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that would be this little toy, i have never had the chance to fly it, but i would imagine its more fun than my Vampire, im pretty sure its based at Jaspers Brush, if you pop in there, you might be able to talk yourself into a flight!
oh, and
When did flying at 100ft'ish along the beach become legal in the Sydney basin / NSW? RAAus must be useless and never take any action if you are prepared to post such a pic in here and disappointing that you are also an RAAus instructor. If that was a CASA registered aircraft you'd be up for 50 demerit points and $5,500 in fines and don't try and tell me that was on Fraser Island or similar!
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Can't anyone have some fun? There is quite clearly a stick missing from the Altimiter! You'd think that altimiter came from Spitfire vintage! Surely someone fell for that except that you lot replied within a few minutes.
XXX, this was taken at 250' on roo survey. Notice the greater definition of the dunes etc.
If someone else hasn't said it, there are quite alot of ultralight aircraft with single pointer altimeters.
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not to mention single needle Altimeters are a hell of a lot cheaper than the standard twin needle alts. 
and in an aircraft that is not transponder equipped, or legally able to fly above 10K, why waste the money.
and in an aircraft that is not transponder equipped, or legally able to fly above 10K, why waste the money.
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Wish I still had some of the old pix from Masons Bay, Spit Island, Doughboy Bay or Big Bay as shot from a BN-2 on many, many flights whilst doing LOW LEVEL beach inspections prior to landing on commercial ops -entirely legally. Just because you see a pic shot from an aircraft LL on a beach doesn't mean that the flight was operating even slightly illegally. When you are doing a proper beach inspection, it is necessary to get pretty much 'right down in the weeds' if you are to have any hope of seeing things that could potentially take the shine off your whole day -if you haven't already looked for them, found them and sorted out an appropriate method of handling them.
Just a glance at the original photo was enough for me to see it was well over the 100' your post suggested VH-XXX -I had to scroll back up again for a look at the altimeter! Grinding a wee axe from a few threads ago are we???
Just a glance at the original photo was enough for me to see it was well over the 100' your post suggested VH-XXX -I had to scroll back up again for a look at the altimeter! Grinding a wee axe from a few threads ago are we???
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185 ..... 250 feet???? what on earth would you know about aviating above that height anyway! 
You would get a nose bleed............
And yes all 100% Legal I know!
You would get a nose bleed............
And yes all 100% Legal I know!
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No axes to grind here Mr RadioHoChiMinh!
185 - as my boss sometimes says to me "only the guilty justify"
This is supposed to be a fun thread!
I post under the assumption that if it's not a legal activity, I wouldn't post a picture of myself doing it and I would assume that everyone else would do the same unless you want a knock on the door or a phone call from the forces of evil.
Sorry, it seems to have been a long week for certain Pruners.
185 - as my boss sometimes says to me "only the guilty justify"
This is supposed to be a fun thread!
I post under the assumption that if it's not a legal activity, I wouldn't post a picture of myself doing it and I would assume that everyone else would do the same unless you want a knock on the door or a phone call from the forces of evil.
Sorry, it seems to have been a long week for certain Pruners.
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I see you built the 10 in 8 months, wow, looks great! I take it you were working on it full time. Bloody hell, would you like to help me finish the 7? I've been going for 4 years.
I see you built the 10 in 8 months, wow, looks great! I take it you were working on it full time. Bloody hell, would you like to help me finish the 7? I've been going for 4 years.
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Two of us and some help from a guy who knows how to build RV's, so you do not do a job 14 times to get it right!
With 3 serious folk you could build 2 of them in 8 months.
It is fair to say no spare time outside of work for a long while! Many nights after work.
This was not a classic "cheque book build". Proves what you can do if you want to.
J
With 3 serious folk you could build 2 of them in 8 months.
It is fair to say no spare time outside of work for a long while! Many nights after work.
This was not a classic "cheque book build". Proves what you can do if you want to.
J