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Just looked at the long range weather on Weatherzone and they say:

 

"Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 5 April to 9 April,"

 

However, other forecasts are saying sunny

 

 

...you will be amongst kindred here with plenty of Drifter buffs around in the forums

Hi All

 

I would like to welcome Vision In Action with their Super Petrel LS Amphibian Aircraft as a proud supporter of Aircraft Pilots.

 

We thank Kelvin for helping to support this site for all Aircraft Pilots

 

 

Aircraft Pilots Supporters get their own forum here at Aircraft Pilots and if you go to the Morgan Aeroworks forum you will now see the blocks that they get to have in the right column of their forum...there is still room for one or two more so I will leave that up to the supporters to let me know what they would also like to have in the right column of their forum.

 

 

Congratulations Ron...show us some pictures in the Photo Gallery here on Aircraft Pilots...let me know if you have any probs with uploading them

 

 

Yes, it is great for the site and for all the users...there are a few more supporters coming to the site which I will announce once they have their graphics done and watch out for both their name popping up at the top of the right column of the forums when they log in so you can start a 1 to 1 private chat with them about their aircraft PLUS the enhanced components that will be added to their own forum on their aircraft here at Aircraft Pilots.

 

 

Hi All

 

I would like to welcome Morgan Aeroworks as a proud supporter of Aircraft Pilots.

 

We thank Gary Morgan for helping to support this site for all Aircraft Pilots

 

 

mate...tell us a bit about what flying is like around Portugal

Nah i'll be in melbourne.

Make sure you let me know when Shags and let's catch up

 

 

Well Done Mate...Congratulations

 

 

My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning, can you

 

Believe that….2:30am?! Luckily for him I was still up playing my Bagpipes.

 

The Grim Reaper came for me last night, and I beat him off with a

 

vacuum cleaner. Talk about Dyson with death.

 

Paddy says "Mick, I'm thinking of buying a Labrador."Really, …" says Mick "have you seen how many of their owners go blind"

 

I was in bed with a blind girl last night and she said that I had the

 

biggest p*nis she had ever laid her hands on. I said "You're pulling my leg".

 

I saw a poor old lady fall over today on the ice!! At least I presume

 

she was poor - she only had $1.20 in her purse.

 

My girlfriend thinks that I'm a stalker. Well, she's not exactly my

 

girlfriend yet.

 

I woke up last night to find the ghost of Gloria Gaynor standing at

 

the foot of my bed. At first I was afraid.......then I was petrified.

 

The wife has been missing a week now. Police said to prepare for the worst. So I have been to the charity shop to get all her clothes back.

 

A mate of mine recently admitted to being addicted to brake fluid.

 

When I quizzed him on it he reckoned he could stop any time....

 

I went to the cemetery yesterday to lay some flowers on a grave. As I was standing there I noticed 4 grave diggers walking about with a Coffin, 3 hours later and they're still walking about with it. I

 

thought to myself, they've lost the plot!!

 

My daughter asked me for a pet spider for her birthday, so I went to

 

Our local pet shop and they were $70!!! blow this, I thought, I can

 

get one cheaper off the web.

 

Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarves are not Happy.

 

I was at a cash point yesterday when a little old lady asked if I

 

could check her balance, so I pushed her over.

 

I start a new job in Seoul next week. I thought it was a good Korea move.

 

I was driving this morning when I saw an RACQ van parked . The driver was sobbing uncontrollably and looked very miserable. I thought to myself 'that guy's heading for a breakdown.'

 

On holiday recently in Spain I saw a sign that said 'English speaking Doctor' - I thought, 'What a good idea, why don't we have them in our country?'

 

 

Hi Patsy, There is a link to the USA Federal Aviation Administration flight handbooks on our Recreational Aviation website. They are great to read and will help you out. Heres the link:http://www.auf.asn.au/students/auflinks.html

Just scroll down until you see the USA FAA handbooks. They are PDF files and there free to read.

 

I hope this helps, good luck with your training

These are also here on this site in the Tutorials part of the Resources section:

http://www.recreationalflying.com/tutorials/

 

and have a look at the bottom of the page...in fact many people are not aware of the vast tutorials that are available here at Aircraft Pilots by John Brandon...John advised me that his tutorials he has here are more comprehensive then what he has allowed RAAus to have on their site and he keeps his Tutorials here more updated then anywhere else so everyone should make use of his great material here whether you are starting off or refreshing your knowledge.

 

We all thank John for his great Tutorials.

 

 

Start Time: 09:00

 

Event: Warrnambool Aero Club 50th Anniversary

 

Cost: Dinner Approx $

 

Airfield: Warrnambool YWBL

 

Location: Warrnambool

 

Host: Warrnambool Aero Club

 

Contact: Paul O'Rourke

 

Mobile: 0427 422-478

 

Description:

 

Members and formers members will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Warrnambool Aero Club. There will be a BBQ at the airport and a dinner to be held at Warrnambool Bowls club on Saturday 31st March.

 

 

Start Time: 08:00

 

Event: Port Macquarie Fly In and Fly & Spy

 

Cost: Nil

 

Airfield: Port Macquarie YPMQ

 

Location: Port Macquarie

 

Host: Hastings District Flying Club Inc.

 

Contact: Rod Davison

 

Phone (BH): 02 6585-1400

 

Phone (AH): 02 6585-3835

 

Description:

 

Port Macquarie Fly-In and Fly & Spy

 

31st March and 1st April 2012

 

Hastings District Flying Club invites all aviators to gather in beautiful Port Macquarie for a weekend of aviation fun and fellowship.

 

On Saturday interested aircrew are invited to participate in our Fly & Spy fun observation trial or simply soak up the friendly club atmosphere. Food and drink will be available throughout the day.

 

A welcome/ presentation dinner will be held in the clubhouse Saturday night.

 

The aim is to promote aviation activity and fellowship in the Hastings area. So fly in for a day or the weekend. Just fly in and have an enjoyable time.

 

For further details and to go on the mailing list contact Rod Davison at [email protected] or phone 65853835.Club website is www.hdfc.com.au

 

 

Start Time: 09:00

 

Event: Internode Parafield Airshow

 

Cost: TBA

 

Airfield: Parafield YPPF

 

Location: Parafield

 

Host:

 

Contact: Tammy Augostin

 

Phone (BH): 0409 868-380

 

Phone (AH): 0409 868-380

 

Mobile: 0409 868-380

 

Description:

 

The Internode Parafield Airshow will be the biggest event seen at Parafield Airport in many years.

 

This event will be a full day of action packed entertainment for the entire family featuring ground displays from a variety of aircraft from War-birds to Antique to modern day and ADF aircraft. Visitors can expect more than three hours of flying displays from many different types of aircraft.

 

Static displays will also include a variety of different aviation based businesses flying schools, also engine displays and engine runs.

 

Full catering facilities will be available during the day at reasonable prices, come prepared for the outdoors with your cameras ready!

 

Parking will be available at the event, with buses running from the car park directly into the show. Discounts will apply for early bird ticket sales, however general admission will be available on the day. www.proticket.com.au

 

Photographer’s passes can also be purchased for $75. These passes will be airside escorted for the day. Limited number available.

 

 

Start Time: 11:00

 

Event: Lightweight Aircraft Association Annual Flyin

 

Cost:

 

Airfield: Yarrawonga YYWG

 

Location: Yarrawonga Aerodrome

 

Host: Lightweight Aircraft Association Inc

 

Contact: Lachlan Wishart

 

Phone (BH): 0417 586-012

 

Phone (AH): 0417 586-012

 

Mobile: 0417 586-012

 

Description:

 

LAA members fly VH RA AUS and trikes. This weekend the LAA hosts pilots from Southern Australia. Free BBQ lunch on Saturday, Dinner at night. All welcome,

 

 

OME, thanks for your input...so I take what you are saying as having a separate "Top Level" section using forums as the medium (much the same way as I have done the News section...have I got that correct?

 

Real Estate on the Main Menu is a premium and "Clubs and Schools" is a lot of premium space used (even shortened to "Clubs/Schools" so something would have to go from the Main Menu. I kind of manipulated the News Section to, apart from the News Reader, to display the News and Podcasts forums and when in there the News Tab remains highlighted. Any new threads and posts can be made to show up in the "What's New" feature so that would be a plus in bringing Clubs and Schools updates to the users...good thought OME.

 

Doing it this way would mean we would have forums (not displayed in the main forums page but just in the Clubs and Schools section) being Vic, NSW, QLD etc and one thread per entity. I could even have a template that is used to create an entry (a new listing thread) that requires fields like Type, Location etc that creates the opening post of the thread...it's a thought!

 

 

Err! forgive me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this site have a 'no advertising' rule? Confused

Not when it comes to Clubs as these are not commercial concerns, the more the merrier. In the case of Schools, there can be a fine line that is hard to draw between being added in an "advisory" way, like a service, but not done to death as a hard sell for commercial gain in the general forums. This proposed Clubs and Schools section will hopefully put the Schools thing into perspective as a service to the site users...does that help at all Doug?

 

 

Thanks Sue, as always, for your great thoughts on this...YES, you are correct in saying that this site offers so much to Clubs and Schools already and if there isn't something here then the willingness to add it here for them is overwhelming...they just gotta say something so I know what I can do for them.

 

Using "Groups" with its inbuilt ability to add an "Alert" to the users that are members of the Group is a good idea...thanks so much for your input!

 

 

I am looking into adding some "extras" that I have been wanting to do for some time now like local Clubs and Schools, local Places To Visit, more local Aviation News, local Aviation Events etc for you.

 

But I am puzzled on how or where I should add the listings of all the Clubs and Schools. I think it would be good if you guys added them so you can assume ownership of your entry, be interactive so you can add what's happening at your club or school etc but what's the best way to set it up for you???

 

Is it better to have say a complete section for them say under the "Resources" menu tab?

 

Perhaps there is the "Groups" section instead? I could create a group for each Club or School and then hand the ownership of the group over to a representative of the Club or School. If we do it this way I would need to say put a box of latest Clubs and Schools Entries in the right column of the forums...I wonder whether that would be enough exposure so the listing just doesn't die from non-use?

 

Or would it be better to have say a Forum called "Clubs and Schools" with sub forums for each State, and each Club or School could create their own thread. They could only have one thread so it becomes like a listing just like the way the "ADs and ANs" forum is done. Any new posts in the Clubs and Schools would then come up in the "What's New" feature.

 

It would need to be handy to use I would think so out of sight out of mind could be an issue, the same goes for keeping them up to date with info about your Club or School for everyone. If you are having an event you could use the Aircraft Pilots "Events" System but for general news about your Club or School, they would need to be in a place on the site so all the other users and guests can hear about it in an easy way and not have to go looking for it.

 

The important thing is to create it in a way that enhances the community aspect of the site, gets used and everyone gets to know what's happening around the traps in all the Clubs and Schools out there.

 

What are your thoughts?

 

 

Seeing this thread has risen I would like to let you know that we will soon have a database here of different places to fly to..."Places To Visit" along with information about the place and things to do there.

 

 

A small change has been made to the site...the Aircraft Builder Logs have been converted to threads and are now included as a forum in the Aircraft Building group of forums

 

 

Start Time: 10:00

 

Event: 50th Year of operations

 

Cost: Nil

 

Airfield: Coldstream YCEM

 

Location: Coldstream

 

Host: Coldstream Flyers Aero Club

 

Contact: Colin Lucktaylor

 

Mobile: 0414 347-151

 

Description:

 

A short time after the bushfires of 1962, a C170 flown by Basil Carlyle landed on what has become known as the Coldstream airfield.

 

This landing occurred on March 11 1962 and was probably where the taxiway exists today.

 

2012 will be the 50th anniversary of this landing and the start of this airfield. During the early days Schutts operated the flying school and the aircraft based at Coldstream were mainly Austers and De H.

 

To commemorate this day all past Instructors, Students, Airfield tenants and indeed anyone interested in having a look at YCEM are invited to attend.

 

Check the website for more details and updates.

 

If you have trouble emailing from aeroclub.com.au the email address is [email protected]

 

 

Start Time: 08:30

 

Event: Straddie Breakfast Fly-In

 

Cost: $20.00

 

Airfield: Dunwich / Stradbroke Island YDUN

 

Location: Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island

 

Host: Stradbroke Air Pty Ltd

 

Contact: Pat, Lance or Billy

 

Phone (BH): 07 3409-9727

 

Phone (AH): 0410 558-334

 

Mobile: 0410 558-334

 

Description:

 

Straddie Breakfast Fly-ins are normally held on the 3rd Saturday of every month from 8.30 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.

 

All flyers and flyers at heart welcome.

 

Cost is $20 per person for a sumptuous breakfast that includes: Fruit Platters, Bacon & Eggs, Sausages & Eggs, Mushrooms, Baked Beans, Spaghetti, Creamed Corn, Tea, Coffee & Fruit Juice.

 

Please R.S.V.P. to Pat on 0410 558334 or the crew at Straddie, caretakers Lance or Billy by phoning: (07)3409 9727

 

For Airfield information, also see our website: www.stradair.com , AOPA directory and ERSA.

 

N.B. Please check this listing at www.aeroclub.com.au/events as part of your pre-flight briefing.

 

Comments: "This is the best breakfast of any of the breakfast fly-ins that we go to" (Kathryn S., co-pilot, Brisbane).

 

 

Start Time: 10:00

 

Event: Aircraft Showcase - Fighters

 

Cost: $12.00

 

Airfield: Temora YTEM

 

Location: Temora

 

Host: Temora Aviation Museum

 

Contact: Customer Service

 

Phone (BH): 02 6977-1088

 

Description:

 

Aircraft Showcase Days are held with the aim of providing visitors with a personal, interactive and in-depth experience with some of the Museum’s aircraft. Visitors will witness the aircraft being towed from the hangar and watch the pre-flight inspection, servicing and refuelling as it takes place in front of them. The pilot will strap in and start the engine and then the flight will take place. The flying display will vary from a simple handling display to aerobatics or formation flying. The aircraft will land and taxi back to the visitors where they will have the chance to have a chat with the pilot, take photographs, and inspect the cockpit and engine. Audio visual presentations both in the cinema and the Display Hangar will enhance the stories of veterans who will be invited to share with our visitors their wartime experiences.

 

At the conclusion of the flying activity, the Engineering Hangar will be open to all visitors. We have rarely allowed access to the workshop areas, but now visitors will be able to take a closer look at the most diverse range of aviation engineering activities anywhere in the world. Our Engineering Team will demonstrate the projects they are working on and the unique processes, materials and techniques required to keep this fleet of vintage aircraft flying.