Aerostar Endo near Sydney

[Tinstaafl]

Don't forget the other 2 rules:

* Slow flight and PA60 aerodynamics are mutually exclusive, and
* Always put the maximum amount of fuel in the belly tank, not the wings.

[Lookleft]

And if you are on final a bit faster than usual and not sure why---check you have put the gear down!

[Pilotette]

Aerostar convention
Next weekend you'll find a few Aerostars being hosted by Pilotette up that certain creek.....

This is true, the more the merrier! We'll have 5 Aerostars together on the weekend so far, dinner together on Friday night.

[Horatio Leafblower]

And if you are on final a bit faster than usual and not sure why---check you have put the gear down!

You don't want to make a Bourke of yourself, Hay.

[kimwestt]

TOSS

You'll find that if you can leave it on the ground for an extra 10 to 15 kts on the takeoff run, the climb performance improves exponentially!!
Refer to the mutually exclusive statement. Again,you've been warned.
That bloke that made a Bourke of it, talk about 100 miles behind it all!!
If you are hot and high in it, about the only option left is s & l, slow it down, and orbit.
Apart from all the negative comments, absolutely lovely thing to fly.

[Mister Warning]

And be careful closing the pilot door with prop turning lest it take your fingers....

[Lookleft]

talk about 100 miles behind it all!!

More to do with the distraction of a slower aircraft in the circuit who was also taking a long time to vacate the runway. I don't think the other comments are negative but valid comments from people who have flown a great plane. The number one consideration being treat this aircraft with the utmost respect and enjoy the challenge.

[RatsoreA]

And be careful closing the pilot door with prop turning lest it take your fingers

In the same vein as above, if you're taxying around on a hot day, with the upper door open to get the breeze, and a bit of paper blows out, don't try and grab it, just let it go!

[Bravohotel]

One guy who can fly the 600 is Jim Franklin in "ZAR" do a youtube search.
I guess he unlike Bob Hoover keeps those Lycomings near the red line.

[18-Wheeler]

If you are hot and high in it, about the only option left is s & l, slow it down, and orbit.

Heh you just reminded me of one time the Sydney controllers held me up high on the drop into Bankstown from the west. They told me to expedite descent as well and so naturally I ended up entering downwind at something like 220 kts. Called the tower ASAP after being released from Sydney Approach and they told me I was number five in the circuit and told me what each of the previous four planes were. By the time he finished I'd passed three of them and still doing about 180 kts ... "Sorry but we're now #2 in the circuit and I'm going to need another lap to slow down!"