The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk I

[Philthy]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l158/Philthy88/Matt-Henderson-CT-4A-VH-MCT-nr-KTN-.jpg

It's been around a bit lately, but I still like it! :O

[Dogimed]

DHPilot

I was going to say the same,but I thought codenamejames was talking about the post on the earlier page. #6020

Which I belive is a 10A - Silver City.. been around for a while.

The other, FID, and its siblings FIE and I think FIF were all ex Flinders Island Airways..

FIE being the only 3 bladed Beech in country. (Stand corrected?)

Dog

[frigatebird]

dhavilland
nobody said the silver one FID was a Lockheed 10 or 12. The post evidently was referring to the red one 'Silver City' back over the page.

[Philthy]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l158/Philthy88/NA-P-51D-Mustang-VH-MFT-Snifter--1.jpg

Bundaberg Airshow - tail just coming up...

[Pilotette]

http://www.pprune.org/[IMG]http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr172/shety002/BeechD18.jpgFIE is still going strong at YPAD & YPPF

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr172/shety002/BeechD18.jpg

[Philthy]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l158/Philthy88/Beech-D18-S-VH-FIE-NRM-30-9-05-2-80.jpg

VH-FIE, Narromine, 2005.

[slackie]

Sorry it's not particularly aviation related, but we needed something to get this thread back onto the first page again!

So, how's this for low flying??:eek::ok::}
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs101.snc3/14847_1207300535783_1026761704_30579808_2965959_n.jpg

[Trojan1981]

An old one, some here may be old enough to remember this but not me!

Question is, where?


http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh68/trojan1981/Bankstown1April1962.jpg

[Jabawocky]

Is that your orange head their Slacko? :eek:

Bit faster than the kids and I the other day!
Not bad effort for an old bloke!
http://i1.bebo.com/049b/13/large/2009/11/06/06/4525920200a11824434734l.jpg



And here is the new power plant..... takes it right to the insurance limit! :E
http://i1.bebo.com/051b/11/large/2009/11/06/06/4525920200a11824434669l.jpg

[VH-XXX]

Time will tell if that beast is as reliable as the Lycoming 540.

It would probably use a similar amount of go juice!

[Trent 972]

Hello Trojan, I'll have a go at the obvious answer- Sunday 01st April 1962 at Bankstown?????

[ABX]

LOL, Trent, I was just gonna do that!

[Trojan1981]

Hello Trojan, I'll have a go at the obvious answer- Sunday 01st April 1962 at Bankstown?????:\ Oops...forgot to change the caption...Doh!

[PyroTek]

watch out jaba, i'll upload the other photo! :}

[Arnold E]

Go on Pyro, put the other photo up:E

[Jabawocky]

He could but it might offend some viewers and Pyro knows better than that!

And if he doesn't, he soon will. Tribal Council may vote him off... :E And Chimbu Chuck might take great delight.......

Maybe you should double dare him.......:}

[slackie]

Jaba....yip my orange head at the helm...gotta be mad to stand out the back and I don't particularly enjoy facing backwards with some other idiot driving!!

Photos were taken last weekend during our Bridge to Bridge waterski race here in Hamilton.
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs020.snc3/12761_192055686562_707881562_3888354_1666990_n.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs040.snc3/12761_191816541562_707881562_3882552_5401711_n.jpg

And one of your compatriots in the boat following us had this mishap...
YouTube - Bridge to Bridge Waterski Crash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzRGeM2ZHM)

PS. And VH-XXX we're using a touch over 90 lph in the above photos, so that significantly MORE than my AEIO540 at 25/25...and out of a 2.5 litre!! (Phew...related photos back to aviation!!)

[Jabawocky]

I got 95LPH on take off this afternoon.........well Chimbu did....I usually get 93 :{ he always has to go one better! :}

[slackie]

From another forum....
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj62/ExA4K/IMGP0724.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj62/ExA4K/IMGP0729.jpg

And a vid...anything those frogs can do, kiwis can to!
Cook_Straight remix by ExA4K - Photobucket (http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj62/ExA4K/?action=view&current=f1b42a85.pbr)

[startingout]

slackie have you got any more of those photos or a guide to the forum that they were on? SO:ok:

[frigatebird]

At a bit slower pace..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/scan0003.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/scan0004.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/scan0005.jpg

[The Green Goblin]

You've got balls posting that on here!

There might be a knock on the door by the regulator shortly!

At least cut the registration marks out!!

[skywagondriver]

Great photos, thanks for posting..very evocative.

[slackie]

TGG - all in the name of defence! As contracted...could just as easily been A4's or F18s, or Air to Surface missiles, or an ag operator, or powerline/survey operator...how often does "the regulator" knock on the RAAF/RAAN door? Some people just have the BEST jobs!

[allthecoolnamesarego]

Don't want to be a party pooper, but if I wanted to look at shots of boats, I'd join the Navy:}

Any chance we could get back to photos of things that really get airborne:ok:

(ducking for cover - incoming)

[VH-XXX]

You've got balls posting that on here!

There might be a knock on the door by the regulator shortly!


Seriously? A couple of Lears cruising low over the ocean, worse things have been posted here before. I'm certain that if it wasn't approved it wouldn't have been posted!

[Ultralights]

if i posted the pics i have on board EGW, then i would expect a knock on the door. otherwise its nothing you wont see standing at the perimeter fence at Albatross.

[Brian Abraham]

Re the Lears. Anyone have a contact for Brian (Bomber) Brown? Ex RAAF Mirage and the Lears. Please PM. (he would have been on oxygen at the height those Lears are shown ;))

[frigatebird]

'Diana'
1929 DH60 Moth
Gypsy 1 motor
Co-founders of the Aero Club as we know it
Sam Hecker and Stedd Lowe 1932

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Aero%20Club/scan0002.jpg

Early Type Glider
Built by Les Hansen and Norwood Warry
Test flown by Stedd Lowe on the Old Race Course 1932

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Aero%20Club/scan0004.jpg

The Aero Club is still going strong.
The clubhouse, an old wartime building (The Battery Hut) is used by an Ultralight (RAA) school now.
Club still has a 172 used by Private and Commercially licenced members, if they don't have their own.
And the clubhouse still gets 'Lit up' by 'Bright Sparks' at functions.


P.S. Sam still had 2 aircraft when I was learning in the late 60's., a Piper Tripacer that he flew now and then, and a Miles Messenger that had been grounded by D.C.A. because of suspicion about the glue used in the ply. His son told me this morning, that it was found later when the aircraft was sold and shipped to N.Z. that the glue and ply were O.K. after all, as his was a post-war model with the Blackburn Cirrus Major 3 engine (similar to the early Chipmunk engine, he said) of which only 38 were made.
If someone knows the history of this aircraft, (don't have the rego from then- but could get it), if it is flying, and if so - could they post a photo - as I haven't seen it for a long time.. :)
Photos of any Messengers welcome in flying colours, they are a classic old ship.:ok:

[Pilotette]

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[megle2]

Is that a Mosquito at 2 mins 06 secs??

[Pilotette]

Yeah it definitely looks like one...good spotting!

[C210P]

Faster, sleeker member of the family come to visit the light cousins... :ok:



http://95bfmrelay.com/ljimage/flying/hellloyscn1.jpg

http://95bfmrelay.com/ljimage/flying/hellloyscn2.jpg

http://95bfmrelay.com/ljimage/flying/hellloyscn3.jpg


10/11/09 - YSCN

[kookabat]

That Albatros was having an entertaining time trying to fit in to the circuit with the bugsmashers...

[Atlas Shrugged]

Is that the Albatross that went in near Bathurst a few years back?

[slackie]

What is probably fairly easy, but where could be a bit more of a challenge.:}
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs087.snc3/15452_198883676562_707881562_3961833_1183192_n.jpg

[dghob]

Is that a Mosquito at 2 mins 06 secs??

Made me do a double take too. I wonder whether it's airworthy? As far as I'm aware there's only one still flying & that's in the UK. One was lost a few years back in an accident.

[Critical Reynolds No]

I thought there were no airworthy mossies at the moment.

[Trojan1981]

Mossie is RS712, not currently airworthy.

RS712 (http://www.mossie.org/RS712.htm)

Is that Ray's Albatross? The specs suggest the Mig 15 still out performs it. The new 4 a/c circut limit might actually work in their favour:}

[toolowtoofast]

Too easy Slackie :)

[slackie]

Too easy Slackie http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/smile.gif
I guess so if you look at my Facebook page too!!:ok:

[toolowtoofast]

Too steep and not enough bush for Maungatautari or Pirongia.... :)

[Horatio Leafblower]

Ray's mates own one (two?) up in Cessnock... and they are in a couple of those photos.

Jetride (http://www.jetride.com.au)

[CougarNZ]

My guess would be the Remarkable spur during a left visual departue from NZQN ?

[slackie]

My guess would be the Remarkable spur during a left visual departue from NZQN ?

Yup...just past Jardines...but what aircraft?

[toolowtoofast]

rego starts with MC.....

[MyNameIsIs]

MC-HMR ???

can't touch this......

[Nuthinondaclock]

ATR 72. Hitched a jump seat ride some years back out of there. Sweet scenery when you're more used to the GAFA.

[VH-XXX]

Keepin' this thread alive.

Taken from the right seat of a mate's X on a jaunt last week a LONG way from home! Clue - this strip is "secondary" to one that EVERYONE will have seen on here many times before.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/ap1.jpg

View it and CRY Jabawocky.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/ap2.jpg

[slackie]

You'd think he could've squeezed just one more 350 on there!!!!!:ok:

[VH-XXX]

He already did :-)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/ap3.jpg

Sorry to diverge here......

[Jabawocky]

Dunno about you slackie..... but I think we have a case of Outboard envy on our hands here mate! :{

VH-XXX just goes out of his way to tease.....:=

Mind you now that I know where that was taken....I am not surprised. Its probably old to some drug runners...... or the cops chasing them!:}

[40Deg STH]

VH-XXX

Noumea? Flown over it many times enroute to Nadi

[Peter Fanelli]

That must be a really wide plane on final there........or he's way way off centreline. :E

[VH-XXX]

It has a cabin width of nearly 1.7 metres, but agreed, not quite fully established on final, a bit of zoom in there too.




Noumea? Flown over it many times enroute to Nadi


40 deg STH, you are only 14,850 km out :)

[Blogsey]

Joined a year and a half ago, and couldn't be happier. Excellent trainers (that I had) and mostly great guys to fly with.
Naturally the majority of posting here will be extremely negative. Makes asking questions hardly worthwhile sometimes!
Go for it!:ok:

[ABX]

Joined a year and a half ago, and couldn't be happier. Excellent trainers (that I had) and mostly great guys to fly with. Naturally the majority of posting here will be extremely negative. Makes asking questions hardly worthwhile sometimes! Go for it!

... mate, did this end up in the right thread? I could put it in context.:confused:

[The Green Goblin]

He already did :-)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/ap3.jpg

Sorry to diverge here......

http://www.hamsterfist.com/storage/myths/small-penis.jpg


:E

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Priceless 'GG'.................

:ok::ok::ok:

[Capt Fathom]

Vigie Airport on St. Lucia in the Caribbean!

Hunting ground for a certain Citation X !

[VH-XXX]

Vigie Airport on St. Lucia in the Caribbean!

Hunting ground for a certain Citation X !


Not bad at all Captain Fathom, many credit points for you!

My "clue" was probably a bit off, couldn't think of a good clue other than to draw similarities to St. Marteen which is in that neck of the woods. Perhaps if I mentioned Pirates some more would have known but the twisted ones would have been thinking a-rse pirates, thus San Fran which was a long way off.

vigie airport - Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=vigie+airport&sll=13.754726,-60.926399&sspn=0.125054,0.222301&ie=UTF8&hq=George+F.+L.+Charles+Airport&hnear=George+F.+L.+Charles+Airport,+Saint+Lucia&ll=14.019231,-60.994806&spn=0.016134,0.027788&t=h&z=16)

[Trojan1981]

The Witch

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh68/trojan1981/2008_0219Clydesdales0026.jpg


http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh68/trojan1981/stuff123.jpg


http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh68/trojan1981/IMG_0144.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh68/trojan1981/IMG_0125.jpg

[777WakeTurbz]

What A/C is that second pic Trojan? Looks like a Partenavia but the cowl is all wrong.

[Trojan1981]

Yes, its a Party. Its a P68C-TC. Maybe the only TC one in the country(?)

[nig&nog]

Is the P68TC rego VH-TCU, that was an old turbo charged one we used to use at EN. It was great for city joyflights with hardly any fuel, but with all the de-ice gear on board and a full load of pax I think the furthest I got was Shep and then I only gained height due to the curvature of the earth.

Nig not nog

[Bullethead]

The last two look like a Herc in the airdrop circuit for Londinderry. BTDTGTTS.

Regards,
BH. :ok:

Ex 36 SQN

[Trojan1981]

nig&nog I guess its not the only one. This one is APN from Wollongong. It never flies more than four up.


BH it is the friendly local dropzone:ok: complete with friendly locals who claim ownership of any thing that lands on their property (or anything they can get their hands on!):}

[777WakeTurbz]

Yes, its a Party. Its a P68C-TC

Never seen or flown one! What are the performance differences between the two, or does it just maintain its MP to a higher altitude?

[Ultralights]

I have a friend working down south, and he emailed some pics of the working conditions hes faced.

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101814/DSCN5699/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5775/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5786/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5793/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5795/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5823/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5838/web.jpg

Magnetic variation! he is tracking due East!
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5854/web.jpg

Spot the Hangar and runway!
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5869/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101843/DSCN5884/web.jpg

not bad for the first days work, the lucky SOB!

[Ultralights]

Day 2 on the Job. with the Unusually thick and expansive sea ice pack due to global warming, they have CASA exemption on duty hrs. especially with 22 hrs of daylight!

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101880/DSCN5918/web.jpg

at 1000ft AMSL
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101880/DSCN5920/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101880/DSCN5926/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101880/DSCN5940/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101880/DSCN5955/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101880/DSCN5964/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101880/DSCN5967/web.jpg

ice is plenty thick enough if only just 1 ft above water level.
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101891/DSCN5984/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101891/DSCN5985/web.jpg

ice creep off the edge of the continental ice pack
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101891/DSCN5992/web.jpg

crossing the coast
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101891/DSCN5995/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101903/DSCN6016/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101903/helico15-sm/web.jpg

[Ultralights]

home at the end of day 2
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101906/IMG_0748/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101906/DSCN6044/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101906/DSCN6045/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101906/DSCN6052/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101906/DSCN6074/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101906/DSCN6073/web.jpg

[Ultralights]

Day 3, and yes, this is part of South Australia. well, identical rock type anyway, now, where to drop off the geologists? and for a little perspective on its deceptive size, one of the Squirrels is already on the deck in this shot.... but where?
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101918/DSCN6083/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101918/DSCN6079/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101918/DSC03904/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101918/DSCN6087/web.jpg

The glacial crack everyone so worried about.. not the mile wide as predicted.
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101918/DSCN6095/web.jpg

Returning home, brings yet more visitors
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101918/DSCN6108/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/102043/orques-1-061109-sm/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/102043/orques-7-061109-sm/web.jpg

[Ultralights]

day 4, finding and recovering GPS trackers placed 2 yrs ago. now under 2.5 mtrs of ice.
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101922/DSCN6122/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101922/DSCN6117/web.jpg

Apparently Tim Tams are much better than Mint slices on glacial ice.
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101922/DSCN6134/web.jpg

Day 5. not good flying weather, 60kts and in know icing conditions.
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/102043/high-wind-1/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/102043/helico-iced/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101929/DSCN6156/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101929/DSCN6153/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101929/DSCN6160/web.jpg

[Ultralights]

Day 6
Abandoned camp emerges after 50 yrs under ice.
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101942/DSCN6196/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101942/DSCN6204/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/102009/P1050730/web.jpg

http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/102009/P1050749/web.jpg

get the shovels out, we need to build an ice runway!
http://gallery.me.com/johneacott/101971/Kassboer/web.jpg

[wishiwasupthere]

Wow, those photos are amazing!

[troppo]

what does penguin taste like?

[Ultralights]

What does penguin taste like?

ask this guy!! he gets fed one¡

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[b_sta]

Wow, incredible shots.

[the air up there]

Im still amazed that they have the precision to take off almost directly vertically straight out of a shipping container, one small movement left or right and you can say bye-bye mr. rotor blade

Please tell me that comment wasn't serious.:ugh::ugh:

Awesomes pics by the by, keep them coming. And penguin tastes just chicken.

[VH-XXX]

If you visit this link on PPrune, you'll find the full complement of the Antarctica pictures posted by the photographer John Eacott.

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/396453-antarctica-trip.html (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/396453-antarctica-trip.html)

[Ultralights]

thats the John that sent me all the pics! :ok:

simply amazing place.

[slackie]

Nice wagon that cruised through Hamilton today...
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs003.snc3/11046_209965781562_707881562_4051160_2067946_n.jpg

[Jabawocky]

Ok.....guess who what where and anything else you can think of!

http://i1.bebo.com/052b/10/large/2009/11/25/09/4525920200a11899844174l.jpg

http://i1.bebo.com/049b/6/large/2009/11/25/09/4525920200a11899844195l.jpg

http://i1.bebo.com/052b/6/large/2009/11/25/09/4525920200a11899844256l.jpg

http://i1.bebo.com/052b/3/large/2009/11/25/09/4525920200a11899844276l.jpg

[shortdrygrass]

For starters...
what?DH82a - Tiger Moth

[djpil]

Looks like Redcliffe.

[tinpis]

what does penguin taste like?

2 kina meri

I still think Antartica is a long way to go to grow a beard .

[chimbu warrior]

Who is that balding bloke driving the Tiger? Looks like a PNG reject to me!

[Chimbu chuckles]

Begs the question "How do you know what a 2 km tastes like Tinny?":uhoh::eek::eek::eek:

[Jabawocky]

Retards and Rejects...........:ok:

You are a harsh man CW:E

[Flopt]

Who's the mysery man standing between the Tiger and the Baron?

Why does he look so skeptical ?

Did anyone ask him what he really thinks of Tigers ?

Did he have a doctor's certifcate for a sickie?


Flopt

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Why does he look so skeptical ?

Some fool let the Chuckler loose in a Tiger! Did you see the windsock?

Did anyone ask him what he really thinks of Tigers ?

No! Old Pommy crap - but quite good fun once you get used to them!

Did he have a doctor's certifcate for a sickie?

The Dr has no need of a certificate!

:8

[haughtney1]

Jeez Chuck is spending more time in the Tiger..than he is lavishing TLC on the Bo :}

[tinpis]

Some fullas said it was like mutton bird Chuck
How is KRudd going to manage the seal and pingwing farts?

[toolowtoofast]

it's either a salute,

or he's the one taking the photo...

[Jabawocky]

or he's the one taking the photo...

Correct..........we may be a bunch of w@nkers farting about with a lovely Moth...but we aint that bad yet!

Haughtney......yes after the rebuild of the Moth, it needed to be retrained in all facets of the flight envelope.....Chuckles is giving it a Degree course! :}

[notmyC150v2]

What happens when you take your girlfriend aloft...

stuntplane.flv video by notmyc150v2 - Photobucket (http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u6/notmyc150v2/?action=view&current=stuntplane.flv)

[tinpis]

"Fearless" Feeney Nov 2009

http://www.aerohub.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Karen-Erni-and-Mike-Feeney.-TM-Labour-Weekend..jpg

AeroHub Blog Archive NZ Tiger Moth Club’s 40th Anniversary fly-in. Labour Weekend, 2009. (http://www.aerohub.co.nz/?p=1303)

[compressor stall]

What does penguin taste like?

The leftovers after Penguin drumsticks.... ;) :p

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/_DSC4722.jpg

I've got the full body pic in my files if anyone really wants to see it. I just had this screen crop handy as I used it to settle an argument as to whether penguins had knees!!

[Lasiorhinus]

Dennis
(Continental Airlines B777 Captain)

:rolleyes: Funniest thing Ive read all day...:rolleyes:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

......yes after the rebuild of the Moth, it needed to be retrained in all facets of the flight envelope.....Chuckles is giving it a Degree course!

So what is the tally for 2009 Chuckles?

PA28 in the UK
C185 in NZ
C195 and Stearman in WA
Retard Vehicle-10 at Caboolture
DH82 and C310 at Redcliffe
BE35 anytime you can't find a better offer!
Oh yes, and occassionally the Big Boeing when you actually do some work!

Dr :8

PS: I thought long haul airline pilots had a woman in every port, NOT an aeroplane!

[rioncentu]

Notmyc150v2

That is the Peanut at a CQ Coastal Holiday destination who used to do joyflight Aeros in a C172 and then allow the vids to be posted on youtube.

Not real bright. I wonder what CASA would think of charter aeros in a 172?

Now has a Fuji as I suspect may have had issues with said regulator.....

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Key Jaba, the last one is a regulation left base for 07 just short of Decrepid Bay....or is it now called Moreton Downs:}

Loik it...nice and close...:}:ok:

[notmyC150v2]

I thought that may be the case. I was just laughing with some colleagues at the stupidity of someone doing aeros in a 172 and then posting the genius activity on the net.

Also looked to me like the seat belt requirements were more of a suggestion than a rule...

[rioncentu]

And posting enough shots of your mug to get good and properly in strife.

I think it's the beckpeckers who post the footage to be honest. Even more reason to do it by the book if you know someone ELSE has the camera !!

GOTO utube and search for the CQ Holiday Destination (Between Gladstone & Bundaberg) and there is plenty of good gear on there of the flights. All sorts of fun in a 172...........

[Jabawocky]

OZBUS

Well its a very wide base.....and heading more 020.... :eek:

If the engine quite I dont think we would have made YRED.....end of YCAB 30 may have been closer....but not in reach. The Poo farm though was often in view, every roll or loop...... :uhoh:

J:ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Well Forky - so many aeroplanes, so little time. With any luck I will add Lockheed 12a and Mooney to that list before the arse falls out of 2009.

WTF use is a women in every port?

After a stressful day today I dragged the Moth out and got in 30 minutes of aeros between 1745 and 1820 - was just lovely being up alone for a change - got a half decent reverse cuban out of her - I say half decent because the last half was not quite as nice as the first half - did about 10 loops and hit my wake on 9 - the barrel rolls need work though:ugh:

it's either a salute,

or he's the one taking the photo..

Might be Jaba scratching his head, after we strapped Jaba jnr into the front seat, thinking "This can only end in tears" or "its all good fun until someone loses an eye!"

Oh and I now have access to a mid 50s C180 in AKL to play with on layovers:ok:

And I think Oz is correct - that looks like left base to the grass at YRED in the last pic - always keep in tight in a Tiger - they glide like a house brick - in fact its a good idea to carry 1/2 a house brick when flying a Tiger - engine fails throw brick overboard then follow. When you stop get out and run lest said brick smite thee mightily on the head.

[Jabawocky]

..................and now jaba Jnr wants a Tiger........seems antique aero's are way cooler than anything his mates do on weekends :ok:

[tinpis]

Can photos be resized on the pprune server? Anyone know how?

Chucky, you would'a enjoyed the Tiger Club week end at Taumarunui
The locals are so...er..natural and look at the wonders sheep **** does for the grass.
Feeney doesn't look as dangerous as he once was but looks can be deceiving..:hmm::rolleyes:
I would even cross the pond meself for a nice quiet show like that :ok:

[Atlas Shrugged]

Tinpis said "sheep ****"!!! :eek:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

..................and now jaba Jnr wants a Tiger........seems antique aero's are way cooler than anything his mates do on weekends


Here ya go!

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Dr :8

[training wheels]

After all these years of flying in to and out of YMMB, I finally get to see the threshold of runway 22 .. albeit from 1500 ft AAL. :E

http://i48.tinypic.com/2sb382d.jpg

Has anyone ever used runway 22/04 at YMMB?

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

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Interesting place to visit. I never knew it was there until recently.

Dr :8

PS: I suggest that any colour blind "heavy metal" flying Continental 767 FO types like WannabeQF should push the ignore button!

[SM227]

Reminds me of Kilcoy, is it?

[Mr. Hat]

Forkie I love your videos mate. It looks like you spend your time visiting great palces and seeing the countryside. Great lifestyle indeed. How do you plan your trips? Do you know people at each place? The adventure!

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Hat

I am indeed fortunate that I get to fly for work. The pics and videos come from a mixture of work, play, and play when fortuitously in the general area for work. We planned Temora earlier in the year, and our end of year fly-in to somewhere has become a calender fixture, but most are just opportunistic.

Kilcoy came about cause I and the FTDK were in town for work that ran over a weekend. Chuckles was in town working on his Bo, and trying to settle his Bonanza withdrawal symptoms by slumming it in a Tiger, and Jaba ........ well Jaba was just being Jaba!

Jaba needed to go to Kilcoy to help out a fellow Retard Vehicle owner fit turbo gammis, I had a Saturday to kill, and Chuckles is just an aeroplane tart! He will jump at the chance to fly anything.

So off we went. 10 min Redcliffe to Kilcoy. Beautiful spot for a strip - with an interesting up hill runway. The PIC's approach (not mentioning any names) and landing was a mixture of B767 approach profile and Bonanza flare, finished off with a Tiger style "3-pointer"!

Kilcoy is a friendly place with a bunch of interesting aeroplanes. C195, Gypsy Moth, Waco (cabin biplane), Fleet, Harvard, to name just a few.. Chuckles was like a kid in a candy store!

Not much in the way of refreshments at Kilcoy so we hopped over to Kingaroy (17 min) where we had a superb lunch at the restaurant off the end of Rwy 34.

All up YRED-YKCY-YKRY-YRED was an hour in the Bo - and a great day was had by all.

Dr :8

[Chimbu chuckles]

Better add Chipmunk Forkie:E

http://www.fototime.com/{5F37EE49-BE23-425E-B230-AB970E971BD4}/origpict/Chippy.JPG

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[Jabawocky]

Hey QF Wannabe..... This blokes S/E plane is bigger than mine, FTDK's and Chuckles :p........combined!

So hit the ignore button mate, the rest of you ....Enjoy! :ok:

http://i1.bebo.com/052b/16/large/2009/11/29/11/4525920200a11914973674l.jpg

http://i1.bebo.com/052b/8/large/2009/11/29/11/4525920200a11914973698l.jpg

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http://i1.bebo.com/052b/4/large/2009/11/29/11/4525920200a11914973652l.jpg

And what a great day we had!

[Jabawocky]

What do you do when storms are hanging around and you need to hold for a bit.....to prevent boredom........

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And just because you can........ dead stick practise!

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[Towering Q]

Hey Jaba, was that camera shake at 1:03 or did you get a little too close?:eek:

[Jabawocky]

No not that close at all actually, but yes it looks that way! And we were not going any closer either!:uhoh:

I have a feeling that we hit our own wake....... :E

I did not notice it at the time but I think it was a combination of some natural weather influences and not holding the camera properly. I do not have the patented ForkMount, however the Jabamount was in the camera bag, if Chimbu Warrior was on the ball in the back seat he would have passed it up front ;).

[chimbu warrior]

I was trying to avoid being seen in a nose-dragger.....but have to admit that it is one sweet machine.

The appellation given by Chuckles does not reflect the delightful flying qualities, rather it refers to the nickname it deserves when flown by a balding PNG reject!

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

??

http://www.fototime.com/309E102B999D5F6/standard.jpg

Dr :8

[Chimbu chuckles]

That'd be me:ok:

But its all in fun.:}

More your speed wantok?

http://www.fototime.com/{778F571E-E5AF-4950-8CF8-AC59A90B6408}/origpict/UXD%20Loop%203.jpeg

http://www.fototime.com/{E979073F-3796-4966-85BD-C84377BC6459}/origpict/UXD%20Sunset%202.jpeg

And just for the record I think Jaba's RV-10 is a spectacular aircraft:ok:

[chimbu warrior]

My comments were in jest.........I am just jealous!

And the glide approach from overhead in the -10 was flawless.

Tiger is closer to my speed, although I have trouble keeping up with it at times.

BTW, the upper photo in post #6152 makes you look like der fuhrer.

[Robin Pilot]

Been enjoying your posts on here for about a year, particularly the ones from my area around YCAB. So now I've been let loose here's a few from my first trip with the wife from last weekend.

One of the main reasons I took up flying was for the scenery, which I think is reflected in the shots I choose to take - not least because I'm still relatively new to this stunning country and the views never fail to fascinate me.

Not too exciting but hope you enjoy...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/russ25/22112009044.jpg?t=1259632016

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/russ25/22112009039.jpg?t=1259631951

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/russ25/22112009037.jpg?t=1259631886

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/russ25/22112009034.jpg?t=1259631555

[tinpis]

Merlin Landrover

http://www.k5054.com/images/merlin-powered_bell-aurens_longnose_1.jpg

Radial engine motor cycle:

http://image.motorcyclistonline.com/f/8726765/122_2006_03_z+legend_of_the_motorcycle+radial_engine.jpg

Someone missing the power plant out of their Cessna 190? :}

[Hempy]

Merlin motorbike

http://thekneeslider.com/images/merlinvtwin2.jpg

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Hi Chuck....nice pics.

Can I ask the rego of the 'Chippie'??
Looks like it could be 'RS-".
I flew most of those 'RS-' machines with the RACNSW back in the early 60's when I was a sprog.

Nice to see them still going.

Just curious is all.....
Cheers....:ok::ok:

[djpil]

Has anyone ever used runway 22/04 at YMMB?
Only used it once since it was shortened. Crosswind on 17 was more than I like in the Tiger so requested 22.
Some years ago the crosswind was more than I liked on any runway so told the tower that I was returning to Casey Field - they offered me 27 which worked well in the Pitts.

[Section28- BE]

Merlin LandroverShould there not be 6 pipes on the starboard side Tin- not that I'm being a pedant, or is it a Griffon Rover conversion ????.:8

Strewth, now I've dusted that century post thingo- which I'd reserved for another issue about another thing- Knock, Smack, Hammer, Thump, Bang, Bang............ Rattle.....:E:E:E

Rgds all
S28- BE

[Chimbu chuckles]

Another ****ty day in the Great South East

Launching from Caboulture with a mates 14yr old strapped in the front seat

http://www.fototime.com/{41AAF01F-E0B3-4934-9394-A2B17E639AD4}/origpict/083.JPG

In formation over Bribie Passage

http://www.fototime.com/{AD68C2CE-B45E-4994-82DA-10FB06BFF004}/origpict/093.JPG

A big smile for his (VB Capt) Dad in the RHS of Jaba's RV10

http://www.fototime.com/{CBAF2D6D-114E-4862-B3C4-7745D73A4F62}/origpict/091.JPG

Hopefully we lit a little flame today:ok:

Later in the day Jaba trying to capture some fun on my totally inadequate camera.

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Arriving back for the obligatory crosswind landing at Redcliffe

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[frigatebird]

Old Pilots Never Die - They Just Fly Away....
(The times they were Bold - they escaped by the Skin Of The Teeth)

Frigatebird 1

Semi-Retirement (More time on the ground than in times past)
Too Young For A Pension..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Frigatebird%201/scan0001.jpg

The engine was overhauled about 4 years ago, second o'haul, used about 150 hours since - still less than 4,000 hours on engine and airframe. (Only a fraction of what I have - so I win there - and I started a fortnight earlier than the old Frig 1 did too - in that September, way back when..)

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Frigatebird%201/scan0002.jpg

So the next project to keep old Frig 1 young, sometime, is to declutter the wires in the cockpit, bush the GPS 95 XL given me by a guy for mentoring him on a Baron (the first time I turned it on it thought it was still in Fiji) for a panel mounted Garmin 430 with an ILS/VOR indicator where the Altimeter is now, and relocate the flight instruments to the Basic T configuration, and plastic weld the holes up on the the instrument surrounds to make it look better (anyone help with a name for a good job there?). Then perhaps (if finances allow) a H.F for the long trip.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Frigatebird%201/scan0003.jpg

Would have liked a 200 h.p. Turbo-diesel and C./S. prop at the overhaul, but the company that will - doesn't make them yet. So I'll just potter along, - but if fortune smiles radiantly sometime - an IFR 182 with a diesel, autopilot, and long range tanks would be nice...... Frigatebird 2 !?

[Ultralights]

for something a little different!

I know this get heaps of attention, especially from spotters, so here it is finally, in glorius Video,

The OPTICA! departing YHOX for the final time on its way to its new home at YSBK.

Lovely sounding machine!, sadly i still havnt been able to talk myself into a ride yet.

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[Jabawocky]

Gee it climbs well..............lucky its unique! :ok:

[Brian Abraham]

Posted elsewhere on Pprune but thought it worth a Guernsey here. Some skilled aviating.http://www.franklinairshow.com/Video/Comedy%202010%20Net.WMV

[Jabawocky]

Pyro recently at YCAB :}

If only Bryan knew what happened to while he had his back turned!:E

[toolowtoofast]

for a machine with such great visibility the pilot seems to 1, struggle to stay on the taxi way and 2, nearly hits a marker cone...?

[toolowtoofast]

it seems to 'nique' up into the sky...

[djpil]

Nice videos Chimbu.
Did some flying in the Optica years and years ago

[NOSIGN]

nice area.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/NOSIGN/31012008225.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss182/NOSIGN/31012008227.jpg

[alisoncc]

Shots of the approach to Tapini in what was then TPNG - 1970.

http://alisoncc.com/nwimages/tapini3.jpg

The strip itself.

http://alisoncc.com/nwimages/tapini.jpg

and the "Go round obstacle" at the end of the strip.

http://alisoncc.com/nwimages/tapini2.jpg

After 40 years they've probably flattened out the strip, built up the approach and moved the mountain at the end. :ok:

Alison

[Pilotette]

frigatebird

What model is it? Looks like a K?

[Jabawocky]

This man is a Dr so we can't show you his face.....well not that he wanted to be seen driving a Retard Vehicle! :uhoh:

http://i1.bebo.com/050b/5/large/2009/12/13/07/4525920200a11967166776l.jpg

[slackie]

Nice handlebars!!:ok::}

[Jabawocky]

.........and with the aid of modern zoom lenses you can make out the Birthday Boy who flogged the Dr's FTDK :}

http://i1.bebo.com/050b/0/large/2009/12/13/08/4525920200a11967209478l.jpg

............ and for the Guess the strip Question....where is this?
http://i1.bebo.com/050b/3/large/2009/12/13/08/4525920200a11967209480l.jpg


And when ever you see this line up of a/c, there will be a wealthy publican in close range........40 deg at 5pm! :eek:
http://i1.bebo.com/052b/3/large/2009/12/13/08/4525920200a11967209494l.jpg

http://i1.bebo.com/052b/9/large/2009/12/13/08/4525920200a11967209501l.jpg

And this bloke was grateful his Tecnam is not this complicated :ooh:

http://i1.bebo.com/050b/16/large/2009/12/13/08/4525920200a11967209523l.jpg

[PyroTek]

Where am I??
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5185/p1020152.jpg

and again: (handy passengers eliminate the need for a forkmount(tm) :}
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5200/p1020153a.jpg

:ok:Pyro

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Where am I??

Lost! :E

Dr :8

[goldypilot]

Pyro I am thinkin you fly chief dogs out of brisvagas??

Lost might be hitting the nail on the head

[j3pipercub]

Chief Dog....??? Is that another name for alpha dog?

[Chimbu chuckles]

Where am I??

Well if you don't know what hope do we have?

Was a good weekend:ok:

[Peter Fanelli]

What the puck is a chief dog?

[Chimbu chuckles]

A view of the Retard Vehicle that, unfortunately, many aircraft will need to get used to.

http://www.fototime.com/{B7468189-A472-43A1-AD7E-65DA8254FA64}/origpict/VH-LNL.jpg


Been invited back to fly this - cannot wait!!!

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[Tankengine]

Ahhh! - now I understand "retard vehicle" - it has tailwheel in the wrong place!:E

[Jabawocky]

Tankie......... possibly so.....but think RV :ok:

Here is some more of the weekend....... turn up the volume for the 185 :ok:

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[frigatebird]

pilotette
it's a 'H' - the last of the 6 cyl continentals - gloriously uncomplicated.

chuck
i'm jealous..

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Pretty little thing in'it - for a Retard!

http://www.fototime.com/D904A5ED553454C/standard.jpg

Dr :8

[kellykelpie]

Nice Vid Jaba, thanks for sharing. Reminds me of when I was a kid, riding my bike down to the airport at Rotto (we lived there) so I could watch the aircraft from the side of the strip.

The 185 sounds great.

[Chimbu chuckles]

who flogged the Dr's FTDK

I prefer to characterise it as 'Who transported the future prospects for the Dr's family name, the very fruit of his loins, to the chosen venue with the maturity and gravity such an august task demands';)

[Fantome]

VH-LNL . . . . shades of 'Late Night Live' ?

[PA39]

VH-LNL.......pretty smart little aircraft mate, lots of fun. Good for you Jaba.

[Tankengine]

Nice vid Jaba!
You mean "RVa":p
Dick VanG is a nice guy, comes out here gliding most summers.:ok:
I can see myself in an RV8 [t] from YRED one day when the 330 flying is over.:ok:

[Jabawocky]

There is a nice RV7 at YRED.... Cathay (I think) 747 pilot, cant help himself when he is there to go flog around the training area doing aero's! :ok:

Another VB guy I know here is chomping at the bit for an RV8.

Too much fun in a box those things! :}

[LambOfGod]

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[toolowtoofast]

sound lovely them O300's do......

[Chimbu chuckles]

The early model 172s, and especially 182s, with the fast back and sloped vertical stab are my favorites - great looking aircraft that perform - well the 182 anyway.

[LambOfGod]

Do you know what year this 172 would be and any info about this aircraft?

Don't hesitate to click the image and go to my Flikr photostream!:ok:

[Fred Gassit]

1960 model 172B,
The straight tail models flew very nice as well, I think mostly from simply being a lighter aircraft.
Later models with all the extra junk up front can handle like watermelon trucks by comparison.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

I think you are being unkind to a stalwart of GA!

I have quite a bit of time in various models of the C172 from the earliest to the latest and can't say I have been disappointed with any of them. They are exactly what you would expect them to be - no more, no less. There are good reasons why they have outsold all other GA aircraft.

The ealiest I have flown was a 1959 model purchased new and delivered to Oz in 1960. My recollection is that it cost ......... 6,000 Australian pounds!

Dr :8

[Arnold E]

G'day Doc
My old 150 was, I believe was one of 6 bought into the country at the same time. I am told that the going price at the time was $5000 or there abouts. Call sign was/is VH-DFB.
Cheers.
These days a " Dash 7"

[Fred Gassit]

Gee I thought I was being gentle..
I've certainly flown worse than the ol' 172 but I stand by my comment.
Incidently I thought the old square wing pipers were a little more honest than the later tapered ones as well, making them easy can make them bland too.:ok:

[robofos]

yeah man that 185 sounds sick

[185skywagon]

hey Robofos,
I hope you mean that in the "fully sick" sense. :ok:

86" 3 blade prop does the trick.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

86" 3 blade prop does the trick

88" two blade does it even better! :E

Dr :8

[tinpis]

Things to do to a 172C

http://www.taildraggers.com/PersonalWebPages/niteflyr/Cessna172.jpg

[frigatebird]

Yep, looks like a constant speed prop with a 180 or 210 h.p. motor too.. Even a Twin Commanche 160 h.p. motor (as seen in an RV) would be a good unit. Used to fly a straight tailed straight backed old 182 that would have made a great convert to tailwheel. Grand old ship..

[LambOfGod]

Awesome convert.. Would there be much improvement over fuel economy? And would this cost millions to get airworthy?..

[Super Cecil]

Wild guess maybe $20K for conversion to tailwheel, $40K for a 360, close to $20K these days for the bigger engine STC which includes prop (Fixed pitch)and mount and the rest of the gear required. First of all you have to have a decent old 172 which minimum would be $30K. After all that you could nearly get a resonable 180 whith a bit of time to run flying and not having to do all that work.
The advantage is a 172 with a fixed pitch 360 would cruise about 120kts and burn around 40 L an hour.

[BEACH KING]

hey Robofos,
I hope you mean that in the "fully sick" sense. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

86" 3 blade prop does the trick.
I think he was talking about your passengers;)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

OK, this one will test out who gets around a bit!

Where is?

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I last landed here in 1974 - in a Bonanza V35 no less!

How spooky is that?

Dr :8

[ABX]

Your video is set to 'private' Doc. What have you got in there?:}:E

ABX

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Sorry - try now!

Dr :8

[ABX]

Fixed now, watched it.:ok:

Nice video, but I can't tell where you were. Couldn't hear anything over the squeaking once you touched down!:}

[Desert Flower]

Think you need to oil that mouse forkie!

DF.

[gassed budgie]

http://www.taildraggers.com/PersonalWebPages/niteflyr/Cessna172.jpg

Cessna had a backup plan just in case the 172 flopped. It was the 170C and it sported the square tail of the 172. They built four in 1956 before the 170C was swamped by 172 sales. The above photo pretty much depicts a 170C as it would've looked.

[ozaggie]

Think the yaw damper needs oil too, was that loaded aft.

[frigatebird]

O.K. I'll bite..
Looks like Queensland - west of the Divide - in the cattle heartland with regrowth on the pulled bits. Bit dry - but then a lot of places are, -before the Summer storms. Nice hard strip for when it does rain, grass nicely mowed (but then it doesn't need cutting often yet), didn't see the sock, but whoever looks after the strip probably made sure it had a good white one (the cones have survived the slasher after all). Your GPS's would get a workout to find it when the storms are around, but at least the hills are a fair way away. Don't recognise it, so haven't been there..

O.K. looked at it again, and saw the sock..

[Capt Fathom]

FTDK = FishTailDrKiller

That v-tail does yaw a bit doc. I guess you're used to it!

I was getting a bit wousey towards the end of that video! :\

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

FTDK = FishTailDrKiller
That v-tail does yaw a bit doc. I guess you're used to it!
I was getting a bit wousey towards the end of that video!


Yes Capt, it is not nearly so noticeable from the pilot's seat, except in really rough air. The camera was mounted just above the panel and appears to exaggerate the slight fish-tail that is a characteristic of the breed. Would be interesting to mount a camera in the same position in a "Piper"-tail Bonanza or a Baron - both of which fish-tail, though someone less than the V-tail.

Dr :8

[notmyC150v2]

OK, this one will test out who gets around a bit!

Where is?

Is it in the Gem Fields near Fork Lagoons maybe?

[chimbu warrior]

Looks a bit like Wollogorang to me, but it's a long time since I was there last.

Don't get out as much as I'd like to.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Is it in the Gem Fields near Fork Lagoons maybe?

Thought you were jerk'in my chain, but no - its not in the Gem Fields.

Looks a bit like Wollogorang to me, but it's a long time since I was there last.

Haven't been to Wollogorang, but sorry no - its in Qld.

Be interesting to hear from Skywagon185 - there's a good chance that he has dropped baits out of this strip.

Dr :8

[waitingforairlines]

Thats St Lawrence, Central QLD.

Landing to the east, ranges west, highway east, parking area north near the windsock.

Old pilot, first post after years of snooping around, hehe
:)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Thats St Lawrence, Central QLD.
Landing to the east, ranges west, highway east, parking area north near the windsock.
Old pilot, first post after years of snooping around, hehe


Well there you go!

There's always one, isn't there.

Dr :8

[Arnold E]

One of my favorite aircraft was the Rockwell 114. Very short and lots of power, now that thing used to "fishtail" but you did get used to it and after a while, actually got to like it. I did all of my cpl nav's in the Rockwell coz it was so much fun:ok:

[frigatebird]

Yes, and to think I grew up not far west of there - pre-licence, - AND used to fly past it via Charon Point from Rocky to Mackay with the papers off the Electra Freighter in one of Don Millroys Cherokee 6's.. The main highway went up inland then. Never landed, or saw it from FTDK's circuit height on a clear day tho.. should almost be able to see Marble Island from there..
- 'West of the Divide',..I apologise..

[tinpis]

Name the town :rolleyes:

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[Horatio Leafblower]

Darwhine? No? Is that not you hiding behind the aviators and ba fake mo? :E

If you have been wondering about the 206 training ads from Google Ads...

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs126.snc3/17340_256467360759_529915759_4415200_8024435_n.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17340_256467405759_529915759_4415204_1205106_n.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17340_256467415759_529915759_4415206_5589990_n.jpg

Doing this sort of thing:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs126.snc3/17340_256467395759_529915759_4415203_5036097_n.jpg

:ok:

[Desert Flower]

Can't remember the name of the town, but from memory the aircraft is a Feiseler (sp?) Storch.

DF.

[Capt Fathom]

The aircraft is an early model Maule!


PS.. Covington, Georgia, according to the Maule website!

Cannonball Run!

[frigatebird]

One for the old hands - 200 series Twin Otter - in this case DQ-FDK

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Fiji/scan0001-1.jpg

Of the mechanical checklists used - personally prefer the old Saf-Go flipup/flipdown ones to the roller blind ones for single pilot ops. Could get more on a roller blind, but you pretty well needed a co-pilot along just to read it so you didn't miss things if you relied on it. Not many memory items in a Twotter, and most times now with two pilots, each has a double sided laminated card one in their side pocket. (They also make handy clip-on sunshades if you have the rail inside the screen).
The old Saf-Go were handy in a Baron though to not forget some things.. See in the latest Aviation Trader that APNG are looking for some of the old ones.

[Desert Flower]

The aircraft is an early model Maule!

Damn - don't know what movie I was thinking of then that had a storch in it!

DF.

[mlesser]

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/mikelesser/IMG_1122.jpg


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p201/mikelesser/IMG_1134.jpg

[Chimbu chuckles]

Frigatebird you're not wrong about the old SAFGO checklists - I have one in my Bonanza - and APNG can go fck themselves, its staying in my Bonanza:E

I found my SAFGO gathering dust on a shelf in a flying school at YBCG - they didn't want it so I grabbed it - back in the early 90s you could still buy them new - I bought one for my C185 - I heard the manufacturer stopped making them due to a liability suit.:ugh:

Every Talair aircraft had one (with aircraft specific check items - mine is personalised for my Bo) and, in my view, it was a major reason why we could leap from an Islander to C402, Twotter and Bandit - sometimes in the same day - safely.

http://www.fototime.com/{A95BB729-3AC1-4851-9388-6014F297CA87}/origpict/EZU%20panel.JPG

There was a roller blind checklist in an ex RFDS C441 I used to fly - hated it/never used it.

http://www.fototime.com/{0F1A52FD-7E45-46C6-ACFD-29EA854AAA42}/origpict/Chuck.JPG

[spirax]

I have used the roller blind check lists in a number of aircraft both single pilot (C404) and two pilot (Dash8) and they worked well. You had to be disiplined to never go past an item until it was actioned. Do that and we never had a problem. Like everything else you had to have a system and be trained to use it.

[Super Cecil]

This was a couple of weeks ago, had to get to 8500 to get that view, that's dust not cloud. Groundspeed at that height was 60kts.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p106/Almostoldfart/dusty.gif slow trip.

[chimbu warrior]

Super Cecil, is that taken from a Super Cub?

[morno]

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo84/morno_photos/dust_inversion.jpg

Took this going through about 8,000ft as well, on climb to FL270 or whatever it was that day. Certainly a strong inversion!

morno

[Ultralights]

A different perspective

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/GOPR0157/749784507_8Mruc-L.jpg

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/GOPR0159/749783404_bwn9T-L.jpg

[Super Cecil]

Chimbu, not a Supercub. Ultralight those are snorter shots.

[toolowtoofast]

A simply amazing Boxing Day

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/toolowtoofast/cruising.jpg

[tinpis]

A bit of nostalgia

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/aviation/corsair3.jpg

and today....

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/cafcorsair/Images/History/RNZAF/NZ%20scheme%208.jpg

[Super Cecil]

Make you cry to remember that old stuff tinpis? That's the trouble with being an oldfart the older you get the better things used to be. Great shot where wassit?

[tinpis]

Asplins garage Rukuhia circa 1965

One of its mates :{

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/cafcorsair/Images/Restorations/Aussie/NZ/IP_NZ5612%20at%20Rukahia_sm.jpg

[tinpis]

In later years I worked with a gentleman that ferried a few of them there in 1949
Hopped out, went back by transport and got another one :(

[frigatebird]

Super C - Better to be a Has-Been with the memories and the photos, than a Never-Gonna-Be without either ..!!;)

[Ultralights]

pictures earlier were frames from this vid.

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http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/GOPR0011/736109624_G9nBV-L.jpg

[Super Cecil]

I agree Mr F Bird, I think the best times are gone, for GA type flying anyway.

[tinpis]

Probably finished about 30 years ago Mr Cecil

[Super Cecil]

yip, agree witht that. When I wazza kid you could hear a radial most days, DC 3's, Carabous, Ag machinery. I consider myself lucky to have flown radials a bit on the AG side, I think Drom's are the only radial working for a living these days and maybe still an odd thrush or Tractor?

[tinpis]

What a bugger being dumped in here as a little boy?
Not me BTW

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/rukuhiap40s.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/P40s1.jpg

[Super Cecil]

:eek: Bejebus :eek:

[frigatebird]

My Dad told stories about Oakey like that after the war. Then a big hole was dug and they were dozed in. He got a Willeys jeep, and a couple of Army Ducks which he pulled the floatation gear off and built flat bodies on to cart bagged grain to the Dumps from the grainfarm. An uncle had a Boomerang fuselage on his neighbouring farm that I used to play in as a kid. Another early memory was of Charlie Russells first Bonanza into Australia. Quite radical with a V-Tail then. The only photo I have of it is from an early magazine.

P.S. Just for interest, photo of an Army Duck used for amphibious net fishing on the beach at Southport, Northern England, May '83
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Aero%20Club/scan0001-3.jpg

[tinpis]

Some of the story
I biked 20 miles round trip in the weekends to get in amongst this lot
The old Corsair had silica gel plugs and inhibiting oil in it
They cranked the old bugger over after 16 odd years and it blew out a huge cloud of white smoke and settled into a steady idle. Magic

Home At Last (http://www.wings.net.nz/rukuhia.html)

[VH-XXX]

Had these up a while back but there was an ISP issue so had to remove them.

Enjoy.

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

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/cara1.jpg


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/cara4.jpg

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/cara6.jpg

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/cara10.jpg

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/cara2.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree1.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree2.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree3.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree4.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree5.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree6.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree7.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/marree8.jpg

[VH-XXX]

This will test the Van fan's out there......

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

[Jamair]

Used to be a place on the old Oakey Rd west of TWB with a collection of old WW2 airframes.....there was a Canberra against the front fence can't say with certainty what the others were but I believe there was at least one P51 and other paraphenalia.........used to nick the old mans pushbike at crack of dawn on saturday and ride out there, spend a few hours digging around the paddock and playing Biggles in the cockpits. Got a few floggings for wagging the lawn mowing etc, but was worth it.

"I'm livin in the Seventies......"

[Peter Fanelli]

Is it VH-CRN?
Maybe at Tooradin?

[VH-XXX]

Close PF, however it's not there any more. Wonder if anyone has seen it at it's new home.

[Peter Fanelli]

Oh well, I've never seen the aircraft and never been to Tooradin.

:E

[frigatebird]

xxx
From your photos, its easy to see why not many live Inland other than the miners and a few hardy cattlefolk. Australia with its area of 2,966,200 sq.miles just pipps the 48 Contiguous States and Washington D.C. with its 2,959,481 sq.miles (without the Great Lakes water areas) of the U.S., but we don't have a river like the snow fed Mississippi running down the Centre. The Boat People don't go there on arrival either. Only go that far when I visit my cousins, the pelicans, when the surfs up on Lake Eyre.

An easy one - where is it?

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Aero%20Club/scan0001.jpg

[Jabawocky]

Hmmmmm seems to have ample horsepower.....
http://i1.bebo.com/050b/4/large/2010/01/01/22/4525920200a12044398742l.jpg


http://i1.bebo.com/052b/13/large/2010/01/01/22/4525920200a12044398779l.jpg

comment by our resident plane tart after doing a couple of hours up front was..... "I'd rather do this than :mad:!!! :}

Should be some better pics to follow when they arrive! One of the best AVGAS to Noise/Fun converters around.:ok:

J:)

[Super Cecil]

Looks like fun Mr Wocky, Ultralights when was that Bankstown one taken? It's been a little while since I was there but bloody hell, if it didn't have that little hill there and those hangers on the southern side I wouldn't have recognised it!

[Trojan1981]

Jabba,
Is that DPT from Tyabb? Beautiful machine, that radial sound makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up:ok:

[maverick22]

Lovely machine jaba, I had a sit in that particular one a couple of weeks ago. Now all I need to do is score a ride in it:E

[VH-XXX]

Is that DPT from Tyabb? Beautiful machine, that radial sound makes the hair on the back of your neck stand uphttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

That one would be near Brizzy in Jaba's neck of the woods. All Melbourne hangar doors are closed at the moment due to this crappy weather. If it's not raining, it's 40 degrees.

[Super Cecil]

Mr Wocky, does Dave get back there for a fly very often? Where's he based these days?

[Jabawocky]

Gooday MAV, All I need to do is score a ride in it too! Maybe next time. The Chuckler was getting trained for it......and yes it was hard to keep the smile off his face!

Thought I heard you on BNE CEN the other night (wed?) Hope ya having fun!

Trojan 50%...........it lives up here but I think you know the machine! Its a cracker!:ok:

If I get some better pics I will post them, I am surprised Chimbu Chuck has not any video.....mind you he may have been a little busy!:)

[Chimbu chuckles]

Yeah like I had the spare capacity for fcking with my camera - I didn't even have the spare capacity to think to give it to someone and say "Takes lots of pics/vids.:}

[sagan]

Frigatebird, that would be Maryborough (YMYB) taken in the long ago.. probably November going by the weather ? I have a similar vintaged photo taken mere seconds before one of my worst ever landings, whilst taking my dad on his first trip with me.

[VH-XXX]

A clue for this one, Victoria. Observant viewers will be able to see a critical feature that will tell almost anyone where this is.

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

[185skywagon]

Mt Elephant??

[tipsy2]

FTH, not far from the BOL locator

tipsy

[VH-XXX]

It's North West of the City, with CBD in view (top left of pic). It's a private strip just east of Riddells creek, however I've never noticed it until today. Lots of low-level airspace in that area, the Radar controller was watching me very carefully I suspected; he called for a random "radio check" at one stage :-) (his words)

[frigatebird]

Sagan
Yes, its MYB, the daughter took the photo on her 21 st. birthday, in an August. Had to do a smooth landing with the girls on board..

[tinpis]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/aviation/Untitled-4Large.jpg

[Shredder6]

Now we're talkin' !!

To think that hundreds of these were cut up and melted down for camping pots.....Jeeze!

Brings a tear to me eye...!

[ozaggie]

Nice one Tinny

[Pinky the pilot]

Is that the one you flew Tinny?

[emeritus]

Some info to cry in your beer about.....Whilst doing my CPL I worked in the hangar at Schutts at Moorabbin in 58/59. Three Mustangs were converted to civilian register...UWB,AUB,WAS. One day I was looking through the file of one of them and here was a reciept from the Dept of Supply for 250 Quid for 1 Mustang..total time 900 odd hours.

Also another reciept for a zero hour,inhibited and crated Merlin engine....10 quid!!

Emeritus:mad::{

[Jabawocky]

................. if only you had,............good return on investment! :ugh: