The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk I

[Mark1234]

Lovely indeed! Camera mounted how, and what are the legalities, or should I not ask? ;)

[VH-XXX]

You don't need any paperwork to do anything on a home-built Kit Ultralight.

You could mount a bazooka on there if you wanted to, unless it was loaded.

[Jabawocky]

I know Bill gave that thing a hard time but geeez he never bent the prop blades that much! :}

Nice Pics!

[The Green Goblin]

You might be waiting a while to join the mile high club in that thing!

(At least you could film it :P)

[Jabawocky]

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_4764.jpg?t=1286850566

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_4765.jpg?t=1286850566

And a few of the local roads.......
http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_4769.jpg?t=1286850566

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_4775.jpg?t=1286850566

[BEACH KING]

That's the LEAST hazardous I've ever seen YCAB:\:\

[PA39]

Jaba....Oh no, I have been O/S for 2 weeks.....is it that bad?? :(

[Trojan1981]

Nice Jab :ok:
I flew out on Sunday and my family were flooded in on Monday!

[Jabawocky]

Its all better now.........well stopped raining mostly anyway. Will be more to come in the next week according to the BOM.

I am going to Cantberra to give Julia a talking to next Wednsday, so I hope its not like last Monday. The Takeoff Minima was a pipe dream!:uhoh:

[skywagondriver]

Great pics as usual...Most of my South Pac photos are lost/in storage - here's one I found of a trusty Islander in front of Nausori Tower in 1976...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/chinapilot/FIJIAIR.jpg

Re Arovo...that beach is where I got married soon after the resort first opened... :-)

[frigatebird]

Thanks Sky..
Another couple from the archives, in case you missed them on the other site.
You can see the volcano clearer in this second one..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/PNG/ArovoResortgrounds.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/PNG/Arovotowardsvolcano.jpg

[skywagondriver]

Thanks - nice pics. Landed a couple of times on a strip near the volcano - it belonged to MAF so got '225ed' for it... :-)

[Dangnammit]

Thought I'd put up a couple of snaps I found in the 'puter
PIPS
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/MentalMu1/P1070374.jpg

[Dangnammit]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/MentalMu1/P1070376.jpg

[Mick.B]

Port Phillip Heads. :ok:

[frigatebird]

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Mangalore/mangaloreparachutes1.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Mangalore/mangaloreparachutes2.jpg

[VH-XXX]

This is pretty cool!

XCOM 760 VHF Aircraft Transceiver for Sport Aircraft, Ultralights and other Aircraft Needing Clear Powerful Transmission LSA, Light sport aircraft (http://www.xcom-usa.com/sponsorship/sponsorship.html)

[CazbahKid]

Last Monday was definitely the best weather Sydney has had in a while!

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_AtvHl7bvldE/TL-pTTTTu-I/AAAAAAAAABI/_3eaB2DfS28/s800/18102010137.jpg

[Paul O'Rourke]

A little story from the archives.

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv283/PaulO-001/Burningplanesmall.jpg
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv283/PaulO-001/burningplanestory.jpg

[StallsandSpins]

test post!http://lh4.ggpht.com/_U_umRoa0Ngs/TMGMjRLtFzI/AAAAAAAAALE/7qBHJP3lxno/s800/scan25.jpg

[StallsandSpins]

ok that worked! i finally got around to scanning some of my grandfathers photos from casey airfield in berwick here are a few

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_U_umRoa0Ngs/TMG3t1_PlvI/AAAAAAAAAWw/OARYoYfV2ek/s800/078.jpg

[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

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[StallsandSpins]

Whew! that took a whole lot longer than i though. There are few more albums i have that i'll post when i get around to scanning the photos in.
All the captions were written by Colonel Hatfield himself. Hope these are of some interest to someone.

[frigatebird]

Need a wall sized monitor..! (Where was I again..?)

[djpil]

Thanks Michael. I didn't know that Albert had turned the Tiger over.

[chimbu warrior]

Great photos S & S! Thanks for sharing them.

I'm intrigued by the Goose; any idea what the rego was?

Keep them coming,

[VH-XXX]

Thank you so much for those S&S.

Have a few mates that will be ever so pleased to see those. They mainly come from the ultralights side of Casey.

[404 Titan]

StallsandSpins

I have a few hours in that C150 Aerobat VH-IRQ in post #7529. The North Queensland Aero Club in Cairns has owned her since at least 1993. She's still going strong when I was last in Cairns in May.:ok:

[Frank Arouet]

Haven't see a Luton Minor for years. The one on the RHS with BP logo is very familiar to me. Also one in the photo I believe returned from The Antarctic after being left there for years. It had a JAP 2 cylinder engine. Nearly purchased it with a mate years ago. Last seen flying in VIC somewhere.

[StallsandSpins]

heres another one of the goose.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_U_umRoa0Ngs/TMG32AEK2kI/AAAAAAAAAXk/u6ff8ZlnLYg/s800/083.jpg

Its registration was ZK ENY.Operated at the time by a company called canterbury planes. I was there the day those photos were taken. It had just arrived direct from NZ. It landed and they removed the ferry tanks, installed the seats and then they took a bunch of people for a ride (including myself!) i remember doing some touch and go's out on the bay in it, exciting stuff for a little kid!

The only name i can associate with it was Brett Young an EX RNZAF chap who used to fly regularly at berwick at the time. i beleive the plan was to put it on the register and do joy rides somewhere around the great barrier reef. It stayed a casey briefly then went to moorabbin where it underwent extensive maintenance at schutts. ( i beleive it had a fair bit of corrosion in the hull) and was briefly placed on the australian register as VH ENY. The joyriding plans didnt eventuate and the aircraft was sold off some where in the pacific (or the phillipines??) and left the country. i dont know where it is now.

[StallsandSpins]

here is a another good photo of ATJ i just found on the NET (courtesy of Wal Nelowkin). I think just about all the tigers based at berwick over the years ended up on their backs:} I beleive Charlie (Alberts nephew) was responsible for what happened to ATJ in the photo above. VH FAH got blown over and VH TIG which was online at group air got busted a few times too!

the Fairey Firefly in the background was saved from the scrappers By Col Hatfield around 1968. it was later sold to the UK and subsequently ended up in the US where it is being restored to airworthy condition.


http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/9/8/7/53590_1259645789.jpg

[StallsandSpins]

Good to see IRQ is still going! i went solo in that aircraft. PFK and WXP were sold to the RVAC and re registered. WXP was the 150 that ended up in someones back yard at moorabbin not so long ago:sad:. RAD was repainted and was still flying a few years ago when i last saw it at YMMB.

[chimbu warrior]

S & S, thanks for the info on the Goose. Having established the identity, I can confirm that it actually went to Thailand, and is currently under restoration in Germany. :)

[Ultralights]

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Other/Savannah-flight-home/IMG0291/1064564875_6qN9J-L.jpg
what?

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Other/Savannah-flight-home/IMG0260/1064560529_b5Qfr-L.jpg
Still plenty of water heading downstream
http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Other/Savannah-flight-home/IMG0285/1064565705_R5JLk-L.jpg

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Other/Savannah-flight-home/IMG0250/1064568601_ujx9s-L.jpg
where?

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Other/Savannah-flight-home/IMG0343/1064566737_t2gC5-L.jpg
where? hint, there on the Armidale WAC.

[chimbu warrior]

What?

Aero Commander Darter. Thankfully not many were built.

[an3_bolt]

Darter Commander 100 - I used to really enjoy flying one of those things. Just like a 172 - but different. Only thing I disliked was the stupid brake/handbrake setup.

[Super Cecil]

Hard to pick with those pictures where it is because they are so high, looks like satellite photo's :8

[Ultralights]

i woulnt say they were high,2 are from 8500, and the other 2 from 1000 and 1500.

[VH-XXX]

I know the guy that used to own ELA. I remember he put it on Ebay and some guy in the US was trying to convince him that it wasn't the Darter model. He didn't get any takers :-(

[Warbo]

The photo of the Darter is at Walgett, the last photo is Come-by-chance. Can't figure out the middle one though...

[Ultralights]

yep, got it, come by chance, not a very big place! the other is Wingadee station, along the come by chance road from Coonamble

[CitationJet]

Fantastic S&S! Thanks for posting those. If you have any more keep them coming, especially from the 80s and 90s!

They bring back a few memories of my teenage years!

[CitationJet]

I might add, as to Tigers at Casey, FAH is back in the air now with Laurie Brown, formerly of Casey himself, now at Bendigo.

[frigatebird]

Back in the days of the Flying School and Charter Licences

One Club Cessna

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

Two Club Cessnas

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

[rioncentu]

FB

Where are those 2 Cessnas parked?

Keppel?

[frigatebird]

Probably. A Fly-Away Weekend....? Club photos, not mine. The other ones remind me of Keppel

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

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

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

(Slept on the beach off the end of the strip, after midnight, and after the bonfire went out, one New Years Day morning, but wasn't alone - back in my Milroy/Countryair period.)
(p.s. Also under a Cherokee 6 at Orchid Beach on another New Years Day morning, - but I was alone -, however the other guy in the 6 wasn't.
My goal is still the same, - to see the sun come up out of the Pacific, on New Years Day, from a different Pacific island. This year I took off before sunrise and was east of Fraser before the first rays hit. Air Pacific used to have a slogan, Your Island in the Sky, - that was mine this year.)

[itsbrokenagain]

Can you still fly into Musgrave station QLD ?

This is VH-SMD a C172xp I used to own, wonder where the old girl is now?

http://www.chrisandcin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/musgrave-station.jpg

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

AAAHhh.... Mr 'Frigatebird',

You seem to be a 'Romantic'..........to see the sun come up....different island.....

Move over..!!:ok:

[Givelda]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/5125650723_3f7dca28ca_m.jpg

Frigatebird,
One from the other Maryborough........
I also spent a while up in Rocky flying for Country Dare in '79 sometimes giving the pax I flew into Keppel in the Islander a somewhat literal meaning to the TAA slogan of those days about "Getting Wrecked on Great Keppel".
I took this (rather beat up) photo at MYB in about 1974. For those wondering - the Moris-esna was used by the "Firies" there.
Although I took a fair few photos in those days, for some reason I never managed any of Country Air's SYU, TIP, MCO, MCX and the twin PA-24's- MCW and MCY - if anyone has any from around that time, I would love to see them.

[frigatebird]

Givelda
Mine was six years prior, and on Dons singles.
PA-28 MCR, BJB, BES, CUT
PA28-R BME
PA32 MCM MCW POR SMI CHT(MC- for Millroy Countryair - but as the Piper agent, he sometimes crosshired back and utilised aircraft he had sold to the graziers)

Cherokee 6's to Keppel, and paper runs to Brisbane and Mackay, coal miners to Blackwater, Seraji, Moranbah, Gladstone. Supply runs to Marble Island. Vets and Graziers to Monte Christo, Foxleigh, Grasstree, Woongarra, Ohio, Tartrus, Laurinel, Rockwood, Wilpeena, Junee, Balcomba, Doonmabulla, Albinia. Flights during the floods with a door off for the cameraman, up the inland route Highway to film all the cars stranded between the flooded bridges. Miners out from Blackwater before Christmas, and because the Dawson was still over the bridge, back the other way in January. Good fun, but the two other young guys I shared a house at Pink Lily with, died later in aircraft accidents.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

PA32 MCM MCW POR SMI CHT(MC- for Millroy Countryair I remember Countryair's PA32s well!

2 x VHF
2 x VOR
2 x ADF
2 x DME

Rocky - Waverley, Rocky - Consuelo, Rocky - Craven, Rocky - Havilah, etc, etc

Dr :8

PS: Sorry, no pics of aeroplanes, but here's one of the Dr's newly arrived late mid-life crisis!

http://www.fototime.com/3F75B21F0FE76D2/standard.jpg

[VH-XXX]

I offer my apologies too. This is my 35 year old crisis car that I purchased brand new on Friday in Launceston hence my other posts re Spirit of Tasmania.

Happy to take you on there Dr..... :O

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

[Ultralights]

Amateurs... Both of you..

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Cars/81-Mazda-RX-7-and-other-cars/IMG0013/1072689375_WK6kg-L.jpg

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Cars/81-Mazda-RX-7-and-other-cars/IMG0015/1072689591_Yo5sd-L.jpg

190 hp, 177kg.... or as the dealer stated, 180 Mph at 35Mpg!

[Peter Fanelli]

What's this, new cars? new bikes? and you're all complaining about not being paid enough?

:E

[SgtBundy]

Good to see the Dr has taste :D

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

To Frigatebird,

You'll be sad to hear that BME was involved in EFATO (I think) or not too long after T/O at JT - some months ago, and I haven't seen it since.

Looked to be 'nice' '28R too. :(

[frigatebird]

Back then, some of the new ones Don was selling had Airconditioning. Had the flap underfloor, parallel to the fuselage that when opened, slowed the little Cherokees down about 12 knots. Ahhhh, but the Cool Air was Great... Didn't get to use those new ones much in Rocky's summer heat though, usually had the older bangers loaded to the hilt with papers for Mackay, or people, taxied out with the tail almost dragging on the bitumen, and after rotation, gained altitude only due to the curvature of the Earth. Would cross the coast at Emu Park at 3,000, after going via either the South Berseker, or the North Berseker points, so as in the event of an 'Unmentionable Event' we could at least glide to the Island or back to the coast. Sometimes cross hired Kieth Barlows old 6 CHT from his subsidiary company Overland Air, that he mainly used for buffel seeding. That was a 'roughie'... Jimmie Stewart was there in those days, but not long after he retired to go flying the Commanche for someone on their property. Max Conrad ferried the Tartrus Robertson STOL Twin Commanche in, and I met him briefly.

[AussieO2]

VH-SMD is registered to a Blackwater, QLD owner.
I went solo in MCZ in 1969 after 6 1/4 hours dual with Jim Stewart.
MCD is still with Heather at Jambin.
Don M had a red GT Falcon 2 -door. Were you guys there when they had the Drover, "The Keppel Islander", and the Waco, "Jolly Roger" :D
Remember MCY, landed at North Rocky High School oval and had it wings clipped as it went thru the goal posts, 24.05.1981. Got photo's of it.:(
And the storm damaged a/c, Ansett PGU twotter upside down. K.Barlow had PA32, PYV, always a 'tail dragger', did seeding flight (once) and dingo baiting (once), never again.

[frigatebird]

Never saw the Drover or the Waco. What year was that?

[AussieO2]

I think the Drover AZS and the Waco AAF went by 67. The Waco did fishing charters and as GKL improved, so did the air air service and the TAA Drover moved on.

[rioncentu]

Broken

SMD is still going and based in Central Qld.

[Ultralights]

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Qantas-Engineering-Engineering/DSCF1805/589733907_JJDNs-L.jpg

and trying my hand at something a little different
http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/Airplanes/General-Aviation/IMG0486/1005894516_ZAQ7Z-L.jpg

[tail wheel]

Tsk, tsk. No class at all.........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Woomera/Jaguar%20E%20Type/DSCN0198A.jpg

..... and 43 years young!

[j3pipercub]

Tail Wheel,

I really mean this,

You're a B@ST@RD!!!!!:}

Beautiful example of British Engineering. Does it have a name?

j3

[Paul O'Rourke]

Does it leak any oil? :E

[Chimbu chuckles]

Can you drive it at night or in the rain - or is it day VFR only:E

Wasn't it Skippy Hartnet that nicknamed his Jag 'The Antichrist' and its electrical system "The Prince of Darkness";)

Beautiful car tw:ok:

[Fris B. Fairing]

None are mine unfortunately but I suppose you could say I have a 200th share in the white one.

http://www.adastron.com/aviation/vault/black-holdens.jpg

[tail wheel]

"Does it have a name?"

My daughter calls it "Dad's Red Pen-s Extension" - the cheeky bugga!

"Does it leak any oil?"

The only Pommy cars that don't leak oil are those from which all the oil has leaked! However, my E Type does not leak oil after a total, no expense spared, two year mechanical restoration back to new specs, including sealing all joints with modern sealants:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Woomera/Jaguar%20E%20Type/DSCN0865Small.jpg

Strictly day VFR.

Joseph Lucas was the Prince of Darkness (from the company slogan "King of the Road"). He died of typhoid in 1902. Some would say a fitting end...... :E

"Wasn't it Skippy Hartnet that nicknamed his Jag 'The Antichrist' and its electrical system "The Prince of Darkness".

Don't remember Skippy having a Jag. One of our former work colleagues who still flies in PNG also has a couple of Jags, including an E Type and is in the same Jag Club as myself.

One big cat is never enough..........

Weekdays, no rain:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Woomera/Jaguar%20E%20Type/Jag1-1.jpg

1993 XJ6 - XJ40 3.2 with the full leather/burl walnut interior option. :}

[Stationair8]

Lord Lucas prince of darkness.

FDTK, do you wear a cardigan and slippers when driving the nun's car?

[emeritus]

Joseph Lucas...aka..."The Prince of Darkness" Thank goodness Lucas went out of business before computors were available !!

All british cars leak oil for 2 reasons...tradition and attempted corrosion proofing :\

Emeritus ( MGC GT )

[Jabawocky]

Jag's............... Lets up the tone a little

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_1040.jpg?t=1288684937

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_1092.jpg?t=1288684937

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_1014.jpg?t=1288684937

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_1011.jpg?t=1288684937

Start em young...........nephew who now has two wheels and rides like no there is no tomorrow!http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_1010.jpg?t=1288684937

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Geez, where is a Moderator when you need one?

Oh yeah - posting pics of a geriatric pommie car - albeit a moderately sexy one!

This is an AVIATION forum people - not Two Friggin Wheels magazine!

Dr :8

PS: For the record - my pic of a super sexy Voodoo blue 6 L V8 Commodore SSV was a very interesting addition to a post that was full of aviation content - memories of CountryAir Cherokee 6's :E

[frigatebird]

Sorry to bore you half to death there.. Doc..

Won't happen again..



What happens when you are Scared Half To Death,.. Twice ??

[tail wheel]

All british cars leak oil for 2 reasons...tradition and attempted corrosion proofing.

Wrong. Jags are only marking their territory! :E

Geez, where is a Moderator when you need one?

Not around here I hope, or they would close the thread due to thread drift! :ugh:

[Dora-9]

Having owned 2 jags in the distant past ( a 3.8S and a series II XJ6) I have to say there are startling similarities to owning a Chipmunk!

But an "E" Type still makes me catch my breath!

[Peter Fanelli]

British Engineering


Oxymoron?


Tailwheel, is that alternator original?

[tail wheel]

Yes it is the original Lucas alternator but like all engine accessories - starter, distributor, carbies etc - it has been overhauled.

I think 1966 was the first year to have the 4.2 liter XK engine and an alternator fitted. 1961 to 1965 E Types had a 3.8 liter XK engine and Lucas generator installed.

[Frank Arouet]

Jag's............... Lets up the tone a little

From cars for gentlemen to two wheel contraptions for organ donors?

[185skywagon]

Here is one of my MLC toys. If you know your electric bases, you'll know what this is.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/2009/alemthmb.jpg

[tail wheel]

That must be the only thing that rocks in the town at -26.412, 146.262! :}

Nice banjo! :ok:

[185skywagon]

TW, banjo?:suspect: watchit....

We have quite a few musos, a drummer and banjo player(and legendary doctor) in town.
Coupla bands as well.

A gentleman is a man who can play banjo but doesn't.:ok:

[bushy]

Owning a Jag should be mandatory training for pilots. They are machines that attract attention and are fun to drive.
They are also capable of high performance which results in much excitement. (I think they are female).
But they need much love and attention, and are sometimes hard to start. (more evidence that they are female.)
I once found a MK9 jag with low mileage and bought it. It truly was a high speed limo, but was unreliable. The radiator boiled on long trips and no-one could fix it. It did that once too often and was replaced with an Australian built ford.
I found that this english car was fitted with an american air conditioner (by the poms) and english v belts are different from american v belts, so the interface was wrong.
I still frive a ford.
Pilots have to learn to operate finniky, fussy machines that need much love and attention, and Jags are good training for that.

[185skywagon]

The Jag Capital of Oz must be Copley SA.

Everyone seems to have one in their driveway.

What's the go, Desert Flower?

[j3pipercub]

bushy, most 20+ year old european stuff is labor intensive. Merc, BM, and all that french stuff.

[Desert Flower]

The Jag Capital of Oz must be Copley SA.

Everyone seems to have one in their driveway.

What's the go, Desert Flower?

Not quite everyone - I haven't got one in mine! :{

DF.

[404 Titan]

tail wheel

I see you and I share a common day ride. My set of wheels in Hong Kong.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/ausexpat00/Jaguar1.jpg

[tail wheel]

Now that IS nice............ :D

Looks like 1993/94 or is it later? 3.2 or 4.0 liter? My XJ40 has the 3.2 liter engine; should have a top speed of 220 kph - but takes until next Friday week to get there! :eek:

My XJ40 has the full leather and burl walnut interior - and crappy steel wheels and plastic hub caps! I've been looking for a set of factory mag wheels for a 1993 XJ40.

How much do you want for the factory mag wheels? :}

(I have a few spares if you need them, including three center consol circuit boards - air con controls etc - and access to heaps more spares. Let me know if you need them.)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

should have a top speed of 220 kph

The SSV does that in 1st gear! :E

Dr :8

[morno]

Is that before, or after, all the inside panelling falls off Forky?

Wouldn't buy a Holden ever, too cheaply built.

morno

[VH-XXX]

Looks like the google adverts have even picked up on the new direction of this thread :D

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

[404 Titan]

tail wheel

It’s a 93 XJ6 3.2L with 84K on the clock. The mags are actually Daimler rims and were the cars Achilles heel. They were Millimetric rather than the usual Euro Metric which made it a pain in the right rear end to get tires for. I ended up replacing them with a set of genuine 96 Jaguar sports rims about four years ago. Sorry. The interior is cream leather with the walnut trim on dash and doors.

If you know where I can get a replacement for the Clarion (I’m pretty sure it's a Clarion) in boot CD changer or where I can get it fixed please let me know. There aren’t many English radio stations in Hong Kong and the three or four there are, are only on the AM band.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/ausexpat00/Jaguar4.jpg

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/ausexpat00/Jaguar6.jpg

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/ausexpat00/Jaguar3.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

Those Pink buildings look familar! PS Road?

[tail wheel]

404 Titan. Check your PMs. Sent you details where to get a replacement boot CD player.

[404 Titan]

Capt Fathom

There are lots of these horrible pink tiled buildings in Hong Kong. It isn’t PS Road.

[Peter Fanelli]

Owning a Jag should be mandatory training for pilots. They are machines that attract attention and are fun to drive.


Wouldn't work for today's pilot, there's no "direct to" button.

[Jabawocky]

PF.............ohhhh up yer nose :E:ok:

hey lads........ you have all been here before courtosy of Forkies thread but hey, after Episode 7 which was Aero Porn, here is some Auto Porn which should keep one Mod happy for a while...........episode 8..........minus the Jag,

TAILWHEEL if you ask nicely I could bring them out to YXXX for a feature show........not far from here :ok:

Neutral Car Show (http://www.neutralcarshow.com/)


F6zDinmObVA

And if you missed Episode 7.............shameless plug :E

3bTYYRTGjR8&hd=1

[Gas Bags]

Jaba,

When I saw that photo my adrenaline spiked. I am guessing a 1990 Gixxer 1100 with a few mods. And what a great Kat.

I am the proud owner of an 88 J model 1100 Limited Edition with around 16,000 km and totally original. I am sure you know the model I mean, black and gold Hyper Endurancer. The last of the square backs. It has been in storage for the last 15 years or so. The tyres are more than likely as hard as steel now!!!

That was where it all started!

I nearly sold it a few years back during a fleet rationalisation I attempted to undertake. By geez I am glad I didnt now! Seeing your photo has reinforced that for me 1000%. The bike is irreplacable.

I have searched all my archives and bugger it I dont have a digital photo to post for you. Another time.

GB

[boocs]

if that's Gold Coast.. I think we're neighbours 404!!

b.

[VH-XXX]

Gold coast = Hong Kong?

[QSK?]

Yawn! When are we getting back to planes?

[Peter Fanelli]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s295/bigt57/P6120305.jpg

[Jabawocky]

PF...... A constructive post from you :D ;)

Gas Bags.........we need to talk!:ok: Mine is a 1988 J GSXR 750 Hyper Endurance, I think built as a limited edition for the World SBK series.

Not fun to ride long distance but a nice one. The Kat is my brothers and its not for sale.....ever!

J:ok:

[CazbahKid]

Anyone know where this is?

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_AtvHl7bvldE/TNEo30xy3dI/AAAAAAAAADA/X8Sc3ajhCco/s800/P1000808.JPG

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_AtvHl7bvldE/TNEo30xy3dI/AAAAAAAAADA/X8Sc3ajhCco/s800/P1000808.JPG

Anyone know where this is?

Yes! Attached to a PA28 somewhere, I suspect! :E

Dr :8

[404 Titan]

boocs

if that's Gold Coast.. I think we're neighbours 404!!

Maybe we are. ;):ok:

[j3pipercub]

Dunno Cazbah, but that is a really pretty spot!

[Jabawocky]

YLRV perhaps........it would not have been that green when I was there last!

[CazbahKid]

YBID, down Crookwell way.

I've been there every year for Binda races and have never seen it so green before!

[Dixons Cider]

Anyone know where this is?

..off the port wingtip?

[rotorblades]

A weird looking creature, but does its job well:
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j333/rotorblades/DSCN0693.jpg

Kid about to get lightly toasted (at least I wish for walking into the frame!)
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j333/rotorblades/008-Copy.jpg

request 20 right of route!
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j333/rotorblades/DSCN0838-Copy.jpg

Alex

[SgtBundy]

That first one looks like some sort of aborted Jetranger conversion

[Peter Fanelli]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s295/bigt57/Duckwing.jpg

[yowieII]

Knock Knock....
Whos there???

ME YOU IDIOT

Too funny Mr F

[WannaBeBiggles]

Haven't posted any photos for a while, but here are a couple from earlier this year.

#1 Where?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5151730571_b2d2256de3_z.jpg

#2 What?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/5152344596_be876c8ea3_b.jpg

[Peter Fanelli]

#1 Oodnadatta

#2 Saab 340

[Carambar]

CazbahKid,

Is that in Binda? ;)

[WannaBeBiggles]

#1 Oodnadatta

#2 Saab 340



#1 Yep - great spot!

#2 - nope.

[Capt Fathom]

#2 Grob G520T Egrett

[Kippers7]

A few photo's from Wide Bay last year...
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/IMG_5915.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/IMG_6016.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/IMG_6019.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/IMG_5840.jpg

Recent flight to YGDI...
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/IMG_0030.jpg

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/IMG_0042.jpg

Where and What??
[IMG]http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/IMG_7783.jpg

[CazbahKid]

CazbahKid,

Is that in Binda? ;)

You know me too well!

[codenamejames]

Lockheed Electra?

[Chimbu chuckles]

Beech 18 at Redcliffe

[tail wheel]

Either a Volpar Beech 18 or Beech H18.

[fl610]

Beech 18 at Redcliffe

Do you know the rego Chuckles?

[PA39]

November rego......still.

[fl610]

Thanks PA39, I used to drive a Volpar Trigear in my youth.

[Dora-9]

It's NOT a Beech (Super) H18S, but a Volpar converted D18S.

[funaviator]

Moorabbin, Victoria. :ok:

[emeritus]

What a dreadful thing to do to a D18S !. Looks awful. Whoever was responsible for that should be taken out and flogged.

Loved flying FID many moons ago.

Emeritus

[PA39]

"I used to drive a Volpar Trigear in my youth".


Yes Fl610, the 18, be them Volpar trikes or the taildraggers were/are a fabulous aircraft........loaded with charisma. i always wanted to own one, but those radials....well you know...$$.:ooh:

[fl610]

yeah me too, but......I'm dreamin!:sad:

Emeritus, I agree with you, however the trike was still a delight to fly. :ok:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Been tidying up the happy snaps and thought this one was worth posting.

http://www.fototime.com/C8D336A9BA6428A/standard.jpg
Lake Hood is the world's busiest seaplane base, handling an average of 190 flights per day. It is located on Lakes Hood and Spenard, next to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens_Anchorage_International_Airport), three miles from downtown Anchorage.
A canal dug between Lakes Hood and Spenard created the seaplane base. It pre-dates Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, the runway of which can be seen in the upper part of the photo.

Can you imagine this happening in Oz? 190 lighties a day in the same circuit area as an international airport - controlled by the same tower.

Dr :8

[bushy]

Not possible in Australia because of our "unique australian situation" Our airline pilots cannot handle a situation like that. They are being dragged, kicking and screaming into the 21st century, but are not there yet.
And all those lighties steal paying passengers. Can't have that.

[frigatebird]

The brother-in-law gave this to the sister as a birthday present, but has since passed away.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lyns%20cars/Gold85DaimlerDoubleSix.jpg

'85 Daimler Double Six

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Lyns%20cars/Double685Daimler.jpg

(= V12)

[Jabawocky]

Can't beat ...Join em hey FBird? :E

Surely you have not run out of aeroporn yet!:ooh:

[frigatebird]

She has a bettrer camera than I have too.. will have to get out and about agin.. Jaba

[boofhead]

FTDK. A month or so back I was taking off from Lake Hood, using West departures which start in Lake Spenard and go down the channel. I had a problem with my prop and could only get low power, and could not get onto the step. Must have been 20 knots max, the noise was tremendous (I was flying a Sea Hawk Experimental with a pusher prop).
By the time I entered the channel I knew I would not get off the water but it seemed quicker to continue as I was than to pull off the power and taxi.
I knew the Tower was yelling at me, but could not understand over the engine noise.
I was about to pull off into the AMD bay at the end when the airplane decided to get up onto a step, and I was able to take off, finally.
I mumbled some apology and departed the area.
Don't know how many others had to go around, but I assume it was more than one.
Never been back.
It is about half covered in ice, now, anyway.
That water way is lit, did you know? Has lights on each side of the channel.
Had to do more than one landing there at night. The usual technique is to use a glassy water approach, it saves time and gets you clear of the channel quicker.
There is an adjacent gravel runway for the wheels, and the airport is nearly as busy in the winter with skiplanes. They groom the ice on the lake when it is thick enough.
They have a big floating mower that cuts the weeds. That became necessary after they shot all the ducks, which originally kept the weeds under control but were perceived to be a hazard to airplanes (not true, you should see the ducks in action). If the weeds were not cut and removed, they would clug up the lake and a takeoff with the water rudders carrying 100 pounds of weed is not a pretty sight.
Very few airplanes actually do circuits, most are arrivals or departures and they are very efficient, until I arrive!

[Ultralights]

a nice collection of pictures from Iwo Jima after being taken by American forces in 1942. with Armistice day and all approaching.

Picasa Web Albums - Mark - Iwo Jima (http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima?authkey=Gv1sRgCIW06db_6oth&feat=email#slideshow/5299163150448181842)

[Kippers7]

Flying with my uncle a few years ago..

I swear there is a hill round here somewhere..
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/PC270026.jpg[/IMG]

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/PC270033.jpg[/IMG]

One for the kiwi's... Where??
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff428/kipniak/PC270069.jpg[/IMG]

[Ned Parsnip]

a nice collection of pictures from Iwo Jima after being taken by American forces in 1942.Excellent quality pics indeed Ultralights and full credit to all US photographers and participants.

But your chronology is cactus. World War Two commenced in 1939 but by 1942 American operations were still very limited and little if any territory had been taken from the Japanese.

Iwo Jima was not taken until 1945.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

19th Feb 1945 was the first day of battle on Iwo Jima as the US Marines came ashore to a determined Japanese defence.

Something like 2,400 U.S. Marine casualties on day 1.....

Over 25,000 wounded and 7,000 dead in the taking of the island.

Not nice.

[SgtBundy]

I thoroughly recommend reading "With the Old Breed" by E.B Sledge. Its one of the books the series "The Pacific" was based on. I don't think I have read an account where you can feel the impact and horror of that campaign in such clarity

[NZFlyingKiwi]

One for the kiwi's... Where??

Taupo. :ok:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

This is what happens when an Retard Vehicle Mk10 has a mid-air with a grasshopper! :E

Dr :8

http://www.beechtalk.com/forums/download/file.php?id=14360&t=1

[Chimbu chuckles]

Ok enough of old Pommy cars - some old pommy aeroplane...the camera shake is bloody annoying - need to come up with a better mount. Forkie suggested a Forkmount (TM) - I didn't bother to point out the Tiger doesn't have a storm window.:ugh::rolleyes:

UewxfPowS6M

I also don't understand why the sound doesn't upload sometimes.:(

[Horatio Leafblower]

G'day Chimbu

What camera are you using?

I have a ContourHD and I have had some success affixing it with zip-ties and backed with some foam rubber.

The zip-tie arrangement has now been proven shake-free at 220 KIAS :ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Its a VIO POV and the mount is a 'universal' mount.

[j3pipercub]

That is an awesome clip CC, makes me want to go flying again. Nothing quite like playing in the clouds. These ground schools aren't much fun.

[Capt Fathom]

It would be nice to see an Eight Point Hesitation Roll.

Not easy in a Tiger! :E

[SpyderPig]

and yet again the tiger gets more and more appealing..........:cool:

[bushy]

it's good to see that at least one airline pilot can fly an aeroplane without all those automatics.

[frigatebird]

South Pacific Air Race aircraft queueing up when Avgas was plentiful..

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/southpacificairrace1.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/southpacificairrace2.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/southpacificairrace3.jpg

[Towering Q]

One for the non-Kiwi's.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/00112.jpg

[emeritus]

Lovely spot is Coral Bay. Spent a few pleasant days there whilst circumnavigating with the caravan (Jayco not Cessna) in 04.

Emeritus:ok:

[Towering Q]

Spot on emeritus, sensational looking coastline, I also hope to explore it at ground level soon.

[nightmode]

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk245/nightmode1/IMG_4007.jpg

[nightmode]

This should be an easy one, any ideas where?
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk245/nightmode1/IMG_0025.jpg

[iamafish]

Nightmode,

That looks a lot like it was taken early morning, from the RHS of a Metro (guessing a North-bound freighter), Approaching the A7 Holding Point for RW01 in Brisbane.

Nice picture, anyway!

[Jabawocky]

Was he checking you out? :E Back in your dim and distant past!

Hey are you going to the xmas party in the bay?

J:ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

It would be nice to see an Eight Point Hesitation Roll.

Not easy in a Tiger!

Oh I don't know so much.:E

6aXeFCCSxO8

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Oh I don't know so much.http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gif

Smartie! :D

How many "takes", and how much editing went into producing that video?

Dr :8

[VH-XXX]

That's the standard airshow maneouvre that usually ends in flames when done < 200 ft.

[prospector]

Must be heading for a flat battery in that camera, keeps on hesitating!!

[Chimbu chuckles]

Jezzus XXX, you're such a glass 1/2 empty kinda guy:hmm:

[VH-XXX]

when done < 200 ft.

Not really... you sensibly have altitude on your side Chuckles and you hold that well throughout by the way.

[Capt Fathom]

It would be nice to see an Eight Point Hesitation Roll.

Sorry Chuck, I meant a 16point hesitation roll! :E

[Chimbu chuckles]

Piece of piss - I think. :ooh:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Sorry Chuck, I meant a 16point hesitation roll! :EBugger! Chuckles can't count that high. :E

Dr :8

[Ultralights]

Tumut aero club Annual flyin, August. sadly no video of My Savvy...

YouTube - Tumut Aero Club's Tumut Valley Fly-In (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Mb9RSLYAs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Mb9RSLYAs

[frigatebird]

Good video - people having fun - plenty of variety - lots of activity

A couple of snaps from the archives.
Anuha before the resort was built (and burnt)

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/Anuhabeforeresort1.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/SI/Anuhabeforeresort2.jpg

About where the prop arc is on the second photo, went over the side of the yacht on a dark-night night dive later, and had crayfish crawling everywhere on the bottom. Surfaced to find a thunderstorm raging.

[djpil]

Very nice roll - score 7 out of 10 (I couldn't do anywhere near as well in a Tiger).

[iamafish]

Not me, Jaba! Never flew a Death Pencil out of Brisbane. Just a view I know well.

Not sure about the Christmas party? Didn't know there was one!

Nice flying Chuck! Always good to see the old girls doing what they were made for :ok:

[Turban]

Very nice vids Chimbu chuckles, thanks for sharing :ok:

I still can't believe it when I see one of these,really feels like flying! It "feels" great ! I just miss the sound of it :)

Can't wait to be at Camden and fly one of those bad boys !:)

[Pinky the pilot]

Chuckles; You got any piccies left of your taim bilong PNG or did you lose 'em all when the volcano at Rabaul went up?

I've posted most of my interesting ones over time.

[frigatebird]

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Exercise/FR11.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Exercise/FR4.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Exercise/FR6.jpg

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Exercise/FR9.jpg

[VH-XXX]

Hell of a way (and at great expense) to have your aircraft washed :ok:

[chimbu warrior]

Frigatebird, what is the story behind the 180 getting "snowed"/

Was this recently?

[frigatebird]

Yesterday morning. An exercise with crews from the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay here too. Jim donated his 180. We gave them a cup of coffee and a snack after. 'Irish' cooked the sausages.

http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy129/bird__photo/Fire%20and%20Rescue%20Exercise/FR10.jpg

[The Green Goblin]

Does that foam stuff your paint?

I remember the carby in my Kingswood V8 backfired and caught on fire at a fuel bowser back in the late 90s. (after I tipped a little bit down the carby to get it going). The owner ran out with the Foam and gave it a hit. It caused the paint in my engine bay to start flaking :eek:

[Jabawocky]

If they were clever it would have been water and some mild car wash.....same effect, and a clean C180 afterwards:ok:

Otherwise I hope that C180 was not airworthy, because it will be like an Aspro in the future.:eek:

[frigatebird]

Good to see the photos without comment on the previous page caused some to think about these things. Wasn't prepared to volunteer anything myself in case of a mix-up, but offered to help in other ways. Prefer to wash my aircraft myself thanks.

One opinion from an engineer, was that foam used was inert anyway....

[kingRB]

Where and what?

http://users.adam.com.au/rb4door/AA/aviation/Nov10/201120101117%20%28Large%29.jpg

http://users.adam.com.au/rb4door/AA/aviation/Nov10/201120101116%20%28Large%29.jpg

http://users.adam.com.au/rb4door/AA/aviation/Nov10/201120101122%20%28Large%29.jpg

http://users.adam.com.au/rb4door/AA/aviation/Nov10/201120101121%20%28Large%29.jpg

[Keg]

It's a Siai Marchetti S.211 formerly of the Republic of Singapore Air Force but I have no idea where.

Nice bit of kit though. I wish I could afford to buy one! Actually, I could probably buy one if the missus didn't mind me re-drawing on the mortgage, I just wouldn't have any money left over to fly it. :}

[kingRB]

:ok: on the type.

I didnt know that was ex Singapore AF, cheers for that.

So they are priced about as "reasonably" as you could get for an ex military jet then? Just the running costs are rather astronomical?

[ozaggie]

Goolwa, South Oz

[CazbahKid]

Currently command building - forgot my camera so had to use the phone!

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_AtvHl7bvldE/TOnx0wCxQPI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Vm-X_s7xJfQ/s800/22112010149.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_AtvHl7bvldE/TOnx6OnSvgI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/cLH1rNV1lo8/s800/22112010150.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_AtvHl7bvldE/TOnyCIxrdyI/AAAAAAAAAEU/FsNN34c_CuQ/s800/22112010154.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_AtvHl7bvldE/TOnyMCJ1JcI/AAAAAAAAAEY/_192aJDaDic/s800/22112010156.jpg

[Nivo]

Hey CazbahKid,

The bottom photo looks like Forbes.

Nivo

[Fratemate]

Currently command building

Shouldn't you be in the other seat then :)

[185skywagon]

Love the shark-skin finish on your machine, Cazbah. :E

[kingRB]

Goolwa, South Oz

you got it!

[Arnold E]

Goolwa, South Oz you got it!

Dont think so.:=

[Super Cecil]

Currently command building

Yoo mean you were flying

[CazbahKid]

Yoo mean you were flying

Yoo would be correct

[kingRB]

Dont think so.:=

Really :confused: So where was I then

[VH-XXX]

I hope you didn't pay too much to hire that thing, if the rest of the aircraft's condition is anything like the paint on the wings I'd steer clear of it.

[Flying Meat Cleaver]

Yeah, sorry Arnold E but i'll have to agree with the King, its definitely Goolwa, even reckon the extended wing tipped C172 with the big donk is the aircraft in the background (VH-CDN).

FMC.

[Horatio Leafblower]

Mt Canabolas and the gold mine in the foreground... um... whatsitsname.

[kingRB]

Yeah, sorry Arnold E but i'll have to agree with the King, its definitely Goolwa, even reckon the extended wing tipped C172 with the big donk is the aircraft in the background (VH-CDN).sure is ;)


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[CazbahKid]

Cadia Valley I think?

[Arnold E]

Errrr yep, we were talking about different photos
I was looking at the last photo of post 7690

[VH-XXX]

I was gonna say that the average man would struggle to be able to afford to run that jet, then when I looked it up I saw it was financed by WESTPAC.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Finally nutted it out. With sound!!!!

QL76gckXVi8

Nothing like wind in the wires:ok:

[Capt Fathom]

VH-CDN used to be a C182.
And that aircraft with the 3 bladed prop looks like a C182 to me, fitted with a parachuting step over the right main wheel!

[Grogmonster]

Ok it is a tough one. Location is Ketchikan Alaska. One of the more challenging approaches when the weather is down. The picture taken while approaching on the R/W 29 GPS which has a 6.5 degree glideslope.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grogmonster/MustangFerryMay2010038.jpg

[Grogmonster]

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grogmonster/DEC2009075.jpg

[Grogmonster]

I noticed contributions were a bit slow lately. I guess you all know where this was taken but I like the scheme.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grogmonster/PNGOct2010027.jpg

[gooneydog]

Grog 1956 Cessna 310

[Orion Delta]

Grogmonster> No idea for post 7708 but beautiful shot :ok:

[Grogmonster]

Goony, Yep you are getting there. Any idea where it is?

Groggy

[skylane]

Would 7708 be Biak?

[gassed budgie]

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grogmonster/DEC2009075.jpg

Cessna 320 Skynight

[gooneydog]

C model at STL

[Grogmonster]

Skylane, I will give you a hint. It is in the Northern Hemisphere.

Groggy

[Grogmonster]

Gooney, Try somewhere in Kansas.

Groggy

[an3_bolt]

Grogmonster - is it technically an ex USAF U3-B in civvy paint? Witchita?:ok:

[Peter Fanelli]

Cessna 320 Skynight
Not a 320.
There are not enough windows and the 320 being turbocharged has the exhaust exiting the cowling straight down ahead of the wing spar, not over the wing as this one does.

I say 310D or 310E.

If it's ex military it's a U3B, known before 1963 as an L27B.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Dat's a 'Fugly' 310/320...or whatever.....:eek:

And, that 'Dash' has all of the hallmarks of the infamous ex 'Bungles'
'C-209'...??

But with 2 donks..!!:sad:

:} :ok:

[Grogmonster]

AN3, You are correct it is at McConnell AFB Wichita. Here is another picture of the Stearman building at the same location.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grogmonster/DEC2009108.jpg

[Grogmonster]

Griffo, It is one of the new Air Nuiguini Q400's. It will be interesting to see what routes thay use them on and how that landing gear survives. Location of picture is Port Moresby.

Groggy

[Jabawocky]

Someone said its been a bit quiet, so I might as well post something, nothing in particular just a nice photo Mrs Jaba shot as we bounced out of a cloud, sometimes the random ones turn out well :ok:

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_1486.jpg

And here F/O Pyro gets his first IFR/IMC flight in the front row.
http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab58/jaba430/m_IMG_1485.jpg

[VH-XXX]

IMC... Pfffftt, there's blue sky there!

[Chimbu chuckles]

Yeah if it was grey out the window with driving rain and you were lighting matches under his nose while he tracked an NDB THEN I MIGHT be impressed.:E

Bouncing from one fair weather cu to the next in the GA equivalent of the Starship Enterprise doesn't quite cut it.:p

[Jabawocky]

there was ya smart a$$ :}.........but ask pyro about the other 45 minutes

Chuckles :D now that is funny!

No driving rain in this trip, just light rain. I will have to get up the photographer for not taking any inside the darker ones :ooh: which she claimed had her arse leaving the seat a few times.

Trip to Canberra had a much better dose of dark and wet......but I do not seem to have any pics of that on my 'puter.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

They look like a pair of aviating eskimos to me!

Dr :8

[PyroTek]

Ahh the other 45 minutes,
CAVOK!
Jokes. In and out of CU's all the way!

[VH-XXX]

Jaba thinks he is an Icepilot. In Qld ???
&$@?!

[Jabawocky]

Ice........I am allergic to that stuff, we are the tropically adapted species up here XXX.

I post one pretty pic of not much in particular and you all want dark, stormy, icing and lightning:eek:.

I am not brave enough for you lot! :\

[Power]

Nice reference to fate is the hunter there chimbu :)

[sagan]

And of Captain Ross and his 'comic-opera cap'. Am going to have to dig it out and read it again.

[VH-XXX]

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[WTFIGO]

My money's on a C310F for pic #7709.

[an3_bolt]

C310F - same aircraft as a U3B.

Had to fly a C310I/J for a while many years ago - IO-470 and 2 blade props - loved the old C310. Gotta be the most ear shattering weapon at takeoff for anyone on the ground .........office was right next to the runway - the C310 noise left the Bongo vans for dead!!!

Remember the strangest details - but I just loved to flick those wing lights up and down...... :p

[PA39]

xxx.............jesus !!

[Jabawocky]

XXX....... thats been done to death here several times in the past, but this is meant to be the last.................................


The last Dump and Burn........ This bloke did a great job capturing the moment :D

Cityscapes - Phil Rettke Photography (http://www.philrettkephotography.com/Landscapes/Cityscapes/7244476_RkMch#1106480758_wrNLV-L-LB)

J:D:ok:

[Dogimed]

XXX....... thats been done to death here several times in the past, but this is meant to be the last.................................


Gosh your wonderful Jaba:ugh:

[VH-XXX]

Gosh your wonderful Jaba:ugh:

Dogimed, he's only saying that to help boost his post count.


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slackie 153
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[40Deg STH]

TAP:mad::ugh:
And ppl like this SSSHHHHHHHHH They don't know

[slackie]

Make that 154!!:p

[skywagondriver]

Old PNG hands will know where it is...http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/chinapilot/BN2-2.jpg