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^^^ I like it :E
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L U V L Y Mr Teal,
Esp. the shot of the '3'....very nicely done..!! Thankyou. Cheers:ok: |
Looks like it was really nice weather for an airshow too.
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OK Jaba..you've been everywhere man..where's this ...
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I'm loath to give clues,but the strip looks like...
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Taroom town strip?
Dr :8 |
You mean this one Doc?...nah
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Is it the strip west of Miles beside the highway?
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Dulacca, Qld?
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Me flying CGG in formation with EFB enroute from a great lunch at Raglan back to North Shore where Sarge now has CGG ensconced - much more handy than Wanaka when on a 48 hr AKL layover:ok:
Great weekend of 185ing around the North Island. NZ is just an awesome place for taildragging Cessnas. While standing on a hill at Davenport overlooking AKL harbour on Saturday morning a Spitfire whistled past too.:D EFB has G500 fast glass and an Stec 55X autopilot - flashest C185 in the land of the long white cloud. |
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"and an Stec 55X autopilot"
Even get it to fly formation in a reasonably effective manner!! |
Scratch one F-2 I guess.
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Mystery strip..
Right vicinity AWT...[Qld, anyway]...but no more clues 'till Jaba has a go...
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Dulacca?...no , but...
In about 1971 the FTDK and I visited that strip as passengers...we had not yet commenced aviating [prob. in DDN]...
The owner of Dulacca West put on a 10 gal keg for Betty Windsor's birthday which six of us did our best to honour..... Next day he went back to the strip and did his three circuits in the C172 for his 12 months "currency"....which was all that was required in those days apparently. I distinctly remember he didn't even kick the tyres...[or walk around ,drain fuel, check oil]...just got in started up and flew three circuits..... I suppose there are still a few people who do that.... Flopt |
Wild guess.....I think I know the scenery.......... Seventeen Seventy ????
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You musta been there Jaba..'nuther clue...
I'm sure you would have been here....often see a FTDK parked there,belongs to Malcolm Fraser....[the good bloke, not the daft ex PM].
It would be a 1hr flight SW from Agnes Water in the RV. Flopthttp://i323.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1300195019 |
just flew past at A090 at 10.21z :Eand it looked like Wandoan. hows that?
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Did you see the hares with your night vision goggles?
Jaba,
Definitely no more clues for you ever! Obviously a sterner test is required......... Flopt |
While standing on a hill at Davenport overlooking AKL harbour on Saturday morning a Spitfire whistled past too.:D |
Lake Eyre?
Can someone in the know please tell me, how much of this year's Queensland flood water will get to the Lake and if so, how long will it take to get there? :8
Any pics from those who have them would be great. :ok: |
Which particular lake are you referring to?
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Frank: Lake Eyre
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ABX - I have found the Lake Eyre Yacht Club (seriously!) site to have the most current and reliable information (see Lake Eyre Yacht Club). If you are serious about flying out there, I recommend that you get in touch with Trevor Wright from Wright Air. He runs a fleet of sight seeing aircaft from William Creek and will give you information about some local 'procedures'. He is a really nice bloke and very helpful, but please only bug him if you are actually going.
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Lake Eyre
Thanks Pedota, there is some interesting info on the Lake Eyre Yacht Club site. :ok:
I was up there and flew over it last September, I'm not currently planning on going back just yet, I was just wondering if the flood waters from this year's rains would make it to the lake... ...and if anyone has some good photos from the area. Cheers, ABX :) |
I don't know about 'good photos' but I took these a few weeks back on the trusty iPhone (3GS). Flying BNE-PER. Pretty much over the middle of Lake Eyre and looking south.
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1300351080 http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1300351080 http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1300351080 |
This was from Jun 2010 flying ADL-DRW so taken from the South looking north.
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1300351583 http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1300351583 |
Dawn patrol ex Perth
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g/018db2ed.jpg Sunrise ex Perth http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g/d4913e96.jpg Melbourne http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...g/c4f33a61.jpg |
If I knew how to make the pictures a bit smaller I would. Sorry about that folks! :O
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Top photo's!
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Great photos Keg, thanks.
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Trevor Wright from Wright Air. He runs a fleet of sight seeing aircaft from William Creek and will give you information about some local 'procedures'. |
Shame it's not the full version, ran this one night at the Parafield Flying Club in 16 mm. Hmm, google reveals that it's available on DVD in Australia if anyone is interested, title is The Ships That Flew. |
Sacred?
Did someone say Yacht Club ? |
Thanks for that PF-awesome stuff. As a teenager living in Mosman in the 70s when the wind was right they used to fly over our house coming and going from Rose Bay. Even went to LHI on one for holidays once near the end if the flying boat era.
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Cool pics, PF. An era gone forever.
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Lake Eyre
Thanks Jaba! :ok:
ABX: Lake Eyre is at approx 75% capacity at the moment and filling! The western creeks and rivers (Neales and Peake) have also been contributing to the lake this year feeding the most water since 1989. More is on the way from the west after 135mm fell this weekend around Oodnadatta! The floodwater around Bedourie is amazing and the Eyre Creek and Diamantina are swollen! Birdsville is OUT OF AVGAS for anyone thinking of going in there and all roads are cutoff, not expected to be open for roughly another 3 weeks. This water is starting to flow into the Goyder Lagoon area now and although its hard to tell exactly, will still probably be a 4-6 weeks before entering the Lake. Kalamurina Station have 2 massive levy banks between them and the Warburton River but Mark is in the process of moving a make-shift house and as much as possible up onto their highest sandhill. Yesterday the Cooper Creek was reading 5.7metres over the causeway at Innaminka (and all the septics were overflowing into the hotel :uhoh:). This water is slowly heading down towards the Birdsville Track although the punt is not yet in use again. Maintenance is being done on the punt in the anticipation of launching again soon! Lake Eyre South is completely full and sitting at a depth of around 2.5metres. Rumours are rife that the Lake will reach 1974 status, but time will tell! Hope this helps...will post photos soon! |
PF,
Thanks for that! What a beautifully filmed production. Oh how simple life was then... Thanks again. b. |
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