Tell us about your last flight

[Moneybox]

1 hour ago, BrendAn said:

i did flightless flights up and down the airstrip on saturday.  

it just wouldn't leave the ground.

I did that in my Polaris Microlight in a car park in Balcatta. It’s powered by a Rotax 503 and 60” three blade prop. For the first three metres or so it took off slowly then gripped the wind and virtually flew, up on one rear wheel, then the other before a dramatic tumble down the car park. 
After that I need a new prop and a fair bit of skin regrowth. It may have helped if I’d fitted a helmet and attached the seatbelt 🥹.

[BrendAn]

22 hours ago, Moneybox said:

I did that in my Polaris Microlight in a car park in Balcatta. It’s powered by a Rotax 503 and 60” three blade prop. For the first three metres or so it took off slowly then gripped the wind and virtually flew, up on one rear wheel, then the other before a dramatic tumble down the car park. 
After that I need a new prop and a fair bit of skin regrowth. It may have helped if I’d fitted a helmet and attached the seatbelt 🥹.

Remember the bloke on the news that drove the Cessna down to pub in Newman. That was a classic

[Thruster88]

7 hours ago, BrendAn said:

Remember the bloke on the news that drove the Cessna down to pub in Newman. That was a classic

Not all aircraft are Cessnas Brendan, the guy in Newman had a rare Beechcraft Skipper.

[Flightrite]

It’s funny I’ve just completed driving a plane across the Pacific and I’d rather fly my bug smashers at grass level than 49000’!😂

Edited May 27 by Flightrite

[Reynard]

Not quite 49000’, closer to 4900’ but I got overtaken by Rex out of Winton.  
Good separation by good communication.

[BrendAn]

On 27/05/2026 at 5:12 AM, Thruster88 said:

Not all aircraft are Cessnas Brendan, the guy in Newman had a rare Beechcraft Skipper.

yes they are according to the news report i watched it on.😀

 

[Moneybox]

I woke this morning, raised the blind and looked at the trees that were dead still, a rare occurrence but perfect for Mrs M's first flight.

 

 

I hadn't be up for more than a month so I decided on a practice flight first over Lake Austin, a few stalls, a few steep turns and a few touch-and-goes.

 

 

This is before, her smile was even bigger upon our return.

 

 

That sick bag is still in the glovebox unused 😉.

 

 

This is the Great Fingal mine. The historic gold mine office can be seen at the top of the pit. It's a heritage listed building with an uncertain future. There have been years of discussion on how to save it. One option is to move it into town but that tends to destroy the heritage value.

 

 

We took a flight over several of the old gold mines.

 

 

My aim was to make her first flight as interesting as possible while keeping it short.

 

 

Clock time was 0.6hrs so about 0.5hrs in the air. Shortly after landing the wind came up with a well timed shower of rain.

 

 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Moneybox