planedriver

Unless one's taken pre-prep, there is normally no unexpected flight, just extended ground roll.

That's Farter from the truth as I know it. They might be relaxed , but they might have stopped caring also. Nev

SORRY! shouldn't have bought that Thai Curry Cookbook........................I'M GUILTY!...........................(Yet feeling pleasantly relieved)

My girlfriend of 21yrs always used to say "That was totally unnecessary, it's all a matter of self control " but that was a blast from the past.

Since I bought her a new battery for her hearing aid, she's never said it again, but does occasionally wander away from me, with a funny expression on her face.

The US has a Gay and Lesbian Pilots Association and we were wondering if you

Aussies have anything similar.

Not quite sure guy's, but I did see a lot of touch and goes at Bankstown this afternoon.

Seriosly though, welcome to Oz, hope you have a wonderful time and get used to the typical aussie humor while you're here.

Certainly no offence intended.

Kind Regards

Planey

Aghh! HH you are full of doom and gloom!

Looks like Nev might get his Carbon Cub after all, and Guernsey gets the Carbon Copy.

Stuffed if i know who's footing the bill though.

What did you say your BSB number, etc: was?

Thanks Planey, Too much money involved. Just give me a Carbon Cub for christmas. Nev

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120405-supersonic-jets-ready-to-take-off

Not quite ready for take-off as the journo claims in the article heading, but neverthess interesting, especially with the possibility of reducing sonic booms over land.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120405-supersonic-jets-ready-to-take-off

Maybe something for you to think about Nev, if you'd like to come out of retirement?

You know what they say, "first in best dressed".

Kind Regards

Planey

A man invites his mate back home for dinner.

His wife screams at him, "I've not done my hair, not done my make up, not done any housework, not done the dishes & can't be bothered with cooking!

What the **** did you invite him round for?"

"’Cos he wanted a chat, he's thinking of getting married.."

Piper Warrier, and that was a big step-up after the one that rocks a bit outside Kmart:plane:

I did get 1/2hr or so in a English Electric (BAC) Lightning simulator one Saturday morning close to 50yrs ago, and it made me feel quite sick.

My cousin worked for Redifon Flight Simulators in London, and this one was destined for the Saudi Air Force.

..... heart beats, arousal levels and leak-down pressure of the PIC ............ all at the same time."

"I'm a Pilot in Command" replied PIC-Lox (tee hee) "And my arousal level is near ...............

where as PIC, I have the authority to tell you what i'd like you to do, snigger snigger, just be aware, that the leak-down, can sometimes cause ongoing problems.

I've seen a few occasions when Lightwings have been really planted-on, and everyone around goes "Jeez, thank god they're tough, many others would'nt have got away with that". Probably a bit like the Auster in that regards, "bouncey, bouncey!" if not done right.

This is exactly what the RA-Aus (or even members of this forum) should be organising through the flood affected areas of Queensland, and fire affected areas of Vic/NSW/Tas/SA, both to support the communities, and to provide a bit of light entertainment to the locals. It wouldn't hurt if the people came with tools and a smile to help out in the clean up either.This would go a long way to improving the general opinion of the RA-Aus/GA movement and more importantly illustrate the importance of having local airfields in an emergency.

I couldn't agree more with the above comments.

Forget about Bulls mushroom, that's claimed to have have a big head and small stork, until I verify otherwise.

Half you blokes wouldn'n know a centimetre from a gas-meter, yet I get a regular visit from a lovely young guy from AGL who has this instrument in his hand that can measure.........

Welcome!

Most of us here are either fruity, or a bit nutty, so you should fit in well.

Kind Regards

Planey (who's also a bit of a fruit-loop as i'm sure the others would agree.)

A bit long though.

Thats great to hear, hope theres many more with a similar post .

I love Jabbys, but always have little niggle at the back of my mind as to whether the fan will keep doing its job?

Looks like you are on top of things Mick, keep going as you have been.

I'm looking forward to seeing how things pan out when there are a lot more replies.

It looks like ruffasguts is getting quite good service out of them, but surely it shouldn't be necessary to pull the heads off every 100hrs to keep the things purring. I thought it was mainly hellies that had high maintenance?

Good on him if he's got those hours out of them, but surely if the manufacturer claims 1000hrs between overhauls, one should not be expected to give a head-*** every 100hrs.

Yenns reply was interesting, in that he appears to have had few problems until he was unable to get avgas, maybe they run cooler in the head area with that fuel, and that gives the valves and rings an easier life.?

I sometimes wonder whether an additive like Redex upper cylinder lubricant in the fuel would be an advantage, and keep things a bit better lubricated, reducing friction heat?

Good onya mate, dont forget to keep an eagle eye out for those power lines

We all remember Tom Cruise in the Movie " TOP GUN" when he makes a low pass

near the control tower and causes an officer to spill coffee down his shirt.

Well here are short clips of the top 10 low pass flybys ever filmed ... and

of course for nostalgia, let's see that Top Gun low pass again.

Pay particular attention to the last shown low pass. It is number one. Watch

the halo of water around the plane. It happened during a Blue Angels event

over San Francisco several years ago. It was the pilot's last show with the

team and he had nothing to lose.

Many of the boats in the bay lost windows to the sonic blast. It's a kick to watch.

Number 3 was pretty impressive too.

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=19448

I loved the music but you need to change your fuel, that engine was 'pinging' a lot. Alan.

Nice video Fred. I enjoyed watching that.

We all noticed that you obviously went for a pedicure before filming the flight, or, maybe it was just the camera angle promoting aviation thongs.

Not been in an aerochute, but it looks like you swing like a pendulum under the canopy, maybe the camera makes it look a wilder ride than it actually is.

Nevertheless it looks like a whole ball of fun.

That was a really good video Stew. Thanks for posting it.

I have an old flame that lives at Antigua. I'll try and send her the link, so she can see the general area from the air.

Mate, it looks like your'e really starting to enjoy yourself, when the weather allows you to.

Kind regards

Planey

Neil Armstrong

ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.

HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.*

BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK

"GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY."

MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS .

OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE - 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED.

ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY , FLORIDA , WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION ABOUT Mr Gorsky TO ARMSTRONG.

THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED BECAUSE MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.

HERE IS THE ANSWER TO "WHO WAS MR GORSKY":

IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN , HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOUR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.

HIS NEIGHBOURS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY,

"SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"

IT BROKE THE PLACE UP.

NEIL ARMSTRONG'S FAMILY CONFIRMED THIS IS A TRUE STORY.