danny_galaga

Well spotted! Yes it mentions that in Wikipedia 🙂

I was looking for an old backup CD of some software, which I didn't find. But instead I found my backup CD of the photos I took in Kittyhawk, North Carolina in 2003. I'm sure to find other interesting pics, but this was really interesting. I had a really good chat to the owners back then. I asked them about how they got the cowl so slim, and one of the problems they were having is the exhaust pipes burning through it. So between the pipes and the cowl surface was actual heat shield tiling from the Space Shuttle! That insulation was able to be really thin. That's an 0360 under there! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polen_Special

Yeah, I think it's Old Warden. It's fine for the 35knt touchdown speed of a 1911 bleriot or what have you. I think they need to start a different museum for faster aircraft, else move the whole thing.

I think it would be great for practicing navs.

Was trying to read on the web browser version. I was having all sorts of concurrent problems. For instance I have a Mac mini. For some reason the Apple store is linked to my mums phone number 😄. Anyway. I am.able to read it through the web version now, despite Amazon shenanigans. So now I'm back to feeling overwhelmed by flight plans and weather reports. I'm not dyslexic but I swear that I understand what they go through when looking at this stuff...

Ok, I’ve now paid for this twice and can’t read it on my computer for various reasons. How do I pick ip a p1rat3d copy? Stop the press. I somehow made it work. I really fucking hate this century...

If you race drag cars, make sure you don't mix the nitrous and oxy cylinders up 😀

For such a quick plane, it is surprisingly low. With that virtually solid undercarriage, I think the mistake is not so much the competency of the pilot, but the choice of landing area. If you look at previous videos of it landing, there's always some amount of bounce. I reckon with something so valuable, a flatter strip, with slightly unkempt grass would be way better. An example of a successful landing. One wheel nicely down, all textbook. But watch it near the end. Like I say, if I were a passenger, I'd be totally puckered up every single time 😄

I saw some more comprehensive video and explanation. That was the second attempt. He landed long, and was nearly out of runway. So either do what he did, or through the hedges and onto the road. If you look at previous landings, that airstrip is not ideal for that plane. I think I would be totally puckered up for EVERY SINGLE LANDING 😄

Like I say. Apparently you have to land this plane 'semi wheeler'. This is not your grandad's Cub ☺️

Apparently the pilot is ok, had to go to hospital though This plane is a handful and lots of people commenting on that landing. But I've heard, maybe from here, that the 'semi wheeler' approach is pretty much the only way it can be done. That still undercarriage design doesn't help.

Took a friend, visiting from Newcastle for a fly around Boonah today. He has a ppl but hasn't flown in nearly 20 years.

Luckily my airfield, Boonah is well maintained. There are landing fees. If you have a plane hangared there you pay a yearly 'club' fee. That's not the word, but it escapes me right now, might be something like Boonah Airfield Association or something. But there are a few random locals agitating to close it down. So it survives in ten year blocks as far as I can tell.

I have broached that subject with a couple of guys at the hangar, and both are happy to oblige. In fact virtually everyone in the hangar I reckon would help. But there's no point in doing a prac if i.have no grip on the theory. I have grown up without the skill of asking for help. I have now downloaded the course that moneybox pointed to. I'll see if that helps me get going again.

The big problem I'm having is the local school closed several years ago. The CFI was great and anytime you wanted some refresher he was only too happy to oblige. While I now have over 50 hours logged on my own plane, I know I need some refreshers. I barely scraped through my last BFR, at a different school, which was bitter sweet because he basically implied he didn't want to see me again. Knowing that does not make me feel clever. In fact i often wonder if I'm special needs and everything around me is just busy work for me. I mean, does a special needs person know? So I've got a double problem of finding it hard to study nowadays, AND no local instructor. If I only had one problem or the other I might be ok. Building and flying my own plane should make me feel pretty clever, but I'm constantly sad about how difficult the nav theory is for me, something pretty much any 16 year old can do. My father did navigation as a fisherman and he left school in equivalent of grade 8. But he was super smart (just not academic) and he had a family to feed.