Chuckles,

The register says its a WLAC....whatever that is. Has a Cont. IO360 in it apparently.

Maybe VH-XXX or one of his mates knows, have to see the replies.

Cheers
J:ok:

I have actually never met the owner of the Hangar, only spoken to him on the blower. sadly i have forgotten his name..., but it is at Hoxton park, and there are 2 Opticas in the hangar. love to fly one of those, wonder if the vis would be any better than the Vamp?
http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/124990332-M.jpg
as for the Vampire engine, mine is powered by a Rotax 503, pretty bulletproof little engine..
the early 80's ones were powered by the Solo 210 engine??
the new ones now have a 55 hp HKS 4 stroke engine, as for the reliability of this engine, im unsure.

The WLAC is a "White Lightning." Quite a fast machine when equipped with the right engine. When photo was taken it was Vic registered so not sure why it was in Cooly.

The Optica's belongs to Peter Waterhouse from memory. Not many of those around either. The story goes that he was offered big money for them years ago by the factory because they stopped making them and because he owns them they have to keep supporting the aircraft in terms of parts etc, as part of some English law / agreement. The result is that they are apparently worth a hell of a lot of money.

They are quite a noisy machine when airborne too.

Not the most responsive control surfacers on a Rockwell Commander and it was rather cold....appears to be a firm grip yes!

More Piccys from home base
 

A rather nice looking Global Express

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f2...ey/Nicetoy.jpg

The new kid in town :ok:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f2...tney/Oasis.jpg

We cut in front:D

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f2...y/Verynice.jpg

Some from my collection.

Derby
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...rbyAirport.gif

Shark Bay
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...SharkBayWA.gif

Zuytdorp Cliffs
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...rpCliffsWA.gif

Some cliffs in Vic...


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/cliffs.JPG

That's a pretty cool paint job. Nice one. Oh and the GLEX is rather cool too.

D

Oky doky. This is just getting better and better.
Some more from a past job in the diverse world of aviation.
Another early morning (wish i hadda stayed in bed). Should be easy to identify aicraft type?!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...Picture116.jpg
Oops!! I think I shoulda turned around a long time ago?!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...aduringSAR.jpg
And of course a bit o fun in my name-sake! Yeeee Haaaaa
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...Picture283.jpg
Keep em coming guys
Cheers

nice pitts fuel cap - are you sure it's in properly?

Yeah sir pratt, the cap is positioned properly. I used to always recheck that thing. It was designed that way because of the "flop tube" fuel tank, enabling it to retrieve fuel in all flight conditions and g-manouevres.

Made for a good joke on an unsuspecting student.:ouch:

:eek: Never had the pleasure under my watch!!

Nah, was beacon homing and given direct tracking to BDG. Makes for a good story tho. Couldn't resisit the photo.

Anyone like to take a guess where this is?
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/DSC04286.jpg
Here it is
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/DSC04161.jpg

Any Oldies Still Out There
 

Okay we have seen that many of you can pick a current airstrip. How about one that's thirty years old???
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...amiNov1977.jpg
And these ones are for any former Bushies pilots out there. I apologise for the quality of the photos but they were taken on an old 110 instamatic.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...v2/Bushies.jpg
And DC3 fans
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...50v2/DC3-1.jpg
And this one to see if any of you can tell me if it is still flying.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...c150v2/DC3.jpg

notmyC150v2: Dunno bout the airstrip, but the 402 BPZ is in a squillion bits at ROM, where its been sitting for about 5 years. It'll never fly again (in Oz anyway - maybe he'll 'do a FWG' and send it to South America.....:rolleyes:

notmyC150v2
could be anywhere but looks like Aurukun 42nm south of weipa far nth qld to me ?

Hmm Talair had one of those shortnosed C402s, P2-GKB...brings back many a smelly, sweaty memory of climbing passed 8 or 10 villagers to get to my seat and with no pilot door there was no way of cooling off until altitude...flew nicer than than As, Bs and Cs though...took a modest amount of attention to keep the CofG under control...lucky the average PNG villager was about 60kgs:ok:

Still, she was the pick of the litter if you were contemplating taking a C402 somewhere silly.

woah! He has only one afterburner lit!

are you sure it's in properly?

Now there's something I've never heard a woman say. :)

The flag & big smoking thing in the background should give this away.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/DSC04296.jpg