The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk II

[jas24zzk]

Whats that in the background?

MD-80? 717??

looking very forlorn

[gerry111]

My guess is DC-9, Jas.

Looks like a bit of a graveyard behind the brand new Caravan. :sad:

[Piano Man]

Certainly correct is a DC-9. Easily half a dozen ex Cebu Pacific DC-9s littered around the GA area as well as old 732s, Trislanders, DC-3s and amazingly a Connie! Will get some more photos in the coming weeks.

[jas24zzk]

More pics?
ya gaggin me!!

bring it!

LOL

[By George]

To the right of the Caravan nose is a Yak 40 and a good old Aztec too. Looks like it's almost in Qantas colours. Now there is a seed for a new Qantas rumour.

[AussieNick]

Looks like an Embraer 170 nose?

[BPA]

Nothing like an Embraer 170. The cabin windows are the wrong size/shape and it doesn't have the front service door. It's a YAK.

[mcgrath50]

I think Aussie Nick is looking at the background to the right of the seaplane (Embraer) with the Yak(?) on the left hand side :ok:

[4forward8back]

I think Aussie Nick is looking at the background to the right of the seaplane (Embraer) with the Yak(?) on the left hand side

Nope, that's a DC-9 on the left and yep it's a Yak on the right.

Come on boys and girls, I thought professional pilots could pick their aeroplanes! Back to spotters school!:ok:

Anyway, back to the pics!

[mcgrath50]

You're lucky I picked the one front and centre was a float plane!

[Capt Fathom]

I don't see any floatplane! But there's an Amphibian aircraft there!

[Trent 972]

Are you sure about that Capt F?
Float Plane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floatplane)
Look again, it's not that hard to Fathom.

[Capt Fathom]

I'm seeing wheels on them there floats!

Thanks for the link! .... Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, making the vehicle an amphibious aircraft.

I was attempting to educate the young-ins. I should have put a smilie on the end of my post!

PS. I'll go you halves!

[jas24zzk]

crikey Fathom...looks like you opened your BAK book!

[jas24zzk]

Thats an interesting pic. Prototype perhaps? never seen a v-tail bitchcraft twin on the market.....any more info past your piccy ?

[Frank Arouet]

Sorry Buddy, I put them there hoping someone could add more photographic evidence or comment. There was a lot of manufacturers experimenting in those days, (look at the side windows for a year), and I'm guessing it is one such example. The "gun-Bo" seems genuine enough for the African Continent.

[mendi63]

Thats an interesting pic. Prototype perhaps? never seen a v-tail bitchcraft twin on the market.....any more info past your piccy ? There is some more information on that aircraft here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Super_V).

[Piano Man]

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Getting ready for the afternoon departure. Great lighting at this time of day!

[Jamair]

There was one at Oshkosh a few years ago, was called a V-Twin or a Vee-Twin

[Oakape]

It would be interesting to know what Vmca is with the V tail.

[DanielFoster]

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Full Resolution (http://planeimages.net/i/RGnS9IO4sSRx)

[cowl flaps]

Why do people spoil a fairly decent image with a watermark that takes up about a quarter of the image ?

Is it copyright paranoia, or are they that priceless ? Just my $0.02 worth.

[DanielFoster]

cowl flaps: Copyright paranoia. The website I use applies the watermarks for me. Many of my friends have had their images taken and used by various news agencies. It must be taken into consideration that said friends get approached by operators offering to buy photos for $500+ per image. It's a big IP issue which seems to plague the press.

Regardless:
The watermark isn't covering the subject of the image. It is a deterrent of sorts.

[Jabawocky]

nice logo daniel, but a good point about the watermark.

fix that and you will be on a winner :ok:

[VH-XXX]

$500, you are being ripped! I once got $2,800 for a photo that made front page of the Herald.

[DanielFoster]

Not a bad deal, XXX! That's enough for a new dSLR Body or Lens. Well worth it.

Dan

[gerry111]

Goodness! Haven't I been been potentially ripped off?

My photo of the 'Cherokee Challenge' flight, last November of G-ATYS with the backdrop of Uluru appeared in 'Australian Pilot' magazine 'Dec to Jan 2014' on page 54.

But with absolutely no attribution to me as the photographer! :eek:

And I don't care even a little bit. The fun of the flying adventure to catch up with Andy and Sam was worth so much more. :D :D:D

[Piano Man]

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This truly is a stunning country. The more and more I spend here the more I fall in love with it. Oh and you can fly Caravan EXs here too!

[spinex]

That would probably put you in a minority then Gerry3, I've gladly provided photographs to schools, clubs and non-profit organisations, but finding one of mine incorporated into an ad (sans permission) that I know cost someone quite a bit of money pi$$ed me off no end. A nicely worded letter accompanied by an invoice had the desired effect on that occasion.

[Creampuff]

But G3, didn't you take the photo during a private flight, to join up with your friend collecting money for charity?

Were you to charge money for the photo, there may be regulatory consequences...

[morno]

And that, right there, is the reason why aviation in this country is dieing......

If there were regulatory consequences for selling a photo you took during a private flight, then we may as well close down aviation in this country, because that sort of mentality is what is killing it. How exactly is having an AOC going to make it 'safer' to sell the photo?

morno

[Capn Bloggs]

Piano Man, what's that yacht doing on top of the island, or are my new glasses deceiving me?

[Creampuff]

How exactly is having an AOC going to make it 'safer' to sell the photo?In no way whatsoever. But the classification of operations in Australia has as much to do with politics as it has to do with safety.

Don't worry: It will be all fixed in 1998 with the new, simpler, harmonised, best-practice regulations!

[morno]

Awesome, so we're only a few years away now, :E.

Your boat Piano?

[andrewr]

Were you to charge money for the photo, there may be regulatory consequences...

If you are referring to CAR 206, where does it refer to charging money? The way I read it, it defines aerial photography is a commercial purpose. It doesn't say anything about "if you charge money for the photo".

That may not be how it is usually interpreted, but that is what it seems to say.

[Creampuff]

You may well be right. Any photograph taken by anyone from the air might be “aerial photography” within the meaning of 206 and therefore unlawful unless authorised by an AOC. CARs 206 and 2(7) provide endless nooks and crannies capable of bizarre outcomes that have nothing to do with safety.

But don’t worry, come 1998….

[andrewr]

On the other hand, CAA 27(9) refers to "flying or operation of an aircraft for such purposes as are prescribed" so perhaps you can do what you like, as long as that is not the purpose of the flight?

In general I agree about CAR 206.

[Creampuff]

Another gold mine of uncertainty and paradoxes: Ascertaining the purpose or purposes of a flying operation.

[zappalin]

Got to Palawan yet Piano Man? My word... What a stunning place.

Any non-floating Caravan jobs there?

[Jabawocky]

Piano Man, what's that yacht doing on top of the island, or are my new glasses deceiving me?

Bloggsie old mate, waiting for the next high tide of course!


Hey Piano man, keep em coming, we were getting tired of the Whitsundays and Cairns and girls on Whitehaven Beach :}

[Piano Man]

Zappalin: Palawan is a stunning place. More photos to come over the coming weeks.

Jaba: I was getting sick of the same photos too! New environment and the only Caravan Amphib in the Philippines so expect many photos over the next little while.

Bloggsie: Sorry mate, that's someone's house!

To all: The Nikon is getting a serious workout so provided everyone is happy to see a Caravan EX then the photos can continue. As previously said this is a stunning country that is so photographic.

[dghob]

Well, welcome to PPRuNe DanielFoster. Just keep enjoying your photography mate and do what you think is the right thing.
Cheers
dghob

[AussieNick]

Beautiful country over here, can't wait to start flying here too.

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[chimbu warrior]

Coal Harbour, with the Pan Pacific Hotel in the background. Miss it!

[triton140]

Enjoying it right now! Here in Vancouver for another month!

Keep 'em coming!

[AussieNick]

You over here for a holiday Triton?

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Stantley park is a great place to watch the guys from harbour air take off and land, they generally fly right over the sea wall.

Plus the scenery make for some stunning photos

[triton140]

Over here for two months staying with our daughter who lives in Vancouver.

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[ruddman]

More Beavers then a Justin Beiber concert. :8

Just me or has the rear aircraft tied up on the jetty got something on the top right engine cowling that the front aircraft hasn't?

And while we're at it, is that a bit of debris in the water on the other side of the jetty?

Ok one more. On the next pic down I also spotted something in the water. 3 across(left of floatplane) and 2 down and you should find it. Looks like the top of a submarine periscope sticking out.


So I'm concerned when I see things in the water near floatplanes.


Edit...well crap. Go straight up and you see what looks like a big floating log in the water. :eek:
Or is it another submarine? Bloody minefield that waterway is!

[triton140]

Yep, there is indeed something on top of the cowling, maybe someone will know what it is.

There's a lump of wood in the water on the other side of the pier, in the high-res version it looks like a sleeper or something.

The periscope is in fact the top of the mast of a yacht moored in the foreground, out of frame.

As far as floating crap goes, a few logs here and there is nothing compared to dodging bigger floaties like tankers, yachts and countless Beavers and Otters - mind you, at least you can see them!

[VH-XXX]

Much more dangerous in OZ, when I went for a ride up north they had to dodge Crocs ! (and not the type that you wear)

[ruddman]

Ah ok. I see the mast now. My tired blurry eyes missed it earlier. All good! :ok:
Thank goodness though it wasn't a stray russian Sub or something. :ooh:

[triton140]

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[Piano Man]

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Watching the afternoon build ups. This is forming over Manila.

[S7ARSCR3AM]

The "something" on the top of the Beaver cowl is the scoop for the upper air induction system, originally all the military beavers had this modification, though many civilian models have also been converted. The civilian scoop, as on the Beaver at the front, is located at the front of the bottom of the cowl.

[Jerr]

A shot from our Queens Birthday Long Weekend Fly Away

The new cross strip at William Creek.


Safe Flying


JERR

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[Bravohotel]

I was in Canada a couple of years ago took the train from Toronto to Vancouver (winter time heaps of snow and never seen so many trees)
While in YVR I took a trip down to Victoria Island on HA/Westcoast Air on a DHC-3T the pilot invited me to the R/H seat and he had flown float planes for around 20 years the landing was so smooth on the return trip it was a DHC-6-200 and the Co-pilot had a non Canadian accent turned out to be a Kiwi and was the CP. I saw a lot of floating logs in the harbor and washed up on the shoreline of Stanley Park so I guess they are a hazard.

[DanielFoster]

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JetStar A321 on short final at Brisbane (http://planeimages.net/i/1EythnLwiU6K):ok:

[AussieNick]

@BravoHotel: your not wrong. There's a ton of debris in the harbour i'm amazed there isn't a ton of incidents from both the aircraft and boats hitting something.

I'm still trying to weasel my way into the left on one of those beavers :E

[FullOppositeRudder]

Lifting off from a helipad not far from here .....

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[morno]

If I had to fly a chopper, the BK117 is it. What a sexy looking machine!

[Piano Man]

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Back at Manila today, taxiing past the local low cost carriers
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Park up the aircraft
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And discover that an engineer has a pair of pet goats

[Capn Bloggs]

One of which has a PAIR of Kahunas!! :eek:

The tail on that ATR looks a little crooked. Is that normal?

Pianoman, where do the nosewheels on that boat of yours retract into?

[Piano Man]

Bloggsie, I was very impressed!

As for the wheels, the retract up, however the front nose wheels are always exposed and out of the water line!

[TIMA9X]

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[PA39]

That's an original looking c model Aztec sitting there!! :)

[Stanwell]

Yes. We're all very proud of HARS and everybody involved.
Thanks guys and I'll see if I can give you a hand soon.


Cheers, S.

[Nibbles2310]

Taken over Wollongong last weekend

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[VH-XXX]

Check this out from about the 2:50 mark, some great (but somewhat scary) flying !

BHSH PILOT EPISODE 20 - River Hang out in BUSH PILOT SERIES on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/channels/420862/97539321)

[UnderneathTheRadar]

Friday - YWHA/YMEN
Jabba - Lean of Peak of course..... (59% power/ 43L/hr per side)

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and going downhill

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[Arnold E]

Check this out from about the 2:50 mark, some great (but somewhat scary) flying !

Spectacular to look at, but the sort of stuff that gets people killed, promoting unsafe flying in LSA aircraft.:ugh:

[spinex]

Why is it that drivers are apparently able to distinguish a rally driver's antics on TV from acceptable behaviour on the highway and yet showing anything risky in the aviation sphere is seen as a sure path to doom? I don't buy it.

[BlatantLiar]

Whats the aircraft type UTR? That looks damn satisfying.

[Ultralights]

Why is it that drivers are apparently able to distinguish a rally driver's antics on TV from acceptable behaviour on the highway and yet showing anything risky in the aviation sphere is seen as a sure path to doom? I don't buy it.

Because almost every pilot thinks they are better than everyone else. therefor, anyone doing something outside their comfort zone is on a one way ticket to hell.


What would happen if a Jabiru was flown around a red bull air race course? OMG ! the stupidity! what would they say if they were told it was Matt Hall or Paul Bonholme flying it at the time?

[BlatantLiar]

They would say 'Who? By the way, when is Hannes due on track?'

[UnderneathTheRadar]

Whats the aircraft type UTR? That looks damn satisfying.

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[tail wheel]

10? .........................

:}

[UnderneathTheRadar]

ok then:

601P
601P
60

:mad:

[megle2]

Looks like you've set area qnh 1003 a bit early

[Trent 972]

Megle2. Not according to AIP 1.7 2.1.4, he hasn't.
Set QNH anytime when on descent to an altitude before passing the 'Transition Level'.

Although it would make it a bit iffy if asked to report "level 'leaving'". ;-)

601P! I'd like one of them for christmas. Please Santa.

[Lumps]

Jabba - Lean of Peak of course..... (59% power/ 43L/hr per side)

So which one was it - 59% or 43 L/hr?

11.35 gph x 13.75 = 156hp

Either you've got 265hp engines or you were cruising at 45% power on 350hp engines, or the FF k-factor has been sneakily reset on you...

Just curious, no gotcha intended!

-- added -- do the 290hp aerostars have a MCP rating of 265hp perhaps?

[Creampuff]

Perhaps the explanation is the notoriously inaccurate algorithms in those %power gonkulators?

[Lumps]

Creampuff - I've often wondered how those gonkulators work. Seeing as there is no torque gauges on little recips what do they base % power off. Is it a very general approximation combination of MP/RPM/FF? Explains the inaccuracy when operating LOP if the gonk factor was set for ROP operations

[UnderneathTheRadar]

Thanks Trent - my standby altimeter stays on 1013 until the TL but given that 90% of the arrivals into Essendon start with "when ready, descend to 9000, QNH xxx" I'd rather not bust my clearance by being momentarily distracted when passing through 10,000 and having the cleared altitude warning go off as I pass through it (especially given the range of QNHs seen recently). So my practice is to set cleared ALT and QNH when clearance received so it's not lost or forgotten in the heat of the moment.

The gonkulators - yes - not really sure of the science and my bad that I just take what it says as gospel (and an irrelevance - power settings of 2200rpm/24.5" and fuel flow adjusted to control the TITs). I've been assured that the Auracle algorithim is pretty accurate but I don't know how it copes with LOP. Plus my fuel sensors are either no good or too sensitive as FF jumps around a bit during flight - 43.5 seemed about the average. Wouldn't need to be much higher to get the right % for 290HP (MCP) engines. The totaliser is usually pretty much right on the money.

[Lumps]

I reckon that's what it is, the auracle gets screwy LOP. Must base the calculation from MP/RPM combination.

From the 602P performance data 193hp per side gives 220ktas at FL200 so 202ktas on 156hp seems to fit.

At ease everybody, I think we've solved this one.

sorry i got no pictured to post

[megle2]

There you go, our SOPs have it the other way round
Area on standby / EFIS
STD on PFD till approaching FL110

Lots of ways to skin a cat eh

[Fantome]

lotsa good oil here for the bigger boys . .. . . not so much the paddock bashing wee J3 sort of aviator of course. . .. BUT . . only posting to
give Under Radar a mild serve for his use of a horrible Americanism
. . when he says " MY BAD "

[Creampuff]

and an irrelevance That's the key point. :ok:

%power is simply a number gonkulated from other numbers. You already know the other numbers. The 'art' is to know their implications... ;)

(My apologies for the thread drift. Thread drift: Off.)

[Arnold E]

Actually, I have always been interested in the % power figure. How is it actually arrived at for any given engine, mine for instance. IO360.

[shadowoneau]

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[gerry111]

Shadowoneau, Geelong Gliding Club's ASK 13 at Bacchus Marsh?

That sailplane must have just a few hours up on it, these days..

It's about the same age as you!

[TOUCH-AND-GO]

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[TOUCH-AND-GO]

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[Dora-9]

Ah, de Havilland!

[shadowoneau]

Yes Gerry, it is Geelong's AS-K13 at YBSS. IIRC it has about 15000hrs on it over 40000 landings. And it is slightly (ahem) older than me!

[cac_sabre]

Takn at Farnborough on the 18th, I set off for the Yeovilton Air DAy tomorrow
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anyway you get the idea... click on the images and you can download these and other images in a larger size...enjoy

[MFB 2]

Great shots. But blue skies in England?

[Stuart Sutcliffe]

There have been some unnaturally warm, sunny and blue days recently in the UK! Won't last for long though! ;)

[slackie]

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Yesterday... departing NZAA for YSSY

[ruddman]

Everyone knows if you own a black car it is hotter in summer and doesn't hide the dirt very well. Hate to see how many sponges and car wash Air New Zooland and going through. :eek:


Nice pics everyone.

[Jack Ranga]

That is a horrid paint scheme! Only a kiwi would like it!

[gerry111]

I guess that if they want to support the All Blacks, they're a bit limited for colour choices, Jack!

[Jack Ranga]

They should have an away jumper, that way they could paint it white!

That aircraft will look crap in a years time, nothing worse than faded black :cool:

[Squawk7700]

You are right Jack, that is exactly what happened to Michael Jackson.

Ps please post some photos of your ride. Where are your Oshkosh pics aren't you there right now????

[Jack Ranga]

:D lol!

Yep, at OSH. I'll post some stuff if I get a chance, tad busy!

The steed still needs a paint job, but working hard to solve fuel leaks first :ugh:

[Piano Man]

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[Oracle1]

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Dry Paddocks


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[AussieNick]

Something from the otherside of the world, the 2014 Abbotsford international airshow in BC, Canada.

Super excited as I got to see a Mosquito, F for Freddy, Flying. The RCAF Snowbirds put on an amazing show. Harvards, P51 Mustangs, a T33 and Beech 18 doing aerobatics, A CF18 doing a demo and mock gun run, as did a Tigercat, Bearcat and Mustang. All in all an awesome day.

Apologies for the poor quality.

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This gentleman was a highlight. He flew for 515SQN in WW2 on Mosquito fighter bombers. 95 years old. Flew the Mosquito as a 20 year old. You could see it in his face how happy he was to see this bird back in the air. He spent a good 30min crawling over and in the plane.

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[AussieNick]

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http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3498.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3408.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3335.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3277.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3308.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3395.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3078.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3058.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3061.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3209.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3090.jpg

[Andy_RR]

not my work, obviously, but I enjoyed watching pilots earn their living!

Crosswind difficulties - winter 2013/14 - YouTube

[tinpis]

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

Well bugger that. Owner.... takes me to tasmaniac with view to moving....it makes a lowly 4 degrees and pisses rain for 6 weeks ...me gets kneemoania and is medivacked back to good ol darwhine where i is no shiftinn from....house went up cuppla hundred grand while away tho....:D

[The_Pharoah]

I'm an avid WW2 a/c enthusiast but I can't for the life of me work out what this a/c is from the airshow pics:

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/Aye-You/IMG_3209.jpg

Initially I thought it was a P61 Blackwidow, but no...too small, then maybe a Westland Whirlwind but no....

[Runaway Gun]

Grumman F7F Tigercat.

[By George]

One of the odd things about the Tigercat is there are no firewalls. When you stand in the wheel well looking to the front, you are staring at the back of the engine. I have never seen this before and have stood in three different ones now (as you do) and they are all the same. I would love to know why.

[The_Pharoah]

Thanks mate - never seen one before but I'm assuming this is one of those too-late-for-WW2 a/c right?

[PLovett]

A post from tinpis!

And I thought the story of Lazarus was fable. :ok:

[Squawk7700]

Maybe because the engine is essentially hanging off the wing like an airliner? Where is the "firewall" on say a 747, is it on top of the engine to shield from the wing?

[Stanwell]

Some say the Tigercat is ugly.
To me, though, it would have to be one of the horniest looking twins ever designed.
They never really served much in their intended role (limited service in Korea excepted).
I wonder how they really would have performed, given the chance.


p.s. Pharoah, yes, correct. They were designed during WWII but Hiroshima etc put an end to things before they entered service.
p.p.s. You can go for a fly in one over in the States, if you want.

[Piano Man]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/barefootpilot88/imagejpg1_zps55049403.jpg (http://s67.photobucket.com/user/barefootpilot88/media/imagejpg1_zps55049403.jpg.html)
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/barefootpilot88/imagejpg1_zpsad831172.jpg (http://s67.photobucket.com/user/barefootpilot88/media/imagejpg1_zpsad831172.jpg.html)
Good morning Manila!

[PPRuNe Pop]

And the pics are too big! Should be 850x850 - to avoid stretching the page out laterally. :ugh: :{

[172sp]

http://i62.tinypic.com/fmht80.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

Ahh.. A 172sp inverted over Melbourne!

OR

Looks suspiciously like a Piper wing you traitor! :E

[spinex]

Couple from Watts Bridge this past weekend;
http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/waiex4_zpsd0604f5e.jpg

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/rv_zpsdc7ee31b.jpg

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/dove3_zpsb58d4194.jpg

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/nieuport_zps57ee66fa.jpg

[Jabawocky]

Pics 1 & 3 have PPRUNE'ers at the helm (or on board) :ok: :D

2& 4 I am not so sure but ya never know. ;)

[spinex]

2 dunno but a nice looking -7, 4 is apparently one time agpilot and now RA CFI from not too far from Watts. Must say, I wasn't listening to the radio but I was a leeetle surprised to see the aircraft doing what looked very much like a display pretty much where others were on downwind.:cool:

[ruddman]

What is that biplane?
Nice pics by the way.

[spinex]

I understand the biplane is a scale WWI Nieuport, designed by Graham Lee and with a VW of some description hidden under the cowl. I was quite impressed with the performance and the clattery VW certainly sounded more like the original, than the 2 stroke Rotax that some of these things sport.

There was a Sopwith (Camel?) there too, along with the makings of what I am told will be a Fokker Eindeker, so what with the TAVAS triplane and others, the WWI replica scene seems quite active.

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/camelsmall_zps42eee70c.jpg

[PLovett]

There was a Sopwith (Camel?) there too, along with the makings of what I am told will be a Fokker Eindeker, so what with the TAVAS triplane and others, the WWI replica scene seems quite active.

Dons spotters anorak.................Sopwith Pup....................sheds anorak and continues with life. :ok:

[spinex]

:ok: Thanks, my own anorak is a little faded, hence the (?), I was working off the assurances of a young man standing nearby. Rather looking forward to seeing a fleet of these beasties airborne.

[ruddman]

Thank you, Spinex.

[Dora-9]

Caboolture this last Sunday, the aircraft assembled for flypasts celebrating the Redcliffe Aero Club's 45th Anniversary. Come to think of it, this photo could have been taken 45 years ago as well!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/IMG_4663_zpsf5bfd657.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/IMG_4663_zpsf5bfd657.jpg.html)

[Jabawocky]

The irony is that the old never-go would have been new, and now all the really old ones are in far better nick! ;)

Your formation looked good from the air as I was inbound from the SW. :ok:

[gerry111]

Jaba,


"The irony is that the old never-go would have been new, and now all the really old ones are in far better nick!"


I found that to be almost as cryptic as a typical 'yr right' contribution until I noticed the Navajo on the far left of the photo...


No retribution required. I've already slapped myself with a wet lettuce... :oh:

[Kharon]

Dora – thanks for the Caboolture photo, great to see so many 'proper' aircraft in one place in such good shape.

Sorry – no de Havilland aircraft involved in the clip below but, the safety message gets well and truly delivered.

DAS AUTO (https://www.youtube.com/embed/JHixeIr_6BM?rel=0&autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3)

Good init...:ok:

[Dora-9]

Gerry - when I was thinking about the caption I was originally going to write something like "apart from the hulk in the background..." - then I realized that Navajos appeared in my log book, 45 years ago! Gulp. How time flies...

Jaba, was that you in the Bonanza?

[FullOppositeRudder]

Apologies for stretching the definition of this thread just this once here, but you can't easily get this sort of picture in Dunnunda.

Taken at Old Warden UK a few days back - 2/3 of the BBMF favoured us with a couple of flypasts .... :ok:

The rest of the show was equally impressive - (mostly) rare aircraft flown with imagination and excellent presentation to (and for) the gallery ....

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc361/InnocentBystander68/EU_20144191_AR_zpse35a1b5b.jpg

[Clinton McKenzie]

Jaba, was that you in the Bonanza?I trust an adult was supervising Jaba in such a refined and sophisticated machine!

Went to an astonishingly beautiful place recently. They're very advanced. The place had an "AFIZ" through which a third party traffic information service was provided to everyone in the vicinity. :E

http://i61.tinypic.com/2po2p2d.jpg

[truthinbeer]

Went to an astonishingly beautiful place recently. They're very advanced. The place had an "AFIZ" through which a third party traffic information service was provided to everyone in the vicinit

Is that Nirvana?

[Biggles78]

Looks more like NZMF with Mitre Peak in the background.

[Jabawocky]

I trust an adult was supervising Jaba in such a refined and sophisticated machine!

You and Dora are funny lads aren't ya! :}

I have been known to fly that particular sophisticated G36 machine unsupervised from time to time. But them Bo pilots are pretty easy to fool i have found :E

Dora….I was inbound in the Retard Vehicle while said Bo was inbound to YRED. I did drive over later for a look see. :ok:

[Ultralights]

I have been known to fly that particular sophisticated G36 machine unsupervised from time to time.

Hangar flying doesnt count! :}





sorry, just poped into me head as i read it, had to post it..

[Jabawocky]

UL

You are too funny:}

[Willyboy]

A320 south america


Go Fly Stay High - YouTube (http://youtu.be/KmlkLcW-1fE)

[Jamair]

Hey Jaba, I was going to tow mine down, park next to yours and do some 'mines bigger than yours' pix, but yer partner buggered off too quickly......:p

[blueys]

Tiger Moth race RW22 Taree 5/10/2014

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3056_zpsa237a635.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3056_zpsa237a635.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3324_zps1ef99df4.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3324_zps1ef99df4.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3465_zps8be112f5.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3465_zps8be112f5.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3448_zps5b5756b6.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3448_zps5b5756b6.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3425_zps74b375e6.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3425_zps74b375e6.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3403_zpsf7fe48ba.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3403_zpsf7fe48ba.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3316_zpsf5d1fe11.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3316_zpsf5d1fe11.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3294_zps6d54df34.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3294_zps6d54df34.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3278_zps22df032c.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3278_zps22df032c.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3237_zpsd1868829.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3237_zpsd1868829.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3220_zpsd8294389.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3220_zpsd8294389.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3415_zps78e2344a.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3415_zps78e2344a.jpg.html)

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah279/johnhowell1/_DSC3251_zps41bece86.jpg (http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/johnhowell1/media/_DSC3251_zps41bece86.jpg.html)

[Dora-9]

Ah, de Havilland!

[MFB 2]

I back the bird in pic 4 to win.

Joke, na.

Nice pics.

[Frontal Lobotomy]

Great Pics

LJM (A17-561) is in my Dad's logbook from Dec 1941 when he was learning to fly at Mascot as part of EATS. Good to see it still in the air.

[4forward8back]

LJM is still working hard earning her keep. Most days you will find her down at Point Cook conducting joyflights.

[Frontal Lobotomy]

Great to hear. I just checked Dad's logbook and it was actually T5-561 which I think is a RAF S/N.

[FullOppositeRudder]

Chris Sperou having fun at the the opening of the Clare Valley Airport (SA) - (Saturday 1st November 2014)

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc361/InnocentBystander68/IMG_5751_E1r_zpsa67100f3.jpg

[Towering Q]

Sunrise at Hell's Crack...

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/55AC9617-B795-4193-8D74-A63EE66BB398_zpsuj9l10pl.jpg (http://s88.photobucket.com/user/towering_q/media/55AC9617-B795-4193-8D74-A63EE66BB398_zpsuj9l10pl.jpg.html)

[Squawk7700]

Taken today in the Pakenham area, east of Melbourne @ 5:30pm.

Interestingly, nothing showed up for me on webtrack.

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

[Squawk7700]

Oh and now I've just read that the ATC tower had to be evacuated at 5pm due to smoke. Now my pic makes sense :ok:

[Desert Flower]

Taken today in the Pakenham area, east of Melbourne @ 5:30pm.


Oh boy - I bet that had the chemtrail nutters going off their heads!

DF.

[uncle8]

Webtrack doesn't extend that far.
They do show on Flightradar24 in the Drouin area.

[jas24zzk]

Sorry, I was just following the eagle as ordered. :O

[Squawk7700]

Victoria. Perfect one day, more perfect the next.

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

(Apologies for the reflections off the window)

[Squawk7700]

Interesting house this pink one. Lots of windows for spying through.

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

[Squawk7700]

Instrument landing !

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/11/13/08/48/us-aircraft-makes-landing-in-brisbane

[fleigle]

I see that your reporting standards down there are as bad as up here...

"The US military has employed the services of two Osprey's and two Sea King helicopters to transport President Barack Obama and his staff during the G20 summit. Both aircrafts come in pairs in case of a malfunction."

I see three Ospreys there, is that 1-1/2 pairs???
f

[Centaurus]

I wonder why the pilots flying the Tiger Moths in these pictures deliberately leave their hatches undone and flapping in the slipstream? It was never done in the RAAF Tiger Moth era. It smacks of boganism similar to car drivers who ever so casually drive with their right arm resting outside the door with a cigarette in their fingers and driving with one hand.

The RAAF Tiger Moth pre-take off checks circa 1951 started with "Harness and Hatches....Secure. That meant the cockpit hatches for both pilot positions, and the baggage hatch on the right side of the fuselage aft of the rear cockpit were securely locked in place. If the hinges just happened to give way on any of the afore-mentioned hatches in flight because of the hatches are unsecured in the breeze, a hatch could let go and clobber the tail area with potentially devastating results:=.

[Capn Bloggs]

Both aircrafts come in pairs in case of a malfunction."

Assuming, of course, the malfunction wasn't too bad and the POTUS wasn't on board if it was! :}

The plural aircraft noted...

[ranmar850]

http://ranmar.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Landscapes/i-m9FH9gL/0/XL/LR%20Edit%20hillclimb%20after-054-XL.jpg

Contrails over the Pilbara

[BlatantLiar]

It smacks of boganism similar to car drivers who ever so casually drive with their right arm resting outside the door with a cigarette in their fingers and driving with one hand.

I'm not a smoker but occasionally, when I'm feeling slightly badass, I do drive with one hand on the wheel with my other arm resting on the window ledge. Am I bad person?

I've flown a number of moths and I see no problem in leaving the door down. The RAAF never flew them like that? Ah well.

[Desert Flower]

Really speccy sunrise in Perth this morning apparently!

DF.

[gerry111]

Pianoman, Where the Foxtrot Hotel are you?

[cowl flaps]

Pianoman, Where the Foxtrot Hotel are you?

Might be doing a tad more 'horizontal folk dancing' over there. :E

[Piano Man]

Gerry111: Still around!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h315/barefootpilot88/5d41c57d-0627-49b4-bc19-1b9a83613ca0_zps4825a1f5.jpg (http://s67.photobucket.com/user/barefootpilot88/media/5d41c57d-0627-49b4-bc19-1b9a83613ca0_zps4825a1f5.jpg.html)

[PyroTek]

The aircraft chasing around G20 was incredibly fun, and rewarding:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/PyroTek_1/af1-1024-1.jpg

[cowl flaps]

All the non-standard antennae on the ends of the wings, horizontal stab and fuse.

Would like to have a good squiz inside this baby !

[capt.cynical]

And a "Pimple" on the nose !!

[Squawk7700]

I noticed quite a few different (than usual) machines at Sydney in the private jet area too, some nice hardware (during G20).

[Kharon]

Found these photographs while looking for something else:

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLjfj5DZSQoSvz42WeqRmYW9o740PB4i4XreXgVSo v4fb0yyt4

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCjV6d5Bj0CvBvKnoVMaB5xaakDD_s0PcLCy_i5q0 OE0JLyOls0A

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiVFc8C4yhHpTuj53T0f6N3diXmQJLUKFkBOgC9Kq lpgIA2A0ymg

Type, location and 'story' – Anyone ? I have absolutely no idea. Handing over.

[Kharon]

Gotta lurv Google :

Percival Proctor – the bottom two


HERE (http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BJY.html)

and

HERE (http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/percival-proctor/percival-proctor.html)

Courtesy of Geoff Goodall – Thank you;..:ok:.. the top one is still a puzzle....:confused:

[Desert Flower]

Yep - just Googled it myself & found that.

DF.

[Neville Nobody]

Top one, Max's old machine CZB?

[Kharon]

Courtesy of Geoff Goodall (again): never met this fellah, but I'd like to buy him a beer or two one wet , cold day, sitting by a fire having a long yarn and look through his collection. Impressive stuff......:D

Moth Minor. (http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh94/dh94mothminor.htm)

http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh94/images/img04A.jpeg


Good shot Jenkins..:D....:ok:..

[DanielFoster]

To save from posting a bunch of pictures on here, I'll just link an album:

I was one of the pax on the final Qantas 767 service - VH-OGL. A very well done occasion!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/scimanydorea/sets/72157649565216740/

[Chief galah]

What Flying Was Like in 1958 (http://www.chonday.com/Videos/flylikghjutrs2)

At 02:56 and a bit, what is happening in engine #1? Possibly again at 03:02.
I don't think it's the film quality.

Happy New Year

[elche]

I'm not a big fan of rotorcraft, but what these guys were doing was impressive!


Shots taken at Glenbrook Lagoon.






http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_6808_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_6815_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_6853_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_6971_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_7028_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_7098_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_7121_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_7127_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_7164_edit03.jpg




http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_7233_edit03.jpg


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/HOL_7271_edit03-1.jpg

[allthecoolnamesarego]

Beautiful shots!!

[thunderbird five]

peeps, how do I add a photo here, I have a good one....
The "insert image" icon just leads me to nothing useful.

[Squawk7700]

It needs to be hosted, there is no "upload option." I'll post if if you email it to me, send me a PM and I can do it for you.

[kingRB]

tb5 you need to have the image hosted somewhere online first, this forum cannot do that for you.

Google image hosting for your choice or use your own ISP if you have access to hosting stuff online.

Once you have the image hosted somewhere, use the web link to the image in your post here with the code [ img ] insert your link here [/ img]

and no spaces in the image code tag I have above. Or use the insert image button and paste in your link

[thunderbird five]

Righto, I'll work on those ideas, thanks peeps....

[Oakape]

http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/358738-image-posting-pprune.html

[Squawk7700]

The good old Melbourne city orbit. It never grows old.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/melb1.jpg

[pistnbroke_again]

Manage to get through without collecting a few parachutist's then squawk?

[Squawk7700]

What parachutes? I was taking photos and didn't see any.

[Fantome]

what is the low range to the north? has to be to the east of Mt Macedon

suspect it may be in the vicinity of Seymour gap


(who first came up with the mini skirt? Seymour Crutch)


well done whoever was snapping away at those NSW fire service fling wings


like to see elvis or delilah sucking it up in similar clarity
a very happy chappy from Arizona was flying Delilah out of Ballarat in the summer of 2010 . . . . Dale Weir .. . . . Got his start at 14 from Pete Bowers the great Boeing historian .. no less . .. Pete built a primary glider then gave it to Dale. . . . Dale flew hueys in nam . .. . He called the hughes 500 an easter egg with an erection

[Oakape]

The view is more north, north-east & that would be the Kinglake Ranges.

Nice photo Squawk7700. :ok:

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Parachutes?
................nah...........weather looks too good for parachutes:}

[slackie]

https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/s720x720/10923804_10153065224426563_7860145679938833517_o.jpg
What's the event, and can you name the type of cloud formation??

[john_tullamarine]

Pass on (a) but try Kelvin-Helmholz instability (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E2%80%93Helmholtz_instability) for (b)

[NZFlyingKiwi]

Slackie, that would be the Walsh Memorial Flying School at Matamata, and I would call those wave clouds but what the person above posted sounds a lot fancier! That's also the first Tomahawk I ever flew in the foreground there, although it wasn't LAD when I flew it.

[ruddman]

Who is the attractive instructor standing in front of the 3rd aircraft down the line?
Does she like picnics? ;)

[slackie]

Sorry ruddman, I think you'll find she's a 16 year old student... jailbait!:\

[ruddman]

OMG. :eek:

Out of curiosity, how does she fly and update her Facebook at the same time?

[Propstop]

I see FCO is still around. Did a few hours in it when I got my PPL many moons ago.

[Squawk7700]

Just a few random pics from today. A great day to be out flying and enjoying the skies... It's always good to keep these pics and look back at them a few years later and see how much things have changed.

Lethbridge Victoria (near Geelong). Note the new bitumen subsequent to Government grant. Lots of hangars are about to appear here.

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

The Bellarine Peninsula (South-east of Geelong), with the Port Phillip Bay heads to the left.

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

Point Cook. Looks like a visiting RAAF aircraft, possibly pre-Avalon?

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

Tyabb. Where the rich kids live. Note the concrete improvements from the recent Government grant.

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

Loving OzRunways... keeps me out of trouble. I do however need an anti-glare screen protector if anyone has any ideas.

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

[gassed budgie]

Some nice shots there 7700. I was tracking Barwon Heads to Ballarat about a week and a half ago and beating into a 40kt headwind (that's a lot whilst trundling along in the 172) so was only at 4,500' and wondered what the new strip was. Lethbridge of course.

It looks a great facility and I nearly dropped in to have a look and refuel, but I was already primed to stop at YBLT. I'll be out and about on the weekend and it looks as though we're in for some nice weather, so maybe on Sunday.

[gassed budgie]

Took the 210 for a run.....

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/7343/32mlsn.jpg

.....but ran into some nasty weather immediately to the east of the above the field (Where? Should be an easy one).....

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/9599/BHLaLR.jpg

.....so figured it might be a good time to land, assess the weather (t'was vile) and put plan 'B' into action. Hope the weeds got a good soaking.

[Squawk7700]

Actually GB, YBLT was my destination yesterday. Damn that place is busy. There's about 20+ Cessna's lined up there for the school.

[andrewr]

Damn that place is busy. There's about 20+ Cessna's lined up there for the school.

When there's 20+ Cessnas lined up it's a quiet day :)

When there's 3 or 4 Cessnas lined up and the rest are out flying it's busy! The worst is in winter when they all return in the hour before sunset, and most decide to fit in a couple of circuits before finishing. It's like a scene from The Battle of Britain!

[Bevan666]

This one? :)

DVKPS5aPvOc

[Squawk7700]

I arrived before start time so they were all on the ground. When the flying school buys the local motel to house them, you know things are going well.

[andrewr]

This one?

No, that one reminds me of Pprune!

[spinex]

Seems the little beasties have been breeding on the quiet, up at YJCW. The first 4 seat version of the TAF Sling took to the air on Australia Day.
http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/ssling3_zps4nmep2br.jpg

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/ssling1_zpsumdgfutg.jpg

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/Carling113/ssling2_zpseufpapt9.jpg
Baby sister (2 seater)

[PyroTek]

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/PyroTek_1/VPCBH.jpg

Heading off to Seletar for refurb soon! It was parked up near the old ITB in Brisbane not long ago. :ok:

[Jabawocky]

Do they ever fly them anymore? I have not noticed them move in ages, but perhaps they come and go and they are always in the same spot when I see them. Mind you that is not where they say for ages up near 14/32.

[gerry111]

I think Clive's found newer VP registered toys..

[PyroTek]

Jaba: They have not flown in a couple of years. This one has been getting maintenance and been doing engine runs so I suppose it will take to the sky again in the near future.

I took this photo back in December: This where they used to live - the blocked off taxiway off 14/32. Now only one is there.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/PyroTek_1/palmerjets.jpg

[Dora-9]

OK, presented as some light relief after the photos of the buffoon's MD-80's.

An article on the Caboolture-based Pythons Team has just appeared in the Feb/Mar issue of Australian Pilot. The shots were taken by Mark Smith, the editor, during a photo shoot late last year.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/IMG_6859_zps30c26aa9.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/IMG_6859_zps30c26aa9.jpg.html)



http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/pic-9_zps305197a0.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/pic-9_zps305197a0.jpg.html)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/pic-3_zps9d818965.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/pic-3_zps9d818965.jpg.html)

Enjoy!

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

VERY Nice, Mr 'D'......

Nice paint jobs......

Cheers:ok:

[Jabawocky]

Geeez…..all you blokes in close proximity…. :eek:

Nice Pic D9 :ok:

[Capt Fathom]

At least you've only got to look for them in one spot!

[FullOppositeRudder]

Very nice series :ok:

[Jamair]

Was getting a bit busy on the way into CS the other night....

The BIB2A just wasn't gunna work.....

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Snapshot%204_zps9w30oouc.jpg (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/jamair_photos/media/Snapshot%204_zps9w30oouc.jpg.html)

Time for a left turn at Albuquerque...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Snapshot%201_zpsw7wzz22e.jpg (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/jamair_photos/media/Snapshot%201_zpsw7wzz22e.jpg.html)


Thats just NASTY...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Snapshot%202_zps2t7kh24b.png (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/jamair_photos/media/Snapshot%202_zps2t7kh24b.png.html)


I dont think I wanna play anymore...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/Snapshot%203_zpsrkee1k1z.png (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/jamair_photos/media/Snapshot%203_zpsrkee1k1z.png.html)

(and these cells are 40-odd NM away...)

[Jabawocky]

Someone sent me an SMS the other day.......something about fly through it ya pussy!

Wonder who that was :}


Granted that looks a bit worse;)

[By George]

Ahh.......de Havilland, what a beautiful photograph of truly beautiful aeroplanes.
Why is it today, designers seem incapable of designing anything with aesthetic lines. Saw a DA42 Twin Star recently, it looked like a Beech 1900 after an epileptic fit. Then we have Jabiru's and other monstrosities. As a kid I remember Comets, Caravel's, Hornets and Hunters, aeroplanes of pure art.
What is going on, have we lost something?


Thanks Dora-9 for keeping art-form in the air.

[Stationair8]

Looks good flies good!

I don't think De Havilland knew how to design an ugly plane.

[Fantome]

Olivia's lines weren't bad, either -




(Well she was a cousin of the great man himself)


http://acertaincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/olivia-palm-springs.jpg (http://acertaincinema.com/media-tags/swimsuit/page/11/)

[TOUCH-AND-GO]

http://i59.tinypic.com/2pzgqhl.jpg

[Jerr]

A beautiful part of the world

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/robinda40/e64410c3-177b-4fd0-8e2e-c0114ad2529c.jpg

Where am I ?

Safe flying JERR

[tipsy2]

Finke?


Tipsy:)

[kingRB]

painted hills

[Desert Flower]

Somewhere around the William Creek/Coober Pedy area.

DF.

[gerry111]

I'm with KingRB and Desert Flower. That looks like the sort of scenery that you get to see when you fly from William Creek to Prominent Hill in S.A.


(Of course, pilotette may be able to supply the actual lat/longs? :) )


We are all just so fortunate to be able to view our beautiful country from above. There's no roads into the Painted Hills.

[185skywagon]

East of Marla? West of YOOD?

[Capn Bloggs]

Enough of those beautiful Dehavs...

http://s26.postimg.org/aeoeq21xl/146waterbomber.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

At Albany recently, fighting bushfires.

[Capt Fathom]

Looks like it's eaten too much! Another couple of engines perhaps? :E

[capt.cynical]

Does my BUM look big in this !!

[elche]

The whale.


http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii582/Ena_Topping/STR_2850_edit_03.jpg

[Jerr]

King RB, DF, and Gerry111

You are correct

Painted Hills, out of William Creek, a nice add on to a Lake Eyre Scenic Flight.

Really interesting country.

DF - we often drop into Leigh Creek to refuel and stretch our legs on our way home.

Safe Flying

JERR

[Jerr]

Tipsy

I am pretty sure this is Finke, on the way from YPAD to YBAS

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/robinda40/Finke.jpg


Cheers


JERR

[gerry111]

I've PM'd you Jerr.

[PLovett]

Jerr, you are correct. That is Finke.

[Jerr]

Thanks for that

It was about 4 years when I did that flight. I remember being impressed how big the runway was.

Have to wait until August for the next outback flyaway.

The homestead buildings of Finke.

Safe Flying


JERR



http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w496/robinda40/Finke%202.jpg

[Desert Flower]

DF - we often drop into Leigh Creek to refuel and stretch our legs on our way home.

Wish I was still out there sometimes - although not during summer!

DF.

[Jerr]

Hello DF

Yes its hot, darned HOT.

Junior JERR went back early to William Creek as the rains have attracted more tourists, he cannot believe how hot it is.

He is happy to be flying again after the summer break.

Cheers

JERR

[Squawk7700]

Out and about today...

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/vwc1.jpg


http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/vwc2.jpg


http://members.iinet.net.au/~bc_j400/vwc3.jpg

[Capn Bloggs]

Nicely timed strobe shot!

What's the go with the different window arrangement? The one at the front seems to have a smaller rear window.

[Jabawocky]

Blogss…….different types eh bloke ;)

I guess :ok:

[Stanwell]

Mummy, mummy - look at that cloud.
Can I go and play in that?

Good shot, Jaba.

[gassed budgie]

Someone a few pages back, posted some photos of some pretty slick formation flying. As good as that was, these boys really knew how to do it....

http://imageshack.com/a/img673/1518/X7blcx.jpg

...whilst being shot at!

A great shot of the way things used to be. If it needed to be done, it was done! No fcuking around the edges like we seem to do it these days.

Count the B-17's. How many?

[Jabawocky]

Mummy, mummy - look at that cloud.
Can I go and play in that?

Good shot, Jaba.


Hey thanks for the funny comment but it was not my photo or post :}

[Dora-9]

GB!

If it needed to be done, it was done! No fcuking around the edges like we seem to do it these days.
Yes but in their case staying in close formation multiplied their defensive weight of fire (and chances of survival) by a factor of hundreds - good motivation indeed to not "**** around the edges" and stay in close formation! Very few stragglers over Europe made it home...

Cheers.

[Ultralights]

must have been doing something illegal, rego numbers arnt blurred out...
:}

[FullOppositeRudder]

How many?The coffee is still to kick in but I think I see twelve; perhaps the faintest hint of a thirteenth ....?

[Tankengine]

Thirteen for me. I am sure a panoramic shot would show a lot more!:}