winsor68

• "There I was driving up the stuart highway on my way to darwin and I saw this sign pointing to an abandoned WW2 airfield..."
   
   
  
  Posted by winsor68 from Youtube channel by hangflyer...
   
   
  

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It is critical to stick to facts . Mere speculation can damage a reputation that may not deserve such denigration. It is also a recipe for legal action.

Bit late I think Blackrod... Speculation meter already off the scale... lol

There were plenty of taildraggers at Monto... There were plenty more I didn't get photos of.

Still... very few new factory taildraggers being built...

Good fly in , but not like the Old Station ones. I don't recall meeting Winsor68, but I must have done as I am the builder of my Corby.It is amazing how long it can take to work out who is a member of this forum. Ross "Slarti" and I talked for about half an hour before he suddenly realised who I was. i didn't have a clue as to his identity, but I did recognise Tomo from his Avatar. It is a pity that the areas we were using were so far from the runway, the flying was hardly noticeable. Some lovely aircraft there, but the one that took my fancy was Kiwi's C150 taildragger, it has done 22000 hours and looked as if it had just come off the showroom floor. Didn't see any 95-10s there excepr Dave's fisher and that wasn't flying. Only about 5 Drifters and all the rest seemed to be high tech. I enjoyed looking at the RV4, now I know what mine should look like when I get it finished.

Yenn... I thought your Corby looked like it was finished? Quite some time ago.

I swear there was a gentlemen checking it out when I took my photo who claimed to have started the build. He was admiring your paintwork... lol

I had dinner on Saturday (I had a burger and a couple of stubbies) sitting with the Raglan Flyin crew... I said I had heard about the famous bonfire with front end loaders at their flyins... they were of the opinion that an important part of planning an event like this is keeping the punters warm in order that they stay and socialize... they really do need more heat sources for the campers.

Lets hope next year there is about 5 dozen 44 gallon drums with the lids cut off for heating!!! But...the cold certainly won't stop this Queenslander.

P.s. The real Howard Hughes sat just down from us too... It was like having dinner with Santa Claus or some other mythical character... LoL:nerd:

OK, this getting silly "it just does it - somehow". There is no magic in this, we are talking about well understood principals of physics. As Ozzi pointed out, stall SPEED is proportional to wing loading, i.e. for wings of similar area, the main factor affecting stall speed is WEIGHT. If the damn thing was made out of balsa wood you may get some low numbers. Take a look at the Joey MKII on Gary's site, similar design, 27kg heavier, same wing area (1 sq ft diff) stall of 40knts (clean) . Or the Cheetah, 53kg lighter, same wing area, stall of 30knts (clean). Those figures I can believe. We need to know what the configuration of the aircraft was when those numbers were generated. My guess of the real numbers, based on the published data of his other aircraft, would be a clean stall of 32 - 34knts and 28 -30knts with flaps.Baph

Here is some more pictures of the aircraft. The first one has the list on the side of records... I thought they referred to the design of aircraft not this particular one... Wow! I am impressed.

It certainly went like a scalded cat!

Lets just leave the guessing until hopefully in a few months time Garry and Son have the factory and structural engineer certified aircraft ready to go.

Wouldn't want to harm their chances by creating too much fuss over the factory claims... remember at the moment Garry is only selling an experimental kit aircraft. The final performance figures are relative to the build some what.

• Sonerai 2L Departure from Monto, Qld Nor-Aus Recreational Aviation Australia flyin. Not great quality video but I hope captures the spirit of this fantastic machine on take off out of Monto Nor-Aus Flyin on Sunday morning. I wan't one!!! I wonder if the pilot is a member... if so I like your plane!!!
   
   
  
  Posted from Youtube by winsor68 from winsor68's youtube channel shot with winsor68's daughters digital camera.
   
   
  

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I will say that from on the ground the blue Sierra was certainly seemed amongst the fastest and most high performance aircraft in attendance. Very impressive... I would not doubt its top speed performance... its scoots!!!

A couple of drinkin' buddies, who are airplane mechanics, are in the hangar; it's

fogged in and they have nothing to do. One of them says to the other,

"Man, have you got anything to drink?"

The other one says, "Nah, but I hear you can drink jet fuel, and that it will kinda give you a buzz."

So they drink it, get smashed and have a great time; like only drinkin' buddies can do. The following morning, one of them gets up and is surprised he feels good, in fact, he feels great - NO hangover! The phone rings, it's his buddy.

The buddy says, "Hey, how do you feel?"

He said, "I feel great!!", and the buddy says, "I feel great too!! You don't have a hangover?" and he says, "No -that jet fuel is great stuff - no hangover - we ought to do this more often."

"Yeah, we could, but there's just one thing....."

"What's that?"

"Did you XXXX(break wind) yet?"

"No"

"Well, DON'T, 'cause I'm in Phoenix!"

Returned yesterday after attending.Impressions;

 

1.Results for the first one...very good

 

2.Local involvement terrific

 

3.Hats of to the Nursing home food supply outlet (co-located with bar)

 

4.Grog prices reasionable

 

Improvements needed

 

1. MORE fires to stand around in the evening

 

2. Better toilets/showers

 

MAJOR BITCH...AIRCRAFT PARKING

 

After arriving with nearly 5hr flying in a Drifter (thus cool&tied) was greeted very well by the tower who told me to follow a "follow me vehicle". From then on it went down hill rapidly. They did not listen to you; would not let me park to find ones friends before being direction to an overnight park; would not allow a choice of parking even where there were other locations available; changed their mind frequently as to where to park even after what I thought an location was agreed apon; no one was available to co-ordinate and/or make decisions etc etc.

 

Result was I was stuffed around for over an hour because I wanted to be close to my friends who were told they could not keep a spot for me when they arrived ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT NEXT TO A MATE WAS ALLOWED TO KEEP A SPOT FOR HIS FRIEND who had not even taken off from Bundaberg when I had allready arrived there.

 

I was tied, very angry, and even on being directed to the third location which had been agreed to (after waiting outside the area twice) "THEY" tried to change the position AGAIN as I moved to it.

 

By then, being tied, angry, and very frustrated, I very nearly hit another aircraft. This was my error NOT ASSISTED BY BEING MUCKED ABOUT BY SO MANY FOR SO LONG.

 

If I had enough daylight I would have left prior to this to return home as I was so upset. My weekend was effectively spoilt, and my friends effected.

 

I know most are volunteers but they are surely there to help, not hinder and act like the reincarnation of Starlin?

 

I will note there was only one aircraft arriving with me, and no more than five in the next hour.

I did notice some parking congestion in the aircraft camping area... perhaps more volunteers next year will help improve this.

just south of Hecks field there appeared to be a small plane airport near Southport. Does anyone know what the go with that airport is? Is it RAA friendly and can people tie down there? Its quite close to surfers and if we wanted a weekend away seemed to be very close to everything. Its listed in ERSA as Southport but there is a bit at the bottom that says no public or commercial ops so was wondering if it can be flown into or not?

Regards

 

Andy

Is there a "story" Blackrod?

Personally I think the product is bloody great! I hope that Garry and his son can get past the initial stages of setting up. This aircraft has every potential to be a star in the recreational flying arena. Lets hope that Garry can get it into certified production.

Aircraft of particular note for me... The beautiful QuicksilverGT500 - absolutely immaculate condition, The Sonerai 2l- Lovely workmanship, A new Wayne Fisher, and beautifully presented blue and white Karatoo.

I met the gentlemen who was the original constructor of Yenn's Corby... Interesting fellow. He was visiting with his former baby... Told me it was the airframe was the best built Corby in the world... lol and that it flew absolutely true...

Some more photos... I am thawing out finally!!!

Trip report? This could be a motorcycling report or a flying report.

Ok... Original plan was for the whole family... Mrs and kid, brother-in-law and his Mrs... but as the date loomed closer the women folk had a change of heart after realising that Monto at this time of year would be a little cold...

So the brother-in-law and I took our motorcycles for a boys adventure... my GSX750f and Bill on his Triumph Speedmaster. Left about 1030am Friday from Mackay in what we thought would be nice mild weather... Didn't get more than 100kms before I was regretting leaving my warmest jacket and my beanie behind. At every stop when we mentioned we were going to Monto people told us how cold it would be...

Stopped in Rockampton and visited the sister-in-law... Headed from Rocky to Dululu via Mount Morgan. Beautiful country to ride through.... unfortunately within an hour of leaving Rocky we were freezing to death. The sun disappeared in a snap just as we arrived in Dululu so stopped at the pub for dinner and set up a rough camp in the park around the corner for a cold night... And I mean COLD!!!

Up with the sun Saturday morning and camp packed it was back on the bikes for a quick run into Monto from the north... Unfortunately within 10 minutes of leaving I was riding behind Bill and thinking "My gear lever has snapped off!!! When did that happen?" Fortunately Bill stopped and I realised my hands were frozen... the gear lever was fine I just couldn't feel my fingers... lol

After warming our hands on the motors of our bike it was a slow trip to Biloela to keep the wind chill down. The brother-in-law raised my spirits with the prospect of a nice breakfast at Biloela but sadly for a lovely town like it is... no roadhouse. So a quick refuel and a pie and we were back on the road for the last leg.

The excitement was building for me and the body was slowly thawing after we topped the last range into Monto so time to put the head down and push the GSX to Vne. This really is a nice ride if anyone has a bike and gets up this way... BUT... Do it in the summer or have plenty of warm gear. I was riding along and thinking ..... "Now I understand why people get heated grips as an option on motorcycles" Being a north Qld rider only I had never understood this. Just the day before we saw a couple on Harley Cruisers with the fairings/stereo/heater/trailer. The women was wearing leather chaps with all the fancy trimming and bro-n-law and I shared a chuckle... Well let me tell you I would have taken this womens chaps and heated Harley at gunpoint by the next morning quite happily...lol

Finally arrived in Monto about 9.30... and it was all happening. Aircraft everywhere and more arriving.

Had a great weekend but bloody froze...The days were fine but was in the warm(ish) sleeping back by 8.00pm on Saturday night because it was too cold to be anywhere else. That is what you get for travelling by bike and not being able to carry too much gear.

Original plan was to depart late Sunday arvo or early Monday morning but due to cold we decided to leave at midday on Sunday and get back to the warmer coast while the day still held some heat.

The ride home was brilliant... one of those unforgettable trips that anyone who rides would be able to relate to... The weather was great (not too cold) and the roads were just made for motorcycling... Were having such a great ride we decided to press on and arrived home about 7.30pm last night (sunday) frozen again after the last hour and a half in the dark on the bike but very satisfied with a great weekend.

My impressions of the flying? I really thought it was great... the airfield and facilities were great. For such a small community Monto has a brilliant airfield. If only every small town had one of these!!!!

The food was great... plentiful and affordable.

I had dinner on Saturday sitting with the crew from Raglan Station... they mentioned that at Raglan they had the BIG bonfire because if you kept people warm they would stay up and socialize... this is the only area I feel they could have improved. More open fires... there were only the 2 at the eating area and although they were big and good... another half a dozen of these would have made for a more pleasant atmosphere for me.

Will definately be there next year... hopefully will be flying in next time...

Winsor68

Hey Bernie... Tomo... Bernie heard me mention that the photos would be great for the forums... He was standing next to me as you taxied the Jabiru out for departure.

And here's a photo.... Tomo and his brother departs Monto.

Here is Tomo wearing the Morgan grin after his flight...

Another day on the monster............i'm now thinkin, i'm winning........this thing has been controlling me.........deadsetYea, left leg get's a workout when you get tied up in traffic...........Grrrrrrrrr

 

Kenworth 2005 yr..........around 650 horses. I'm going to fit a shotgun to the bullbar, aimed straight out front, and blow some of them tossers in cars, hell bent on getting me to run over em as they jump in me gap as i'm braking at lights etc etc........unreal.

 

That's just for starters.

 

Give me an open road and i could like this ol girl...........i think

 

( stand by my earlier comment..........it's easier fly aeroplanes )

Another great clip from 444paraflyer...

• Flying down low with your feet touching the tree tops-- it's the only way to fly.
   
   
   
  
  Posted by Winsor68 from Youtube. See also 444paraflyers "PPG for Morons" series... very funny!
   
   
  

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Yes... Its going to be great!!!

Great stuff GasDive!!!

Videos? :rilla:

Welcome Gasdive... I really dig the light stuff such as you fly... it seems a lot of the other members here do to. Do you have any photos...

Don't be shy about dropping into the chat room... usually a bit of activity as the evening goes on.

Winsor