planedriver

Not aircraft related, but more than a couple of people have been caught out with some commercial vans having the front left hand wheel, having left hand threads. We had a Ford econovan work Van that had this. A few wheel studs had thread damage due to peeps trying to undo the nuts anti clockwise but they were actually tightening the nuts. Something to keep in mind.

Bloody know-it-all kids

That certainly sounds like good progress in this case and a step in the right direction, followed swiftly by an airworthiness directive as a result of the findings.

Making findings public as soon as they are found may hopefully help prevent a further incident with the same cause.

It's not possible to change what's gone on in the past, but the future is a different thing.

Well done Darren and your team, and thank you Ian for immediately bringing to everyones attention.

Kind Regards

Planey

I am always surprised how you old guys manage to pull these young chicks

As can be seen, you cans save lots if you buy clothes that don't even fit:private eyes:, and others that most people would only use to clean their paint-brushes on.

Not sure how good a pilot she is, but he once had a Robinson R44 chopper that sadly screwed him into the ground at Moorabbin Airport.

They tell me he plays the flute (something like the snake-charmers in India use).

Probably pretty cheap too, i'll be checking on Ebay for sure.

Having recently finished a day in the SR71A office, and now going for a leasurely fly in my home-built Tyro, i'm not sure whether one is supposed to try and impress others, or hold out a bucket for a donation.

I personally think things are fine as they are Ian.

My wife asked me what I was doing on the computer last night.

I explained to her I was looking for cheap flights.

She replied "I love you!" , and then she got all excited, quickly undressed, and we had the most amazing sex ever.

I found this very odd because she's never shown an interest in my darts club before.

After Nigeria was eliminated from the world cup, the Nigerian captain personally offered to refund all the expenses of fans that travelled to Brazil.

He said he just needs their bank details and pin numbers to complete the transaction.

I photocopied the forms and voted six times for you Ross, you can pay me later.Graeme.

Terrible, I am surprised they overfly a warzone which has had several aircraft shot down recently. I heard comment on the news that other Airlines have altered their route away from the conflict.

GREED is what drives the bean counters at most councils (so it would seem).Had one airport that within 6 years, went from charging local pilots $250 a year (unlimited) to operate at the airport, to $360 a year, to $500 a year and finally to $900 a year for 100 'movements'.

One of the local owners (in his 70's) didn't mind paying $250 a year, even if he only flew five or six times a year.

 

Seemed like reasonable value for unlimited access, and no irregular bills coming in, but when it got to the top figure and the fact he only flew twice last year, he now pays the Avdata landing fee.

 

That means that this year, instead of the council getting between $250 to $500, they got $22.20 +GST.

 

Some councils just can't see the forrest for the trees

There were no questions asked regarding the number of movements, which only proves what a money grabbing society we have become.

I feel for you Rob under the circumstances.

Sometimes our enthusiasm gets the better of us, but it is normally wiser to do some research first, otherwise, the price paid, could be an insignificant price to pay.

Good luck in finding something probably safer, at a price you can afford.

Kind Regards

Alan

Thats not a bad idea Bex.

Might need a bit of positive pressure air to keep the bugs off the camera lens.

Not hard to do. We used to do it over 50yrs ago on industrial photoelectric smoke density measuring equipment to keep boiler soot off the lenses.

The plane looks great mate, stay safe and have fun.

gliderdog:score 010: for the photos. Thanks for posting them.

Well done Tim! Yeeeeha's all around.

Looking forward to seeing a few pic's.

Rgds Planey

The mother-in-law arrives home from shopping to find her son-in-law, Paddy, in a steaming rage and hurriedly packing his suitcase.

"What happened Paddy?" she asks anxiously.

"What happened!! I'll tell you what happened. I sent an email to my wife your daughter, telling her I was coming home today from my fishing trip. I get home... and guess what I found? Yes, your daughter, my wife Jean, naked with Joe Murphy in our marital bed! This is unforgivable, the end of our marriage. I'm done. I'm leaving forever!"

"Ah now, calm down, calm down Paddy!" says his mother-in-law. "There is something very odd going on here. My daughter would never do such a thing! There must be a simple explanation. I'll go speak to her immediately and find out what happened."

Moments later, the mother-in-law comes back with a big smile. " Ahbejesus Paddy, I told you there must be a simple explanation…she never got your E-mail!"

Interesting Maj. I knew they were quick and had heard they were somewhat overpowered for normal op's, so not to driven flat out. Probably good to have that extra grunt on take-offs in hot climates though.

As the saying goes, "it's sometimes better to be down here wishing you could be up there, rather than being up there and wishing you were still down here, or something to that affect!

don't think they produced too many SP's, maybe 40 or 50 primarilly for Pan Am and i think maybe Iran Air, for runs between NY and the middle east, but i beleive they had grunt to spare with the shorter fuselarge, and great range for the time

Yea David!, that is great to know mate

But some years ago when I booked to London with Garuda and having experienced three abortive take-offs at Abu Dhabi on one and finally getting off-loaded to an old Air Lanka 747, I was not at the time convinced. It shook rattled and rolled, and on reading the in-flight magazine, it assured me that it was flying with a real progessive airline, which boasted a fleet of 1 Boeing 747 plus I think, several F27's they picked up on Ebay.

Apart from being stuck in a cabin with 350 people who didn'nt know which supermarket isle contained body deodorant, I found the curry- flavoured corn-flakes for breakfast a tad unusual:yikes:.

Fortunately the Capain trimmed to port wing very low at sun-up, before the majority got on their knees and faced to the East, presumably groaning with stomach cramps like I had?

When British Airways took delivery of their first 747, I was invited on board for lunch as part of their launch programme.

We had a nice lunch on the ground, and oodle's of bubbly, probably so we didn't notice that the engines had actually been removed after flying across the pond, because they had a problem of busting into flames when applying reverse-thrust, or so I was told.

Just keep the good old " British Stiff Upper Lip", we'll have it sorted before it goes into service.

Done many dozens of flights on them, I love em!

I've had a similar experience in my trike yesterday. Luckily for me it didn't end up in a fire, just a static spark jumping between my finger and the funnel.I wasn't using any nozzle, it was Mr Funnel straight into the tank, and jerry can touching the edge of the funnel (there was physical contact between the jerry can an the funnel at all times).

As I was finishing refueling a spark jumped between my finger and the opposite edge of the funnel to where the jerry can was touching it.

 

As mentioned earlier there was no fire, it just got my heart pumping faster.

 

According to the weather forecast there was 33% humidity yesterday and quite windy.

Good onya Jex. What a nice thing to do. Grahams loss will be felt for years to come, there are very few of his kind left.A humble, quietly spoken, gentleman Instructor. Of all the flying I did with him, he would not take a payment. I insisted several times but out of respect to a fellow instructor, would not take a cent.

I can sum up Grahams personality with one quick story,

 

A friend of mine was booked to do her CPL flight test with Graham, some years ago. She was incredibly nervous, like literally shaking in her boots.

 

I pulled Graham aside and explained that she was probably not going to perform well while she was so nervous. He just smiled and told her to add 20 minutes of fuel to the flight plan.

 

They took off and returned some hours later. She passed with flying colours and I asked her what the extra fuel was for, she replied " before we started the test he took me whale watching, and the dolphins were running up the coast, it was awesome to see...."

 

Later I thanked him for his efforts to calm her ( which worked a treat I might add) and his reply will stay with me forever, he said:

 

" Mate, never ever forget why you are here. Never forget what brings people to your school, its the love of being in the air. Never lose sight of that, it doesnt matter if its a TIF or a CPL test, never forget how cool flying is."

 

Thanks for everything Graham. God speed mate...

Obviously he will be sadly missed by so very many.

So sad to hear.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could simply wind the clock back, to even be able to ask for a bit of advise.

Take care,

Planey

That would be the Raleigh Whisp. My mate in Faversham Kent has restored two of them and plans riding to Portugal on one later this summer.

His rear-end must be made of tougher hide than mine.

Hi, in my garage, I seriously have a 1958 model 32cc Cyclemaster Winged Wheel, race-tuned, and now capable of a hair-raising 40km per hour without even peddling.

Can you even immagine the problems in trying to cope with so much power?

Welcome Geoff, i'm heading in the direction of 105 as we all are, but thankfully still have a fair way to go:oh yeah: