In what used to be Russia somewhere?

1998-2007
 

Shot for The Land prior to the Warbirds Over Scone 1998 Airshow
http://www.elliepants.com.au/Land02.JPG
Pay taxiing out Thursday afternoon (6/12/07): shot out my office window.
http://www.elliepants.com.au/VH-LIS_water_ski.JPG

...thanks for everything, Col.

If only he knew......

And there by the Grace of God go the rest of us.

Thanks for posting those Bendo.

Africa.. Monrovia in Liberia.

From yesterday, not your everyday combination.

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/IMG_4171.jpg

Would that be a Sun Compass?

And what's with the brush in the pen holder? No doubt an essential piece of equipment!

I reckon the brush in the pen holder is for dusting/cleaning the console...?:8

... or for putting on the make-up!!! :E

What are you flying Comp Stall?

That would be a CASA 212-400.

......on another antarctic adventure? got any pics from down there stallie?

Any takers on this?

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/1...essa079rf1.jpg

Love the stick labels.....just incase you forget what does what.

Here's a couple more.

This is what 53 knots looks like. You can't taxi on skis, just slide to the side of the strip and dig metre deep trenches in the ice with a shovel to bury plates to tie the aircraft to.

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/ddu2.jpg

And then the following afternoon....

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/ddu1.jpg

Isn't it a requirement for EVERYTHING to have a label on it these days in the cockpit?
Comm 1 Comm 2 Nav 1 and 2 etc.

This should get a couple of the locals excited!

http://file039b.bebo.com/9/large/200...331363052l.jpg

and.......for those who prefer the straight ones.

http://file037b.bebo.com/14/large/20...331373754l.jpg

VH-USU in better times............. (before the wheel fell off)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...0004_maint.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...0001_panel.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...1-0117_eng.jpg

Is anything taking place re repair of the aircraft or is it just rotting?

Is The wheel fell off in May 2002, and it sat in a hangar at YPPF from then until recently. The engines and fuselage were taken first, and the wing last.
The design of the undercarriage left a lot to be desired. A circlip poorly inserted into a dirty groove allowed the oleo to separate.
The SA Government gave it to HARS in about 2005 and they took until Oct 2007 to dismantle and remove to (I believe) Murray Bridge where the repairs are to take place.
I doubt very much whether it will fly again, but I hope it does. There are only one or two pilots in Australia actually endorsed on the replica - none within HARS.