The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk I

[slackie]

AEIO-540 Good effort!
And missing from the line up is another S1 and a Robin, and (that we hope to see next year) are Rob's Sukhoi Su29 and Doug's new MX2, and I believe there's a couple of Yaks (52s and a 55) floating around down south.
That'll make a pretty cool picture!!
EDIT - All the practice (unofficial and official) is done now...competition proper today...must get that avalanche in the Intermediate sequence nailed!!!
And from the other end of the line....
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/YP070321.jpg

[Jamair]

Anything wrong with this picture?
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Panel1.jpg

[Chimbu chuckles]

R/H engine at zero thrust?

[YesTAM]

RH FF F&*^ed since RH ITT is similar to LH?

or

LH FF is F%^&ed since RH ITT is a similar to LH ITT?

or can go through the same thing and assume that one or the other ITT is F&*^ed?

[Karunch]

Anything wrong with this picture?

Yep, its got prop rpm indicators!

[OpsNormal]

Yeah Jamair, you're 58 feet high! ;)

[Jamair]

:ok: Yep, it's a fecked LH FF gauge. Had to pop the CB to reset it every hour or so. Ops, that ALT HOLD was actually pretty good for this machine - it's inside 1000 ' of the selection :yuk:

Heres another instrument from the same A/C on the same trip.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/gps.jpg



Anyone except Ops wanna shot at the A/C type....?

[OpsNormal]

:( :( :( :( :( :( :(

[Chimbu chuckles]

Aint a Coonquest is it Jamair:ok:

Or maybe one of those T tailed Piper lawn darts...nope can't be them as they had PT6s...:confused:

:}

[tinpis]

Geezaz...Whyphukkarow?
Even the bloody one horse usda be lame in that town?

Where does all the munny for airyplanes come from in EnZed...every buggers on the bones of their arse livin on $9 bucks an hour wages?

[Defenestrator]

Jamair,

I'm guessing a kingair of some description. Far as I know garrets don't run that hot in the cruise so must be a Pratt hence a kingair. How'd I go?

D:}

[Kanga767]

I reckon there's a good chance they are PT-6s, and at 1700 cruise RPM one of the smaller series.
Conquest 441 has 331, these are free turbine engines. Could be a C425 though. My money is on a cheyenne or Beech ...
K

[morno]

Jamair, you're more than a mile off track there mate, ;). Hope you let ATC know about it, :}.

I'm guessing the photo was taken in a Cheyenne.

morno

[OpsNormal]

Ops is slapping his thighs with laughter at the bagging poor old Jamair is copping!

Clue: Yes they are PT-6s. No it is not a Kingair (of any description).

[Ultralights]

http://myspace-353.vo.llnwd.net/00265/35/35/265845353_l.jpg

[J430]

ULTRALIGHTS

I think you have a ROOOOOTED Oil temp gauge mate. No way the CHT and pressure in that plane are where they are with oil ready to cook your fish and chips:}

J:E

[Harry Cooper]

Jeez Jamair how far over barbers pole were you going to get that 'ol Cheyenne out to that ground speed!!

[Jamair]

Cheyenne III it is; the trick with the Ground Speed is in the sector - FREDD to ROM (BRG 070), in winter, at night: HUGE westerlies, 100+ kts. Check the ETE vs the Dist - 64 NM in 10 min is pretty good for anything with props....:) Best ground speed I saw in it was on descent from FL250 into OK; 412KT on the GPS :eek:

The track-holding of the AP was on par with the ALT holding though......:yuk:

T-Tail Piper Lawn Dart....Bwahahahahaha:D :D :D

Was known as the Piper Death Pencil too.....but I still liked em. Plenty of herbs, great climb, heaps of fuel, reasonably comfy, slick handling....just can't do it all at the same time like a KA;) Would have liked a shot at the 400LS.....lots of records set in that puppy :}

[gaunty]

Chuckles mate

From the answers and "interpretations" ascribed to good 'ol Jamairs pics, one can only wring ones hands with despair. :ugh: :ugh: :{

Still given the type was being built when most of them were still at kindy, why would we be surprised.:(

Jamair me old a 400LS was just a jumped up Conquest. If I recall the numbers correctly I could beat one Perth to Sydney in a Conquest every time. :E

[Harry Cooper]

"Plenty of herbs, great climb, heaps of fuel, reasonably comfy, slick handling....just can't do it all at the same time like a KA"

Turn it up Jamair. Like chalk and cheese.;)

[Jamair]

Harry, I just call em as I see em......... I liked the PA42, those points were how I saw it. I also like the KA....they're different beasts is all. I guess the ultimate test is....you can still buy a new KA:)

Here's the whole thing including my ugly self......:eek:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Self-PA42.jpg

Gaunty ol mate; you bin hidin? Conquest was a jumped-up Cheyenne doncha mean;) (nah, yer right of course - the 441 started deliveries in '76, the PA42-1000 started deliveries in '84:) )

[the wizard of auz]

Damn!!!!!!....... you are an ugly bugga!!!!!. you a vet?. crashed and burned a plane once?. :} :eek:

[Hempy]

oh my god, the man has no face! Poor bugger....:{

[Pseudonymn]

This man is a pilot. So we can't show you his face on this forum. :} :E :}

[PS2A_yay!]

I stand corrected slackie!

Nevertheless - a very nice lineup!!

Hope you nailed your avalanche - not the easiest things to do nicely.

[Bevan666]

From Sunday at Avalon..

http://www.bja.com.au/ext/DSC_3622_small.jpg

Nice bit o kit that.

Bevan..

[Chimbu chuckles]

Hmmm...Jamair you're right about the facelift...that is an improvement.:}

What the **** is that thing trailing smoke above.:confused:

[Bevan666]

Its somesort of home grown adaptation of a SU-31 I think...

Here is another from yesterday - A Yak-9.

http://www.bja.com.au/ext/DSC_3522_small.jpg

[slackie]

PS2A_yay - hmmm...nailed isn't the description I'm looking for...more like sellotaped!! And don't even mention the unknown!! What could have been...wasn't...thanks to a brain fade and zero!! And Chimbu...we had the pleasure of an old mate of yours (apparently)...

[J430]

This thread went a bit quiet, and I think its the best thread on all of PPRUNE so here is another one to see who picks it quick. And Mr SQUAWK7700 keep out.......you are privy to too much information young man!!!!:}

http://a998.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/60/l_b0adce725d07f7e0651fea551c487475.jpg

J:ok:

[alphawhiskeytango]

Chinchilla

[Jamair]

Yep; I'd concur there - CCA.

[J430]

You Blokes and Sheilas are all too good! It was easy though I guess. Will have to try some more!

J:ok:

[clear to land]

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/mikemotts/A33andA34Iran.jpghttp://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/mikemotts/777ERIran.jpghttp://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/mikemotts/P2130067.jpg

[Red777]

EK 777-300 very nice, those fixed cameras on the horizontal stab's were a superb idea by boeing.

Please post more 'C2L'

[clear to land]

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/mikemotts/HongKong7.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/mikemotts/DXBTakeOffqueJan07-2.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/mikemotts/Alone777.jpg

[PS2A_yay!]

If anybody out there reads the ZOO Weekly magazine, there was an interesting time exposure photo in this weeks edition (Dated: 26/03). Taken from Hyde Park in UK, showing numerous contrails and aircraft criss-crossing the sky. Cant seem to find it on the net tho. May need to scan it.

If anyone finds it, it is well worth a look. And a post in here.

[tinpis]

Wassissit and where?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/tristar.jpg

[sir.pratt]

tristar ferrying an engine. somewhere in sudan?

[Lando Calrissian]

Queensland and coastal.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC03420.jpg

[J430]

Gladstone?

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Bowen?

Dr:cool:

[robroy]

How about, Maroochdore/Maroochy

Cheers

robroy

[Lando Calrissian]

Bowen it is. I had a feeling the ForkTailedDrKiller would nail it :ok:


Onboard the USS Ronald Reagan

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC02684.jpg

[DirkRose]

That cheyenne looks a little complicated.....I prefer this one :) http://www.320nff.de/gallery/cheyenne/0000_Die_ersten_Teams/009_FO_Bolli_fliegt_den_perfekten_Steep_Turn.jpg

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Yeah, the Qld and coastal was a give away - then I just had to think of the crappiest looking airport on the Qld coast.

Dr:cool:

[J430]

FTDK......my guess must have been well founded the hey:ok:

[206DOG]

Another day at the office

http://www.inbos.4t.com/cgi-bin/i/images/burts_066.jpghttp://www.inbos.4t.com/cgi-bin/i/images/sunsetplanes.jpg

Dog :cool:

[Dry_Twotter]

One, Two, Three, GO!!!
http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i417207_Gasmataadventure2small.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)
I bet they don't teach this at flight school:}

[Pinky the pilot]

Oh come on, Dry_Twotter, that's unfair!! Having a couple of the locals help you start a BN2 engine like that!
I had to get out and swing the ****** thing myself!! Started on about the twenty sixth swing I think.
(And many thanks to Alan Y who taught us the technique!:ok:

[Jet_A_Knight]

sOME KIND OF Metro / Merlin

[the wizard of auz]

PC12 by the look of it..........or something else. :}

[NOtimTAMs]

A blast from my past.

Easy Q: Aircraft?
Harder Q: Location?

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/MVC-009F.jpg

[Andy_RR]

It's in a glider of some description near Parkes?

[Crosshair]

A glider near Narromine, I say.

[185skywagon]

NoTimTams,
Drifter? Don't know the location.
185

[Crosshair]

5100 feet up in the air someplace.

[Weekend_Warrior]

because;
engine instruments - but could be a motor glider;
no vario in sight, just a VSI - pretty daming;
and mostly, appears to be open cockpit - .

Some sort of microlight I guess

[Ultralights]

Drifter, somewhere above the Wattagan ranges west of Coornabong? looking south towards the central coast???

[NOtimTAMs]

Yup, it's a Drifter - most fun I've had with me clothes on...if the winds are not >20KT!

Location - there's a dam in the picture, somewhere in S/SE QLD en-route to a fly-in nearby the dam...does that help?

[Capt Basil Brush]

There's water in the dam, so it must have a while ago!!

How about near Boonah?

[J430]

Leslie Dam near Warwick????

What is a dam full of water????:uhoh:

J:ok:

[Fly_by_wire]

Watts bridge?

[NOtimTAMs]

To replicate the view, try Google Earth 28o20'S 151o21'E @ 5000', tilt and look SW.

For those who don't know what a Drifter is, here's a picture from a mate of mine...

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/aa0012.jpg

[Crosshair]

J430,

This Australianism initially confused me, too.

Down here, the "dam" is both the structure that retains water behind it AND the body of water that would be called elsewhere the "reservoir."

Instructor: Just head for the dam.
[Crosshair turns aircraft to point at concrete structure.]
Instructor: The dam!
Crosshair: I am!
[Instructor grumbles.]

This, plus the fact that many "lakes" contain no water, can confuse the North American flying VFR here.

[bentleg]

Where 1?

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/bentleg/DSCF03991.jpg


Where 2?

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/bentleg/DSCF03591.jpg

[OpsNormal]

bentleg.

#1 - Moruya?

#2 - The Oaks? (a wild guess because of the road on short final - but don't see that little jet that used to be parked there....)

[Lando Calrissian]

QF on final for?

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC00063.jpg

[bentleg]

#1 - Moruya?

#2 - The Oaks? (a wild guess because of the road on short final - but don't see that little jet that used to be parked there....)


Spot on both cases.

I can see I'll have to put up something harder. Guess this one.....

The colour of the ground and the drums may provide a bit of a clue.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/bentleg/whereisit.jpg

[Ultralights]

has anyone ever used the East west runway at The Oaks??

[bentleg]

QF on final for?


Broome WA perhaps?

[the wizard of auz]

looks like short final for 10 Broome.

[Andy_RR]

Here's a gee-wow photo from my mate, Mark.

10pts for location

20pts for aircraft type

http://gallery.seloc.org/albums/userpics/11156/2007-4-7_056_640.jpg

[SCE to Aux]

Looks like Wilpena Pound and perhaps the aircraft type is a PC-12?

[Andy_RR]

only 10 pts for you sir, but well done!

[Crosshair]

A P-3 Orion? The pod is nonstandard.

[an3_bolt]

Maybe Grob 520

[bentleg]

Guess this one.....

The colour of the ground and the drums may provide a bit of a clue.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/bentleg/whereisit.jpg


No takers? A clue - its a property that invites tourists along the Gibb River Road in Northern WA.

[YesTAM]

Mt. Elizabeth Station? Or is it one of Cameron's properties?

[Sarcs]

Yes believe it to be Mt Elizabeth station, although my memory had the trees about ten times higher! Especially when taking off in a two bladed C207 fully laden, the trees really rush up at you then!!!

[B767MAD]

first is a good one ... second pretty obvious but worth a look in ...
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/dan_69/march.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/dan_69/****scary.jpg
:D

[B767MAD]

and one more ....
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/dan_69/PC040067.jpg
catchya bloke ...

[Rabbit 1]

There would be a few of us in NZ and AU that cut our teeth and hearing on these terrible twins or dual triplets.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t38/temakin/SAVE0005copy.jpg

[Andy_RR]

Maybe Grob 520

you sir, get the remaining 20pts.

and a free planespotter's anorak! :}

http://ara.es.flinders.edu.au/aircraft/Egrett.jpg

[belowMDA]

Rabbit 1. Are those the two tristars in Tarawa? If so my old company took what little remained after Air Kiribati took what they wanted. I think our engineers came home with a whole bunch of control rods etc. When was your photo taken? Here is my version from about May '03
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e290/belowmda/125-2541_IMG.jpg

[Hawk777]

B767MAD

1. Gibb River

2. Koolan

3. Cape Leveque

[bentleg]

Yes believe it to be Mt Elizabeth station, although my memory had the trees about ten times higher! Especially when taking off in a two bladed C207 fully laden, the trees really rush up at you then!!!


Mt. Elizabeth Station? Or is it one of Cameron's properties?


Mt Elizabeth it is.....give both gentlemen a cigar

[B767MAD]

Hawk777 ... yup CLQ and KLI pretty easy .... not Gibb .. it's out of WA.

[Rabbit 1]

belowMDA. Spot on, yes. The bulk of T3-ATE (the white one) is now a pig-pen just up the road towards the 09 threshold. I took the posted pic around 2+ years ago.

[Jawz]

Can anyone pick these?

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/discodan_photos/Picture720.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/discodan_photos/Picture731.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/discodan_photos/Picture327.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

1. Nadi

2. A beach near Nadi

3. The Gafa ! (Urandangie?)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Man, it is fun to see what pops up in here!

I last flew XGN on 25 March 1990. Did a run picking up ballot boxes after a State (I think) election. YBTL-YIGM-YGNV-YKID-YEIN-YFSA-YBMA-YBTL

Landed at YIGM with the airstrip completely surrounded by floodwater. No ballot boxes to pick up there!

Had a bird strike taking off from YIGM - thwack! Flew to Greenvale with the gear down - only sign was blood, guts and a few feathers on the retractable step!

Last I heard of XGN it was sitting on a station strip south of Hughenden - with its tail in the air - and a collapsed nose wheel.

Good to see the old girl again!

Dr:cool:

[bentleg]

Jawz

For your number 3, the one with XGN in it, it could be a number of outback SA or Qld strips. I'll go for Innamincka Homestead YINN (the strip 3 miles north of town, not the townsite strip).

[GetOffMyBack]

Wasn't VH-XGN at Air Ngukurr?

[Jawz]

Capt Fathom,

1. Yes good ol Nadi Intl'
2. Close, "Vatulele" south of Viti Levu
3. I think it was "Alroy Downs" but can anyone confirm this for my photo collection?

Bentleg - Nope not YINN

Getoffmyback - Yes Air Ngukurr it was. (Glad thats over !!:ugh: )

What about this one?

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/discodan_photos/Picture357.jpg

[J430]

Could it be the one beached up near Darwin a little while back?

J:ok:

[rustywings]

Jawz

Good old MZV. Thats what happens when you pull both the mixtures on base, lucky it was low tide, no names now!.:ugh:
Amazing how quick both those engines got pulled off in order for it to be lifted.
Where is MZV now? still in DN?

[Desert Flower]

Picture number three looks a bit like Alton Downs to me.

DF.

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/143562037-M.jpg

In What?

and where?

[heywatchthis]

Obvious where.... Any guesses what?
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/DSCF0345.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/DSCF0341.jpg

[Nil Flaps]

heywatchthis... a duffer's reply.... not a Lancair is it?

[404 Titan]

heywatchthis

1. Looks like a Challenger or Gulfstream or something similar.
2. New York.

[Pinky the pilot]

Jawz; Would number 3 be at Mungerannie before the strip had major work done on it?

[Cloud Basher]

Ultralights,
1. Looks like a Saddler Vampire wing.
2. Somewhere south of Sydney heading West?

Cheers
CB

Edited to ask:

Bentleg,
IS that VH-CGN on the previous page? If so I have about 60 hours in that sucker, flying up the east coast, across to Dawin, down the centre and back to Sydney.

Cheers
CB

[bentleg]

Bentleg,
IS that VH-CGN on the previous page? If so I have about 60 hours in that sucker, flying up the east coast, across to Dawin, down the centre and back to Sydney.


Sure is. Taken late 2001 on a similar trip but in the reverse direction.

[Bill Lear]

heywatchthis

A Lear 31 over Manhattan.

Was that you flying or a friends photo? Nice pic anyway.
(Could also be a Lear 28 or 29 if you are not posing an obvious question to the un-Lear-educated masses).

Cheers dude.
Bill.

[Ultralights]

Ultralights,
1. Looks like a Saddler Vampire wing.
2. Somewhere south of Sydney heading West?



http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/143562050-M.jpg

Yep, Its a Vampire wing, (didn't think Anyone would guess that!)

as for where, heading west.... YES, location is North of Syd somewhere.....

[MUNT]

heywatchthis

Lear 55, New York?

[gaunty]

Lear 45? maybe,

[Jet_A_Knight]

Lear 60.:}

[heywatchthis]

MUNT - You are correct..

Lear 55 over NYC.. Flying VFR 16500 from Nantucket, back to home base

And Bill, close! The 28/31/55 all have the same (longhorn) wing

[Bill Lear]

heywatchthis,

I dont mean to question you at all, but if its was a 55, where is the pillar at the rear of the windshield(ala Lear 60). I'm just anoyed if I got it wrong!
Cheers.
Bill Lear.

[heywatchthis]

Bill, If you look carefully, you can see the hinges there for the back window. The piccy was taken from the rear window, pillar not in sight.. But I can assure you it is there...
Opening that little window use to be great in summer to cool the cockpit down, however this a/c has had it siliconed shut! buggers!!
And to answer your question, this is one of my regular rides, we have 3 55's and 4 35's.
Here are a couple more..
Quiet up here!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/l_a681cda0254b686417895e1ef133d2dd.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/947126134_l.jpg
The Stimulator
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/l_2bdfd5094c132393e7e2b88fb3550f46.jpg

[Bill Lear]

heywatchthis,

thanks mate. Cool job you have there. I never knew you could open that little side window. Learn something new everyday. Got any more Lear pics? Keep em coming.
Regards
Bill.

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/145029570-M.jpg

What and where? :)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

What: Fudpucker Mk2 or maybe a Mk3

Where: An aerodrome somewhere!

[StickWithTheTruth]

Rotec Radial (made in Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne) on a Flybaby 2 seater, the only one in OZ... at Narromine, Easter 2007... close enough?

[Ultralights]

Pefect! 10/10 for you! :) though you didnt mention what time it was taken! :}


http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/142879718-M.jpg

[Jamair]

Whatsit?

Harry Cooper recently did his captains endo in this one.......(well done bloke!)

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Panel.jpg

[StickWithTheTruth]

It looks suspicously like a Reims F406 Caravan II...

But it could be an early model...

It definitely smells like a Cessna of sorts...

Having never been in anything bigger than a 208, it's the best I can do.

[podbreak]

Jamair,

Citation 550 (II)

[Jamair]

Well it IS a Cessna....still waiting:}

[Hempy]

Citation V?

[Capt Fathom]

More like a Citation 500/501.
New avionics stack, but a 70's panel and Bendix A/P FCS.

[tinpis]

Thats a citation I, whats with the stack though?

Erm....8 track? :hmm:

[Jamair]

Fathom - well spotted, 'tis indeed a 500:ok: . If you like the stack, you should see the orange velour seats and the shag pile headliner....not to mention the fluffy dice on the mirror and twin overhead foxtails on the Commant:hmm:

As they say, there is only so much silk purse you can make out of a sows ear....and a 30 year old aeroplane will never be new, irregardless how many pennies are splurged thereon. Still, the stack is nice....:p

[Hempy]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/h3mpy/scan002-1.jpg

where? :}

[donpizmeov]

Hempy,

Sitting on the forward radar of the mighty P3 in tropical Butterworth. Looks like its weather code blue.

Don

[Hempy]

donpizmeov,

:ok:

[Not_Another_Pot]

http://www.rits.com.au/prune/photo2.jpg

This may help!

http://www.rits.com.au/prune/photo1.jpg

[The PM]

Esperance?

:} :}

[Nil Flaps]

....albany?

[compressor stall]

It's not the main Esperance strip (in the loosest sense of the word as it's a fair drive away) but the one to the east on the corner of Fisheries Rd and the road to Cape Le Grande.

Never put the Kingair into there, but drove past it a few times on the way to the beach! I do miss that part of the world, it's a beautiful place and the further east you go from there the more spectacular the coastline gets. :ok:

[Not_Another_Pot]

Stally wins, Myrup in Esperance.

[haughtney1]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/EVALHR.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/River1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/SppedbirdLHR.jpg

Name the river, name the airport...and I'll buy the beer:ok:

[VH-WTF]

Danube, Vienna.. i think

[PilotHTR]

Here are a few taken by my back seat passenger on the weekend......

1. What is the aircraft. Hint - that's the rear panel
2. Why are we looking at the ground through the canopy roof?
3. What is the airfield / event

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/jpc25_01/c.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/jpc25_01/a.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/jpc25_01/b.jpg


Cheers, PHTR

[QNH1013.2]

It ain't Avalon.

Ballarat perhaps?

[trolleydriver]

Looks alot like Echuca??

[PilotHTR]

Nanchang - Yes
Inverted - temporarily
Echuca - Yep...the Antique Aeroplane Assoc of Australia fly-in last weekend.

[solocmv]

Last Pic.
On aproach gear still up.

Cheers,
solocmv

[PilotHTR]

Yes indeed.
I love those barber poles!

OK -for the experts among you...take a look at the instruments. Why is the slip indicator out to the left?

[Hempy]

no expert, but torque or some such I'd imagine.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Communist aeroplane:}


Or taxiing around a righthand corner.:ok:

[Got the horn]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i224/zkdan/IMG_0625.jpg

[Wanderin_dave]

I know, i know!! But i'm not gonna say.
Hint - next time remove the rego, too easy to google.

[PilotHTR]

Hey Comrade Chuck,
Never did get that Bo! But thanks for the advice.
You are almost right....

ASI (km/h) = 0
ALT(m)= 0
Oil and CHT = warming up
Trim set for T/O (green light)
RPM and MP (mmHg) = Idle.
Ball out to LEFT

The clue is the AH.......parked and warming up across a slight slope, left wing down!!

Cheers

[A185F]

Thats the piston provost prob around masterton too difficult to tell. Now I just gotta figger out who you are or who you are flying with.....:E

[haughtney1]

Yours truely stopping for a breath during the walkaround:E
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/holdinguptheplane.jpg
The usual African chaos ensues in 38C and 95% humidity
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/TheusualChaos.jpg
An unusual arrival that taxied in....
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/DodgyAfricans.jpg
And once parked, unloaded a few suspicious looking crates, African generals, and white women:E all who disappeared in a couple of large expensive looking cars
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Stop.jpg
Then, rusting quietly away on the other side of the ramp
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Classic737.jpg
Just another turn around in West Africa:ok:

[Jet_A_Knight]

Where's ya bloody tie, haughtney??:E

[haughtney1]

I don't do ties:E

(well I do, but not when its 38C, plus i usually look like a trussed up chicken:} )

[solocmv]

Good Comrade,
CJ6a,
Strong like OX,
Smart like tractor.

Cheers
Solo CMV.

[Jet_A_Knight]

H1 - I hope that's not what you tell the CP!

Ties are, after all, an O H & S nightmare:

'Choke Hazard' :8

[Capt Chambo]

Haughtney1 in reply to your post number 907.
The pictures are taken from Marble Hill, so the river is the Thames, the airport is Thiefrow!
If I'm right then mine is a pint of London Pride from the White Swan.;)

[heywatchthis]

Brings back bad memories.... Bank running rice rockets on the ground at chicago midway
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/DSCF0380.jpg

[Towering Q]

Back to Oz for a moment, can anyone pick this mine camp/air strip?
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/IMG_0521.jpg

[the wizard of auz]

Yandi? doesn't look to familiar....... from that angle anyway.
maybe Nifty? Jeez, you found one that stuck me.

[haughtney1]

Capt Chambo, well done! do you want prawn cocktail crisps as well?


A couple more from southern Spain
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Toy2.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Toy3.jpg
Plus a fellow company machine....:ok:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Push2.jpg

[Towering Q]

I'll give you a clue Wiz, somewhere in the NT. Boots have to be hung up on hooks outside your room to stop the dingos taking off with them. I found out the hard way.:(

[Tempo]

Hi,

For those that have flown (or fly) the MU-2.....could someone tell me what was the problems are with that aircraft? I head so many negative comments about it regarding handling and performance. I am just curious what in particular they are

Cheers

[morno]

Long shot, but it's not The Granites is it??

[Low Cost Carrier]

It's not the Granites, looks suspiciously like Tanami Gold Mine to me.

[maxgrad]

Tanami, up on the hill with the pit to the left (out) of shot at RWY end

[the wizard of auz]

yeah, I was going to run with Tanami as well. Certainly isn't Granites.
you must be standing on the old rehabed waste dump behind the camp?.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Tempo

Never flown a MU2, but it is an aeroplane that has always appealled to me - like the rest of its mates in the "bad boy" class of aeroplanes - V-tail Bonanza, Aerostar, and Lear 23.

My understanding is that the MU2 is different.

1) roll control is by spoilers rather than ailerons. This makes it inherently different to handle in a engine out situation.

2) the fuel system is different (complex ?) - don't know the story.

3) there has been a question mark over the effects of icing on the aeroplane.

I seem to recall one was lost a good few years ago on a ferry flight from the USA to Oz, by an experienced pilot. I think one was lost in WA in the hands of an equally experienced pilot.

There is an article on them here:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=bca&id=news/mu2_0206.xml

Those who like them say it is a training issue.

I recall when I went to NZ 20 years ago a 2nd level RPT operator was using them. Highly experienced pilots. Don't recall them having any problems.

Dr:cool:

[tinpis]

I recall when I went to NZ 20 years ago a 2nd level RPT operator was using them. Highly experienced pilots. Don't recall them having any problems.

Thats cos the pilots were Kiwis http://www.augk18.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/moon2.gif

[Rabbit 1]

Post #855 by belowMDA got the location/country right and I took this pic on one of the outer islands during a starter change on #2. Marakei atoll is the location.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t38/temakin/starter01.jpg

[Towering Q]

LCC, Max and Wiz....spot on, also known as Groundrush I believe. Not sure if its operational at present, photo was taken about 3 years ago. And Wiz, that was one of the more difficult waste dumps I've scaled.

Rabbit, lack of tail stand aside, is that nose on the trilander a little longer than the standard variety?

[maxgrad]

TQ...still in operation today with regular flights

[heywatchthis]

The hiroshima screamer is a nice a/c to fly.. It is far from your average turbine twin.. and should not be operated like one!
It does have a bad wrap. However with sufficient training and a thorough understanding of the systems and limitations it can be operated safely. Plenty of them flying the skies each night in the USA..

Doesnt much like ice.. Nothing Does!
Autopilot is not as simple as one would wish..
The inflight breakups are often attributed to overspeeding the a/c. It has a very clean wing and will exceed VNE with little effort!
There are putloads of articles online about the mu2. The one FTD posted should answer all you questions
Is there any left in OZ???????????????

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

heywatchthis

Haven't seen a MU2 in Oz for years. Would bet my left nut on it though.

Dr:cool:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Man that could have hurt!

Both in Victoria

VH DTV
Power Driven Aeroplane with tricycle - retractable landing gear
2 Turboprop engines
Manufacturer: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT INT
Model: MU-2B-20
Serial number: 132
Aircraft first registered in Australia: 13 June 2006
Full Registration

VH JES
Power Driven Aeroplane with tricycle-retractable landing gear
2 Turboprop engines
Manufacturer: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT INT
Model: MU-2B-30
Serial number: 516
Aircraft first registered in Australia: 27 December 1984

[Rabbit 1]

TQ. this version was the BN2 MkIIIB that originally came from Air Pacific I think? For years the country in which this pic was taken had 2 of them. Douglas Airways had the more common 'short-nose' version. I read recently that the Poms may be putting the Trislander back in to production...

[Chief galah]

There's another MU2 at Essendon with a N number registration.
CG

[J430]

FTDK

I received an AAE brochure the other day showing what flew where.......most folk would not get it, but the MU-2 shown on the map of OZ suggested it might actually run around your part of the world....so :sad: keep your eyes peeled at night!:ok:

J:ok:

[Pinky the pilot]

Douglas Airways had the more common 'short-nose' version.
Rabbit 1 They certainly did. DNN, DNP and DNX.
If memory serves correctly, DNN was actually the prototype Trislander and along with DNP were the only ones operational for the last year or so of Douglas Airways existance.
DNX was a 'hangar queen;' Was supposedly having a major inspection but for the nine months I was there never moved from the maintenance hangar.

[VH-XXX]

You know what, how about where?

(Note tossers in the Barwon Heads thread that you CAN safely mix Tigers, Parachutes and other aircraft at the same airfield- look closely)

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/tiger.jpg

[sum1]

One in NZ too:ok:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb305/caravan208b/Image036.jpg

[jetstar1]

VH-XXX

Downwind for 22 at Tooradin. Geez I love that restaurant!

:ok:

[sumtingwong]

The op is obvious but the location?

Look at the local dialect on the sign for clues

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa198/sumtingwong_photo/RFDSWestopsflying024.jpg

[Towering Q]

Wingellina?
http://www.ngaanyatjarra.org.au/KOMindex.php?klusID=1&commID=1

[bushy]

It's a while since I have been there, but it looks familiar.

[Warbo]

Hey XXX, I reckon I did my tailwheel endorsement in that when Hempel owned it.

[sumtingwong]

Wingellina?

TQ, Mate got it in one.

I'll have to try harder

[Towering Q]

Sumtinwong, you managed to keep all the car bodies and camp dogs out of view.

Did 'kilo' come up from Meeka or Kal?

[Sarcs]

Glad you didn't show the port side of Kilo as everyone would of witnessed where 'yours truly' hangar rashed the winglet. Not one of my finest moments working for the docs.

cheers Sarcs

[J430]

Not one of my finest moments working for the docs.


Does that mean "past tense" as a result of said hangar rash. Surely some skin cream and a couple of panadol would fix it, if pain persists........:}

Fess up whtcha do to her?:{

J:ok:

[sumtingwong]

The Kilo came from sunny Meeka. Was in two minds about whether or not to go back. mmmmm MEK or Wingellina, choices choices:ugh:

The new camp administrator is a top bloke and seems to have done a lot for the place including removing rusted wrecks (I love aliteration) and kicking out the camps canine's. A few rascals managed to sneak through however.
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa198/sumtingwong_photo/d3ef89ed.jpg

Sarcs, from this photo I think all evidence port side has been removed. We used white out from the Farmer Jacks. If you happen to be DP now on the european bird, then PH in MEK has filled me in about the hangar rash details.:D Bet you're loving your new gig. Cheers mate

[kingtoad]

Hey XXX - is good old VH-UVB in Vic now? That would have been a fun ferry flight from Archerfield ... I did a bunch of time in her when Hempels had it too. Then Barry got his new baby VH-BCI - now she was a really sweet DH82A.

[j3pipercub]

Hey All,

First of all I comprehend that this may very well be a stupid question, but could anyone let me know (PM is fine) how to post photos, I've got a couple I'd like to show off

j3

[PS2A_yay!]

j3, Not a stupid question. But has been asked before. See reply #63 of this thread and there is your answer. We look forward to your contributions to the thread.

PS2A

[VH-XXX]

Yep, she's been at Tooradin for several years now operating as many as 20 Joy Flights a day. There was 2 there for a while however UVB is apparently the sweet one to fly.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

I would be surprised if there are not at least a couple of people in here that have been to this top spot - NOT!

Same place - one piccy from the air

http://www.fototime.com/B4A5083869F1B43/standard.jpg

and one on the ground.

http://www.fototime.com/7A9D2BA33FB6C8D/standard.jpg

1) Specific geographical area?
2) Nearest town?
3) Exact location?

Dr:cool:

[J430]

Not sure where, NW QLD I guess, but I reckon it was a good 15 years ago.....or more:}

J:ok:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

"Not sure where, NW QLD I guess"

Geez, there's always one isn't there! Giv'em an inch and they want to take a mile.

NW Qld? That's a bloody big area J430. Note that I have now changed "general geographical area" to "specific geographical area"!

but I reckon it was a good 15 years ago.....or more"

?? based on what? The old truck? The "old" aeroplane? You sure as hell can't see my lack of grey hair from there!

The shorthorn cattle in the yard? Your eyesight isn't that good!

Dr:cool:

[Capt Fathom]

I'm going make or break! :uhoh:

Richmond / Julia Creek area.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Nice try Capt.

Similar geography (tree-less grasslands) but further west.

Dr:cool:

[Howard Hughes]

?? based on what? The old truck? The "old" aeroplane?
Try the crappy old grainy photo! ;)

[Aquaplaner]

Lake Nash?

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Lake Nash?

Right part of the world - but north of Lake Nash - and the other side of the border.

What's that part of the world called = answer (1).

Dr:cool:

[Chimbu chuckles]

1/. The GAFA.:ok:

[Capt Fathom]

Damn Dr. I've got better things to do.

Somewhere on the Barkly Tableland.

The cattle yard and turkey's nest should help narrow it down. Not many of them out there! :E

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

1) Barkly Tableland is correct. Well done Capt.

Interesting place to visit - but you wouldn't want to live there! I used to sit on the verandah of the house at this particular place and look out ........... at nothing ........... as far as the eye could see ........ nothing ...... maybe a rock ...... if you were lucky!

Nearest town?

Dr:cool:

[Pseudonymn]

What do you classify as a 'town'?
Camooweal?
Doomadgee?
Mount Isa?

[Capt Fathom]

Barkly Downs.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Pseudo

Yep, (2) Camooweal is the nearest town!

OK, any ex-Stanbroke Pastoral Co pilots in here to pick the exact location? There must be dozens of young pilots (and a few older ones) who got the illusive first 1000 hrs peddling Stanbroke aircraft.

Stanbroke (the original!) operated a fleet of a half a dozen or more C172, C182, C206's and a Bonanza/Baron for 40 years before the company was broken up a few years ago.

I know of a couple of prangs that occurred but I don't think there was a single fatality in 40 years. Says something about the professionalism of those concerned and the reliability of GA aircraft.

Dr:cool:

[Warbo]

Somewhere on Rocklands, western side? No. 3 OS?

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Good one Warbo!

3) No. 3 Outstation on Rocklands (19 20.5 S, 138 05 E)

Dr:cool:

[J430]

Hey Doc
You asked the question...........just answered it best I could for a SE QLD boy:}
as for the era.......mate that aint no digital amera you were using there;)
But I love ya hat!!!:}
J:ok:

[Capt Fathom]

We weren't too far off!

Lake Nash & Barkly Downs were Stanbroke properties!

A mate of mine was at Lake Nash in the late 70's, flying the 182.

[redsnail]

Somewhere I visited recently on tour.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d143/reddo1/Egypt/Pyramidcheopsa.jpg

[Jet_A_Knight]

Las Vegas??:E

[HardCorePawn]

nah... its that Window of the World place in china (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_of_the_World)...

Famous landmarks at 1:5 scale... the 'Maori' village along with 'authentic' song and dance was... errrr... unique :\ and, no doubt, highly offensive to any maori in attendance

[Pinky the pilot]

Hard Core & Jet_A_Knight; Yer both wrong!! It's a piccy of the Pablo Picasso cubist painting of Queen Nefertiti's t**s!:E :E

[Jawz]

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb299/dna_nt/Picture703.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

Dead Beaver !

[J430]

Don't you mean 'Fecked Beaver':E

[redsnail]

Wet beaver?

[haughtney1]

Salty Beaver?

[Ultralights]

thats one royally shagged beaver! :}

[SM4 Pirate]

Stuffed beaver.

[Towering Q]

Whilst on the topic of damage, any takers for the aircraft type?
Shouldn't be too hard.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/BustedNose.jpg

[the wizard of auz]

Cessna 400?. needs paint though.

[OZBUSDRIVER]

310? How come the windscreen missed out on getting smashed?

[Chimbu chuckles]

55 Baron (after hail/heavy rain?)

[chimbu warrior]

Aw c'mon Chuck; the Baron dosen't have a pitot tube on the nose or air inlets in the wing leading edge.

310 it is.

[Chimbu chuckles]

:hmm: They had me thinking...thought it might be a really old 55...:ugh: :ugh:

But you is right...:{ :ok:

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Nasty stuff. Mate went through a CB one summer, in a B58 KRY to RED. By the time I got the story he had lost his screen and was pulped by the storm, lost an eye and had to be carried out of the aircraft. Man, I was so glad to find all that happened was much the same as the 310 with a cracked screen. Imagine that ice coming through at 120kts plus whatever it's coming out of the sky at. Queensland Charlies get a wide berth, they spit!

[Towering Q]

Correct Ozbusdriver and Chimbu Warrior.
I wasn't the unlucky driver but I heard that it got sucked up into a big cell whilst 'manoeuvring' through a line of CB's and all hell broke loose. Engine nacelles received similar treatment and the wing leading edge looked as though it had been parked on a golf driving range.:eek:

[Peter Fanelli]

Definately a C310 and I'm thinking the former VH-JVN.

Don't know what that aircraft's current registration is now though.

Does it have a blue interior?

[QNH1013.2]

What and where?

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/lw.jpg


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/alan1.JPG

[J430]

Eugene's Lightwing on floaties, somewhere accross Bass Strait, and a Brand spanker Jab somewhere in Victoria.

Just a wild guess, some of the locals might have a better idea!

J:ok:

[Dave Incognito]

Port Keats

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/498959174_2b17883c26.jpg


Somewhere over the Great Barrier Reef

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/498959170_70f5b4ce05.jpg


Doing the daily when you feel like you should still be in bed
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/498959162_7684cf19ef.jpg

[tinpis]

......or at the nightclub...:E

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Feeling like a "Rage in the cage", Tinny:E :E :}

[Dave Incognito]

Did someone say night club?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/498926180_0657d6673a.jpg

[J430]

These guys are funny, do they have any waypoints ...Wild and Turkey......

[Zhaadum]

They would have to be five letters. EG: WYLDE TURKE, COUGR, JIMME BEAME, WDSTK, BULIT, JACKK DANEL etc..

I don't know if they exist. Would be cool though!
Z. :ok:

[Crosshair]

Consider the waypoints near Frederick, Maryland, home of US AOPA:

PHILB
DEFND
GEEAY

They're named for Phil Boyer, AOPA president there.

Of course, near Brisbane, we have:

LEAKY BOATS SINNK

[justapilot]

New tourism facility @ SHR ... major investment in the reigon ...
A CARAVAN PARK :ok:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/justapilot/importsfromnewcamera028.jpg

[OpsNormal]

There are some classics around the place. At one stage I remember there being some along the likes of: ITAWT EYSAW APUSS ECATT IDEED (or something similar - if the memory serves me correctly it was out of TL to the NW).

[The PM]

OpsN,

Completely off topic, but how did your leisurely little afternoon scenic country flight go?

:} :}

I'm going to assume well, so congrats!


PS: If other half didn't mention it, had a much better than expected outcome with the DR.Will ring at some stage!

[m-dot]

ToweringQ

C310 ALY in Kalgoorlie?

[Defenestrator]

I've always thought SATCO, the IAF for the ILS in YBTL, was pretty cool. More power to them.

There are some classics around the place. At one stage I remember there being some along the likes of: ITAWT EYSAW APUSS ECATT IDEED . Thats funny.

On the airway from Cairo to Jeddah the last two crossing points are DEDLI and OSAMA. As Clakajak coined so well.......go figure.

D

[Hempy]

Waypoint names also discussed at length in this thread Clever Waypoint Names (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=174011&highlight=waypoint+names)

[tinpis]

Feeling like a "Rage in the cage", Tinny

Bah! all respectable nowdays :*

[Towering Q]

Peter and m-dot, check your PM's.

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Tinny, it couldn't be you. Don't tell me they have emacipated the Nightcliff:{

[Dixons Cider]

justapilot

where's SHR? quite a lineup there...

[Towering Q]

...better include this one too then.:ok:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/IMG_0532.jpg
Peter, are you THE Peter Griffin?