Tell us about your last flight

[planedriver]

More fun i'm sure than driving the estimated 16 1/4hrs by road each way.

Don't even begin to compare delivery costs of documents to Australia Post.

Glad you had a safe trip and the Sonex performed well.

Edited April 12 by planedriver

[Blueadventures]

Had a nice fly this Anzac Day; Least we Forget.

 

Pleasant 19•C at 2,500 and 24kts from SE.

[danny_galaga]

Look at you with your fancy cabin heat!

[Blueadventures]

34 minutes ago, danny_galaga said:

Look at you with your fancy cabin heat!

Not needed yet. ⛄

[Blueadventures]

On 25/04/2026 at 4:20 PM, danny_galaga said:

Look at you with your fancy cabin heat!

Looking forward to some toasty warm winter flying 🙃 still to fit the 'T' in the cabin.  Have some 2" alloy tube on its way, so I can fab up like in the image.

Edited April 26 by Blueadventures

[BrendAn]

44 minutes ago, Blueadventures said:

Looking forward to some toasty warm winter flying 🙃 still to fit the 'T' in the cabin.  Have some 2" alloy tube on its way, so I can fab up like in the image.

whats chilly up there, 25 deg😁

[Blueadventures]

2 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

whats chilly up there, 25 deg😁

Behave mate,  2C even maybe 4C; we're in thongs , shorts and T shirts up here. 🙃

[BurnieM]

What do you wear on your feet ?

 

[planedriver]

1 hour ago, BurnieM said:

What do you wear on your feet ?

 

Possibly bare feet donning a few bindy's, so you don't press the rudder pedals harder than absolutely necessary 😜

[BrendAn]

5 hours ago, planedriver said:

Possibly bare feet donning a few bindy's, so you don't press the rudder pedals harder than absolutely necessary 😜

I think he was talking about Mike saying he wears a thong, underwear type is a personal preference.🤣

[Thruster88]

My last flight included a few low passes along the strip with the sun in just the right place. 

[sfGnome]

By the looks of that, you’d be glad that you weren’t landing in the opposite direction. ☀️

[Kiwi]

Went for a no reason fly out to Inglewood this morning. I then went on to Millmerran and home via Clifton. 

Smooth all the way, and I wasn't in too much trouble with the wife and kids when I got home.

 

[skippydiesel]

Just returned from two day jaunt,The Oaks- Benalla (Vic).

2 hrs there/ 2.4 hrs return

Stayed overnight in the Gliding Club of Victoria  accommodation https://www.glidingclub.org.au/ Basic but clean - friendly staff.

On return to The Oaks, had a close encounter with a Diamond DA40 (an incident) - I on X wind for 18 right /full stop at circuit height, hear "The Oaks one Nm south" Looking! Looking! over 36 threshold, suddenly see aircraft banking sharply away below me !!!!

I continue on circuit, see a Diamond DA 40 proceeding in a northerly direction - called but no response.

I have no idea what the DA 40 pilots intentions were before or after the incident (heard no other calls).

Given that I was at circuit height and the DA 40 was below (possibly doing a simulated straight in approach/low pass,  which I have seen similar aircraft do quite often) separation was likly +/-500 ft.

Thankfully, no blood was spilt ----- this time.😈

 

[Moneybox]

14 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

Just returned from two day jaunt,The Oaks- Benalla (Vic).

2 hrs there/ 2.4 hrs return

Stayed overnight in the Gliding Club of Victoria  accommodation https://www.glidingclub.org.au/ Basic but clean - friendly staff.

On return to The Oaks, had a close encounter with a Diamond DA40 (an incident) - I on X wind for 18 right /full stop at circuit height, hear "The Oaks one Nm south" Looking! Looking! over 36 threshold, suddenly see aircraft banking sharply away below me !!!!

I continue on circuit, see a Diamond DA 40 proceeding in a northerly direction - called but no response.

I have no idea what the DA 40 pilots intentions were before or after the incident (heard no other calls).

Given that I was at circuit height and the DA 40 was below (possibly doing a simulated straight in approach/low pass,  which I have seen similar aircraft do quite often) separation was likly +/-500 ft.

Thankfully, no blood was spilt ----- this time.😈

 

 

I guess you guys have different radio frequencies in close proximity. Perhaps he was tuned into a different channel? No sign of him on your ADSB?

[Kiwi]

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

Just returned from two day jaunt,The Oaks- Benalla (Vic).

.

 

Did you go around Albury or get clearance to go through?

[skippydiesel]

2 hours ago, Moneybox said:

 

I guess you guys have different radio frequencies in close proximity. Perhaps he was tuned into a different channel? No sign of him on your ADSB?

Well he made a 1Nm call ( on the CTAF), that made no sense (no altitude or intention) and was likly about to pass under me at the time.

I made the standard 10nm "Inbound" call with the usual details and intentions.

I made an overhead the field call, with descent and X wind join for for runway 18, full stop, details.

I heard no other aircraft (on CTAF)within that period .

 

I have an ADSB - OUT and usually a SE2 (short range ADSB IN/OUT).

The SE2 was working for the outbound trip but not for the return (investigating).

As with all incidents, its an accumulation of errors - ie I may have "seen" him if the SE2 had been working AND he was transmitting an ADSB - OUT signale.

😈

 

[skippydiesel]

1 hour ago, Kiwi said:

Did you go around Albury or get clearance to go through?

 I went round Albury - not a huge detour. Benalla is slights SW of Albury, so almost on track after going round Canberra airspace.

 

I don't usually plan to go under controlled airspace, as circumstance may forse me higher than the "step". If I do go under, its a corner, that I can easily go round, if too high. 

Depends on how big the detour is compared with descending & then climbing again.😈

Edited May 15 by skippydiesel