aus has it's own attractions. Frustrating though that so many of the links and photos have disappeared - I can understand the powers that be not wanting to pay to host all our pics, but it's a bit like "watching" the Victoria's Secret show with the picture turned off, if you get my drift. Eg there was much hilarity over a photo that apparently involved Mr Cessna's 208 model and something/someone else back on about p187 but the photo itself ahd long since disappeared into the ether:{.

Anyhow here is one of mine from a month or two back;
http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=131807

[Cookie7]

Air NZ merge with QF :)

https://fbcdn-photos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380217_10150450692330943_721450942_10756034_302324857_a.jpg

[Bear Grylls]

Anybody get any shots of the Obama mobile?

[Rusty1970]

Yep. Arrival at YSCB yesterday.

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee394/Mahoneyr8c/9880be94.jpg

Blackberry image so not the greatest quality, sorry.

[stevep64]

Also, this one at YBBN.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/303167_10150394038583505_752693504_8643640_785164800_n.jpg

[Bear Grylls]

So were there two VC-25's in Aus? I thought they just flew the one over with the 757 and some C-17's with the helicopter, car etc etc.

[Jabawocky]

So what is the big scoop for?

[stevep64]

The one in Brisbane is an E4B, the scoop contains satellite comms equipment apparently.

[ABX]

Jaba: is it a scoop or a comms(?) pod with a black tip?

Bear: A mate of mine (USAF Col) told me that they often fly the second one on the journey and keep it at an airport within an hour or two flying time from the President's location, as a back up in case the first one goes tech and the President needs to keep his schedule.

[Tankengine]

Spinex,
What type is the yelow taildragger? Engine?:confused:

and rego letters?

It looks great.:ok:

[spinex]

The yellow beast is one of them DIY jobs, a Murphy Moose with a Russian radial, M14P(?) - to give an appropriate soundtrack:ok:. I hear she is about to star in an ABC production, albeit with a different paint job, something to look out for. Based at Southport.

[emeritus]

Wonder what the basic weight of AF1 is? Must be pretty high compared to a standard 747 with all the furnishings,comm gear and security gear.

Used to fly a VIP 727 and with plush carpeting,panelling, entertaining and toilets etc bumped the basic wt up quite a bit.

Emeritus.

[Ultralights]

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/303167_10150394038583505_752693504_8643640_785164800_n.jpg

am i correct in assuming the fitment above the radome, below the cockpit windows, is a inflight re-fuelling probe receptacle?

[jas24zzk]

You are correct :D

Both the VC-25 and E4 are inflight refuel capable.

IIRC, the VC-25 also has uprated engines.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Here's an interesting pic for a "Provide the caption" contest!

Dr :8

http://www.jesseshunting.com/images/wtail-king-air200-collision-bc-2003.jpg

[rioncentu]

"No-one told me we were on Sesame Street. So where did Big Bird come from?"

[Paul O'Rourke]

Flying doctor had issues at Tindal a year or two back... It wouldn't be 'Julienne Marsupial' by any chance?

[morno]

Flying doctor had issues at Tindal a year or two back

No they didn't, :ok:.

[Paul O'Rourke]

Okay...was NT Air ambulance then?

[morno]

NTAMS (Pearl), close enough.

Call me anal, but to me it's like calling Careflight, RFDS.

morno

[troppo]

Noken kaikai Buai?
:}:}:}

http://www.ski-epic.com/2008_papua_new_guinea/p111s_airplane_sign_chewing_bettlenut_is_prohibited.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Crap spelling; it is betel nut, Dunno why anyone would want to chew on a beetle's nuts. :ok:

[Piano Man]

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Due to a certain request, this photo has been uploaded. To all those starting out training, regardless of how big your aircraft is, nail those crosswind circuits:ok:

[QJB]

10 points if you can guess where..

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/lecturebird/sunrise.jpg

[ABX]

Don't know where, but that is a truly great picture. Thats the stuff of (my) dreams.

Cheers,
ABX :8

[Ultralights]

way to early to be out of bed for that picture. :}

[Tankengine]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm, venison!:E

[Ultralights]

Hmmm I'll have mine medium please.

[jas24zzk]

10 points if you can guess where..

I'll have a crack with Goulburn Valley, near Yea / Glenburn

[flywatcher]

NearFriendly Beach, east coast Tassie?

[QJB]

10 points to flywatcher.. on a flight from Friendly Beaches to Devonport via Launceston :ok:

[Arnold E]

http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww84/Pin37/Theinstrumentsfiredup022.jpg

The first time I fired up the electrics on the RV on the weekend.
Getting close now.:ok:

[morno]

Very nice Arnold. That looks like Dynon gear?

I have to admit, ever since I had a go of Jaba's RV earlier this year, I'm in love with them and I want one! :O

I think it'll take a while, if Mrs morno won't buy me an iPad for Christmas, I reckon I've got buckley's of getting an RV kit out of her for my birthday, :(.

morno

[Jabawocky]

I think Arnolds units are the Grand Rapids Technology units.

Keep working Anie.....you will not wipe the grin off your face when you are done! :}

Hey morno..........I keep telling you folk, it is easier to ask for forgiveness than to seek approval.

Ask Mrs Jaba....... http://www.beechtalk.com/forums/images/smilies/duck.gif

[Arnold E]

That looks like Dynon gear?

No, not Dynon, but Grand Rapids, centre stack is all Garmin with GTX330 and GMA340 still to be bought on line.:ok:

[morno]

Don't worry Jaba, I've got her on side with the idea of owning an RV, no need to worry there. Once I explained the benefits of doing 170kt's in the air vs 110km/hr in a car for long trips, she was all for it. Just the lack of funds now and probably for a while in the near future is the hold up, :(.

[slackie]

90% complete... 90% to go eh Arnie!!:}:ok: Looking good though!

[Kris Lovell]

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Count em...

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Where... in what.. with who..

Kris

[NZFlyingKiwi]

Male, Maldives, in a Twin Otter on floats. :) Beautiful scenery.

[Kris Lovell]

More..

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j350/krislovell/Nice/IMG_1458.jpg

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j350/krislovell/Nice/IMG_1451.jpg

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Kris

[Jabawocky]

You really do know how to p!$$ us all off don't you.......ya poor bastard! :}

Never had a desire to go there before now....might have changed in a glimpse of your pics!;)

[PLovett]

Isn't that the place where all those poor airline captains go when they retire? 6 months "slumming it" in a Twotter and 6 months enjoying the off season somewhere warm. Its a hard life. :rolleyes:

[Kris Lovell]

Hey.. it wasnt all fun.. I did have to work!

Kris

[Capt Fathom]

Isn't that the place where all those poor airline captains go when they retire?

I suspect that most retiring airline captains would not be qualified or have the required recency to fly a twotter on floats. A nice dream none the less! :E

[Piano Man]

I think I want to cry seeing those twotter photos! Send more in:ok:

[Kris Lovell]

Piano Man. .. sure

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j350/krislovell/IMG_1462.jpg

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PLovett - More local pilots than ever and the trend is continuing that direction.

Jaba - Its work mate... :) :) :ok:
Kris

[Jabawocky]

So how many twitters are based there? Must be the highest concentration per acre of anywhere on the planet.

And the corrosion protection? Is that a full time job for someone?

[Kris Lovell]

Jaba,

Harshest environment in the world.

Last count I think there are 46 Twin Otters there, shared between MAT and TMA.

Including -400 Twin Otters of TMA's.


Kris

[Piano Man]

No water rudders Kris, is all the steering done through the engines?

[Kris Lovell]

No water rudders Kris, is all the steering done through the engines?

Correct

Interesting to watch them reverse park them against the jetty.....

Kris

[Jack Ranga]

Good work Arnold ;)

Just do it Morno :ok:

[Howard Hughes]

Ahhh the dream job...:ok:

So how many twitters are based there?
Funny, didn't come up as PPRuNer(s).;)

[Piano Man]

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A bit of a tribute to LNI. She is now off floats and is working in Cairns

[Piano Man]

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Different view of the world, and a very important mirror on an amphib!

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I can claim this as (almost) flying related as it is looking at the final approach onto 14 at Hamo, however a sunset like this is to good not to share!

[CazbahKid]

Love Hamo. Some great stories there (non-aviation of course).

[tail wheel]

The Toowoomba, Queensland newspaper The Chronicle publish a historical photograph each week, from the Toowoomba - Darling Downs region.

Today, Monday 5 December 2011 they published the following photograph:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Woomera/PPRuNe/TheChronicleMondayDecember52011S.jpg

With the caption:
"SPRAYING TIME: Workers loading a spray plane with DDT to spray grubs in linseed crops at Pirrinuan 1956"

Pirrinuan is a small farming community about 15 kms north of Dalby, on the Dalby - Jandowae Road.

I noticed the Tiger Moth carried the registration VH-WPK on the upper wing and VH-WPO on the rudder. (The upper fuse, rear of the cockpit also appears different, more "rounded", but that may be my imagination?)

Out of totally idle curiosity at a time I should have been working, I wondered how the aircraft ended up with two registrations; whether it was VH-WPK or VH-WPO; and who owned and operated the aircraft?

Google gives:
Ser No 84529 DH82A TIGER MOTH T8256 G-AOFG VH-AWI VH-WPK N5676 N38KH

DH82A TIGER MOTH A17-? T.113 VH-WPK VH-API

Does that perhaps indicate VH-WPK was a UK built Tiger Moth and ended up on the US FAA Registry, or Australian built Tiger Moth ending up as VH-API? (VH-API is now an RV-6). It appears N38KH is a DH82 currently on the US register?

By coincidence I guess, VH-WPK is still an agricultural aircraft, a Piper PA-25-235, based at Gatton, only a few miles east of Toowoomba.

Ser No DHA129 DH82A TIGER MOTH RAAF as A17-132 T.229 VH-AQX VH-WPO

ADF Serials lists A17-132 only as:

A17-132 DHA129?

Presumable VH-WPO came to grief at some stage and was written off?

Just curious........

[AussieO2]

Interesting photo, by my records, VH-WPO is c/n 129/T223 and was registered as such on 19/01/1957, previously being VH-AQX. Operated by Airwork Co, Archerfield. Was withdrawn from use on 31/12/1963.... VH-WPK is c/n 84529 and was registered as such on 05/01/1960, previously being VH-AWI, again with Airwork Co. It did go to the USA as N5676. If the caption on the photo is correct, ie 1956, both of these registrations did not exist at that date! I would say that the date is incorrect and that one wing off WPK was fitted to WPO, sometime between 1960 and 1963.

[Dogimed]

Hmm

Did they lock the slats out for aerial spraying?

Dog

[frigatebird]

Nice shoes (and socks), Tailey..
Thought for a moment you were going to comment that the pilot was Joh Bjelke..

That blacksoil..
(the boy couldn't have been me, as the dad had sold his farm to his brother a couple of years before..)

[AussieO2]

Further investigations reveal, VH-WPK, c/n T113 registered 08/10/1956, again Airwork, then sold 1960 as VH-API....So, it could have been WPK with the tail rudder off WPO. (T113 indicates that this Tiger was a rebuild, but I don't have the details as to which one to hand).

[tail wheel]

A close look at the photo in the paper tends to indicate the rudder is a lighter shade of silver, so I suspect you are correct. The aircraft is probably VH-WPK.

The engine appears to be running?

Not me Frigatebird. My guess that little guy is around 10, so younger than me. :{

[VH-XXX]

I was more concerned about the spraying of the DDT than the rego of the aircraft!

[Aye Ess]

Agreed VH-XXX. The picture could be a "Find all the things wrong here". DDT,engine running,kid without steel cap boots,no ASIC,where are the hi vis garments.....

[frigatebird]

The Council used to go past the staff houses fogging with DDT to keep the malarial mozzies down, in the Islands, in the '70's..
Lesser of two evils, at the time..

[tail wheel]

Port Morbid got fogged with DDT once per week in the 1960s from the back of a truck and trailer.

I noticed in that photo they appear to be pumping a liquid? I seem to recall DDT being a very fine dry powder?

[Frank Arouet]

Has anybody counted the "strict liability" offences captured in this photo?

Is "strict liability" retrospective?

The young bloke could have been a mate of mine, namebilong Pat. RIP mate anyway.

[Stationair8]

They build them tough in western QLD, the poor little kid probably rode his bike 30 miles without a safety helmet, safety vest, no mobile phone, no sunscreen, no designer clothes, no water bottle or trendy backpack just to see the flying machine. He would go home and tell his mum, dad and little brother about his amazing adventure, while mum prepared the evening roast meal.

Today before the child was driven 30 miles in mum's salary packaged SUV, to see the flying machine in the paddock, junior would have downloaded the GPS co-ordinates, texted at least 4 friends, tweeted on facebook, dropped little brother off at child care so that he and mother could quality time together in between mum talking on her iPhone to the office on her RDO about staff training issues, the car trip was initially delayed due to mum trying to find a toll free road, council road works taking place due to floods caused by global warming are now closed for the day due to OH&S laws adpoted by the shire council after consultation with their lawyers , so mother takes little Johnie to the DFO and cheers him up by him some designer clothing imported from China and they send his other mummy a photo via his ipad of him having lunch at Macca's. Mum sends a text to her partner, to pick up the other child from childcare and to pick up a take away meal, a nice bottle of wine to go with the meal.

Little Johnie would have googled learning to fly on his ipod, and e-mailed a number of flying schools about the JET PILOT CAREER fast track careeer devopment programme which includes fully intergrated ATPL, Multi-crew multi turbo-jet time, A320/B787 2 for 1 bonus offer, Business degree all done in 12 months. He then discussed and put a proposal to his mother over lunch to finance his flying training, she then e-mailed the CBA bank to enquire about remortaging the second unit they are negatively gearing on the Gold Coast to fund little Johnies dream career. Meanwhile little Johnie has finished lunch and shuffles off down the shopping mall trouser's at half mast and cap on backwards.

[macca263]

In the mid sixties I had the magical experience of marking for the Hardy bros when they dusted our linseed crops at Southbrook near Toowoomba. The tigers were powered by radials and did they sound great. The boys eventually killed them selves, one when riding on a positioning flight on a wing.

[Aye Ess]

Ha. Good one Stationair8.....you should go into the writing game. But just let me change a couple of things....NOW it would be 50km,not your 30 miles and 'Johnie' would be Dillon,Ryland or Steele.

[Piano Man]

One for Wally today :ok:

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[Ultralights]

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Other/webcrap-images/i-WcTJFFN/0/L/IMG0091-L.jpg
newest local resident.

[chimbu warrior]

The tigers were powered by radials and did they sound great.

Are you sure they weren't Avro Cadets?

Not aware of any radial-powered Tigers.

[Dixons Cider]

newest local resident.

F1 Rocket?

[Dixons Cider]

sweeeeet :ok:

[tail wheel]

Macca. The tigers were powered by radials and did they sound great.

All Tiger Moths were powered by de Havilland Gipsy Major I inverted 4-cylinder inline engines.

I wonder if you are thinking of the CA-28 Ceres, which was a developed from the Wirraway trainer of World War II? That had a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine and I remember seeing Ceres operating in central Queensland during the 1970s. The other radial engine agricultural aircraft possibilities could be the Boeing Stearman or Gruman Ag Cat.

[Howard Hughes]

I think Wally likes red ones, they go faster...:E

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c292/Howard3200/2011-10-11122144.jpg

[Jabawocky]

I wonder how Wally would feel about that destination in the PC12 :E

[Howard Hughes]

Probably better a PC-12 than the Bonanzas, 182's and a Boomerang that I have seen passing through!

Never seen an RV though!;)

[morno]

Howard, I'm jealous, you get them bigger King Air's and we don't, :(.

Do they also have the TAS loading system in them?

That photo of the 2 RFDS King Air's in Cairns, you'd never pick that there's nearly 30 years of age between the 2....

morno

[Howard Hughes]

Same TAS loading system and two extra seats. If they work out, I wouldn't be surprised to see them showing up elsewhere!:ok:

Not much has changed outside on the old girl, not bad for a machine with technology as old as me. I wonder when they will start building them out of plastic? With sidesticks? That might entice Wally back! :eek:

[Jabawocky]

I wonder when they will start building them out of plastic? With sidesticks? That might entice Wally back! http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/eek.gif

Now that is an aweful thing to say:=:=:=.........But at the same time Post Of The Year material too :ok:

No RV's, too quick for them Bannana boats and probably lot more range :E

[morno]

Same TAS loading system and two extra seats. If they work out, I wouldn't be surprised to see them showing up elsewhere!http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

Hope so, the new B200's are just getting too heavy!

morno

[Howard Hughes]

Looking like up to 1000 lbs useful load with full tanks, yes I said FULL TANKS!:eek:

[macca263]

Tailwheel

Definetly not an agcat or gruman but maybe an avro cadet but it seemed smaller. I used to walk around the aircraft when it landed in our paddock. An aviation nut of mine did know about the aircraft and even knew the engine type. I have an indistinct photo of it as it flew over my head and it sure looks like a tiger.

I'll do some research

[PA39]

"I wonder how Wally would feel about that destination in the PC12"

As happy as I was when we used to take a 172, to and from the Island.......at night!! :eek:

[Howard Hughes]

I bet you call them the 'good ole days' PA39!;)

[macca263]

Chimbo

Thanks for that. I googled Hardy Brothers Pittsworth and indeed they operated two Avro 643 cadet 11s.

They also replaced the original radials with 220 HP jacons R755. I now stand corrected after 50 years

[satmstr]

Long time reader on here and really like this thread, now i know this isnt a GA aircraft but hey was at work the other day and this dropped in ;) thought you guys might like it... i am pretty sure you know where this photo was taken :ok:

Sorry for the crap quality...phone camera

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8449/748k.jpg

[Jabawocky]

And QF have ordered how many? :rolleyes:

[satmstr]

Yep QF have ordered none :mad: they continue to use atlas and the express freighters 767. Sounds a bit like the 777 error they made :\ anyhow .....

[Wally Mk2]

............now now guys stop showing me piccies of the old Beech, I've gotten over them now, had a little tear in me eye when I left with many 1000's of hrs on them so don't need to revisit the past thanks all the same:) Although the fast red one looks nice brudda:-) Am sure PelAir are enjoying their contract....NOT !:E
PC12?............sheeez me shudders just 'tinking about them:E

I doubt we'll ever see a side stick controller on the old Beech or another commercial Airliner as I believe the 'Frogs' have it patented. Much nicer to handle or manipulate an A/C with it I must say:ok: Like a big toy plane:-)
The only thing I never liked about the old Beech was the column sticking out of the dash.




Wmk2

[Kris Lovell]

Wally...

That's not an old Beech... This is an old beech.

http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/7/4/0/12865_1268447047.jpg



(I liked it in red)
Kris

[Piano Man]

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Beaver staring longingly at the King Air! Is this how the Caravan was made? :}

[Howard Hughes]

Or is it the King Air staring longingly at the Beaver?;)

[Piano Man]

Or is it the King Air staring longingly at the Beaver?

Haha I didn't want to be the one to say it! :ok:

[Jabawocky]

Its where Bonanza's come from.............where is Forkie?:E

[Rolloffthetop]

Piano Man: Are you also flying for Cairns Seaplanes or just taking great photos?!

Lovel: Is that BE18 VH-CII?

[Kris Lovell]

ROTT

Nope, VH-FIE

Kris

[Jabawocky]

CII is back at YRED at the moment.

Probably losing less money sitting there than doing what it was doing.

[Piano Man]

Ok, some people have been wanting pictures from a week worth, others just reef photos so I have included a days worth of work:

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That's it! I'm retiring! :}

[VH-XXX]

Are those token ropes under the wings actually long enough to be useful?

I see them on most floatplanes and often wonder.

[slackie]

Didn't see much "work" there Piano dude!! Saw more "lifestyle":E:ok:

[Aye Ess]

Piano....excellent as usual. You have a fabulous job. Bet those piccys would make good postcards to flog to the pax.

[WannaBeBiggles]

Are those token ropes under the wings actually long enough to be useful?

I see them on most floatplanes and often wonder.


You betcha, those ropes have saved many a float plane pilot from some rather embarrassing mistakes when the stuff up a dock. I know of one guy who used it as a Tarzan rope when he misjudged the current on docking towards a rock wall.
Plus they're quite handy when you're trying to hold on to it or move it around on a dock.

PianoMan - some awesome photos there! One could even say, they're cXs'y! :E

[Piano Man]

As WannaBeBiggles said the ropes are very handy! For the machine on Hamo the ropes were very handy for beaching too!

Glad you like the photos guys!

[Ultralights]

Are those token ropes under the wings actually long enough to be useful?

Left side, ASI,
Right side, Backup ASI.. :}

[Dangnammit]

:ok:;) Good one Ultralights, gave me a chuckle. Couldn't think of anything...

Reminds me of the aussie rock on a string weather station.
If it's swinging, it's windy. If there's no shadow, it's cloudy, etc.

[PyroTek]

Took this one a few weeks ago:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8329/dash81.jpg

:ok:Pyro

[Jabawocky]

A Plane Spotter with a CPL :uhoh:

Good work Pyro, that new camera does a good job!

[PyroTek]

Thanks Jaba, now I should post some photos of the retard landing :ok:

[Jabawocky]

Some days there is plenty of material available too :confused:

Some days only one:ok:

[Roger Scramjet]

itIUm6vExEw

[Captain Nomad]

At least he remembered to inhibit the EGPWS warnings "TERRAIN TERRAIN, PULL UP, PULL UP!" :E

[DTE]

Hi All,

I was going through my photos from last year's charity flight around Australia and came across this one I thought I'd share.

It was taken at Kalbarri in W.A. I was the only person there at the time and it was incredibly quiet and still. And until the sun came up; pitch black.

Cheers

Owen
Owen Zupp (http://www.owenzupp.com)
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj92/Nostalgair/SunriseatKalbarri.jpg

[rioncentu]

Is that a KLN90b pride of place at top of stack?

Please tell me this is an old video?:sad:

[Roger Scramjet]

EGPWS - not installed

KLN90b - Yes. Video taken May this year.

[morno]

KLN90B is a good piece of kit, certainly does the job. Integrates well into the PC-12 EFIS. Anything else would be a waste of time.

I'm guessing that's a small opal mining community airstrip in that video Scramjet? :E

morno

[Desert Flower]

You've got to hand it to those RFDS pilots - they must have nerves of steel. If only they (& their flight crew) were paid what the board members & directors get!

DF.

[Roger Scramjet]

morno - correct! Where the heads outnumber the people:}

[rioncentu]

Wow. My KLN90B is in a box under my desk. Didn't get a look on Feebay. And to think it's still helping guys find places like that :eek: in the dark !!

[Al Fentanyl]

The issue of still using KLN90B isn't nearly as scary as the SE night IFR remote area thing!:eek:

[Jabawocky]

Nahhh with a gns530w and 14 other gps it is much easier :}

Besides, finding that black hole in the gafa is the easy part, landing in that said black hole is the fun part.:}

[morno]

You'd be surprised how easy it actually is to see the car headlights when you do the approach. And with plenty of black hole experience the car headlight landings are surprisingly easy. BUT, they are still to be treated with extreme caution. Great fun to do for training, but I'm happy I've never had to do one for real yet.

Morno

[Wally Mk2]

..............ohhhh ahhhhh 'Al F' I'm with you buddy I just came across this little vid of the PC doing a night ldg...........made me shiver just thinking about it, almost broke out in a cold sweat:E Bravery has zip to do with it, stupidity is more the go here:E


Wmk2

[prospector]

] almost broke out in a cold sweat Bravery has zip to do with it, stupidity is more the go here

Perhaps one's point of view would change if you were the patient, and to carry out such an operation there must have indeed been great need for urgency.

[Towering Q]

Quick Wally, grab your teddy-bear and hide under the doona.....it's one of those PC thingys, and it's getting dark!!! :eek:



http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/IMG_0204.jpg

[Wally Mk2]

That's alright 'TQ' that piccy doesn't frighten me 'cause it's on the ground!:E

'Pros' couldn't agree more there with yr comment in some ways but the stupid thing about all this is that there is no need to risk the lives of others, higher risk that is (pilot/crew etc) when there are safer options!:ugh:..........still it all boils down to one thing I guess,money, aviation & money go hand in hand & safety/risk gets put on the back burner.
Always amuses me what's the single biggest reason we have multi engined A/C in the first place? SAFETY. The power output of today's modern large jet engine for Eg could easily push a large airliner thru the sky as a single unit but it's not done as the manufacturers would never sell one 'cause it's unsafe.Boeing & Airbus would pump 'em out like hot dogs if they could sell 'em!
As I have said many times before it's all about choice & I simply wouldn't chose to fly in a higher risk environment than needed:)


Wmk2

[Chimbu chuckles]

But you fly for Tiger?:E

[Howard Hughes]

But you fly for Tiger?
Game, set and match!:D

Quote of the year material that, no offence Wal.;)

[Wally Mk2]

.........ahhh just goes to show how little you guys actually know out there:E
J* make us look like goody two show angels:-)
Besides I might work for Tigers but I fly for myself, self preservation :ok:

'HH' they let you lose on the 350's yet?


Wmk2

[Howard Hughes]

No, but should be operating early Jan, I do have the sticker in me log book though!:ok:

[Ultralights]

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Qantas-Engineering-Engineering/i-ZhCkJM5/0/L/DSCF1813-L.jpg

[tinpis]

Have any of you gents used an online business to print photos from files?
If so how goes ?

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

But you fly for Tiger?http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gif

and a funny froggie twin at that!

Dr :8

[MyNameIsIs]

tinpis, Digitalworks in Hallam, Vic, are a very good printing crowd. All manner of shapes and sizes and paper types.

Just get onto their website, download the program (all free), and you can upload, pay and have printed just about anything you want. Can even be posted anywhere in Aus if an individual cannot pick it up.

I've had them do a lot of printing for me. Highly recommended. Better than any other local two-bit shop that can just print your digi photos by plugging in your stick, pushing a couple of buttons and away you go.
I've got prints that have been on display for over 5 years and they are still going strong.

[Ultralights]

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/i-VN7wdsQ/0/L/P6202860-L.jpg

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/i-SLpjwQf/0/L/GOPR0020-L.jpg

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/i-gwDJdvs/0/L/GOPR0032-L.jpg

[Piano Man]

Ultralights that first Photo is nothing short of spectacular. Wow!

:ok:

[Jabawocky]

Except those Tecnam Sierra wings wrinkle a lot :eek:

Have you ever noticed that UL?

[T28D]

So do Chipmunk wings and T28 wings , waffle is just that self serving waffle.

[Jabawocky]

Hey UL,

Ignoring the vexatious idiot for a minute, or longer as you might prefer, here is a similar Tecnam Sierra that I fly from time to time, and it has pretty good wrinkles, and while they flex in flight you can only but wonder how many times they can do it before they crack.

The scene is nice, but not as interesting as yours.

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/IMG_0405.jpg

PS....where are the Savvy pics of late? you been neglecting the old girl? :sad:

[Ultralights]

i think the P2000? has far more wrinkles than the trusty P96 even with it cloth covered controls. also spotted a nice RV10 at the gong today! :ok: good to see Tecnam have kept the self uprighting hinge pins across all models!

[T28D]

At least the vexatious is smart enough to know that the flex in the wing is designed in so that there are no stress cracks due to over rigid design not allowing stress relief.

[Jabawocky]

The gong;)

P2002 Sierra, what is a P96? Do you mean a P92echo? What is the difference in the wings near the flap end and aileron, some doubles or something? I would have said they were the same at first glance.

[Ultralights]

the Savvy is being prepped for an outback adventure over this christmas break, and the lack of pics is a result of the usual gong weather today, being typical of the last few months! almost the last 12! bloody La Nina! the cloud sits on that escarpment for days and your going nowhere. well, not vfr anyway

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/i-pSNj8nf/0/L/IMG00482-L.jpg
heres a recent one, and a typical Gong day this year.

[VH-XXX]

I once had a "dimple" much larger than those in the horizontal tail-plane. Had to drill a vent hole in it to relieve it. There is a story that involves ice but that's for another day.

[j3pipercub]

Jaba, what would you know about Engineering... :}

One from the last couple of months.

Where? (Probably pretty easy)

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo342/j3pipercub/IMAG0502.jpg

[morno]

I'm going with YBRK

[Frank Arouet]

1) Perhaps we read too much some time into others posts?

2) Waffle is also called "oil canning".
3) Why does the RV10 have a waffle plate?

Please see the RVator for additional details.

We recently tested a possible RV-10 wing in the prototype shop…all 31.5 feet of it. Construction is similar to an RV-9 wing. There are three spanwise J-stiffeners. Two are on the top, one forward of the spar and one aft, and another on the bottom between the main and rear spars. The main spar is dimensionally different, but conceptually identical to the spars used in the RV-7/8/9–a channel bent from 0.063" 2024 aluminum, milled bars top and bottom, and a "waffle plate" providing additional cap strip area and all the necessary vertical stiffening. Skins and ribs are perfectly ordinary. For test purposes, we did not use an actual wing tip, because shot bags slide off the curved shape. Instead, we extended and braced the bottom skin to provide the tip surface area.


Happy Christmas you lot, and try to stay calm despite your initial personal feelings.

PS Van's Aircraft - Aircraft Models: RV-10 Development 2 (http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv-10int2.htm)

[Jabawocky]

1) Perhaps we read too much some time into others posts?

Yep, I think T28D did fail to pick up on my subtle attempt at humour with my UL mate from down in the Gong. If he lightened up a little I might not bite so easily. :)

Been a long wile since I read that article Frank, thanks for the flash back :)

Merry Christmas y'all.:ok:

[flagator]

Jabawocky, Hi I have been enjoying the thread and your picture of the wing w/ wrinkles evoked me to register :) ( http://www.pprune.org/6914998-post8972.html )question, a plastic dome near fuselage on wing, what is that for?

[Frank Arouet]

And you to Buddy and all the rest in "the industry".

Now lets get back to the "feelthy peectures".:hmm:

[asw28-866]

OK I give you feeelthy picture from work yesterday...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i155/capthowie_photos/CTI5.jpg

Not wet yet, but it's coming!

[VH-XXX]

a plastic dome near fuselage

Are you referring to the vent in the perspex window?

Other than that the wing has a fuel cap and another circle thing that looks like a vent or similar, but not a dome.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

YEP!! That's a 'feelthy pic' orrright....Mr 866....

Ah Yes......Tr back towards BRM (?) Tr Almost South towards Cone Bay anyway - abm Hidden Island......
And not a 'wet' in sight......

LUVLY part of the planet.

I remember it well....
Cheers:ok:

[Super Cecil]

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p106/Almostoldfart/7Day1.jpg

[Keg]

Santa on a test flight last night.

Hmmm. Link problems..... Will fix when home.

[Jabawocky]

Where was his red tie?:E

[Capt Fathom]

Hey Santa. Maybe you should be watching the Airspeed Indicator and not posing for photos! :uhoh:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Fathom that is where a 767s ASI lives in cruise - right up against the barber pole...see the command speed bug...its normal.

Having said that Keg the last time I dressed up in a Santa suite (Wau Golf Club Xmas party 1989) and climbed into an aircraft (Pacific Helicopters Chopper) we hit (the one and only) power line on approach to the clubhouse and blacked out the entire town for all of xmas day and most of Boxing Day.

Santa's Sleigh took a hammering - electrical cable wrapped around everything - not to mention Santa and his Elf near **** themselves:ooh:

[Keg]

Didn't take long for someone to notice. 340 KIAS @ FL270 in smooth air and F/O PF with thrust levers back. I think we were pretty right.

[Flying Meat Cleaver]

Asw28,

I reckon your pic is in the Buccanneer Archipelago. To be precise I reckon the U-shaped pass under the wing is 'Whirlpools'. I also reckon your enroute from CTI to DBY????

FMC.

[VH-XXX]

Some interesting clouds over the last couple of days to keep away from.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/cloud1.JPG
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/cloud2.JPG
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/cloud3.JPG

[morno]

Yeah you're not wrong, couple of those have got buildings coming out of them, :E

[VH-XXX]

Much thunderstorm activity today and a first that I can recall..... "lemon" sized hail!!! Yes that's right, lemon!