planedriver

HiI need to do my BFR and looking for someone who I can do it with. Although I am in Melbourne, I can travel as a kind of little escape away from the rat race to do it, and would actually look forward to doing it that way. I am/was endorsed in Gazelle, Jabiru and CTsw although at 107kg I think the Gazelle is ruled out unless the Instructor is light weight (Gazelle having a MTOW of 520kg).

I haven't flown for a while so I suspect I will need to include a couple of hours of refresher lessons...as cheap as possible

 

Any offers out there???

Now before you go off and say anything, I'd like you to reflect for a moment on the kindness you showed our late mate Decca, in providing your Gazelle pro-bono for him to fulfill something he wanted to do. If you could show this kindness, hopefully you won't deny us the opportunity of doing a little something too.

Someone who shall remain nameless, wants to throw in a mere 50 bucks (just the cost of 4pks of smokes) towards expenses incurred, in providing a report on what it's like to do a BFR, and enjoy a well earned short break to fulfill it.

Anyone wishing to add to the enjoyment a little can PM me, so it can all remain annonymous, and who knows, we may even be able to make up a show- bag for you to take home, if prop manufacturers and the like want to donate a few caps, scarves and especially a bit of thermal underware, etc; to help make the experience all the more enjoyable at this time of year, i'll make certain that it all gets delivered to the intended recipient.

But i'm sure you will sus it out

Didn't Wiley Post fly one of those? Rearwin Speedster or sumthin.Nev

No sorry Doug, keep trying

So what is this beautiful old aircraft thats older than me?

"Clear to land, One Sex, right?" Baaaaa!

the greeks don't pay tax and look how that's working out for them

But the local Gloria Jeans always looks forward to your arrival here ...... it seems to attract all the RAA customers

"Och Hi, but yer lady's not seen wot"s beneath me kilt

A pair of Y fronts would you believe? with the price-tag still attached to impress those less affluent

Well done Ron, it looks great mate, especially with the full chipmonk like canopy.

Hope you get many, many hours of safe flying fun as a reward for all your hard labour.

Rgds Planey

Staged!

Probably right there Nev, she was after all, in show business, but learn from the journo's, why spoil a good story? we see how it's done here frequently in the incident reports

My question is was she a LAME?

Kind Rgds

Planey

Gladys Ingles, tire repair 101 without a parachute!

THIS IS A CLASSIC KEEPER! YOU WON'T BELEIVE YOUR EYES Subject: Gladys Ingles, tire repair 101

Holy Moley--take a look at this video. Fabulous footage although grainy as heck due to time and bad equipment in those days compared to today, but gheezch what nerve this gal had.

Gladys Ingles was a member of a barnstorming troupe called the 13 Black Cats in the 1920s. Ingles was a wing walker; in this film, she shows her fearlessness in a classic barnstorming fashion to save an airplane that has lost one of its main wheels. Ingles is shown with a replacement wheel being strapped to her back and then off she goes as "Up She Goes," a duet from the era, provides the soundtrack. In the video, Ingles transfers herself from the rescue plane to the one sans main gear tire. She then expertly works herself down to the undercarriage only a few feet from a spinning prop. It's certainly a feat many mechanics wouldn't even try on the ground with the engine running.

[/url]Oshkosh 365 - Discussion Boards - Video: Mid-Air Repair

I was sitting watching The Olympics last night when the Mrs came into the lounge and says "Fancy coming uptairs for some hot loving Babe?"

I said, "I'm watching The Olympics"

She said, "You do realise that you can record it, then enjoy it later?"

I said, "Great, you get the camcorder, I'll come upstairs when the swimmings finished".

So where abouts are you based Graham, and what are you flying now?

On the other hand the rigid shell of a Landcruiser tranfering more decelleration force on to the passengers is often attributed to the poorer outcome for passengers when they come to grief. No sustitute for arriving slower.

There is a risk factor in most things undertaken in life, and all we can wish for, is to keep the risks involved to a minimum.

However, if we partake in some of these activities fully aware that there is some risk involved, surely the onus is in our camp also, but we are getting more like our American friends who want to blame and litigate, even though it might have been our own choice to partake in the activity.

When I was a kid and broke my leg when I fell out of a tree that I had been climbing, knowing that it could possibly be a bit dangerous, the modern way seems to be that I should sue the ass of the poor bugger that planted the tree.

Always sad to hear when a good days flying sometimes come to an abrupt end.

However, Jabiru's certainly seen to have a pretty durable fuselage shell, which must account for many walking away somewhat unscathed, when the fans stopped turning for whatever reason.

Welcome Graham, I can't lay claim to being a Guernsey Donkey as i'm a Womble, so I win by a nose length.

Maybe it's a name thing, or my Pommie sense of humor? (I'm sure you'll understand).

Regards

Alan

I felt quite moved watching that video.

So sad to hear of his passing, but what a great video for the family to look back on in the years to come.

RIP

Thanks so much for posting it volksy

A good post ayavner.

Years ago I did a UK and return trip with a charter company Air Tours.

When we reached Oz, coming back over Broome, they played Peter Allen's "I still call Australia Home" and all the Aussies on board absolutely sang their hearts out.

It was brilliant, and I want to sing it each time I do it.

A farmer stopped by the local mechanics' shop to have his truck

fixed. They couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far

and would just walk home.

On the way home, he stopped at the hardware store and bought a

bucket and a gallon of paint He then stopped by the feed store and picked

up a couple of chickens and a goose. However, struggling outside the store,

he now had a problem, how to carry all his purchases home.

While he was scratching his head, he was approached by a little old

lady who told him she was lost. She asked, 'Can you tell me how to get to

1603 Mockingbird Lane ?'

The farmer said, 'Well, as a matter of fact, my farm is very close

to that house. I would walk you there, but I can't carry this lot.'

The old lady suggested, 'Why don't you put the can of paint in the

bucket, carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm, and

carry the goose in your other hand?'

'Why, thank you very much,' he said and proceeded to walk the old

girl home.

On the way, he said 'Let's take my short cut and go down this alley.

We'll be there in no time.'

The little old lady looked him over cautiously and then said, 'I am

a lonely widow without a husband to protect me How do I know that when we

get in the alley you won't hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt,

and have your way with me?'

The farmer said, 'Holy smokes, lady! I'm carrying a bucket, a

gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I

possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?'

The old lady replied, 'Set the goose down, cover him with the

bucket, put the paint on top of the bucket, and I'll hold the chickens.

A TOUGH OLD COWBOY FROM SOUTH TEXAS COUNSELED HIS GRANDDAUGHTER THAT IF SHE WANTED TO LIVE A LONG LIFE, THE SECRET WAS TO SPRINKLE A PINCH OF GUN POWDER ON HER OATMEAL EVERY MORNING.

THE GRANDDAUGHTER DID THIS RELIGIOUSLY TO THE AGE OF 103 WHEN SHE DIED.

SHE LEFT BEHIND 14 CHILDREN,

30 GRANDCHILDREN,

45 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN,

25 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND A 20-FOOT DEEP HOLE WHERE THE CREMATORIUM USED TO BE

Don't worry too much Herm, certainly don't let it stop you posting.

If I occasionally feel unsure how a word is spelt, I just open MS Word which is on most computers, type the word then hit the spell check button.

You might find this easier for you, if you're unsure.

Hope this helps.

Rgds

Planey

You wouldn't believe it, but after another 1/2 hr or so, he reverse parked it at Tullamarine. I kid you not.

The pilot got down on the tarmac and did something like this:beg:

Not sure whether he was an Aussie pilot, or not?

where the cheapscates on here would normally...................simply grasp at..............