The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk I

[ZK-DAN]

no idea...the link ain't working!:eek:

[Kickatinalong]

I'm guessing that crinkled looking wing is just an optical illusion!:uhoh:

Bet it's one of Schoies planes probably JRY - X
Kickatinalong

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/94018695-M.jpg

An Airfield in teh Sydney basin..... guess where

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/94018746-M.jpg

overflying the soon to be extinct GA airport of YHOX

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/94741772-M.jpg

above Mt Mcquoid

[bentleg]

[QUOTE=Ultralights;2944196]http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/94018695-M.jpg
An Airfield in teh Sydney basin..... guess where
The Oaks

[ju7ez]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/ju7ez/DSC03104Small.jpg

Coming around to land at Great Barrier Island.

[skywagon]

Further to 777waketurbz question re digi cameras I likewise am in the market for a good digi machine and would appreciate comments/advice

[mebro]

Hello Skywagon,

A good one which has been on the market for a lil while is the Panasonic TZ1 with 10X optical zoom and 5 MP. You should be able to pick one up for around $500-600 mark I would say in OZ. If u have any friends in the US u can pick the same one up for US $300 over there which is a lot cheaper.

Good luck

[ContactMeNow]

Bet it's one of Schoies planes probably JRY - X
Kickatinalong

I can assure you that JRX has a VERY crinkled wing now :E

[haughtney1]

This is a tough one :ok:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Shortfinal.jpg

Guess where...:E

One thats a bit easier

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/P1000681.jpg

[ABX]

I can assure you that JRX has a VERY crinkled wing now :E


What happened? Sounds like there's a story there, can you tell the story? Post some pics?

Cheers,

ABX

[rjtjrt]

Chimbu chuckles et al
Any photo's of Woitape or Tarpini?

JR

[Wombat35]

Since this is still going....

YYYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHHAAAA

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k193/Kereru_2006/DSC_1044ms_ZK-CIT_01-10-06.jpg

[185skywagon]

Picking up a sign, I presume?? What aircraft? Husky or Scout?

[peuce]

This is a tough one

Could the first one be Mojave ?

[ABX]

The top photo: Edwards AFB?

ABX

[Wombat35]

It was my second pickup. It's my little Citabria at Ardmore in NZ.

All good fun!

Cheers

Wombat

[Captain Nomad]

Tapini PNG - as requested by rj...

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/OverheadTapini.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/LookingdowntheTapiniairstrip.jpg

For those interested: 915m, 4.5% overall (down then up slope), 3 151' elev.

Not one of PNG's most difficult but a good looker none the less.

[Captain Nomad]

Got me on a roll now...

A few more from PNG for those interested:

Kora, 600m, 7%, 5 736' elev - don't overshoot 'cos there is nothing to stop you at the end of this strip...
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/Korafromtheair.jpg

Karik (Porgera mine), 1 200m, 5.4% (another down and up slope) 7 463' elev
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/LinedupandreadytotakeofffromKarikPo.jpg

Maramuni, 450m, 6.4%, 5 030' elev - usually a nasty tailwind approach with an updraught blast on short-final just to keep you on the ball
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/LookingdowntheMaramunistrip.jpg

Guwasa, 600m (if you really want the rough erosion at the upper end), 10%, 4 938' elev
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/Guwasa.jpg

Mengino, 600m, 8%, 4 000' elev - 600m starts looking pretty short with a good quartering tailwind on take off - I always liked looking at trees...
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/Mengino.jpg

Gema, 560m, 10%, 5 250' elev - turbine Islander on approach
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/dandlroberts/TurbineislanderlandingatGema.jpg

Better stop - that's enough for now... :}

[troppo]

Nice pics Capt Nomad.
Haughtney...Sharm El Shiekh?

[WilliamOK]

These pics are awesome! PNG looks like a cool place to fly.

My pics aren't as good as the above ones.... Taken on my flirst flight of ZWG out of Moorabbin. Before her Pre-flight. I think we did medium turns....

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/WillKiwi/ZWGfront.jpg




http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/WillKiwi/ZWGside.jpg

[185skywagon]

Capt,
Do the highest peaks ever get snow on them in PNG? If so, how far down does it get??
Just curious.
185.
mine.
http://www.skywagon.info/images/CWHweb1.JPG

[Captain Nomad]

185skywagon,

Good question. The highest peak (Mt Wilhelm) is around 14 700' from memory. Plenty of other peaks in the 10-14 000' range. On these highest peaks it is visibly 'alpine' terrain which is essentially terrain with no trees. That is on the occasional exceptionally good mornings when you can actually see the peaks before they get covered in cloud! I don't believe snow is a regular weather feature even at those high altitudes. However I have had one PNG veteran tell me that many years ago he did once sight snow on one of the peaks (I think it was Mt Gilluwe near Mt Hagan?).

[tinpis]

Snow on Giluwe often during dry season mostly gone by lunchtime

Carstenz got a permanent glacier and snow cap terrifying place fer lik lik balus :uhoh:

http://www.papuaweb.org/main/wallpapers/muller-glacier-800-600.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Have seen snow on Giluwe a couple of times, and on Wilhelm once (the day after I got married in Madang).

Mt Juliana (over the border in Irian Jaya) is permanently snow-capped.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Saw snow on Mt Wilhelm once when based at Chimbu...spent a fair bit of the bosses avgas dragging the 185 up to 15000' to have a look:ok:

Great piccies Nomad...quite a trip down memory lane for some of us Chimbus who inhabited the place long before digital cameras were invented.:ok:

PNG will always be the best fun I ever had...dressed or undressed.

Arriving YTWB last saturday in my Bo

http://www.fototime.com/{8EC8C9BE-6714-43A4-B756-E21BDDC18F1E}/picture.JPG

And leaving YTWB after lunch with Jamair.

http://www.fototime.com/{F923296E-FD93-4CD4-BBAE-6EFE1275C8DA}/picture.JPG

Piccies courtesy of Jamair.:ok:

[jetbrett]

Thats a nice underside shot of that nanza......they are a very tough looking plane.

Heres a few more from my collection...

This air skiddy parked itself over my house one still summer morning for about half an hour........enroute to waypoint CORRS I think.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/P1010673.jpg


This was during my twin endorsement earlier on this year, a pleasant flight from MB-LTV
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/P1010824.jpg

This is one of my favourite aeroplanes to fly, a well respected plane that has avoided wear and tear because of that reason.....
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/Picture001.jpg

While im here I would like to say thanks to EVERYONE that put some photos on, has been quite enjoyable over the last few months.

Cheers JB

[Captain Nomad]

Hey Chimbu Chuckles, glad you enjoyed the PNG pics. Great to see some pics of your Bo - looks like a nice machine! I would have to say that in a previous job I had the pleasure of flying around an F33C Bo and it was easily the most beautiful aeroplane I have ever flown. A real pilot's aeroplane. The old V35A in the fleet was a little less perfect - had VERY old questionable avionics and it would get the old tail-swish going in turbulence!

[haughtney1]

Troppo....you got the country right:E

Its a place called Taba, very close to the Egypt/Israel border....

A couple more piccys

The front on profile
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/softdesertlight.jpg
Pointing the way to Taba
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Pointingtheway.jpg
Skipper doing the figures..(rather him than me!!)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/skipperhardatwork.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Hmmmm.....so all that stuff about modern navigation being based on IRS and GPS is really just BS...........you just look for the big arrow in the sand!

[Chimbu chuckles]

CW now you know that they fly Boeings IFR. I Follow Ruts in the sand:E :ok:

[slackie]

OK...where were these taken???
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/ZKMADForm.JPG
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/ZKMADKnife.JPG
The road should be a dead giveaway (to the observant!!)

[Chimbu chuckles]

Ardmore NZ...or at least nearby?

[kiwi_hockey_guy]

It looks very flat, and around Ardmore and the training area, its not that flat..... so im stumped, but 10 points to anybody who can pinpoint the location each of these photos were taken.....
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/kiwi_hockey_guy/DSC00895a.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/kiwi_hockey_guy/DSC00921a.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/kiwi_hockey_guy/DSC00936a.jpg

[Ultralights]

ummm photos were taken in the air???




:}

[kiwi_hockey_guy]

ummm photos were taken in the air???



That better for ya? :ok:

[tinpis]

Waikikamoocau ? :hmm:

[OpsNormal]

Waikikamoocau ? :hmm:

Only if it wouldn't move.... :} :} :}

[chimbu warrior]

Er would that be the road to Papakura? If so, gotta be near Ardmore somewhere.

[tinpis]

http://www.adf-serials.com/nz-serials/gallery/albums/Freighter/RF_NZ5906a.jpg

Saigon tower 1971:

American controller: Arrrr... afternoon sir what kind of aircraft is that?

Kiwi pilot: Ith a Bristol 170 sir !

American controller: Arrrrr....sir roger that...arrr... did you make it yourself? http://www.augk18.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/laughatu.gif

[Defenestrator]

ROTFLMFAO

Good one Tinny :ok: :ok:

[slackie]

Chimbu Chuck
No ... not near Ardmore ... a little further south.
Hint: The sector name was changed due to some PC complaints:mad:

Kiwi Hockey Guy
1. ???:confused: ???
2. Marlborough Sounds
3. Finals 25 NZPM

[slackie]

Kiwi Hockey Guy
1. Somewhere near Hunterville...isn't there that viaduct just to the right of the picture?? And isn't that the Rangitiki River??

[kiwi_hockey_guy]

Chimbu Chuck

Kiwi Hockey Guy
1. ???:confused: ???
2. Marlborough Sounds
3. Finals 25 NZPM


2 & 3 Are correct, and 1 is further south (by a fair bit)

[slackie]

OK....how about this....
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/IMG_1618.JPG

[Visual Approach]

Slackie
Don't recognise the photo...but that wouldn't be the infamous Howtap (from the maori placename Hautapu) Sector...wondered why it changed to Scott Sector!!

[kiwi_hockey_guy]

Kiwi Hockey Guy
1. Somewhere near Hunterville...isn't there that viaduct just to the right of the picture?? And isn't that the Rangitiki River??

No, its just outside Wanaka.....

[Launchpad McQuack]

That last pic is on approach to Nelson ain't it?? Looks like a nice place anyway...:ok:

[slackie]

Visual App
Correct!!

Kiwi Hockey
So it is...Mt Barker in the foreground with WF in the distance. Know the area well (every 2n Easter!!)

[ContactMeNow]

What happened? Sounds like there's a story there, can you tell the story? Post some pics?

Cheers,

ABX

If your ever out at BK just have a look near the Aviation Centre....that shall provide all answers :E

[redsnail]

One I took on an overnight recently.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d143/reddo1/Flying%20pics/moscowcathedral.jpg

[maxgrad]

WOW
isn't that supposed to be in a forest with a witch and an oven?

[Jamair]

OK, my turn......;)
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Chuck-2.jpg

Who is this and where? The posi-check pilot checklist is a dead givaway.....

[Jamair]

How about this for a 'challenging' strip - thought to be South America; anyone know for sure?

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/CopyofOnewaystrip_640x480.jpg

And you know those NOTAMs that say 'RWY xx unavailable due soft wet surface? Someone didn't check before landing on the 09/27 cross strip at Roma....

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/100_0089_640x480.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/100_0087_640x480.jpg:=

And this is about as close as I wanted to take the Aztruk to this piece of WX

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/100_0110_640x480.jpg

[tinpis]

Top one is Capt chuck in his Bonana?

The crook looking strip is god botherers in Irian Jaya or PNG

Christ ! when did it rain in Roma? :uhoh: :hmm:

[Jamair]

:ok: Yup, Chuck and the Bonza again....enroute back from the 747 bash at LRE - 150kt, 50LoP and 40lph.

Dunno where that strip is but bl00dy glad its not something I have to land on.

It did rain in Roma once, a couple of years ago. The bogging was bad enough, but when they tried to pull it out with a chain around the nose gear attached to a tractor.....:eek:

[OpsNormal]

:ok: Yup, Chuck and the Bonza again....enroute back from the 747 bash at LRE - 150kt, 50LoP and 40lph.
Dunno where that strip is but bl00dy glad its not something I have to land on.
It did rain in Roma once, a couple of years ago. The bogging was bad enough, but when they tried to pull it out with a chain around the nose gear attached to a tractor.....:eek:

That pic of being on final would be going into Toowoomba wouldn't it Jamair? Remember my first ever landing in a Kingair there. Mr. Magoo certainly excerised his patience well.....:ooh: :ooh:

Rain in Roma? That's not what I heard just recently from a reasonably informed source....!!! :} :} :D

[tinpis]

Did Chucky score that old check list off an ancient TAL 402 :confused: :rolleyes:

[Miraz]

The pic of the Bristol on the previous page reminded me that I had this photo. I was watching the take off from the roof of the control tower when it went pear shaped - fortunately nobody seriously hurt.
http://www.miraz.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=954&g2_serialNumber=2

[Jamair]

Ops, it is indeed TWB RWY11 - the hump is just as bad now, but they've extended and elevated the runoff area so now you can legally takeoff and land ya Kingair with a useful load. As for the wx at ROM - like I said, it were a coupla YEARS ago - but ya source may have rotted his brain with kero fumes by now.....:}

Anyone recognise this strip? At least one PPRUNER spent some quality time here - and that ain't Ayers Rock either:)

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/15_640x480.jpg

Tinnie, don't knock the ol' posi-check; I've got one in a box somewhere complete with the original instructions and inserts:cool: I may even stick it in an aeroplane one day:8

Anyone wanna have a shot at this locale? It has an NDB, a bowser and a big ol' hangar....and not much else! I slept on the floor of the office one night under the windsceen covers of the C182 when the air temp was minus 5... :yuk:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/18_640x480.jpg

[OpsNormal]

Where this is? http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/15_640x480.jpg

Pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now where did that windsock come from?:} :} :E :E

[OpsNormal]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/18_640x480.jpg

Question: Does it still have a bowser?

Home of Daisy perchance?

[Tagneah]

Jamair:

Dat be Forrest eh!! An oxymoron if ever there was one!

[Jamair]

:} Eh Tagneah bloke, you gottim right! :D Dat surely be Forrest, right in da middle of nowhere - the Nullabor. Lobbed in at 0200 local on one trip; could see the PAL from an hour out! Got a pic of the mighty 182 on the wall of fame in the office, along with just about everyone who's ever been through there. They also have a B&B running there now; said to be pretty good.:)

How about this one?

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/22.jpg

This has become a damn fine thread; haven't enjoyed PPRUNing so much in ages - maybe worth a sticky or even its own title?

[compressor stall]

Hmmm, just off to the left of above shot is my old house.... It, like every building in town, used to shake at 1300 with the blasting from the mine. Well worth a look see from the lookout too!

For the record it IS possible to drink a beer at every hotel in town in one day.... :}

Had a good ole time in Kal. TQ - what's your betting on the year and month the above photo was taken? Judging by the road and the size of the pit?

Speaking of fuel bowsers, here's short final for Sandefjord bay delivering a load of 7 drums of Jet A1....

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/_samson.jpg

[haughtney1]

On the ground in Sunny Preveza (northern greece)...please dont adjust your sets, the rain was so heavy it flooded the apron to a depth of around 12 inches in about 3 minutes
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/thecompetitiongettingawash.jpg

A 737-800 getting a wash
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/KaptainMandtheNG.jpg

In the cruise
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Inthecruise.jpg

[Towering Q]

Jamair, as CS has already alluded to, that be the Kalgoorlie Super Pit.
The photo would be a few years old as the Goldfields Highway, left side of picture, has since been moved closer to town to allow for the western expansion of the pit.:eek:
Stallie, that 'beer at every hotel in town' did 'spill' into a second day, but you may not remember that.

[compressor stall]

Hmmm, you might be right TQ but only by one beer. IF memory serves me correctly, midnight was at the Federal being served beer by a skimpie in a French maid's outfit:\ And it was from there to the Exchange for the finale!

I don't know how my liver would handle it these days. The homebrew down here's pretty potent though, but no time to drink it! :{

[Jamair]

Yep, Kalgoorlie it is - 2002 I think. I did a couple of freight runs across from Qld via there to Dongara and was gobsmacked at the size of those holes. Equally gobsmacked by the call-out fees for fuelling, something that was unheard of in Qld at that time. $40-$60 to pump a couple hundred litres of avgas, regardless of whether the guy was already there or not.:mad:

Can't comment on the crawlability of the pubs, given I was just stopping for food and fuel, but I'm willing to give it a shot next time through:E

Stallie, have I missed something - didn't you go from Nth Qld to South WA last we spoke? What's with the snow thing? It ain't THAT cold in sand-land is it??:confused: And WTF are you driving in those pix - the view looks a bit like a Twotter?

[Capt Claret]

Jamair,

I can recall paying $60/aircraft at Ayers Rock, aka, Connellan Aerodrome, The Rock Aerodrome, Yulara, etc etc (YAYE) in about 1986, and there were three or four aircraft in our group!

[Towering Q]

Jamair, that particular refueller was given his marching orders some time ago.:D

I think BP knew something was wrong when lighties were diverting to Esperance for fuel on their way through to Perth.

However Kalgoorlie now has a bowser and soon it will have a facility nearby to relieve bladder pressure.:ooh:

[compressor stall]

Jamair,

yes you are right - that makes it four years ago that we last spoke! I was really having a great time in Kal enjoying the flying and the life, but I took an opportunity in mid 2004 to do this....
http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/bergsm.jpg

[Towering Q]

An incredible photo CS, are the conditions always that clear during the summer months?
Here's a shot that might as well have been taken on another planet.
Any takers for this location? (Not suggesting anyone move there.):eek:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/Warbo2.jpg

[compressor stall]

I reckon I would have recognised that place quicker if you'd taken the photo at night TQ!!! I won't spoil the fun of others guessing as you know I know that place very well!

As for my pic, when not blizzarding, the clarity of the air is extraordinary. The horizon is almost always razor sharp and things seem a lot closer than they really are.

CS

[redsnail]

Hey Haughtney,

That pic from a few pages ago is "Gatnick" :E

[haughtney1]

You ever get to taxi under the bridge reddo? :E

[Pee Three]

Hey Stallie I like you have some fond and not so fond memories of TQ's pic above. Although at first I must admit to being confused as I don't believe I've seen the weather quite so nice and being during the day was equally confusing...!!!???
Pee Three:)

[gupta]

Jamair

The lump of rock in post 314 would be Mt Conner, so I'm guessing the strip is Curtin Springs

[the wizard of auz]

Hmmm, Warbo? looks like five miles to run on the Kal track. Hey ya stallie, how goes the cold?.

[redsnail]

Hey Haughtney,

Yeah, we were concerned about our wing tip clearances... Not. :}

[PLovett]

Warbo. Are the two horses there still grazing alongside the runway?:uhoh:

[the wizard of auz]

Nah, they ate those. :eek:

[the wizard of auz]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/18_640x480.jpg
Question: Does it still have a bowser?
Home of Daisy perchance?
Just noticed that pic. I would have picked it. I spent two years there. ( have a look at the barby on the other side of the track. I built it and it has all of our gangs name in the cement).
Used to know someone was coming an hour before they got there. Bloody great spotlight flashing all over the sky.
Daisy don't live there, but she's been there alot.

[bushy]

TQ
That one looks like Kiwikurra, although there are a lot more houses than I remember.

[OpsNormal]

TQ
That one looks like Kiwikurra, although there are a lot more houses than I remember.

I don't remember Kiwikurra being sealed and thought that the "apron" was about 2/3 the way down the eastern end?

Memory fades TQ, but I thought it was Warburton?

[bushy]

I think you are right and it is Warburton. Kiwikurra had lots of work done on the strip after the last flooding, but this place has many more houses, and roads, and the strip is a little different.

[slackie]

Jamair,

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/bergsm.jpg
Nice 'berg!! SOmewhere off the coast of Dunedin maybe??

[the wizard of auz]

look a little closer to the far ground. certainly not NZ. look also at the aircraft and what color it is, and think visibility. Old mate Stallie works in a far colder environment than we normal people. :}

[slackie]

woz "tongue in cheek"!

[the wizard of auz]

D'oh. :} righto.

[belowMDA]

Time for me to get in on the action. Will be interesting to see if anyone can spot where these pics were taken.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e290/belowmda/114-1438_IMG.jpg


There's gotta be a way through here somewhere!

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e290/belowmda/119-1933_IMG.jpg


An average strip for around here.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e290/belowmda/117-1764_IMG.jpg

[Macrohard]

Mount Egmont / Taranaki??

[the wizard of auz]

Must haver been a lot of guys made a lot of coins to pad the chrissy stocking with those burgs drifting over there. :} nice chrissy present from the cold south. :}

[slackie]

This should be easy to pick where...what I want to know is the date!!
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/WhereAndWhen.JPG

[the wizard of auz]

T'was a couple of weeks ago. A series of iceberg scenic flights out of DN for a local travel agent.
Awesome picture of the burg, although I never saw one that big outta darwin before. :} :eek:

[sir.pratt]

Chimbu Chuck
No ... not near Ardmore ... a little further south.
Hint: The sector name was changed due to some PC complaints:mad:


geez ya need mates in the tower to do low level sorties in the scott sector :)

[slackie]

geez ya need mates in the tower to do low level sorties in the scott sector :)
If you pick your time (and tfc levels), then it never hurts to ask....but then...
It's not what you know:cool: ...!!

[Towering Q]

From the previous page...bushy, yes you are correct, it is Warburton. Not too many remote communities have sealed strips and reticulated grass ovals with lights for night footy.:ok:
Can just make out the roadhouse on the left edge of the photo.
Pardon my ignorance belowMDA, but what type of beast is ZK-NAD? I'm guessing Nomad but not too sure. And re: your Cb photo, I would probably go LEFT.

[the wizard of auz]

Hmmm, Warbo? looks like five miles to run on the Kal track. Hey ya stallie, how goes the cold?.

Hey!!!!, I picked it first. :} Dont ya just love the dongas out the back of the roadhouse?.
Hey Stallie, i just saw ya on the tele, testing the strip for the airbus.

[Towering Q]

Apologies Wiz, you did pick it first.
I was there the other day and they are putting in some flash dongas with split system a/c. Now that all the weeds have been mowed it is beginning to look like a tropical oasis.:eek:

[the wizard of auz]

Bwaaahahahaha. tropical oasis huh?. thats it for the secret now. It will become a tourist hotspot and the rent will go up. :}
I was over there about three months ago on my way to alice and the fuel was about 80c a liter less than here at home. :eek:

[bushy]

I remember the petrol pumps out in front of the roadhouse, with a locked steel cage around them, and a sign saying "no photos".

Another interesting developement is our clever politicians deciding that the "grey nomads" will provide a cheap way of providing help for our indigenous freinds in the outback.
Can you imagine how long Mr, and Mrs 75 year old city dweller would last at Warburton.(supposing they could get there).
Maybe the "greay Nomads" can go and sort things out in Iraq as well. It's not much different.

[J430]

This is quite a download so if you have no broadband, well either wait a LONG while or give it a miss.

Nice bit of Video from Richard Wiltshire and an SAAA member in Sydney. This is the link to the video on the SAAA Xhapter 11 site. The rest of the site is worth a look also. Some great pics fom a couple of folk.

http://www.saaachapter11.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=2

Enjoy

J:ok:

[M14_P]

Snow on Giluwe often during dry season mostly gone by lunchtime

Carstenz got a permanent glacier and snow cap terrifying place fer lik lik balus :uhoh:

http://www.papuaweb.org/main/wallpapers/muller-glacier-800-600.jpg


These photos are incredible - I have had a nosey in a whole host of strips around the Queenstown/Fiordland region, but nothing compared to that seletion of photos from PNG, is it even possible to get a Microlight with rotax power into them?! (never mind a real aeroplane!)

[takingitfromfyfe]

First time putting pics on PPRUNE, what's an easy way. What's this url stuff? Click Click

[Chimbu chuckles]

There is no 'easy' way there is but one way.

Go to something like www.fototime.com and download the pictures to a user storage library. You then click on the picture in your library and then copy and paste the URL (the bit that starts with www.) to pprune using the boxed 'landscape' icon in the toolbar. When you have downloaded the picture and want to post it here bear in mind you will need to click on it twice...so that the only thing on the screen is the picture...and then highlight and copy the url.

[trolleydriver]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/trolleydriver/100_0614.jpg

And that was before the drought.....

[Ratshit]

Here's a few photos from recent wanderings!

R:cool:


Couple of easy ones to start with!

(1)
http://www.fototime.com/A609DB6940188C5/standard.jpg


(2)
http://www.fototime.com/86509E2F92A3B4B/standard.jpg



(3)
http://www.fototime.com/56F6ED129B992CE/standard.jpg



Maybe just a little harder!

(4)
http://www.fototime.com/042481119C30307/standard.jpg


This one may be a bit obscure unless you hang out in this part of the world!

(5)
http://www.fototime.com/55AD6E375FAC55A/standard.jpg

[Dog One]

Pic 1 Alice Springs

[jetbrett]

pic 2 . Ayers Rock (connellan)

[OpsNormal]

1). Agree, Alice.

2). Agree, Ayers Rock.

3). Birdsville.

4). Karumba? (must be the high tide/blue water that is throwing me....):E

5). Dunno, but could imagine the muddies yer'd get outta those mangroves! I'll have a stab and say somewhere in the Torres Strait?

[Ratshit]

[quote=OpsNormal;3035560]

1). Agree, Alice. - Yes

2). Agree, Ayers Rock. - Yes

3). Birdsville. - Yes

4). Karumba? (must be the high tide/blue water that is throwing me....):E - Yes

5). Dunno, but could imagine the muddies yer'd get outta those mangroves! I'll have a stab and say somewhere in the Torres Strait?

You should have backed yourself Ops! I haven't flown all over Torres but from what I hear there aren't too many runways that length. - Horn Island!

[VH-WTF]

Lunch break before heading back south
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/rohvul/1.jpg

500ft along the coast wishing I was a helo..http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/rohvul/beach.jpg


1 hour later it was SCT at 3000..:*
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/rohvul/hbb.jpg

Filming of the Biggest Loser at BK
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/rohvul/biggestloser.jpg

[Ultralights]

Last time i flew XKX it was wearing a different paint scheme..

[ABX]

Your number three photo is SYD, over the harbour.:}

YAY! I got one!:ok:

[Torres]

Jamair. Your post #308 on page 16........
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/CopyofOnewaystrip_640x480.jpg
To the best of my knowledge is an MAF C206 departing a mission strip south west of Goroka, PNG. Don't recall the name and it isn't as hairey as it looks - the slope is accenuated by a telephoto lens.

[Jamair]

:ok: Thanks Torres; but foreshortening or not dat place still pleeny scarey for dis liklik pilut pella an him liklik ballus:eek:

Its actually not disimilar to a liitle strip just north of your present locale called Fairview - had to take a Dept of Transport joker in there in a 172 a while ago. Side of a hill, ravine at the end with HUGE roiled up and downdrafts out of it - gotta take off uphill or end up in all sorts of trouble in the weird air currents.

I'll wack some more pix in as soon as finish unpacking from the latest migration:rolleyes: - have already told Mrs Jamair to dig a hole in the back yard 'cause she can bl**dy bury me here - I aint moving again in this lifetime!!! (Besides, the mangoes are flamin great at the moment!):cool:

[Defenestrator]

Where you moved to Jamair? New job?

D:)

[Jamair]

Yep, new locale, new flying gig - I'll put some pix in and you figure it out......:}

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/120450334-M.jpg
.
http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/120451000-M.jpg
.
http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/120451305-M.jpg
.

Kempsey New years fly in.

[Towering Q]

Sparrow fart.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/Picture004.jpg

[bentleg]

A superbly restored aircraft and beautiful to watch fly. Pic taken at Temora in 2003 http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/bentleg/riamaapril2003.jpg

[404 Titan]

Towering Q

Looks like a C402c wing with some obvious lateral imbalance or rigging problem. Note the aileron trim tab.

Btw, nice sun rise.:ok:

[Towering Q]

404
Tis indeed a 402C wing, methinks the imbalance is flap related.
I'd like to take an angle grinder to those useless VG tabs.
Re: the sunrise,
Red sky at night; shepherds delight,
Red sky in the morning; shepherds warning
Didn't apply on this particular day as it was fine everywhere.:ok:

[VH-XXX]

An old saying, but not relevant I was told for Australia... the Red Sky at Night is a Shepards delight is supposedly only in the Northern Hemisphere... and vice versa, so for down under it's Red Sky at night is a Shepards warning and Red Sky in the morning is a Shepards Delight.

[Zhaadum]

VH-XXX

I don't understand, could you please explain further?

In EITHER hemisphere the weather and cloud moves from west to east generally, so how could it be different for the southern hemisphere?

Not a dig at you personally, just a question....

Z!:ok:

[VH-XXX]

No idea actually... someone told me that recently and I took it on-board without really thinking about it! The only thing that I can think is that when the sun goes down over here, it's going up over there. I'll keep my mouth shut next time. No offence taken.

[Towering Q]

This may shed some light, (of all spectrums) on the matter.:8
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/red-sky-at-night.html

[gaunty]

404 Titan
I'd love to know where the ball is??:p

[Towering Q]

Gaunty
In the lower portion of the turn coordinator.:p

[Zhaadum]

TCU

Touche mate! ...and sorry for hijacking a bit.

Z.:ok:

[Valdiviano]

underthesea
your second photo is SMITHS LAKE, a few minutes south of Forster/Tuncurry.
The sand bar is openned mechanically when the lake level reaches a certain point, +/- once a year, a big swell will close the openning and the whole process starts again. Magic Place

[das Uber Soldat]

my solitary contribution, bit hard to pick where, but you can have a crack at the type. :)

http://www.deathnet.org/temp/clouds.jpg

=)

[Capt Fathom]

Seneca ..... !

[das Uber Soldat]

strike 1! :p

[gaunty]

Beech?

Twin Bonanza?

[puff]

Looks a bit like a Duchy

[das Uber Soldat]

Looks a bit like a Duchy

:ok:

we have a winner :)

[Jamair]

'Defenestrator' wanted to know where Jamair has got to - figure it out........:}
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/street.jpg
Or maybe you can pick my new Chief Pilot and the company Check dude, giving me the thumbs up after our checkride (see how 'pleased' they were....:eek: )
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/NewCP.jpg
and this was the view from the office recently
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Office.jpg

Well I dunno why the pix haven't posted; they were on there last night......:confused: I'll try again tonite:sad:

[Bevan666]

Anyone been here? Not the best place to go for a holiday, if you aren't 100 years old..

http://www.bja.com.au/ext/images/DSC_4202.jpg

Bevan..

[morno]

Norfolk Island??

[Bevan666]

Hot dog! We have a weiner!

[M14_P]

Hi folks,
A few new snaps from the Masterton Airshow at teh weekend. Great trip up, and back, very lucky with the weather. Had a good look at the new Aviation Heritage Centre, which is, by the way, an absolutely amazing experience. Highly recommended to all, especially non-aviation people who WILL appreciate it.

I did an intro to formation flying this weekend, and learn't a new akro figure, the avalanche, this figure is much easier than the theory! Very busy few months coming up that is for sure! Cannot wait, and roll on Easter!

Our Machine is pictured at the front of the two line up photos, ZK-JPW.

http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/groups/g_5400349/130b/__sr_/1533.jpg?grw2WtFBy6ESfE_j


http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/groups/g_5400349/130b/__sr_/2954.jpg?grw2WtFB9hqgusZ_

http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/groups/g_5400349/130b/__sr_/d532.jpg?grw2WtFBPBKE_7cl

[J430]

Had the pleasure of an ex Ansett Capt on board for a scenic flight the other day and he must have been more relaxed than my other passengers as he actually took some photo's of landing.:eek:
Guess where! We'll see how long it takes!
http://a326.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/7/l_73d82afb9e30d9624ea8f1574814a395.jpg
http://a838.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_9a134a264e074e188452cf46eda9a9b5.jpg
J:ok:

[Capt Fathom]

Caboolture :ok:

[Bevan666]

I didnt know you could hover a bongo van!
:eek:

[J430]

Wow that was quick, barely 15 minutes. Well done Capt Fathom!

If you have not been there for a while you will see a great deal of earthworks going on.....Progress!!!

J:ok:

[VH-WTF]

ABX- well done! No takers on the first shot tho..

Valdiviano - sure is, and it's full of jellyfish too, I managed to slice one with the rudder of a hobie cat :E

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/122668832-M.jpg

guess where, and in what?

[Riding the Goat]

VFR Route (some name) from Kilmore Gap to Mt Dandenong?

C182?

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/122668833-M.jpg
nope it wasnt a C182, it was on initial climbout from YWOL.
http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/122668861-M.jpg

[compressor stall]

Coming home the other "night" - about 2200 local.

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/_DSC3922sm.jpg

[ABX]

Hey compressor stall,

Simply awesome photo.:ok:

I know where you are based, but where exactly were you in that shot?

A question from a beginner ...

In the pic your props are synced pretty well, does your plane have prop sync? And is it always that accurate?

Or is it just coincidence that the props are synced up so well?

Sorry that my questions are a bit basic.

Cheers,

ABX

[das Uber Soldat]

Ultralights: Looks like VH-ASA to me ;)

[compressor stall]

Glad you enjoyed it. Unfortunately I do not have the GPS feeding position into my EXIF data, but that berg is approximately S69*13' E076* 26', and I was in the other aircraft at 1000' with a 70-300mm lens.

As for the prop sync, yes the aircraft is equipped with prop sync, although it is relatively uncommon in that it is not a master/slave sync. Magnets create an electric current that are fed into a controller that detects phase difference and varies the voltage to the synchronisation unit that then controls the prop governor. You can also turn the knob to pick up the top or bottom of the wave as is quietest.

I presume that they had it on at the time (normal cruise ops) but looking though my photos it is merely coincidence that they are aligned. Of the aerial photos in my files, this one was one of the few that have the props perfectly aligned.

Cheers

CS

[Towering Q]

S69*13' E076* 26'
Stallie, would it be correct to say that 1 minute of longitude would be considerably less than 1 nautical mile in your part of the world?:}

[Slezy9]

Heres a picture of some water flying up!
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/joiejojo/FlyingWater.jpg

[Pinky the pilot]

Ultralights; Seminole VH-KFO?

[donpizmeov]

Slezy9,

Aren't you suppose to stop and X No.1? Unless of course you are a lass, in which case it would be No.4.

I can almost here the visual no interest call now, those were the days!!!:ok:

Don

[ABX]

stallie,

Thanks for the info, I thought I might look up those co-ords on Google Earth however all I saw was lots of large white pixels, I guess that area doesn't qualify for hi-res photography ... or my level of access to G.E. wont give it to me.

Interesting part of the world you're in mate.

Can you post the co-ords for your base?

Had a mate down there a few years ago as a mechanic, said it was one of the best things he has ever done.

Cheers,

ABX

[tlf]

Ultralights; Seminole VH-KFO?


I was thinking the same thing Pinky. The colour combination is unforgettable.

But actually now that I look again at that second pic is it black and gold or green and gold?

[Double Asymmetric]

Donpizmeov....just for you so you can reminisce about "bombing the buoy!".
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Mirv_photos/P3LineAsterncopy.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Mirv_photos/Transfer003.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Mirv_photos/Transfer156.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Mirv_photos/Hornet.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Mirv_photos/Tomcat2.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Mirv_photos/Transfer018.jpg

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/122668834-M.jpg

both wrong on the rego..:oh:

[tlf]

both wrong on the rego..:oh:

Not to mention the type :)

[das Uber Soldat]

Not to mention the type :)

ASA is a duchess ;) Has the same color scheme too.

:)

[Pinky the pilot]

Ah well,:O At least I knew it was'nt Seneca 1 VH-MEP!:eek:
(Makes sign to ward off evil eye)

[Atlas Shrugged]

My guess would be VH-IPH. Used to have a different colour scheme though.....

[Oliver Klozof]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/OliverKlozof/HJE_2.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/OliverKlozof/HJE_1.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/OliverKlozof/Gulf_1.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t217/OliverKlozof/Bungles_1.jpg

[tlf]

Ah well,:O At least I knew it was'nt Seneca 1 VH-MEP!:eek:
(Makes sign to ward off evil eye)

So where is MEP these days?


And what of NPD? I haven't seen any pictures of it post crash.
Repairable or a done deal?

[das Uber Soldat]

Definitely a Piper, going by the position of the oil hatch cover. TLF & Pinky, I reckon it is KFO!

DF.

You might have missed this picture posted afterwards;

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/122668834-M.jpg

Sorry i'm not familar with the Piper Duchess, they any good? :}

[Desert Flower]

You might have missed this picture posted afterwards;

Yup, I did. If I'd waited for the page to load fully before I replied (b****y dial up!) I wouldn't have made that boo boo.

Sorry i'm not familar with the Piper Duchess, they any good? :}

Leave a Seminole & a Duchess parked side by side in the dark at a remote airfield & you never know what you might end up with! ;)

DF.

[donpizmeov]

Nice pics Double assy. A rude looking head in one of them though:} .

Thats it, will be loitering No.1 and practicing a bravo pattern on the next flight!

Say hello to Officer Mackinnon for me.

Don

[Red777]

Anyone firmilar with out back NSW...Photo taken enroute from Broken Hill to Burke

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1154626/L/

Final approach into Hamo

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1065833/L/

Final approach into Shute Harbour...great strip

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1070509/L/

[das Uber Soldat]

Final approach into Hamo

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1065833/L/


Quick, compass DI align!! :}:}

[Hugh Jarse]

Parallax or S-A-N-D :rolleyes: You should try it sometime:}

[trolleydriver]

:eek: Hows the white knuckle grip on the controls!

[Zhaadum]

Good try Red777, but a pretty obvious photoshop job.

Z:ok: .

[das Uber Soldat]

i was thinking that, but it *is* setup pretty well.

correct runway heading, correct frequencies selected, correct VOR selected etc. My only question having not been there is that are you always given a code?

[trolleydriver]

nah i wouldn't think so last time i was at hamo it was class D don't think they gave me a code?

[Red777]

Are you serious guys if i could make that up in photoshop i wouldnt be a struggling GA pilot...i have plenty of other shots taken during the missed approach we did...and if you take a look at the freq's in an ersa you will see they are all set in the photo.

Anyone know where i can upload a few photos to so i can post a few of the shots turning into and arriving into Hamo for those who think its fake.

For those interested its taken with a Canon300D with 18-55mm set on M mode with Av set a f8.0 @1/250sec shutter speed.

PS great thread this one with some great photos being posted

[ABX]

Hey Red,

Those pix don't look shopped to me at all.

Nice photography though, did you experience a little wind into Hamilton Island that day?

Load your pix into Photo Bucket (http://www.photobucket.com) and then use the Insert Image button when posting here on Proon, and you should have no problems getting you pix to appear in your posts.

Cheers,

ABX

[Red777]

ABX, umm to be honest mate i can't really remember im pretty sure it was a smooth day with about 10-15kts X wind on finals. Although the next morning i did the T/O from Shute and the weather was crappy with about 15kts X-wind from the left and swirling around in the mountains which made for a interesting departure.
Was very cold also
Fingers crossed these photos turn out below. Pix at 800wide
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s83/sq777_photos/hamo3.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s83/sq777_photos/hamo0.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s83/sq777_photos/hamo1.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s83/sq777_photos/hamo2.jpg

[trolleydriver]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/trolleydriver/Seaplanes.jpg

But can anyone get the regos in the right order starting from the front left?

[OZBUSDRIVER]

RED777 not bad snaps mate:ok: Nice use of the flash to fill in the panel.

[185skywagon]

Melbourne Seaplanes?? Rod and Leonie Gunther's brood???? TCK etc?

[trolleydriver]

melbourne (williamstown) is right, but not local birds

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/122668837-M.jpg

[das Uber Soldat]

carbon copy of asa i swear!! :ugh: :}

[beeva]

From left to right, JBM, SCH and TLO. KP's fleet from Tassie.

[trolleydriver]

Well done beeva :D

[Pinky the pilot]

So where is MEP these days?
And what of NPD? I haven't seen any pictures of it post crash.
Repairable or a done deal?tlf; MEP was flown up to the Gold Coast for sale and was purchased by a Qantas Pilot! Upon hearing of the purchase TK made the comment that "Now he'll have to learn how to fly!!":E :D
I have'nt heard anything about NPD. Does any Top End Ppruner know?
Oliver;Love the photos of VH-IJE. One of ASA's Chieftains that I did'nt get to fly but apparently it was considered one of the best!:ok:

[VH-XXX]

Whilst on the float theme, someone identify this... aircraft type and location...

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

[VH-XXX]

Red777 nice pic quality... the Canon EOS 300D, nice choice.

How about this one...

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/float2.jpg

[Ultralights]

top one is an Allegro 2000, somewhere over Victoria.
the other is a Rans S7 ?? wouldn't be for sale would it?

[ABX]

VH-XXX,

The Allegro 2000 is near Shepparton or Katunga?

Looks like Victoria ...

[redsnail]

Some pics on a recent flight into Samedan. LSZS (SMV)
Here you take a helo to St Moritz. Nearby is Davos, site of the WEF meeting held recently. We were concerned about being tailed by a Swiss Air Force jet but we managed to avoid getting into trouble with the authorities. Our pax were so impressed with our flight we got a €50 tip each.

View approaching the initial fix. Lowest IFR level FL140.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d143/reddo1/Flying%20pics/SamedanFL140.jpg

Had to jink to the left to avoid this little hill in the fore ground just in front of the runway.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d143/reddo1/Flying%20pics/Samedanarrivalview.jpg

It was better to depart this way.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d143/reddo1/Flying%20pics/Samedanlongerviewofdepend.jpg

A little hill next to the runway. Tiny little specks in the snow are cross country skiers.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d143/reddo1/Flying%20pics/Samedanhillnexttorunway.jpg

[PS2A_yay!]

This is the first forum I have read in its entirety. Keep up the good work guys and gals. :D Finally worked out how to upload photos. Here are are a few of my favourites from my collection:

Very Early Morning Sunrise.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/IMG_0118.jpg

Nice Prop Arc taxiing.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/PropArc.jpg

Another Early Morning. This one occurring recently. The colour in the sky being created from the smoke cloud blowing in from the fires near Melbourne.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/SmokeMorn5.jpg
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/SmokeMorn6.jpg

Enjoy folks. And keep em coming!

[Andy_RR]

Red777, is that the death-grip technique on the yoke during landing there? :}

A

[Pseudonymn]

Anyone?

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010038.jpg

[Towering Q]

Lake Burley Griffin?:uhoh:

[helijet]

Here's a couple from a few years ago while buzzing around the US
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w293/helijet911/P1010250.jpg
see if you can get this panel
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w293/helijet911/P1300039.jpg
on finals somewhere in California???
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w293/helijet911/P9130028.jpg
had to have a pit stop while ferrying

[J430]

Pseudonymn,

Could that be Lake YBCG when it rained once ........well a year or two back anyway.

Looks like Cooly but it could be many places in FNQ at the moment:}

Cheers
J:ok:

[VH-WTF]

helijet,

That would be a Lear 25.. and also the final approach into Big Bear!

[helijet]

Underthesea,

Very close on the Lear, spot on with Big Bear

[Pseudonymn]

Not Cooly.

Taken very recently... ;)

[Chimbu chuckles]

I reckon its Cairns.

A older Lr35

A Beaver frollicking in the snow.

[jetbrett]

Here are a few of mine of recent from my new place of work.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/Brettspics082.jpg
Party sitting in the sand at Kings Creek Station

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/Brettspics083.jpg
same same

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/Brettspics076.jpg
turning final

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/Brettspics061.jpg
enroute kings canyon to the station

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/jetbrett_2006/Brettspics029.jpg
qantas head to head at YAYE.


Keep the photos coming. Cheers JB

[Pseudonymn]

Chuck, not Cairns.

[The PM]

Pseudo,

Coolangatta about 18 months ago when it became a swimming pool?

[Pseudonymn]

The_PM, I've already said it's not Cooly... (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3104872&postcount=465) :rolleyes:

[The PM]

You expect me to read the WHOLE thing? geez............ <insert birthday cake sound effect here>

:} :}

I dunno....Townsville last week?

[Pseudonymn]

Yes, you have to read the whole thing... :E


Townsville is correct. Taken yesterday or the day before, I believe. Some more from YBTL. I don’t know who took the photos, they were emailed to me by a co-worker, who had them emailed to her by an ex co-worker of hers.


http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010024.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010032.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010033.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010034.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010035.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010037.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010040.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010043.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010044.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f264/jenbean76/P2010045.jpg

[The PM]

Whats the fishing like this time of year?

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

HeliJet - "on finals somewhere in California???"

In what?

FTDC:cool:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

PM - I would have been able to answer that but my 7 year tradition of fishing the Hinchinbrook Channel on opening day of the Barra season got WASHED OUT in 2007!

The fishing should be good after all the rain - and even better over the next few years.

FTDC:cool:

[Jet_A_Knight]

The panel...a LR24??

[helijet]

Well done Jet A Knight, it is indeed a Lr 24.:D
FTDC it's a Beaver

[BerG-NZ]

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2241/imag0022largebh8.jpg

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1741/imag0023largeao6.jpg

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5685/imag0027largeid5.jpg

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3126/imag0026largewo2.jpg

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/8757/imag0028largewp9.jpg

Guesses of the airfield?

[das Uber Soldat]

those ^^, are fantastic pictures. What an epic place to fly, shame about the equipment though :P

[the wizard of auz]

OMG!!! :eek: A Truamahawk flying around mountains......... Is that even legal?. Insane I say. :} :ooh:

[NZDP]

Looks like franz Josef there

[Bevan666]

The second photo is Tutoko! (The highest mountain in Fiordland)

Bevan..

[Chimbu chuckles]

Wiz the Traumahawk aint flying....it's just sitting there...abandoned in situ?:E

[BerG-NZ]

Yep, Franz Josef and the route through the Southern Alps from Christchurch.

Yeah bit unfortunate about the terrorhawk but hey its cheap for building cross country hours :)

[haughtney1]

Great Pics Berg....ahhhh brings back memories...spinning the choppahawk...and hoping the tail would stay on:ooh:
Piccys of todays little jaunt..the TWR is a clue
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/CRJs.jpg
The aeroplane is a clue
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/TheFlare.jpg
Its somewhere the Luftwaffe only bombed once!
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/TheLuftwaffe.jpg
Enjoy

FTDC it's a Beaver

The oil cooler inlet is the giveaway:ok:

[ekoja]

To all of you people who have posted pics on this site, a big thanks. I have managed to waste almost the whole of today (I have dailup and it does take time) :ok:
Some of the photos are classy shots and I think you guys ROCK.:)

[Dixons Cider]

Berg-NZ

Its been a while for me but.....

The first one - heading up the Landsborough with the Clark junction off to the left?

[Dixons Cider]

Ahhhh just re read the post.

If its from CHC through the Alps then it aint the Clark.
Thought it was up the Clark, up and over to the left and down the ____ river towards lake Moeraki.

Like I said, it been a few years. :( :{ :{

[Dixons Cider]

By the way berG - no shame in driving the traumahawk. We've all had to do it, or similar at some time.
Just be careful in those hills and always have an 'out', preferably two.

[Charlie Foxtrot India]

Nothing wrong with Tomahawks..just ask them!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/minnie_the_minx/figjam.jpg

And don't forget Wiz, I've got a photo of you in Figgy!

[Towering Q]

And don't forget Wiz, I've got a photo of you in Figgy!
CFI, I strongly urge you to post that photo on this site.:E :E :ok:

[Charlie Foxtrot India]

OK then!

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/minnie_the_minx/WIZANDJIM.jpg

:)

[OpsNormal]

Can the rest of us giggle at and tease him now?

Wiz flies a traumahawk, wiz flies a traumahawk..... :E :E :E

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

You got into an aircraft with Wiz, and survived ?.

Well i guess a monkey can do it ;).

[Charlie Foxtrot India]

"You got into an aircraft with Wiz, and survived ?".

No way! That's one of my intrepid staff!!!!

I was taking the photo!

[Chimbu chuckles]

Ahh...memories flood back...of doing my spin approval while doin an Instructors Rating with Trudy White some 23 years ago...of looking out through the rear perspex and watching the tail waggle:uhoh:

[gaunty]

http://www.aopa.org/asf/asfarticles/sp9702.html

[Charlie Foxtrot India]

Thanks Gaunty.

I think you'll find the same "waggly tail" in any aircraft that was spinning! If it didn't waggle it'd prolly fall off. If students are busy looking for a waggly tail instead of initiating the correct spin recovery then I guess there is more liklihood of a spin related accident!

BTW Trudy is now Trudy Robins, and still going strong here in WA as an independant ATO, a wonderful person is Trudy.:D

[Chimbu chuckles]

I would agree with all that Gaunty...as someone who learned in Cessnas back when they still built them new, and who never sat in a Traumahawk until flying instructors course, I fall into the category of pilots who think the little Traumahawk is a much better trainer, overall, than Cessna's baby.

I still reserve the right to take the piss though:}

Interestingly it was a Cessna 150 aerobat that nearly killed me when it wouldn't recover from a spin...any aeroplane can bight...recovery was well below 500':uhoh:

CFI it was during 'mutual'...we took turns holding it in a spin while the other watched out the back...I think the T tail waggles a lot more than anything else I have spun...spinning it beyond 4 or 5 turns was a hoot too..spin flattened out quite noticeably.

Yes Trudy was just 'living in sin' with Mr Robins in those days:} ...a marvellous instructor and a lovely person.

Her version of 'light matches under your nose' (as in Fate is the Hunter) would be called sexual harrassment these days:ok:

Any lady who calls her company T.W.A.T (Trudy White Air Transport) just has to be my kinda person:D


TRAT just don't have the same ring to it.;)

[haughtney1]

I think you'll find the same "waggly tail" in any aircraft that was spinning! If it didn't waggle it'd prolly fall off.

Never saw the tail wiggle in the CT4....:}

Chimbu I had a similar thing happen in an aerobat (sparrowhawk conversion with the bigger donk), recovered at about 800 AGL:ooh: I managed to crumple the forward elevator stop on the control yoke.....I was pushing forward that bloody hard:8

[Chimbu chuckles]

My last effort at getting the nose down I shattered the tacho glass over the right hand yoke and ended up way past the verticle and half rolled before pulling out at 500' on the altimeter...just about 3 nm SE of Warragambah Dam...where the terrian is 300+ feet...higher in places:uhoh:

My student didn't notice anything was wrong until I handed over to him, climbing through about 800', and lit a cigarette with badly shaking hands...He noticed I was a little 'agitated' and asked what was wrong...I just pointed at the altimeter as we were still just passing 1000'. A few days later he rang me at home to thank me for 'saving his life'...I pointed out to him I was actually just saving mine:}

[404 Titan]

I too had exactly the same thing happen in a C152 Aerobat out of Cairns in the early 90’s. After about 4 revolutions the spin became very flat. Tried to recover and nothing happened. I shouted to my student to lean forward as I did and I managed to recover just below 1000 ft. Nearly shat myself. For an aircraft that is so docile in the training environment, it bit me that day. I learnt not long after that an instructor at one of our competitors had exactly the same thing happen a few months later in their aerobat. All I could put it down to though was a C of G problem.

[GK430]

There is something lacking in your pics from the southern hemisphere - any guesses:{
But at least it's bright up above.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/Emirates/Intheclearblue.jpg"]
Just hope the skies over Avalon in March will be CAVOK

[VH-XXX]

We sure DO get plenty of that down south here.

(A free beer goes to the person that can spot the problem's in this photo - Jabiru jokes aside - there are around 5 things wrong with this picture, perhaps 6, however one is a double whammy)

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

[VH-XXX]

Some more pics from my very private collection.

See if you can identify some of the locations...


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

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/stealth.jpg
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sgt.jpg

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sting.jpg
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/l1.jpg


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/l2.jpg



http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/form.jpg
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/fox.jpg



http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/float4.jpg


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/float5.jpg
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/crj.jpg



And why do we bother with aircraft when we could have one of these!

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

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

[morno]

You're cruising at an IFR level whilst flying VFR, and without adequate cloud clearance, :ok:.

Those photo's of the river mouth on the coast, is that Hallidays Point by any chance??

morno

[VH-XXX]

Guess again, it's in Vic.

Yep, good call, although on this occasion it was with an airways clearance, but with no transponder code assigned (happens occasionally).

There's one other significant fault and one other that will be hard to spot.

[Atlas Shrugged]

Is it normal to fly a little Jab IFR in the yellow without a VOR/DME, ADF and GPS turned off as well as not having the DI & compass aligned?

[UnderneathTheRadar]

VH-XXX
Is it:
- slight disagreement between the compass and the DG (difficult to tell from photo but DG looks to be reading 135)?
- cruising VFR on top with no (legal) means of navigating?

And the 'river mouth' is Lakes Entrance.

UTR

Edit - bugger, beaten to it.... Do I at least get a light beer?

[Atlas Shrugged]

Ooh, looks like it's not in straight and level flight either. The compass is tilted, airspeed is in the yellow and the right foot is buried on the rudder pedal, but the VSI reads zero and the ball is centred :confused:

[VH-XXX]

There is one other major instrumentation problem that you are still yet to notice. (Clue - My nickname is Buzz and I drink SUB zero)


I assure you it's totally above board. It was a VFR transit with clearance to 10,000ft (on climb). As much as the cloud looks solid, it was quite scattered so VFR over the top for 5-10 mins max. I was wondering at the time why I didn't get a code though... still not sure.

The GPS is actually turned on and rightly so, there is no VOR / ADF mounted in sight. So, by the letter of the law, for VFR over the top not strictly legal without a positive visual position fix.

The ASI is the old original J400 one and wasn't updated as it should have been. Green arc now extends to 125 knots.

DG is not aligned either. Perhaps the barrel rolls earlier toppled it :rolleyes: :=

It was a requirement for VFR over the top as the solar panel needed sunlight to charge the battery for the DVD system :) Ahhh the joys of a homebuilt.