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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

8th Dec 2013, 10:38

Replies: 6

Autogas STC

Views: 1,039

Posted By grug

Have been running mogas in a radial for a few...

Have been running mogas in a radial for a few years now. get the fuel from regular browsers, wherever the work is at. Have always tested the fuel for alcohol and have yet to find any when it was not...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

19th Nov 2013, 03:20

Replies: 82

Firefighting plane down in NSW

Views: 28,018

Posted By grug

This post now looks a bit odd due to the previous...

This post now looks a bit odd due to the previous thread it was responding to having been removed after the responce it received....

Its this kind of idiot mentality towards safety that make...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

14th Nov 2013, 08:44

Replies: 128

Fire Bombers

Views: 32,658

Posted By grug

That's a bit harsh, and ill try not moan but i'll...

That's a bit harsh, and ill try not moan but i'll pass on the cup on cement as I think we should not forget the pilot recently lost due to a wing failure in the mid day turbulence.

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

14th Nov 2013, 00:27

Replies: 128

Fire Bombers

Views: 32,658

Posted By grug

after a bit of digging. ...

after a bit of digging.

http://airtanker.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Flying-in-Formation.pdf

second page, first and second paragraphs are about what i was referencing previous.

for...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

13th Nov 2013, 11:10

Replies: 128

Fire Bombers

Views: 32,658

Posted By grug

Philkensebben, I have read about that kind of a...

Philkensebben, I have read about that kind of a responce being issued in sa many years ago, I thought it no longer occurred.

There is an article on the web somewhere, written a few years I'm...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

13th Nov 2013, 06:37

Replies: 128

Fire Bombers

Views: 32,658

Posted By grug

All these elements that have been mentioned by...

All these elements that have been mentioned by horatio and currawong are exactly the point. These same problems of, lack of inital attack, adequate response size and working the fire at times when...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

12th Nov 2013, 11:04

Replies: 128

Fire Bombers

Views: 32,658

Posted By grug

Once again we come across the seed of the issue. ...

Once again we come across the seed of the issue. Initial attack. Hit it hard, hit it early.
Its always easier to put out a small fire than to fight an inferno for weeks on end.
Who cares if the...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

26th Oct 2013, 22:40

Replies: 41

RAAF Richmond & firefighting

Views: 7,351

Posted By grug

Probably best to have a close look at those...

Probably best to have a close look at those figures, chopper opperators are prone to exaggerate with the ammount they are lifting. Even if the stats for the chopper say it can lift that much, most...

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