Admin

Pud, perhaps I worded my post a bit hard - sorry

I was surprised that there was no mention of the incident at the time.Pud

You posted at 12:18pm yet the first post I put up was 2 hrs earlier at 10:10am:

http://www.recreationalflying.com/forum/australian-aviation-news/20504-one-dead-vic-plane-crash.html

and the accident only happened 1.5hrs earlier :big_grin:

I received an antique world globe on a stand, clothes, chocolate and some other small nik naks - my son Lachlan received a red tri-wing metal plane with German markings to hang from his ceiling - lucky kid!

And what did you get???

You mean this one:

[ATTACH]6969.vB[/ATTACH]

That was my girl - it was taken during the flying display

Also to add to Pelorus's post - the gst is based on the dollar rate on the day you have to pay the gst not on the AUD amount you actually paid.

For example say the invoice that you paid was $80k USD which on the day the exchange rate was 80c so you paid $100k AUD.

On the day of paying GST on the $80k USD invoice and the exchange rate was 65c then the GST you have to pay is not $10,000 (10% of the 100k AUD you paid) but 10% on $80k USD at 65c which ends up being $12,307.

Naturally it can also work the other way as well.

Just something to be mindful of :big_grin:

It is a part of the "refresh" that is currently being developed for the site as there are some more features being included

Thanks Cap't - the 08 objective was 2,500 which we have reached. I do have to clean out a few old registrations (and some idiot ones but not yet) but it is still over 2,500 which is fantastic.

The greatest achievement for the site I believe was having in a single 24hr period almost 900 registered users log in.

If my memory serves me I also think that we had a poll that showed about 80% or more of our users are RAAus members - I think next years objective will have to be to get a bigger % of RAAus members here - say 30% of RAAus members. I believe we can easily achieve this with some ideas that I will be putting into place here next year

Any Marketing people out there who could also put a 2009 marketing plan together for the site - I am sure the site could invest some money in the right plan to get more people here helping each other???

Hi ALL

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. :big_grin:

Our target for 2008 was to have 2,500 registered members and 500 user's logged in within a 24hr period - we have achieved that - The Recreational Flying community is growing incredibly every single day which means more and more recreational pilots are being helped by other recreational pilots - I hope you have found something helpful here on this site.

Early in the New Year, Recreational Flying - "The Home of Recreational Flying, Pilots and Enthusiasts", will release a new more enjoyable site that we hope will be a pleasure to use. The main things are that we will be focusing in the area of providing extensive information about the aircraft most of us fly and reviews on the aircraft all in a easy to use and searchable environment plus what we should have done this year, and that is to make the whole site look and feel like one i.e. all pages look and feel the same.

See how the screenshots of the Forums, Downloads and Aircraft are all similar

[ATTACH]6965.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6966.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6967.vB[/ATTACH]

With many International users now coming to our Australian site we will be including some International areas into the site in 09 so we can learn more, share our experiences and flying adventures with people from all walks of life, from all parts of the globe - what is it like flying a Thruster in Malta, an Airborne Trike in the UK, a Tecnam in New Zealand or a Jabiru in the States etc.

With around 3.75 Million hits and around 20,000 unique visitors a month, Recreational Flying (.com.au) is no doubt the premier informative site on Recreational Flying and recreational aircraft in Australia BUT, it is only what you make it, by joining in and swapping information, you never know who one day you may help!

Again, everyone have a fantastic Christmas and also I am sure you will all join me in saying thank you to some very important people:

slartibartfast - with out his guiding wisdom I would go insane (he is a year older then me)

Seal - for looking after the Links Section

pelorus32 - who is our equipment reviewer

Kaz - always ensuring that we have a list of aviation events we can see each week

tvaner - for looking after the famous quotes section

BLA82 - who ensures we have some great videos to watch in the video section

and not bigless who has gone for a 2 week rest away from the Recreational Flying site

I just bought the DVD "One Six Right" through Amazon, cost USD$14.99, delivery tyree weeks, which someone else mentioned in a post.

Australian coded and you would have received it before Christmas plus you would be helping this site to stay available

I just recieved a gift certificate for an hour in the 767 simulator at Flight Experience from my boss as part of my Christmas bonus. :thumb_up:ozzie

Well done Mate, it will be something to really enjoy!

With Christmas coming what is the best Christmas present to give to a Pilot?

All I can find out at the moment is:

A LIGHT plane has crashed into a house in Casula, Sydney and at least two people are dead, after apparently colliding with another aircraft mid-air.

The second damaged plane has just landed at Bankstown airport.

The crash happened at Box Road.

Admin comment to all:

Recreational Flying (.com.au) does not condone the actions or the attitude that has been portrayed here by Bigglesworth.

Statements like "Listening to the radio and go flying" is ridiculous and the fact that the aircraft may not even have been registered is a very deep concern.

Recreational Flying (.com.au) has a responsibility to the new upcoming pilots that what they read here on this site is done in a manner that will help and assist them to learn and experience flying in the most professional and safest manner possible.

At the same time we also like to, through the exchange of information with each other on our experiences when flying, help the experienced pilot in any way possible as flying is a continual learning experience.

Posts like that made by Bigglesworth here in this thread, whether it is real or not, whether it is just sensationalism or a desire of recognition or not, do not fit within the first objective of this site.

However, what does fit is the desire of this site to help pilots like Bigglesworth that even after 3 accidents as he has had in the 30.9hrs as stated, to learn more about how to fly professionally and safely if that is at all possible.

Bigglesworth, please, a final plea, listen and learn from others on this site otherwise we will unfortunately need to take action by way of a ban to ensure anyone coming to this site does not get the wrong idea about being a recreational pilot from a singular person that is not a good representative or ambassador of the industry.

Hi Walter

Would you like to add it to the Airstrips page:

http://www.recreationalflying.com/forum/vbgooglemaphse.php?do=addelement

1. 
    
    
   
2. Tech Support calls "YOU" for help.
    
   
   
    
   
3. Someone at work tells you a joke and you say "LOL" out loud.
    
   
   
    
   
4. You find yourself trying to XXXX your head 90 degrees when you smile.
    
   
   
    
   
5. You have called out someone's screen name while making love to your significant other.
    
   
   
    
   
6. You keep begging your friends to get an account so "we can hang out".
    
   
   
    
   
7. Three words: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
    
   
   
    
   
8. If you are male and see a female in the "Real" world that you wish to meet, your first thought is to IM her.
    
   
   
    
   
9. If you are female and you see a male in the "Real" world that you wish to meet, your first thought is that you wish he'd IM you.
    
   
   
    
   
10. You don't understand the humor in the above mentioned #7 and #8 since the "real" world is at your fingertips.
     
    
    
     
    
11. You have to get a 2nd phone line just so you can call Pizza Hut.
     
    
    
     
    
12. When you have sex, you no longer are concerned about sexually transmitted diseases.
     
    
    
     
    
13. You walk into a room, and, finding that it has more than 23 people, you inform management that there is an error.
     
    
    
     
    
14. When looking at signs, you wonder why they are always "yelling" at you.
     
    
    
     
    
15. You go up to people you are attracted to "in real life" and ask them for their GIF.
     
    
    
     
    
16. Although you don't know what they look like, you become insanely jealous of people hitting on your cyber-love.
     
    
    
     
    
17. You don't even know what your cyber-love looks like.
     
    
    
     
    
18. When at work, your boss constantly reminds you that the word i should be capitalized.
     
    
    
     
    
19. You watch TV with the closed captioning turned on.
     
    
    
     
    
20. Your spouse now complains of you moving your fingers in your sleep instead of talking.
     
    
    
     
    
21. Your kids are eating cereal morning, noon, and night.
     
    
    
     
    
22. When someone says, "What did you say?" you reply, "Scroll up!"
     
    
    
     
    
23. You find yourself sneaking away to the computer in the middle of the night when your spouse is asleep.
     
    
    
     
    
24. You turn down the lights & close the blinds so people won't know you're on-line again.
     
    
    
     
    
25. You know more about your AOL friends' daily routines than you do your own spouse's.
     
    
    
     
    
26. You find yourself lying to others about your time on-line & when they complain that your phone was busy you claim it was off the hook.
     
    
    
     
    
27. You have an identity crisis if someone is using a screen name close to your own.
     
    
    
     
    
28. You would rather tell people that your bloodshot eyes are from partying too much than the truth (online all night).
     
    
    
     
    
29. You change your screen names so much that you have to look at your own profile to see who you are.
     
    
    
     
    
30. You go into labor and you stop to type a special E-mail to let everyone know you're going to be away and how you're feeling.
     
    
    
     
    
31. You marry your cyberboyfriend/girlfriend and you both sit at your own computers & chat to each other every night from across the room.
     
    
    
     
    
32. You type messages to people while you are on the phone with them at the same time.
     
    
    
     
    
33. You understand the humor in all of these jokes because you have committed then yourself!
     
    
    
     
    
34. Your dog leaves you.
     
    
    
     
    
35. You are doing things more and more that you swore you would never do when you first got online.
     
    
    
     
    
36. You sign on & immediately get 10 IMs from people who have you on their buddy list.
     
    
    
     
    
37. You have a map on the wall w/ LOTS of red thumbtacks to mark where people are you have met.
     
    
    
     
    
38. You look at an annoying person off-line & wish you had your ignore button handy.
     
    
    
     
    
39. You bring a bag lunch & a cooler to the computer.
     
    
    
     
    
40. Your significant other kisses your neck while you're chatting and you think, "Uh oh, cyber sex perv".
     
    
    
     
    
41. You go thru "withdrawal" if you are away from the computer for more than a few hours.
     
    
    
     
    
42. Your buddy list has over 100 people on it.
     
    
    
     
    
43. You understand what BIF ISO BIM means.
     
    
    
     
    
44. You wake up in the morning and the first thing you do is get online before you have your first cup of coffee.
     
    
    
     
    
45. You have to inject no-doze into your butt to keep it awake.
     
    
    
     
    
46. You have your computer set so it goes directly into AOL's welcome screen.
     
    
    
     
    
47. You wait 6 hours online for a certain "special" person to come home from work.
     
    
    
     
    
48. You don't know where the time has gone.
     
    
    
     
    
49. You end sentences with 3 (or more) periods while writing letters by hand.
     
    
    
     
    
50. Your relationship online has gone farther than any real one you have ad.
     
    
    
     
    
51. You get up at 2 am to go to the bathroom but turn on the computer instead.
     
    
    
     
    
52. You don't even notice anymore when someone has a typo.
     
    
    
     
    
53. You enter a room & 23 people greet you w/ {{hugs}} or **kisses**.
     
    
    
     
    
54. You stop typing whole words and use things like ppl, dunno and lemme.
     
    
    
     
    
55. Your voicemail/answering machine message is "BRB, leave your s/n & I will TTYL".
     
    
    
     
    
56. You type faster than you think.
     
    
    
     
    
57. You got your psychiatrist addicted to AOL too & are now undergoing therapy in private rooms instead of at his office.
     
    
    
     
    
58. You want to be buried with your computer when it dies or vice versa.
     
    
    
     
    
59. You actually enjoy the fact that you are addicted.
     
    
    
     
    
60. You can actually read & follow all the names of the cast that scrolls up your TV screen at the end of a movie.
     
    
    
     
    
61. People say, "If it weren't for your super reflexes in your eyes and fingers, you would have been classified as a vegetable!"
     
    
    
     
    
62. You dream in "text".
     
    
    
     
    
63. Being called a Newbie is a "MAJOR" insult.
     
    
    
     
    
64. There is absolutely no interesting chat in any room & you're really bored.
     
    
    
     
    
65. You don't want to leave in case you miss something.
     
    
    
     
    
66. You double click your TV remote.
     
    
    
     
    
67. You can now type over 70 wpm.
     
    
    
     
    
68. You think about starting a 12-step recovery group for AOL junkies.
     
    
    
     
    
69. You are on the phone a minute & need to do something else & say "BRB" or "BBL".
     
    
    
     
    
70. You check your E-mail and forget you have real mail (a.k.a. snail mail).
     
    
    
     
    
71. You go into withdrawals during dinner.
     
    
    
     
    
72. You spend at least 30 minutes making sure you say goodbye to everyone in a room.
     
    
    
     
    
73. You stop speaking in full sentences.
     
    
    
     
    
74. You have gone into an unstaffed Tech Support room & ended up "giving" tech support to other AOLers.
     
    
    
     
    
75. You have to be pried from your computer by the "Jaws of Life".
     
    
    
     
    
76. Your last sexual experience was really just a "textual" experience.
     
    
    
     
    
77. You know what a "snert" is.
     
    
    
     
    
78. You set your kitchen on fire while cooking dinner because you wanted to "check your mail" & while there you "just wanted to see who was online".
     
    
    
     
    
79. You meet people from AOL in public & you have no idea what their real name is, so you call them by their screen name.
     
    
    
     
    
80. You've even gotten on an airplane just to meet some folks face-to-face.
     
    
    
     
    
81. When seeing someone you wish to meet, your second thought is wishing they'd be on AOL so you don't have to meet them in person.
     
    
    
     
    
82. You have a vanity car tag with your screen name on it.
     
    
    
     
    
83. You no longer type with proper capitalization, punctuation, or complete sentences.
     
    
    
     
    
84. You have met over 100 AOLers.
     
    
    
     
    
85. When meeting a stranger, you ask for their profile. If they have a profile you ask them for an age/sex/location check.
     
    
    
     
    
86. You understand the humor in all of this.
     
    
    
     
    
87. You keep telling yourself to Get a Life.
     
    
    
     
    
88. When someone online says BRB, gotta go pee, you ask them to go for you, and think they can.
     
     
    

Found this site handy at times.Victorian weather - state forecast

Ok, give me some time and I will include it in the next site release which should be in about 2 months

Fuel prices are down from what they were. This week, Recreational Flying wants to know how that's affecting your flying (if at all): Are you going to fly more, the same etc?

It can't be 5 years Ian... that means I'm getting old!

Here is an update on the Stats

Just for the last 19 days of November we had:

- Over 12,000 unique visitors to Recreational Flying

- Over 2.3 million hits (for just 19 days )

Attached is the sceenshot - thankyou all, you are making this site the number 1 resource for ALL recreational pilots, aircraft owners and aviation enthusiasts

and...we are not stopping there - work has already commenced on bringing the site together in a more user friendly manner whilst at the same time completing everything that is currently unfinished plus more - attached is also a screen shot of the new look and oh, there is also a "lite" version for those on dial up plus we are looking at a mobile phone sized version of Recreational Flying - and for those that were here nearly 5 years ago may possibly say "Hey, that looks like the site when it first started" - I suppose what goes around comes around but what has changed is over 2.3 million hits over 19 days :thumb_up: :thumb_up: :thumb_up:

Yep :big_grin:

Tell him I said Hi - he trained me many moons ago!