BrendAn Posted July 2 Posted July 2 3 minutes ago, Thruster88 said: Was almost the last flight for my Thruster last night, a narrow mini tornado demolished the old wool shed and 100 ton silo. Picked up a mobile field bin and set it down with minimal damage where 12 trees used to be. Thruster was in the black shade cloth door hangar only 30 -40 metres from the destructive path. Sheets of tin went over a kilometer down wind. Feeling very lucky. what a mess, glad your thruster survived. was the boat in the shed 2
Garfly Posted July 2 Posted July 2 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Thruster88 said: Was almost the last flight for my Thruster last night, a narrow mini tornado demolished the old wool shed and 100 ton silo. Picked up a mobile field bin and set it down with minimal damage where 12 trees used to be. Thruster was in the black shade cloth door hangar only 30 -40 metres from the destructive path. Sheets of tin went over a kilometer down wind. Feeling very lucky. Whoaaa! That's amazing, Thrusty! Did it all happen in the night? It's not just the Thruster that was lucky to escape ... what about what's in the shed next door and on the other side! It'd would have been awful if any of their last flights were without you. And it dodged the house, too?! Phew!! Edited July 2 by Garfly 5 1
Thruster88 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Only broke three windows in the house all other sheds and hangers are good. 7
danny_galaga Posted July 3 Posted July 3 23 hours ago, Thruster88 said: Was almost the last flight for my Thruster last night, a narrow mini tornado demolished the old wool shed and 100 ton silo. Picked up a mobile field bin and set it down with minimal damage where 12 trees used to be. Thruster was in the black shade cloth door hangar only 30 -40 metres from the destructive path. Sheets of tin went over a kilometer down wind. Feeling very lucky. Absolutely need a 😲 emoji for these occasions. Mods? 1
danny_galaga Posted July 4 Posted July 4 17 hours ago, facthunter said: Just resort to saying what you think. . Nev 😞 2
facthunter Posted July 4 Posted July 4 Just HOW can that be a SAD suggestion? You have Proven my point very well, thank you. Nev
danny_galaga Posted July 4 Posted July 4 6 hours ago, facthunter said: Just HOW can that be a SAD suggestion? You have Proven my point very well, thank you. Nev 😄 2
Kiwi Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Definitely not taking the Drifter.... This is what I would have at 2am... Over 11 hours to travel 34 nautical miles. 1
danny_galaga Posted July 19 Posted July 19 Too windy this weekend, so this is from last Saturday 🙂 over lake Moogerah. I've just deleted FB off my phone, so maybe I'll start doing the navigation course so I can fly further away VID-20260711-WA0018.mp4 😄 8 2
Bernie Posted July 19 Posted July 19 15 hours ago, danny_galaga said: Too windy this weekend, so this is from last Saturday 🙂 over lake Moogerah. I've just deleted FB off my phone, so maybe I'll start doing the navigation course so I can fly further away VID-20260711-WA0018.mp4 4.04 MB · 0 downloads 😄 What's the white thingy suction cup on the screen.
Moneybox Posted yesterday at 01:45 PM Posted yesterday at 01:45 PM I arrived home Monday after our annual prospecting trip. We found a bit, not as much as we'd like but it never is 🤑. It just has to cover my other interests like flying. Today we took to the air for a quick trip to Mount Magnet YMOG so that I could have a blood test to make sure everything is in order. While there I submitted my new passport application in case Mrs M gets the urge to head overseas somewhere. Img 9372.mp4 We don't have much in the way of forest and ocean scenery but we do have a lot of big holes in the ground. Mrs M has a little problem with motion sickness so I'm trying to add a little sightseeing to our trips. We live in the desert but it has its own beauty if you take the time to look. These are some of the dry creeks entering into the dry Lake Austin. And then we got a surprise, a river with water. That just doesn't happen out here. It doesn't seem to come from anywhere and disappears as soon as it hits the lake. Overall it was a great flight and much more enjoyable than flying on my own. 7 3
danny_galaga Posted yesterday at 08:58 PM Posted yesterday at 08:58 PM Good stuff. I have no context of physically how much gold that little pile is. A photo with a coin or pen with it would give some scale. I would love it for you if it's such a large pile that you can hardly discern the coin 😊 1
skippydiesel Posted yesterday at 09:09 PM Posted yesterday at 09:09 PM "Mrs M has a little problem with motion sickness " When you are in Cruise, teach her to fly the aircraft - I bet the nausea will disappear immediately😈 2 1 1
Moneybox Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 4 hours ago, danny_galaga said: Good stuff. I have no context of physically how much gold that little pile is. A photo with a coin or pen with it would give some scale. I would love it for you if it's such a large pile that you can hardly discern the coin 😊 Yeah, I've zoomed in a bit there but I thought it looked good 😉. That photo was from my best day, about 15.5g. This is the total for the trip.
facthunter Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago It's incredibly Heavy (dense). Used to Lift it out of Mining towns on the F27 when going up the centre in the Late 60's. Gold bars. No security anywhere. . Don't drop one on your foot. Nev 1
Moneybox Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago (edited) 22 minutes ago, facthunter said: It's incredibly Heavy (dense). Used to Lift it out of Mining towns on the F27 when going up the centre in the Late 60's. Gold bars. No security anywhere. . Don't drop one on your foot. Nev Nev, it's the incredibly heavy ones we're looking for but somebody seems to have got there first. Our best one to date has been 120g. This specimen is 119g and quite pretty. Edited 19 hours ago by Moneybox 4 2
facthunter Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago Refined and cast into Bars. Most from Tennant Creek. It's a "dump" now. You don't want to stay there. Nev 1
Reynard Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago My spouse also gets motion sickness, but takes ‘Kwells’. It seems to be quite effective. It is an antihistamine and the side effects are that it dries your mouth and can make you feel a little woozy but not too bad (apparently). She’s since been happy to fly with me anytime - and sometimes it’s been a bit rough. 3 2
Blueadventures Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 17 hours ago, Moneybox said: I arrived home Monday after our annual prospecting trip. We found a bit, not as much as we'd like but it never is 🤑. It just has to cover my other interests like flying. Today we took to the air for a quick trip to Mount Magnet YMOG so that I could have a blood test to make sure everything is in order. While there I submitted my new passport application in case Mrs M gets the urge to head overseas somewhere. Img 9372.mp4 10.5 MB · 0 downloads We don't have much in the way of forest and ocean scenery but we do have a lot of big holes in the ground. Mrs M has a little problem with motion sickness so I'm trying to add a little sightseeing to our trips. We live in the desert but it has its own beauty if you take the time to look. These are some of the dry creeks entering into the dry Lake Austin. And then we got a surprise, a river with water. That just doesn't happen out here. It doesn't seem to come from anywhere and disappears as soon as it hits the lake. Overall it was a great flight and much more enjoyable than flying on my own. Will we see you on TV, Aussie Gold Diggers? 1
Moneybox Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago 2 hours ago, Blueadventures said: Will we see you on TV, Aussie Gold Diggers? No, we had a brief discussion with them when they were planning on filming here but we decided it'd waste away a lot of time we don't have. 5
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