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Chimbu chuckles

9th Jun 2010, 02:56

Absolutely. Just the GST payable on a new or near new Bonanza would come close to what I have spent over the last 3 years.

Its not cheaper than buying another Bonanza of similar vintage and just hoping its not suffering similar corrosion issues - but that would be just stupid. Maybe if I was facing the same decision today as I was 3 years ago, and with the hindsight of the GFC, I might decide differently but that is not the way life works.

And this is more fun.

Some examples of mates aeroplanes that have had restorations EVERY BIT as extensive as EZU is getting.

http://www.fototime.com/{F8950E02-7E65-4080-9189-8CB398B3A3DE}/origpict/Jan%20Ende%27s%20C180.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/{DBBC198A-3292-462B-B313-258D720BB425}/origpict/CGG.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/{E2470AC2-C93C-40A2-AB33-A9F26C246EBE}/origpict/Boeing%20Stearman.jpg

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

ALL could have gone out and bought the same type of aeroplane for less money than they spent restoring their aircraft - but they would not have ended up with better examples of said aircraft.

Captain Nomad

9th Jun 2010, 03:56

Just kidding mate! :) It DOES look like fun and has the added advantage that you will know exactly what state the machine and its parts are in! It will have the personal touch and attatchment that entails. It would be heartless to sell it...:sad:

I would say an F33C Bonanza I used to fly was probably one of the finest 'pilots aeroplane' I ever flew.

Those other restored aircraft look first class! :ok:

ForkTailedDrKiller

9th Jun 2010, 05:36

I would say an F33C Bonanza I used to fly was probably one of the finest 'pilots aeroplane' I ever flew

Capt, I guess you have never flown the V35B then, huh?

Dr :8

Captain Nomad

9th Jun 2010, 06:34

Actually no, only the V35A! It was nice too but my personal preference was for the F33C out of the two.

However I'm not sure if I should have said that with you around... :ok: :}

ForkTailedDrKiller

9th Jun 2010, 07:57

It was nice too but my personal preference was for the F33C out of the two

Ok, so I guess you are one of those aerobatical types! That's a trick the V35B doesn't do - well, not legally anyway!

Apart from that I don't think you can tell them apart unless you look back at the tail.

Of course we know the V35B is just more sexy!

Dr :8

Rhodesia77

10th Jun 2010, 04:59

PPL just before my Birthday and a new Lens as a treat,

I'm loving this thread so keep em coming.:ok:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4684178823_94ac332c05_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4684180145_a0d8410e99_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4684817106_87d3b38c0f_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4684183021_3d3a537766_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4684181707_7de13f2508_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4684815798_567ee33bea_b.jpg

ForkTailedDrKiller

14th Jun 2010, 10:04

Is GA dead in Australia?

Not if the last couple of minutes of this video is anything to go by!

IQQVDDBEHGg

Dr :8

maverick22

14th Jun 2010, 11:02

It's like trying to find a park at woolies!

Flying Binghi

14th Jun 2010, 11:06

FTDK, is there something wrong with the rudder in yer aircraft ? watching the first minute of your vid made me feel a little queasy with all that left right left movement...:E

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ForkTailedDrKiller

14th Jun 2010, 11:22

FTDK, is there something wrong with the rudder in yer aircraft ?

Yes, it fell off!

I had to bend the horizontal stabs up so that I could control the thing!

Dr :8

Jabawocky

14th Jun 2010, 12:14

Seems he should have put a Vert stab and rudder back on.

YTEM RWY05 with all the lighter a/c using 09 due to a 15+ knot wind from the ESE

Retard Vehicle seemed to cope all right despite the pilot flying! :E

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megle2

14th Jun 2010, 21:55

Walk the line at CS and you will be saddened at how many of those aircraft the DR went past are in disrepair. But there are a few highlights at the other end of the scale.

sagan

14th Jun 2010, 22:02

'Is GA dead in Australia?

Not if the last couple of minutes of this video is anything to go by!'

Lot of aircraft not in the air there...

A couple of hundred metres south of that 'car park' you would have filmed a large container housing the remnants of a GA institution and some once familiar aircraft being prepared to leave Cairns for good.

GA as we know it is dying.

frigatebird

14th Jun 2010, 22:27

G.A. is changing.
Who charters a six seat VFR Baron these days? Even an IFR one?
G.A. is now Fly Yourself in a 120 knot glass cockpit Jabiru for a crosscountry flight, or a Savanna running on car motorspirit for flights around the 'Patch' on RAA registration.
Niche operations in larger aircraft are few and far between.

Flying Binghi

14th Jun 2010, 22:55

.

Yeah... ah dunno who's bright idea it were to allow RAA... all its done is give the Hoi polloi wings.... :cool:

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Andy_RR

15th Jun 2010, 01:35

Chimbu chuckles

15th Jun 2010, 02:29

That isn't a GPS aerial its a little fairing - covers the 'piano hinge' wires that hold the cowling in place - you remove the fairing and then pull the wires to remove the upper cowl.

Jabawocky

15th Jun 2010, 02:31

Well spotted Andy RR

Its a patented device that looks remarkably like a Garmin GPS antenna.......but its not!

Its a cover for the cowl pins that would otherwise poke up in the air and move around, or be removed easily by folk with fiddly fingers!

I have just compared that video with others and it seems at takeoff power it does vibrate around a little. Cruise and less power its not moving at all.

Its just excited to see you!:p

frigatebird

15th Jun 2010, 06:17

Aub, who hangars his home brewed RV-6a in with my Bird, has those piano hinge wires on his cowl too, only they insert from the front. When I first saw him putting them back in, it reminded me of an A.I. Techy - but he was approaching the subject from the opposite end.. :hmm:

Jabawocky

15th Jun 2010, 06:28

Forky would be good for that job then FB:ok:

Ultralights

15th Jun 2010, 09:08

or a Savanna running on car motorspirit for flights around the 'Patch'
I have a bloody big patch then, flew my new one from Caloundra to Wollongong on 1 tank of the car motor spirit. :ok:

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Our-Savannah/IMG0612/901956066_3YQRj-L.jpg

and a quick circuit.
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Jabawocky

15th Jun 2010, 11:29

Hey UL

I know that plane......Very Well.

Ohhh I think its even featured on some video in this thread.

Now don't ask me too many questions....otherwise I will incriminate Bill :E.

hehehehheheheh

Actually its a well built machine, one of 3 or 4 he has built. It should serve you well.:ok:

J:}

ForkTailedDrKiller

15th Jun 2010, 11:42

UL

Ooooooh, I like that!

1) What camera did ya take it with?

2) Was'that off the left hand side of the 16 threshold?

3) Thanks for playing the "quick savy circuit" in fast forward! :E

Dr :8

Ultralights

15th Jun 2010, 11:47

Bill and Jen are great people! and he builds a fantastic quality aircraft, i just hope the factory version is built to the same standard.
When his new one arrives i most likely will fly back up and have pay them a visit, by then i should be competent enough with the sub 100 Mtr landing to fly into his place! been getting plenty of practice out at Jaspers flying the approach at 35 Kts! The guys at The Gong dont like it too much, hence the 60 kt approaches in the vid. keep the GA guys happy! :E

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Our-Savannah/IMG0610/901955937_2FKeQ-L.jpg

DR, the camera is a GoPro HD Hero. with a flat mount bonded to the wingtip.
as can be seen here, and no, i didnt name her...blame the other half for that!
http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Our-Savannah/IMG0546/902027756_LDYrW-L.jpg

Jabawocky

15th Jun 2010, 12:06

OK

Your challenge is a new type of circuit, the 3x50 CCT. thats Not above 50 feet, Not above 50 knots and not above 50 seconds. Suggest not at the Gong though! ;)

35 knots....you adding a couple over Vsx1.3 ;)

Apart from Bill and a A320 Captain mate I have been the only otherone approved for his strip so far....you will join an elite club then:ok:. Well small perhaps:}.

This one does feature the Dr and his Bro's mooney...and his Bro in a C210....but your new baby features too
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And here........and I might have one of your machine arriving and departing...I did hide behind a tree:uhoh:

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Jabawocky

15th Jun 2010, 12:22

Here are a couple more for ya UL

Enjoy!

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still uploading the next one........:bored:

OK here tis!
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PyroTek

15th Jun 2010, 13:07

did i hear some grass cutting action there in that last video? :D

Chimbu chuckles

15th Jun 2010, 13:58

I remember that formation session - Bill thought he would do me a favour by slowing down - I mean for fck sake:uhoh::ouch::p

VH-XXX

15th Jun 2010, 23:43

There's not a lot of margin left in those short takeoff's. Luckily there's no power-lines thrown in the mix.

I like the bit where the horses bolt, looks like he quickly went full noise.

Trojan1981

16th Jun 2010, 01:45

Very nice Jab:ok:
No margin for error there:eek:

Jabawocky

16th Jun 2010, 04:45

Thanks Trojan

I do not fly them often, but when I get the chance its always fun. The margin is deceptive, sure there is not a lot, but the strip and macjine is probably not much different or even better than many PNG strips and a C185/C206. So its all relative.

Ultralights will no doubt have his new machine in and out of some fun places and with that Camera we should enjoy some great video.

They are slow though....the owner of the strip with all the tree's is actually thinking of another faster machine as well......like an RV :E. Must be fun going from an A320 to a Savannah in a day....contrasts of life!:ok:

Bevan666

16th Jun 2010, 06:27

Do you drive it up and down the strip first a few times to cut the grass?

:}

Dangnammit

16th Jun 2010, 08:01

That's some tight spot!

Dangnammit

16th Jun 2010, 08:07

Hey FTDK.
On the vid of you looking for parking; Is that High wing, orange(ish) vert stab, T tailed thing parked there the sister AeroRescue Dornier of the one at living at Essendon?

AeroRescue - supporting the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (http://www.aerorescue.com.au/)

kam16

16th Jun 2010, 08:14

Yep
another one based at Darwin.

Ultralights

16th Jun 2010, 08:55

Ultralights will no doubt have his new machine in and out of some fun places and with that Camera we should enjoy some great video.

i will definitely collect some great video from here on in, but it will be some time before i attempt a strip like that! :eek: I should be able to handle bills strip soon though, at least it has nice open approaches above the strawberries.:ok:

bentleg

16th Jun 2010, 10:25

Jaba - Where is that grass strip?

Jabawocky

16th Jun 2010, 10:31

Don't think I am at liberty to say.......its someones back yard. Cricket pitch almost!

J:ok:

Trojan1981

16th Jun 2010, 13:02

Almost looks like anice little spot a few miles NW of NW...

frigatebird

19th Jun 2010, 21:57

A little gem found yesterday --

80%scale Tiger Moth

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/ultralights/80TM001.jpg

The aircrafts ready, but the owner needs some tailwheel training first

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/ultralights/80TM004.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/ultralights/80TM003.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/ultralights/80TM002.jpg

The Suzuki Swift engine uses mogas, but he could just as easily have put in a diesel....!

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/ultralights/80TM005.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/ultralights/80TM006.jpg

Chimbu chuckles

20th Jun 2010, 01:33

I bet that cost as much if not more than a real Tiger Moth - why would you bother?

frigatebird

20th Jun 2010, 06:01

As a RAA licence holder perhaps thats all that he needs.. and perhaps for the same satisfaction you get from rebuilding your Bonanza..

This is another homebrewed one - my hangar co-share..
No Ultralite pups yet.. but the nights are getting cooler....

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/General/RV-6Ainhangar.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/General/BlueRV-6A.jpg

Jabawocky

20th Jun 2010, 07:23

A Retard Vehicle -6A :ok:

A touch of class in your neck of the woods hey FB :E

frigatebird

20th Jun 2010, 08:13

G'day Jaba ;)
Knew you'd turn up when I put that one up..
He's still got his first one he built, a Longezy, but he only gets to fly it when he goes back to check on the leased farm on the Murray in SA.
Go for a run with him round the local area in the RV6 sometimes - you fly it with the fingertips. When he's not flying much, it goes in the back corner of the hangar, and when I am away (without mine) we move it to the front.

Are you in Godzone now..?

Jabawocky

20th Jun 2010, 08:54

Mostly in Godzone country....except when I am not :}

Should be up your way a couple of times in the coming months, The Critter has some bum dragging RV's for me to play with and a few other events to attend.

sprocket check

20th Jun 2010, 10:40

I like the Tigga Moth!

Interesting choice of engine- the Suzuki is a very reliable engine, light and just keeps going (I had one). Do you know which model this is and what was customised? Interesting installation. What's the reduction drive he's using?

Cheers
sc

frigatebird

20th Jun 2010, 10:44

Are YOU going in costume for 'Christmas in July'? Will need a photo of THAT..!

Sorry sprocket, don't have a lot of details, thought it was a Tiger Moth from a distance with a giant along side it when I first drove in, you'll have to check with the owner, a marine artist, who keeps it at Gympie, am sure you could track him down if you're keen..

Must take my old Frigatebird down there to show engineer Tony, he has an even older 6 cylinder one which he is doing up.. Kept asking me about a good upholstery man - I said just put sheepskin covers over the seats and keep everything else original and everyone will say how good it looks....;)

Told him about the corrosion found in my tail during the full strip and repaint, so maybe he is looking at that area now..

frigatebird

23rd Jun 2010, 06:13

Getting ready to ferry back

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Pacific%20Sun/PacificSun4.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Pacific%20Sun/PacificSun1.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Pacific%20Sun/PacificSun2.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Pacific%20Sun/PacificSun3.jpg

Going

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Pacific%20Sun/PacificSun5.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Pacific%20Sun/PacificSun6.jpg

coconut99

23rd Jun 2010, 10:20

Like always, nice pics frigatebird. :ok:

Any more of that pacific sun bird?

Trojan1981

23rd Jun 2010, 13:53

Very nice FB:ok:

frigatebird

23rd Jun 2010, 22:33

Gone.

Vinaka vaka levu, coco, Trojan

- you'll have to catch it at Bris this morning , but you might need a good lens from the Sandpit -

Cheers

VH-XXX

24th Jun 2010, 13:43

This photo represents some last ditch efforts by some Recreational Aviators to resurrect their image and reputation to match that of their fellow GA aviators.

Believe it or not, there is apparently an aircraft somewhere in this photo.

:ok:

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

Jabawocky

24th Jun 2010, 14:08

Is that a Brumby XXX?

:}

PyroTek

24th Jun 2010, 14:13

Now that there, is what I call a dilemma.

Jabawocky

24th Jun 2010, 14:25

No...........

You would want to take it for a circuit..............while I took her for a ;)

J:ok:

VH-XXX

24th Jun 2010, 21:13

Brumby?

She looks to have a bit of Spain in her or possibility Italy, no she is not an Aussie.

The aircraft is Czech. A new TL Sting.

frigatebird

24th Jun 2010, 21:32

You didn't show the ankles....:ooh: How can a pilot make an assessment without all the details, the numbers, and a handling test.

slackie

25th Jun 2010, 01:42

Believe it or not, there is apparently an aircraft somewhere in this photo.

Really? I'm still trying to see the photo in that post!!!!:confused:

VH-XXX

25th Jun 2010, 02:21

Sorry about that, I broke it earlier by accident but can't fix from where I am right now. I promise to fix it tonight and add another one that shows the aircraft in more detail.

Jabawocky

25th Jun 2010, 02:58

Can you do the chick in ore detail :E

VH-XXX

25th Jun 2010, 10:23

Sorry, but I felt the need to airbrush the pic in the interests of PPrune policy.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/sting1.jpg

And... the actual aircraft......

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/sting2.jpg

Arnold E

25th Jun 2010, 11:50

Hmmmmm, aircraft looks interesting,
now getting back to the job in hand...................

frigatebird

25th Jun 2010, 11:58

Mmmmmm... nice ankles.. :ok:
(A 99% reliable Quality Indicator)

The spats on the Sting are o.k. I suppose.. they'd keep the grasshoppers off the tyres in that picnic environment

What's the story on the chick in the Hamersleys, Jaba?

yowieII

25th Jun 2010, 12:18

Looks like they even photoshopped the bottom cowl's jaw dropped:}

VH-XXX

25th Jun 2010, 21:07

She is welcome to polish my cowls with her nipples like in the pic any time...

frigatebird

25th Jun 2010, 21:44

The B in debt is silent, but not entirely useless. It suggests a sting. Perhaps the name could be shortened to Stig, - that sounds pretty racy.

(wouldn't mind my nostrils pampered with that cup size either..)

propblast

26th Jun 2010, 02:47

Judging by the glasses possibly a cadet, but she doesn't appear to be wearing any bars or wings so I'm not entirely sure.

Aye Ess

26th Jun 2010, 03:20

"Hi,I'm Bambi & SO lonely. Can you send me an airfare so I can come visit YOU?

Please send your credit card details to the following Nigerian address....."

BAZZA BOEING

26th Jun 2010, 03:30

In the airbrushed piccy it looks like the plane is wearing her bra as intake blanks!!!

Cheers Bazza

VH-XXX

26th Jun 2010, 06:51

I have another one but it might be a bit racy for here and may "degrade" this otherwise clean forum. It is a photo of the cockpit (no pun intended) and the seatbelt doesn't go far as to covering the subjects main assets.

Ex FSO GRIFFO

26th Jun 2010, 08:08

I notice that I'm letting my seatbelt out a 'little' more these days as well....
does that make me 'racy'....??:yuk::yuk:

Go on..................:}

VH-XXX

26th Jun 2010, 11:05

Ok, with fear of being booted, here it is:

(Propblast, you might be correct. I think she is a Qantas cadet training at Oxford but I can't be sure. She must be a pilot for sure with those glasses, I'm just coming up blanks on where / how to find her. No matter whether she's working or flying for fun, she sure does look sleepy in the pic, but strangely she's still holding onto the stick)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/sting3.jpg

ForkTailedDrKiller

26th Jun 2010, 11:31

XXX, I suspect Pproon has "no nipple" policy. :E

You're good!

Dr :8

PS: I hope she doesn't scratch the joy stick with those nails!

Jabawocky

26th Jun 2010, 13:17

Mrs Jaba Thinks we are all mad... :ouch:

She asks have we all studied our POH's as well as we have studied these last few pages! :ooh:

Best post yet for Mr XXX

goldypilot

26th Jun 2010, 13:23

i hope she doesnt stain the seat covers

VH-XXX

26th Jun 2010, 14:19

i hope she doesnt stain the seat covers

That comment is a little below the belt, unless you are of course referring to her fake tan rubbing off on the leather.

goldypilot

27th Jun 2010, 02:03

thats what i mean haha

OZBUSDRIVER

27th Jun 2010, 04:33

That lap belt appears to be set too high...maybe, I could just help adjust that...:}

Chimbu chuckles

27th Jun 2010, 06:26

Don't forget fellas - somewhere in the world there is at least 1 fella who is sick of shagging her:ok:

Dangnammit

27th Jun 2010, 06:33

I will ensure 'hatches and harnesses secure' more often now.

Ex FSO GRIFFO

27th Jun 2010, 07:57

Yeah Chuck..........

But...............

My big regret is that.........even if it were 'in my dreams'....

......it ain't moi.......:}:}

(There's just gotta be a manual gear extension handle down here ..somewhere...) :}:}

j3pipercub

27th Jun 2010, 11:36

Aviation glamour | A-P.net (http://www.airplane-pictures.net/aviation-glamour.php)

KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT!!!!

Jabawocky

27th Jun 2010, 11:49

J3...we have been on the wrong forum all this time :E

triton140

28th Jun 2010, 01:08

Ahhh, don't need to go to exotic places for all this - we have our own swimsuit ladies right here at YLIL.

39MTJSy8nEo

(you'll need to skip over the first boring shots of the ladies frocking up and so on to get to the aircraft action at around 1min 20sec :E).

rioncentu

28th Jun 2010, 01:47

Where's a DAMP Audit when you need one.....

Jabawocky

28th Jun 2010, 02:25

They could have used YCAB...Warmer and we have a Mustang!:}

ForkTailedDrKiller

28th Jun 2010, 05:10

..... and now back to aeroplane porn!

RDgFcIaXrqw

Dr :8

Chimbu chuckles

28th Jun 2010, 07:13

Thank God!

Do I really have to remind everyone that if they DIDN'T have 'girly bits' we'd throw rocks at them? :E

Jabawocky

28th Jun 2010, 08:27

Thank God!

Do I really have to remind everyone that if they DIDN'T have 'girly bits' we'd throw rocks at them? http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gif

WOT :eek:....AT V35B's......yeah I see ya point, lucky they have those bits!:E

VH-XXX

28th Jun 2010, 08:40

As much as everyone likes a girl in her bikini (or a guy in smugglers if that is your fancy) I don't understand the creative directors use of aircraft in the video. A floatplane... Now that has potential.

Chief galah

28th Jun 2010, 10:45

Aircraft type? No brainer
Location?

YouTube - Vid7756.AVI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SotYP2ejGkc)

triton140

28th Jun 2010, 11:10

I don't understand the creative directors use of aircraft in the video

Ya need to know the guy who commissioned the video ........:rolleyes:

Weheka

28th Jun 2010, 13:38

How about Ketchikan, possibly Taquan Air?

Ultralights

29th Jun 2010, 09:48

hey, back on topic
YouTube - AviaNova_??? ???? ????????.flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjO_NZrQVNA)

could be not safe for work, no nudity buy imagination not needed.

russian airlineadd

Aye Ess

29th Jun 2010, 09:58

Thanks Ultralights. I have flown for many companies & NEVER did we ever have groundcrews like those. They were either pimply faced know-it-alls who never shut up or ex military staff with chips on their shoulders and language that would curl your ear hairs.

Also, SHE WAS WASHING THE TYRE !!!!

ForkTailedDrKiller

29th Jun 2010, 10:15

hey, back on topic

Bugger! Where can I get some of them?

Had to wash the cow sh*t off the FTDK myself last Sunday!

Dr :8

blueloo

29th Jun 2010, 20:03

Chief Galah:

Beaver, Vancouver Island, near Victoria

Chief galah

29th Jun 2010, 21:51

Weheka - correct location, smaller company

blueloo - correct type, wrong location but there's plenty of floatplanes there.

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff213/martyp52/IMGP7716.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff213/martyp52/IMGP7717.jpg

Island Wings, a one woman operation!

j3pipercub

30th Jun 2010, 01:05

Ultralights, you are a legend!:E and she can wash that tyre as much as she wants

aditya104

30th Jun 2010, 08:45

In Russia, plane washes you

Top comment on that video

Super Cecil

30th Jun 2010, 11:25

Island Wings, a one woman operation!
Fancy letting wimmin fly those things!:}

Horatio Leafblower

30th Jun 2010, 13:02

I can see 2 beavers in the photo. If it is in fact
...a one woman operation... does that mean there are 3 beavers?

:confused: :\ :} :ok:

PA39

1st Jul 2010, 02:49

Wasn't that an early TV show?.......leave it to Beaver??

sprocket check

1st Jul 2010, 08:49

When Russians copy something they tend to go all the way...

A discount airline, from 250 rubles ($9.53!!!), 18 destinations... and the girls are possibly better than Bransons!

:}:}:}

Ultralights

3rd Jul 2010, 07:23

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/IMG0795/921565400_ciyYU-L.jpg

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/IMG0691/921560079_8z9uP-L.jpg
J1770, 160 and 230

kellykelpie

3rd Jul 2010, 07:41

"please engine - don't quit":ooh:

VH-XXX

3rd Jul 2010, 07:53

"please engine - don't quit"

With 800 hours behind one of those engines KellyKelpie, I simply would never be there in the first place so there was never a need for me to turn religious and pray.

Ultralights

3rd Jul 2010, 08:45

what you cant see in the photos is the miles of wide sandy beaches directly below the camera ship.

peuce

3rd Jul 2010, 09:20

"please engine - don't quit"

Just like flying across Bass Strait ... except crunchy!

Desert Flower

3rd Jul 2010, 10:22

"please engine - don't quit"

Well the engine on someone's Jabiru did quit on them about 68 miles south of YBHI yesterday afternoon. Hearing a Mayday call sends shivers up my spine, however the aircraft put down safely & was soon located by another Jabiru & a Chieftain.

DF.

Ultralights

3rd Jul 2010, 10:48

yep, you can read about the "crash" where no one was hurt and the aircraft was undamaged, apart from said head bolts, in the local newsrag.:ugh:

Jabawocky

3rd Jul 2010, 13:16

Something different to visit YCAB today.....not sure where she came from!

http://file050b.bebo.com/17/original/2010/07/03/12/4525920200a12620348174o.jpg

Ulralights....were they all overtaking you mate? :E

Desert Flower

3rd Jul 2010, 13:21

Something different to visit YCAB today.....not sure where she came from!

Wow - now that's different!

DF.

Trojan1981

3rd Jul 2010, 16:38

Something different to visit YCAB today.....not sure where she came from!

HARS at the 'gong?

Arnold E

3rd Jul 2010, 23:04

What is it?? Is it a Drover with flat engines :confused::confused:

Ultralights

3rd Jul 2010, 23:05

i had the pleasure of watching that do a few circuits at the gong yesterday, sounds a lot bigger than it is though

Jabawocky

3rd Jul 2010, 23:27

I dont think it was that one...or its a bloody fast Drover, it was at YCAB around 2pm.

And as far as I can tell from the register the only one with 0-360's.

Ultralights

3rd Jul 2010, 23:48

could possibly be, i was getting 110Kts GS up from Moruya yesterday!:ok:

VH-XXX

4th Jul 2010, 00:44

From memory Jeff Trapett had one of those 3 engine Doves in his hangar probably 8-10 years ago, I wonder if it's that one....

Desert Flower

4th Jul 2010, 00:54

And as far as I can tell from the register the only one with 0-360's.

In that case the rego would be FDU.

DF.

Frank Arouet

4th Jul 2010, 01:17

De Havilland Drover, DHA-3. Designed just after WW2 first flew in 1948 with Gipsy Major's. RFDS operated them mainly and the IO-360 was a later derivative. 20 were built in total. Rugged with a long range they were well suited to the RFDS role. Given they superceded Anson's and Dragon's they were state of the art machines in their day. It was the only aeroplane I ever flew in that I had a bed, (of sorts) to myself.

Geat photo Jaba. Fond memories of the machine.

Jabawocky

4th Jul 2010, 01:29

DF :ok:

Frank...did you fly it...and take a nap at the same time? :}

bentleg

4th Jul 2010, 02:40

Dont think it is DHM from HARS (http://www.hars.org.au/2009/05/de-havilland-dha-3-drover-vh-dhm/). Engines and paintwork look different.

Horatio Leafblower

4th Jul 2010, 03:56

The Drover at HARS definitely has Dripsy Majors.

Frank Arouet

4th Jul 2010, 04:31

Jaba;

Some useless information: The mile high club was 5,280ft in those days. You can only fit one pilot in a Drover. RFDS Nurses had to be short, (which would be illegal today). Single engine ceiling, (a new dimension opened here), was very dependant upon which particular engine was serviceable. The Gypsy engine was fixed pitch, but the Lycomings were constant speed. Make of that what you will.:)

Kulwin Park

4th Jul 2010, 08:43

That Drover has been kept wll for a longtime now. It usd to live in Schutt Aviation's 2nd hangar at Moorabbin Airport, and it was servicable and flying back then. :8

VH-XXX

7th Jul 2010, 10:27

Ok, someone in the know can surely tell me what this is exactly?

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400\banks.jpg

Bevan666

7th Jul 2010, 10:36

Looks like the douglas a-10 that was parked at archerfield.

propblast

7th Jul 2010, 10:39

Im thinking the A-20.

VH-XXX

7th Jul 2010, 10:40

Someone there said something about it being used for fire bombing in Canada?

It's parked next to what looks like an exceptional DC3 or similar.

VH-XXX

7th Jul 2010, 10:44

just answered my own question for this one Bankstown 28th Feb 2009 - Sydney Airport Message Board (http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=2602)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/banks1.jpg

propblast

7th Jul 2010, 10:47

DC-3/C-47, you can't really tell the difference between them with checking the serial numbers and the nitty grity.

Frank Arouet

7th Jul 2010, 11:05

MG-B......:)

Ex FSO GRIFFO

7th Jul 2010, 17:10

I'm thinking Douglas A-26 Invader.

Never seen one 'in the flesh', but enjoyed the scenes from the firefighting movie with the PBY and the A-26's. (Always...?)

:ok:

Wanderin_dave

8th Jul 2010, 00:43

Definitely an A/B-26. Someone in QLD imported some ex-fire bombers a couple of years ago. Name escapes me, but I think it was the guy with 2-3 Grumman Avengers - Lucky Pr!ck!!!

Had the pleasure of seeing one fly in Sweden a few of years ago, very VERY NOICE :ok:

j3pipercub

8th Jul 2010, 01:09

Randall McFarlane, of former M@C@IR fame...

warbirdregistry.org - A Warbirds Resource Group Site - A-26 Invader (http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26-4435898.html)

VH-XXX

8th Jul 2010, 05:31

I'll bet a fair few people on here will have flown this.

What is the significance of the decals?

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

megle2

8th Jul 2010, 08:48

Plenty of VH RQW hours in my logbook but not as a bongo van.
More so a C150 Aerobat.
So what was the original call sign of this van?

Desert Flower

8th Jul 2010, 10:52

What is the significance of the decals?

Par Avion means "by air mail". But I believe this aircraft has something to do with Airlines of Tasmania & wilderness tours.

DF.

ForkTailedDrKiller

8th Jul 2010, 20:19

Weather out west has been pretty crap for the last few days!

Here is the YBCV Rwy 12 GPS RNAV Approach from TOD at 2900' - as seen through ForkCam.

Became visual at 700' AGL.

Dr :8

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PS: I was thinking of ya Wally, ploughing along in your PC12! :E

frigatebird

8th Jul 2010, 23:03

Didn't hear the taxiing 'squeak'.. must have got a bit of lubrication :}

What were the words, message, at the end from ? Was that just a switch off message ?

Nivo

8th Jul 2010, 23:07

Not lube - looks like a new camera mounted outside the cabin! :ok:

The weather is a bit different to last week. I flew Kynuna - LRE - CV - SGE - ARM last Saturday and hardly saw any clouds.

Nivo

Jabawocky

9th Jul 2010, 00:08

Did anyone spot the YBCV RNAV-12 HIAL....you all know now you have to count the lights, so this one is easy...its 1:}. And its right there at Pallazo de BeachKing!

Hope ya didn't scare Mrs Beachies Horses Forkie!

J:E

j3pipercub

9th Jul 2010, 02:46

It seemed everything West of the ranges was puss yesterday!! Shouda stayed in bed

Flopt

9th Jul 2010, 10:36

That was Mrs Forkie speaking Chinese in her Scottish/Aussie accent!!!!!!!!

She musta been scared ****less or waking from a deep sleep [more likely]...she finds the FTDK a bore , no matter how exciting he tries to make it for her....zzzzzzzzzzz.

Flopt

185skywagon

9th Jul 2010, 11:15

Jeez Forkie, that looks low enough over town, to be one of my circuts, 'cept I turn about where the showgrounds are, to avoid Mrs Beech's horses at casa del Beech.
About to be holed up in YPAG till Sunday due wever.

cheers,
185

ForkTailedDrKiller

9th Jul 2010, 11:26

An arty one from today!

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Jeez Forkie, that looks low enough over town, to be one of my circuts

Optical illusions Cracker! I was on the 3% glide path the whole way.

Dr :8

185skywagon

9th Jul 2010, 11:35

Forkie,
please tell more about the external "Fork Mount TM".

185.

chimbu warrior

9th Jul 2010, 11:57

I was on the 3% glide path the whole way

Sprung.

It is a 5% glideslope = 3 degrees.

That's what you get with too much technology in an aircraft.

ForkTailedDrKiller

9th Jul 2010, 12:27

1) Where is this?

2) What is the visibility?

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Forkie,
please tell more about the external "Fork Mount TM".

At the moment, the ForkMount (TM) Mk4 (Patent Pending) is only available for sophisticated aircraft of the Bonanza variety! :E

Dr :8

Jabawocky

9th Jul 2010, 12:33

Chimbu W
ehhehehehhehehehehheh

I was wondering....but too chicken to say anything! :D

Forkie....thats too easy.....but I have inside info :oh:

That is a great ForkCam!:ok: Wally will not be happy! :=

Looks like a video of ...errrr well you know the saying as dark as the inside of a cow, now what would you know about that? :confused:

What is causing the flash off the engine cowls on the way in?

And the Vis...well thats obvious now we have been taught about instrument approaches...its good coz you can see some , but it was way better in TL because you could count thousands more there. So lucky you made it in! :E

Chimbu chuckles

9th Jul 2010, 14:39

Don't know why I haven't put this up yet - also don't know why the sound doesn't transfer when I upload to youtube.

Winter sun but bloody cold.

L0w_SVniVBo

frigatebird

9th Jul 2010, 15:04

This was to have been a follow up to FTDK's, but I see Chuckles has put a daylight one up while getting it..

Bundy Full Moon in June (without the eclipse it would have been as bright as day !)
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/General/BundyFullMooninJune.jpg

p.s. Took some visiting friends up for a run over Vila in a 182 once. When we landed everyone was talking about the big earthquake. Never felt a thing.

Jerr

9th Jul 2010, 19:03

Heading 208 at 6000'

Where are we?

What type are we?

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac59/jerrpprune/Where.jpg

The weather at home is a lot better than what Forkie has at the moment ! The weather that FTDK had running the RNAV into Charleville is what we usually have at this time of year.

Cheers

JERR

OK just to make it easier

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac59/jerrpprune/where2.jpg

Have a great day, the weather is going to be bad here today. This time last year we were at Townsville, then to Richmond, Longreach. CAVOK, 25 C, perfect!

Cheers

JERR:O

boocs

10th Jul 2010, 07:11

here is a link to photos of some TAA pilots in PNG during the late 60's early 70's... a good job i think: YouTube - TAA PILOTS P.N.G. 1960's-1974 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j34tRA0N4Ms)

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Aye Ess

10th Jul 2010, 07:50

Thanks Boocs. Here is another link in the same vein. Anyone over the age of 50,or flew with TAA will have a lump in the throat after watching . YouTube - TAA AIR HOSTESSES 1968-1974 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKF5OkKoQPk)

Keg

10th Jul 2010, 08:17

I'm sure a couple of the girls in that last video are still flying! :E

Peter Fanelli

10th Jul 2010, 10:23

Some of those hats look like they have blended winglets.

maverick22

11th Jul 2010, 06:58

Forkie, that looks like longreach in the night movie

ForkTailedDrKiller

11th Jul 2010, 07:02

...... and here is the view from the office next morning.

http://www.fototime.com/4E0FA3ABF9830D0/standard.jpg

Spot on Maverick :ok:

Dr :8

Jabawocky

11th Jul 2010, 10:48

That took almost 48 hours....whats up with the folk? :confused:

VH-XXX

11th Jul 2010, 10:49

The view from my travelling "office" yesterday. Not long after sunrise out of Bankers with a bit of flog clearing almost necessating an ILS into Canberra, but instead a tidy VFR arrival on 30, number 2 to the jungle jet. Up to 70 knots on the tail for the remainder of the trip down south. There were more sigmets on the forecast than you cared to imagine. 'twas a nasty day even for the big boys up top with turbulence right up to the low 40's at least.

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

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/canberra1.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/canberra2.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/canberra3.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/canberra4.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/canberra5.jpg

sprocket check

12th Jul 2010, 07:25

xxx, did you score one of the Libertys at WVA auction?

VH-XXX

12th Jul 2010, 09:59

xxx, did you score one of the Libertys at WVA auction?

Nope.

........

Ultralights

12th Jul 2010, 10:45

Not enough glue in them thar wings! far to much metal for a Liberty.

VH-XXX

12th Jul 2010, 10:52

Ultralights you are not very observant tonight!

It is indeed a Liberty. Have a close look at the ASI. They have a carbon fuselage and metal wings.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/canberra6.jpg

Ultralights

12th Jul 2010, 10:58

The only close up look of a Liberty i have ever had is the wrecks at YSBK, none had wings fitted, I assumed the wings wold have been of similar construction to the fuse. Thanks for setting me straight.. :ok:

and 11o kts, in a shallow descent at cruise power, cant be anything Vans have built. :E

Speaking of Slow Metal.

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BsAJs3grzH0&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BsAJs3grzH0&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

think i can handle a 140 Mtr strip now.. :ok:

VH-XXX

12th Jul 2010, 11:05

and 11o kts, in a shallow descent at cruise power, cant be anything Vans have built. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gif

CBR Appr was asking me to slow down. I was even told to "lose 10 knots" on late final which I personally felt was a little rude.

Jabawocky

12th Jul 2010, 11:36

Ultrlights

Ya plonked her on a bit hard there....Now you need to get that back to 50m :}......ohh yeah sand helps!

Then its the 50/50/50 circuits. That is not above 50 knots, not above 50 feet and not more than 50 seconds!.........Ohh and 50 m of roll....both! (needs sand for the last bit!)

Nice video you are getting too!

Bills retirement party Saturday....will save that video link up till then!:ok:

aditya104

12th Jul 2010, 12:08

Almost clipped that tower after take off from YSCB RWY 30 once :Ehttp://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/canberra3.jpg

VH-XXX

12th Jul 2010, 12:44

So much for maintaining runway heading after take-off!

From memory that pic was pretty much taken on runway heading on 30. Suspect your climb rate was a bit average if you came close!

goin'flyin

13th Jul 2010, 01:21

XXX - 'twas a nasty day even for the big boys up top with turbulence right up to the low 40's at least.

Went over the top of YSCB at FL260 on the way to Mt.Hotham yesterday morning at about 1030 - twas smooth as a babies behind. Likewise at FL270 on the way home. I suspect it may have been rough upstairs from there though, as a 744 went past us at FL280. It was a most impressive sight.:ok:

dghob

13th Jul 2010, 03:56

Black Mountain Tower. When I had my very first lesson in a C152 in 1983 the standard circuit was a lap around the tower at the height of masts. It was close enough that my iinstructor said you could see the visitors in the lookout. I didn't see anything because I was sh*tting myself.

Peter Fanelli

13th Jul 2010, 09:22

I didn't see anything because I was sh*tting myself.

So you have only one eye and it's located in a strange place?

Chimbu chuckles

13th Jul 2010, 12:00

I am beginning to worry about you Mr Fanelli - strange would be two brown eyes.

Orion Delta

13th Jul 2010, 19:22

Nice photos XXX

kiwiscanfly15

14th Jul 2010, 06:49

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t151/downtowndaken/IMG_2015.jpg

prospector

14th Jul 2010, 08:40

Kapiti Island???

Jabawocky

14th Jul 2010, 08:51

Whitianga NZ

If it is there is a nice little aerodrome right under ya nose! :ok:

compressor stall

14th Jul 2010, 09:01

What's going on here then? My Facebook friends are banned from answering... :E

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu353/stallie001/aviation/somethingdiff.jpg

Ex FSO GRIFFO

14th Jul 2010, 09:13

Aaah, looking down on all of us - 'luvly' scene from a U-2 flight..??

Or is that not high enuf..?

:cool:

rioncentu

14th Jul 2010, 09:32

What's going on here then ??

YOU FORGOT TO LOWER THE NOSE:eek::eek::eek::eek:

kiwiscanfly15

14th Jul 2010, 09:38

Bingo, just after takeoff runway 34 at NZPP

compressor stall

14th Jul 2010, 09:39

It's not that high! Only 39000 feet...

OZBUSDRIVER

14th Jul 2010, 12:40

End of that long night of winter 2010?

Pinky the pilot

14th Jul 2010, 12:45

It's not that high! Only 39000 feet...

Ah So Desu! Only still climbing out in the TR2 then, were you Stallie?:D:E

Jerr

14th Jul 2010, 12:46

Solar Eclipse ??

JERR

Had fun today wind quite strong, 48 knots cross wind in a holding pattern before running the RNAV in my Diamond DA 40 whilst holding 120KIAS

compressor stall

14th Jul 2010, 21:10

Solar Eclipse ??

Jerr's got it. The shadow overtaking us and receding into the distance. The clouds in the foreground are now in sunlight, and there is also sunlight over the horizon...

Nope Pinky, something a bit more modern than that, and in one bit :)

And here it is from a different angle.

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu353/stallie001/aviation/_FAM0143_600.jpg

ForkTailedDrKiller

16th Jul 2010, 10:00

Its been more than 30 years since I was last here. Its changed a bit!

Where am I?

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Dr :8

Jerr

16th Jul 2010, 14:01

Hey Stallie

Did you log the eclipse as night ??

I could have done my 3 circuits in the eclipse to keep currency!

Cheers

JERR

compressor stall

16th Jul 2010, 23:38

Ha! Never thought of that. Another 0.2 night!!!:}

It did get dark enough to see the brightest stars.

OZBUSDRIVER

17th Jul 2010, 05:30

Jeeez Forkie, for a minute there I thought you were taxi-ing all the way to Jericho:}

frigatebird

17th Jul 2010, 07:24

55 and 50 years ago as a lad, I used to look up at my mountain, see the wedgetail eagles soaring in the up-currents and wish I was up there with them..
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Central%20Highlands/CalvertPeakfromturnoff.jpg

from another angle..
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Central%20Highlands/CalvertPeakfromDoubleTanks.jpg

yesterday
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Central%20Highlands/Magentaroadsorghum.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Central%20Highlands/CapellaCreekCrossingDysartRoad.jpg

Today, on the way home, we diverted a little, and circled it again..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Central%20Highlands/CalvertPeakandScottsPeakandMtDemipi.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Central%20Highlands/CalvertPeak-air.jpg

and yes, we did fly level with a solitary circling eagle for a while..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Central%20Highlands/CalvertPeaktoBrownsandEasternPeaks.jpg

megle2

17th Jul 2010, 09:26

Forky How about Condamine / Miles ALA

ForkTailedDrKiller

17th Jul 2010, 09:40

Forky How about Condamine / Miles ALA

Yup!

Good one.

Dr :8

kingRB

17th Jul 2010, 09:41

Chinook doing a garbage run :E

http://users.adam.com.au/rb4door/AA/aviation/20091118adf8439709_0043%20%28Custom%29.jpg

rioncentu

17th Jul 2010, 09:50

Gee that's the fastest that Caribou has ever been:ok:

ABX

17th Jul 2010, 09:51

Chinook doing a garbage run http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gif
Ouch!

Interesting photo though, need the chute to stop it windmilling I guess?

kingRB

17th Jul 2010, 10:55

for wind up factor :p

Nah all due respect to the Caribou.

That was a comment left by someone else on the photo off the Aus Army website though!

ForkTailedDrKiller

17th Jul 2010, 13:07

frigatebird, its not the Glasshouse Mts so it has to be the mountains to the east of Clermont!

Only other place in Qld that I have seen anything like that - and I have flown most of Qld.

Dr :8

frigatebird

17th Jul 2010, 23:11

Yep Doc. The Peak Range. On the edge of the old Queensland British Food Corporation scheme from the early '50's. We adjoined Peak Downs. Its looking great at the moment with the sorghum coming off, and the wheat making the place so green.

VH-XXX

18th Jul 2010, 00:54

A professional set-up at Moorabbin :)

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

Jabawocky

18th Jul 2010, 09:43

Another Retard Vehicle I played with on the weekend!

This is one of the nicest RV8's you will see! :ok:

http://i1.bebo.com/052b/3/large/2010/07/18/09/4525920200a12654368047l.jpg

iamafish

18th Jul 2010, 21:47

Nice one, Jaba!

tail wheel

18th Jul 2010, 23:34

KingRB. Is that photo of a Chook and Green Gravel Truck DHC4 A4-164 that crashed 18 October 1978 on takeoff at Eliptamin in PNG?

Jabawocky

19th Jul 2010, 00:12

fisho.....Critter said to say gooday :ok: and boy did he tell some tales about you young man! :}

RatsoreA

20th Jul 2010, 07:26

Guess where... Hint - FTDK should have seen it on his travels...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/DSCF1121.jpg

And on a bad day (week!)

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/Shooting006.jpg

and from the air

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/pigs4-11-05034-1.jpg

ForkTailedDrKiller

20th Jul 2010, 08:08

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/DSCF1121.jpg

What a great pic! One of the best ever posted here IMHO.

Hint - FTDK should have seen it on his travels...

Hmmmm? Searching the database - but not coming up with anything!

Dr :8

BULLDOG 248

20th Jul 2010, 08:14

Pretty healthy T.C. there Rat....I'm glad the one on the RHS just out of picture is working......Or maybe you've just turned final???

RatsoreA

20th Jul 2010, 10:07

BD, yeah just rolled out onto final!

Thanks FTDK. I can't take credit for snapping the picture, but I can take credit for flying it.

And admittedly, it was a little misleading! I don't think you landed on it, but you would have flown over it on your way into YBCV.

F

ForkTailedDrKiller

20th Jul 2010, 10:20

but you would have flown over it on your way into YBCV

Ha! That explains it!

Have you not seen the video of the one and only time I have landed at YBCV? Nothing but white until 700' AGL on final appr.

Dr :8

RatsoreA

20th Jul 2010, 11:30

No, I haven't! But if you link it to me, I will trade you one of me landing at the airstrip in the picture… at night… :E

When did you go to YBCV? One of those other photos was taken the Wx was like that. We got there, then it rained for 9 days. Runway turned to mush, Aerostar got bogged, and when the runway finally dried out enough, it set hard around the bogged plane and we had to dig it out!

BEACH KING

20th Jul 2010, 11:48

Hhhmmm.....
Auburnvale, Rosevale or Mt Morris...going by the Sandalwood regrowth.
I bet C185 gets it right straight up!

Jaba has had a pretty good look at the first option, and in similar circumstances as previously mentioned.

Good to catch up with you the other day Forky!!

Count yourself lucky that you didn't turn up 2 hours earlier, or the video would have had a consistent background ending with the ear piercing wail of an IO550 forcing the prop tips to go supersonic!

The weather out this way is generally always good...but when it turns ****ty, it does so in a big way.

Jabawocky

20th Jul 2010, 13:19

If thats Auburnvale or the joint west of YBCV I remember it looked a lot like the 2nd pic......was not much dust involved.....not that I got that close :uhoh:

RatsoreA

20th Jul 2010, 13:48

Well, if I knew I was going to stay an extra 8 days, I wouldn't have gotten that close either!!!

But I will end the guessing games! It's a station strip south of YBCV.

BULLDOG 248

20th Jul 2010, 14:48

Rat....Same thing happened to me years ago when we got in just before a 5 day rain. I was following an old guy around in another Baron from another company and it didn't even hit me after we landed, offloaded pax, then he pull 3 1/4 mt blocks of wood out of the nose locker, placed at the front of each wheel, then taxied onto. It did hit me when we left a week later and the old guy pulled the Baron off his blocks, loaded pax and wood, gave me his army shovel and said "start digging son":{ I was about 1 hr late on that leg and had red mud from as@#ole to breakfast. After a few beers that night and the remainder of our trip together, I chewed his ear on many things that have saved my butt ever since.

185skywagon

20th Jul 2010, 21:58

Rat,
looks a bit like Boatman.
The other possibilities were Gilmore Gas Field (NW of CV, but country not timbered enough) or Mooroo, SE of CV.

185.

RatsoreA

20th Jul 2010, 22:37

looks a bit like Boatman.
or Mooroo, SE of CV.

SO CLOSE!

I didn't think anyone would get that close!

I just looked at your location co-ords, 185. No wonder you got it!

185skywagon

20th Jul 2010, 23:32

Hey Rat,
The only other possibilities would be Wongalee, Aqua Downs Rundalua or Bendeena.
Woonoona/Clifton, Elmina and Victo are too open.
I am guessing that it is an east/west strip?
Looks like classic Nebine type Mulga country, though.
Cheers,
185.

RatsoreA

20th Jul 2010, 23:37

185 -

I am beginning to suspect we might have crossed paths up in CV at some point!

I am guessing that it is an east/west strip?

(How did you work that out?!) - Edit - Oh, wait, you can see the DG in one of the pics! :}

Looks like classic Nebine type Mulga country, though.

Correct on both counts.

It's about halfway between Boatman and Wyandra.

Capt Fathom

21st Jul 2010, 00:10

It's about halfway between Boatman and Wyandra.

...and bearing about 150 from CV VOR ?

RatsoreA

21st Jul 2010, 00:14

Capt -

Have you been there, or are you looking at google earth?! :}

AirBumps

21st Jul 2010, 00:52

This is my first post in this thread so mods can remove if its not appropriate. Its not Australia, but does look a lot like NZ. Anybody tell me what part of Europe?

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae145/airbumps/6.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae145/airbumps/5.jpg

http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae145/airbumps/4.jpg

185skywagon

21st Jul 2010, 00:55

Rat,
I am beginning to suspect we might have crossed paths up in CV at some point!
Quite probable, we run a 185 and 210 out of CV and we also look after the refuelling.

Between Boatman and Wyandra only leaves Narran.
And it would be out of action after rain. Ask Beachy what happens when a 210 MG sinks in at fast taxy on that strip.
Gave everyone a bit of a fright.

You are correct, I did look at the DG, got to use all the clues since the camera is focused on the windscreen.
cheers,
185.

Capt Fathom

21st Jul 2010, 00:59

Capt -

Have you been there, or are you looking at google earth?!

Not been there!

I'm looking at your compass and what your VOR Radials and FREQs are set to!

Google does reveal a station there. Name starts with a C.

RatsoreA

21st Jul 2010, 01:08

You guys are too good!!! :D

185 - Say hi to Chris when you see him next!

Beachy - Story??? Don't hold back!

185skywagon

21st Jul 2010, 01:21

Rat,
we see Chris from time to time.
I vaguely remember when you guys were stuck down there, now.
I'll let Beachy relate that story.
Suffice to say, that there isn't much bottom in mulga soils, if you break through the crust. Very lucky that he had sufficient speed to get through and onto hard ground again. Could have happened to me that day as well.

185.

compressor stall

21st Jul 2010, 01:27

Airbumps - that would be Bergen, Norge. Or Noreg in that part of the country.

RatsoreA

21st Jul 2010, 01:36

that there isn't much bottom in mulga soils, if you break through the crust

Yeah, learned that the hard way, fortunatly, not in an aircraft though!

Will drop by when I am up there next. :ok:

BEACH KING

21st Jul 2010, 02:46

You guys are too good!!! :D
185 - Say hi to Chris when you see him next!
Beachy - Story??? Don't hold back!

Well...I'll be buggered if I could pick that strip as Narran!
When I was last there, the timber hadn't been pulled and the mulga was quite thick and high alongside the strip.

Yes....I well remember the trip into the Narran strip that C185 and I did after the 1994 flood. Chris and his family had been exiled from Narran for a couple of weeks, and were quite keen to get home to check on pets/livestock etc. The only way in was by plane.

IIRC, C185 had his 182 loaded to the max with groceries, and I had Chris and his family, the rest of the groceries (and a 40 inch TV) in the 210.
We had a pretty close look at the strip prior to landing, and it looked OK, except for the far western end.
C185 landed first without incident and advised that it all looked good! My touchdown was pretty uneventful until we slowed down to about 30 knots. At this point the left main broke through the crust and into the bottomless soup that is typical of Red Sandalwood country, and the plane tried to do an immediate sharp left-hand turn.
As I felt it break through, I rapidly applied full noise, and with full flap still on, the 210 rose out and up onto the hard stuff. We were very lucky to get away with it, and I may well have soiled myself.

C185 was able to avoid the situation completely due to his awesomeness,and the fact that he had a fair bit lighter aircraft.
This happened when we were both green young fellas starting to learn what it was all about!
If I had been in my Bonanza, it wouldn't have happened at all. I'm sure the only reason that the C210 managed to get out was because the ground repelled it due the inherent ugliness of Cessnas!

To those not familiar with Red Sandalwood country, the photo that Rats had posted is a very good example of the type. After large amounts of rain, this type of soil is totally bottomless after you break through the top crust.
Livestock transport operators out this way won't go near these properties for months, for fear of getting bogged or roll-over. When they do decide to venture out, they take a crow-bar with them, and drive it into the ground to ascertain what lies underneath. Stories have been told of the crow-bar going into the ground so quickly, that it is reefed from your hands and disappear feet below the surface, never to be seen again.
A Mate once went to load 4 decks of cattle (road train) on one of these properties, and came across a closed gate. After driving through, he walked back and closed the gate... only to observe the stationary unloaded dog (rear) trailer break through the surface and roll onto it's side. Nasty stuff.

RatsoreA

21st Jul 2010, 03:56

and I may well have soiled myself.

Oh dear, I laughed so hard at your story, I spilled my coke all over my desk!

Well...I'll be buggered if I could pick that strip as Narran!
When I was last there, the timber hadn't been pulled and the mulga was quite thick and high alongside the strip.

Yep! I have been at Chris to clean it up since I started throwing PA31/PA60's at it!

He has cleared the sides and extended the clearway out to the west, which is good. For a while there, the trees were trying to take it back, (southern side, western end) but he cut them back again last year.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/ShootingwithMark239.jpg

but he cut them back again last year.

That one above was like you described. When ever it rains, there is always standing water down that end. When I went there that year, the trees were regrouping for a final assualt to take back the runway and there was a huge amount of standing water, so I had to land off centreline before the puddle (pool?!) then once it was down, lift the right leg back off to clear the puddle, regain centreline and stop... Here are some results...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/ShootingwithMark241.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/ShootingwithMark244.jpg

this type of soil is totally bottomless after you break through the top crust.

Yes... not an aviation photo, but this will give you an idea...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w101/flyeroth/ShootingwithMark314.jpg

I have some videos that I am making youtube friendly of takeoff from last January this year if you want me to post them.

I have some night landing stories from there too, but I am not sure how much I want to incriminate my self!!! :}

simsam

21st Jul 2010, 04:16

AirBumps: that was easy, it is Norway :ok:

Simsam

Edit: :( Didn't see compressor stalls entry, but I know the city, it is Oslo.

Ultralights

21st Jul 2010, 08:31

I have some videos that I am making youtube friendly of takeoff from last January this year if you want me to post them.

I have some night landing stories from there too, but I am not sure how much I want to incriminate my self!!!

post away, abd just post a disclaimer if you might incriminate yourself, "a friend of mine" flying etc etc.

Al Fentanyl

21st Jul 2010, 08:34

Ratsore - is that PA60 UYY? I almost bought that in 2002 at Maitland.... until the pre-purchase showed the amount of bogged-up corrosion in the wing spars......:eek:

RatsoreA

21st Jul 2010, 09:03

Ratsore - is that PA60 UYY? I almost bought that in 2002 at Maitland.... until the pre-purchase showed the amount of bogged-up corrosion in the wing spars......

Indeed it is.

I flew it just after a major refurbishment. Wings stayed on ok too! What did you get instead?

post away, abd just post a disclaimer if you might incriminate yourself, "a friend of mine" flying etc etc.

It's nothing really that bad! Portable runway lighting on a dirt strip 50nm from the nearest town and no moon!

Will post em when I have put them on youtube!