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  1. ClintonB
    Does that mean they cannot be registered as warbirds for use? what good is a turbo prop that you cannot fly. expensive ornament.
  2. ClintonB
    Filling long range tanks on the 182 is an Ouch at 359 litres of Avgas, But probably a lot less of an ouch will be if it stops in a bad place. I find the gauges are useless and dip it every time then fill to brim if going somewhere as I burn 50LPH. I think I need a smaller plane.
  3. ClintonB
    Oops! Would be the way. Unless the exhaustion was due to not turning on the right tap, then it is Doh!.?
  4. ClintonB
    Like Old Koreelah said our area has plenty to do And see, plus it’s looking better green. If you drop in around Moonbi or Tamworth it would be nice to meet another forumite. Cheers Clint
  5. ClintonB
    You could call it the Bendrbetter. Or like Chrysler by Chrysler (who else, you'd get sued) Bendrbetter by Bexrbetter.
  6. ClintonB
    nice looking machine Bex.
  7. ClintonB
    OME did you grab them. I would like to get hold of some more for my young bloke to read. If not could you pm me where and I could call them. cheers clinton
  8. ClintonB
    cool video, maybe that's why we shouldn't fly at night. Owl wake turbulence:smile:
  9. ClintonB
    If you have too many burgers( like 100) it should still lift you off, without the fertaliser in the hold
  10. ClintonB
    lets hope for good weather and I will come across the ranges for it, the bird needs some airtime, this summer has sucked for flying weather here.
  11. ClintonB
    I cringe when i see people pull of the road in their cars straight into long dry grass with a hot catalytic converter. In the current conditions it is risky. It seems too hard to find a gravel pull off or driveway when the phone rings.
  12. ClintonB
    How lucky can you be, survive a crash into water with minor injuries and have paramedics right in front of the scene. I would buy some lotto now. suprising the plane didn't nose over hitting the water.
  13. ClintonB
    I found the updated version today when sticky breaking at the camera views on the coast ( dreaming how nice it would be to duck over for a quick trip) I didn’t mind the runway diagram with current wind directions at fields where available, it could help set you up for arrival in correct direction, as long as it is accurate. I assume the data is from atis, or awis. quick tap on the field for the details is handy if a detour is needed. my hardest task is getting the weight and balance chart correct. I had the 182 re weighed for the first time ( for accuracy). Guy who weighed it had done its original one way back in 63 when it was new. hopefully now I can enter all the fields accurately and not have a line dashing off the screen telling me it won’t fly right. cheers clinton
  14. ClintonB
    Very sad to hear. More of our aviation family gone. RIP and thoughts out to all your families
  15. ClintonB
    We had several people in a hanger, leasing off a partnership who leased from council. Thanks to council bs we now have an empty locked up hanger, with airplanes sitting outside, or stored a long way from home in some cases. This building was on airport when handed to council ownership, it was a recycled airforce building from the original airport. It would have been generating $800 per month minimum from the private planes in it plus more from the commercial operation in there. go figure
  16. ClintonB
    Hydration pouch a good idea, most ditching would occur in sea water ( I assume in Australia anyway)
  17. ClintonB
    The first tig i bought was the CIG inverter type which just happens come with a lift tig kit. It is a bit harder to learn on, but my lame mate used it for a lot of the repairs on the bushbaby airframe which worked just fine. not overly expensive and light as onetrack stated. You can now "buy" smaller argon bottles with no lease payments each year and a good bobbin regulator is a great investment. cheers
  18. ClintonB
    Cameras on the day I turned back showed all clear at Armidale, and view from Tamworth was ok. It was once I climbed into the smoke above the range it got worse, what looked blue above me was just too high up to clear. Forward and below just went white in and instant. The eyeball on the ground is what I will be looking for, but the way it’s going, I will probably have to drive. All because no closer business wants to help this customer out. i was looking forward to going somewhere new. clinton
  19. ClintonB
    A more concentrated heat source would have probably aided in the guys you tube vid to heat exactly where he needed it to be. That blanket heating of a MAP torch is not really suitable. I have a nice tig that with lots of practice I am starting to weld better. It won’t happen first time. I have spent hours watching a Lame mate welding for me and talking me through process. There are Tig welders out there cheaper now than ever before. It just takes more practice with them to learn the perfect settings for each job. I have a henrob torch that I first bought due to the field days demo, but far more tricky to learn on than TIG.
  20. ClintonB
    thanks, I am going to use every resource I can find, I had a little encounter with smoke a few weeks ago which was scary- I didn't even make it out of the control zone and requested to turn back due to decreasing vis. . cheers clinton
  21. ClintonB
    Are there any flying members based in Parkes able to give me a pilots opinion on smoke haze in the area. I need to fly VFR down to do a job there in the next 2 weeks or so. If you could pm me with contact details so I could maybe give you a call the day before to get an opinion on conditions it would be appreciated, it may be on a Saturday when I get to leave. cheers clinton
  22. ClintonB
    What a terrible weekend. Condolences to all that know the pilots/passengers
  23. ClintonB
    What sauce comes with the ribs??. Problem when cruising on boat. Everything becomes about food. No flying doing my head in.
  24. ClintonB
    Like the new avatar Bex. did not recognise it at first ready the Thailand plane response. cheers Clintonb
  25. ClintonB
    most of us seem to be the type of deviants who haunt both sites, so it makes sense to merge. I am particularly fond of the funnies, I always need a laugh to make the day bearable being at work whilst the sun shines and the winds are fair. cheers clinton
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