Captain

................ the best way to make sure the event disappears is to bag it every year, even being lower numbers than previous it was still the biggest fly in we have in this country, and if WE support it , it will grow into something really huge ............

Who's bagging the event?

From what I have read here, those that went have just reported on what they experienced. That is certainly what I did.

To not report the facts is to ignore reality and I would argue that RA-Oz does that at its peril if they continue to do just more-of-the-same at Natfly.

Was the event as well supported by visiting aircraft & underwing campers as last year (when the weather was much more restrictive in 2013)? No it was not.

Was the event as well supported by trade exhibitors as recent years? No it certainly was not.

Was the crowd of day visitors down? Yes it was (on the Friday).

Should any forum member who attends the event report and discuss this? Yes they should.

Is Natfly the biggest Fly-In that is available for RA-OZ members to attend? Probably not any longer, based on numbers attending this year.

Was Natfly 2014 as successful as previous years at Temora or the last couple at Narromine. Probably not based on what I saw when I was there on Friday.

What will it take for Natfly to grow into something huge, as you say? A high degree of optimism, luck and a good deal of change at all levels (including organisational and political) As Facty indicated in his post #80, the whole scene is not in a good place or the best shape at the moment and Natfly 2014 probably reflected that.

Regards Geoff

..."Thanks for ringing doorbell" giggled Honda San and they all burst out laughing, and then.............

..... out stepped a gorgeous creature wearing all the latest fashions.

"Geeeez" said Harley involuntarily "She's a stunner. What's your name darl'n?"

"I'm Sue" she replied wearing a lovely white dress and with a body that was to die for.

But it was not our very own Sue, the Flying Vision of Loveliness, and she sidled over next to Harley for a chat & a flirt (but not a Furt) ...... and to examine his flexible 1940's frame.

"She's much better rooking than you" yelled Mitch to Harley.

"You are unbelievably beautiful" said Harley as he tried to crack on using his favourite pick-up line "Who are you and what's your star sign?"

"I am Sue Zuki, from the M109R galaxy" she replied "I like being ridden fast & hard, I handle well, I am reliable and I am a .............

Perhaps the Human Factors syllabus will now be extended to cover "Get-Ferris-Wheel-Itis" plus Pilot Decision-making when near the seductive dangers of Fairy Floss & Clowns.

..... from self abuse.

"Hey Sam" called Mitch "Did you know Kim Jong Ill?"

"Too right" replied Sam "He was a china-plate of mine (although in this case he was a Korean-serving-dish of mine), but I knew him before he became Ill, as when I used to hang out with him he was just crook with the flu."

"G'day Sam" yelled one of his other mates, Warren Undai.

"Oh, Hi Undai" replied Sam who was also .............

........ the Gulfstleam was a Geee 550 frown by a Japanese-Skippy looking pirot who intloduced himself as Mitch.

"Wow" leplied Soichiro Jnr the third "That is a vely Aussie name (Mitch was also often heard leferring to this Gulfstlean model as a "Geez and Cricky by-Jingo 550" which was a bit of a giveaway.)

"No, mate, not at all, as I my full name is Mitch Ubishi and I have to formally say that it is a gleat honour to be tlansporting the nippers of the great & oliginal Honda San, Yamaha San, Suzuki San, Toyoda San, Zelo San and Matsuda San .......... but I think that we might have a ling-in as he pointed to Sam."

What's your full name?" demanded Mitch "Solly" leplied Sam, "But I am honoulable Sam Sung ....... San ....... and I am a ...................

........the other end.Rattus departed the tarmac like a fully optioned Brumby , but since he had his mouth fully open, collected a bee which stung him on the stettus lingus, causing him to......

...... consider that other 'lingus before his throat swelled too much.

Some interest was shown by the Temora CWA, but ............

We couldn't make Natfly (we are both working) so I was keen to see what was happening on the busiest day - nothing. Webcam, despite assurances after last year that there will be multiple views, is still not working. The Natfly web site didn't have much leading up to the event, particularly the "News" pages. The exhibitor listing does show 22 of 90 sites vacant (25%) and I didn't get a sense of rising excitement. RecFly is a bit quiet too - in prior years there was a constant flow of photos and commentary. Where's young Tommo when we need him? 

 

Keen to know what I am missing out on to make me more annoyed about not being there.

 

 

 

Sue

If you went last year or the year before then you haven't missed much.

But you did miss a horse's mouth (??) explanation of the L1 - L4 maintenance thing and the impending introduction of strict time 100 hourlies, so watch out if one falls due while you are at the Boulia Camel Races or a similar remote strip (as from what I understand was said) if the appropriate L isn't where you are when the next 100 clicks over then you will need to "remove the wings" and trailer it.

I may be misquoting in the above, but can only assume that there have been a massive number of fatalities or incidents that were directly caused by and which will be cured by 100 hourly checks, in what appears to me to be a recreationally destructive rush towards GA rules and practices.

Next thing we'll need accreditation to work the combination lock gates at airports or be mandated to undertake an annual check before boarding the Tootle type pilot transport imitation Choot-Choot at Natfly.

However, looking on the bright side (because there ain't many) perhaps the new rules/regs just apply to those that attended yesterday's ebullient presentation and the rest of the members can continue to enjoy what limited freedoms they have left.

Hope this makes you feel better.

Regards Geoff

....... ridiculed poor Ratty, who though that a cavity search was a free dental check-up.

But imagine your beloved rodent's surprise when he opened his mouth for his freebie and under Macca's delegated authority (and delight) some government safety authority clown (who wasn't even very "civil") stuck his finger up ..............

......... and on arrival, the CASA Inspector stepped out from behind the dunny & invited Ratso into the hangar for more than just a rump check.

It was a full CASA cavity search in accordance with Regulations section 126, subsection 291.(a).i.vviii.xxl.26 paragraph 29.1.3.6.9 (as amended) and on hearing all of those numbers all CASA & NTSB employees barred up.

So being a compliant member of the public, your beloved Rat submitted himself and the Inspector took rubber gloves from his flasher's coat then thwacked them on.

But in mid-search, during that particularly embarrassing bit, the lights came on and your beloved Rat was on the stage in Hangar 5 providing the warm-up entertainment for a crowd of about 50 who were cheering (until they realized that they were next) and had come to hear a talk by Macka on how much CASA love their brothers at RA-Oz, are there to help, and want to .............

Attended Natfly yesterday (Good Friday).

The aerial displays in the "break" around noon to 2 pm were great and RA-Aus are to be congratulated.

The two Pitts were good and one of the Museum's Spitfires flew, giving it's usual Temora display. Was really good & a privilege to see & hear it in the air.

But there were heaps of unfilled exhibitor spaces that were either never booked or who hadn't arrived, the crowd numbers looked to be way down on recent years and my guess is that the number of attending aircraft/underwing campers might also be way down.

Will be interested to hear what others think on the numbers and range of the exhibitors as from what I saw, most exhibits were almost identical to last year except for Camit.

And from what I understood from the talk from the RAA Techman Team, they are all excited and set to take RA-Aus to be the world leader in the regulation of recreational aviation, and they didn't mean the lack of regulation or the increase in freedoms. Two members that I know who attended the presentation separately resolved to sell their aircraft after hearing the talk, so they might win awards and wangle a few OS trips, but might preside over a withering of the membership. I suggest all members keep an eye on the size of the Member's Market over the coming year and the value of aircraft therein.

Check out the webcam link on the Natfly 2014 website. It still shows a webcam shot from 2012. That says something about Natfly, I suspect.

Regards Geoff

ASIDE ..................

El Ratpoo is riding up to Natfly today and intends to walk the length and breadth of the joint calling out for "The Turdy Plonker" and "Ahlot the Harlot".

Will report the result to our dear NES readers if I am not arrested or rump checked (AvRef).

Regards Ratty

...le balles, in which case he screams and bites, so Madame, please do not touche les orbs, or.........

....nithologiclly speaking, if you give his agates a tweak he gets annoyed too, or as we say it en Francais, "Ne donner sa calcédoine un tirer", but then who can be certain that Turdy's ferret is a male, just because .......

Ma Tante says welcome to BLA82 and she also says "WOO HOO what a ride."

"...ferret, and ...................."

........ let me assure you and all of the ladies of the CWA, that mine is a fine, powerful, muscly ferret .......... with merit .......... and ...........

...ready to run at the first sign of a loose possum skin jockstrap which....

....., as every WW lass is taught from birth, it doesn't matter how tight is the possum G-string, thong or j-strap, if the wearer's skin & the morals are loose that will surely be your downfall.

Then they are all put in a bus and annually taken to Temora for Easter where they are driven around NatFry to see the breadth of depravity that a bunch of old pharts can get up to ..... and to attend seminars on typical TurdBro seduction sayings such as "Hey, madam CWA President, do you want to come with me and see me pull a rabbit out of my baseball cap, or alternatively I can pull a hair out of my ...............

......... similar to what goes on at Stalag-luft Bange-It-Holme, otherwise known as Cassa TurdBro, where tights are forboten, the possums are nervous, and young girls are ..........

9,995.

And the local paper, the Gumly Gumly Gazette (still owned by Ruprecht Murder) reported:

"Thumbs Up to the brave surgeon who removed a massive splinter from the ding of one of Wagga's leading locksmiffs."

"Thumbs Down to the BOB for encouraging the use of fence palings in the manner that they do. Fence palings are not a toy, nor an aphrodisiac"

"Thumbs up to the CWA for keeping an eye on the nefarious ...............

NOTICE .......... NOTICE .......... NOTICE ............ NOTI..........

Tried to reply but there are no words left in today's quota. TurdBro has used 'em all. Regards El Ra..............

......... our beloved Harlot say "Aks, chimley, waps, Mextorians, Eeeen, vergina, nucular, soccer, Antartic, athelete, Old-Timer's disease, a blessing in the skies" ...... and he used them all in one sentence.

"You shoulda heard him butchering the lingo, and they used the word "gay" when it didn't mean happy, plus they ............

At this point Andy interrupted....... to put right a mistake that Rat had unknowingly put forth....firstly there was no Ketut! with Ahlow rather the word was Kentut!!!

And the complete sentence that Ahlow was repeating over and over was "Saya Cinta Kentut" !!!!!!!!!

However the NES Gentle Readers were shocked that a potential RA-Oz Board Member would use such language, so reports were provided to the Moderrattti Magnificentti Splendifferosso (and Eeeen) and Andy was in the poo to a depth equivalent to an incipient spin while turning base (shiploads of AvRefs).

"Did you see what Andy wrote about me?" said Steve (the real Arlot the Harlot) when he and Ratty met for their usual bi (NTTIAWWT)-weekly coffee and cake "I'm worried that Turdy and the Foot-long are now going to jump in and take this rotten truth to new depths, where Tink might also mention that time where ....................

....... but apart from that Ahlot is a ....................

........ good sort who spends considerable time on the beach in Bali where he has both of his feet rubbed by that Balinese lady who rubbed Rhonda's in the advert.

When other foot rubbers would approach, she would so "No ......... Ahlot is mine, he has nice BRAKE FOOT, but I do wish that he would wear pants, as when you are sitting down this end it is .............

Today Ahlot is a very rich man, but inexplicably lives alone and..............

....... is the male equivalent of Rhonda on that car insurance advert.

He even has a nice brake foot, and a sunglasses mark from over-use of his tanning bed.

(That is why Ahlot often says "You look hot today Ratty ........ Like a sunrise")

SOoooooo the big question for our dear NES readers is, who will be Ahlow's Ketut (or his Trent Toogood) and to whom will he whisper "Sanya cinta kamu, you too" after they put back his ankle bracelet? (In Ahlow's case the ankle bracelet is branded "NSW Corrective Services", but apart from that Ahlot is a ....................

......... seen a bunch of lycra clad Cough'n Cheaters cower in fear when the wallopers use Ahlot's deterrent spray on them for overuse of the bike lane, and the RAOZ can use it to control those that start their engines in the flight-line at Natfly (AvRef) or when .............

There was a furtive movement from behind Ahlot's skir jeans.........................

.......... which is unusual for Ahlot these days, now that he has qualified for membership of the A&DAPA (Ancient and Decrepit Antique Pilot's Association), but then Tubb realised what caused that furtive movement.

"Furrrrt" went Ahlot again, involuntarily, and apologised to the woman and kiddie that were standing in the line behind him.

Turbo sniggered and said "..............

........... the top of your springs and use them to inspect the exhausts on Axes as a service to all Axe owners, or to look up ...........

........ time that other piece of fruit wanted to go to school.

"Is he talking about me?" asked Ahlow, just as a car pulled up at the curb.

"Do you mind if I pork my corr here?" asked Oscar Pistoffreus "And what are you chaaaps doing tonight aat the Blue Oyster?"

"Well I know one thing for sure" replied Ahlow "I'm not gunna lock myself in the dunny ..... but then again we could .................