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Sorry Blarti...my bad...Yes...Go out and buy the book...

Looks impressive...BMW powered?

This book and the themes expressed in its pages have had the most profound influence on me throughout my life...it was the first book I remember reading. It is about a Seagull who lives for the joy of flight.

If you have not read it here is your chance...and don't be scared...you will be finished in less than an hour...

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Here is a link to a book review...

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/richard-bach/jonathan-livingston-seagull.htm

and just to get you in the mood to feel the amazing majesty of the story here is a link to some footage from the movie featuring the beautiful music of Neil Diamond...

I am sure many of you would already be aware of the amazing words of aviator Richard Bach...but for those of you who are not...enjoy.

...be.

...lets begin with level flight.

Guess?

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Hopefully he will be charged and have to pay for the rescue...It does happen...

A man in Mackay a few years ago had to be rescued twice in rough weather way out of the coast on his jetski...he was charged, fined, and made to pay and barred from the water...

As long as they are there for the right reason...We have seen a major increase in rabid nationalism lately in Australia...as evidenced by the drunken yobbos draping themselves in vomit riddled Australian flags in the name of "Aussie Pride" while bashing anyone who doesn't look like them...To me Anzac day is a day of mourning... the futility of war...the desolation...the damage...as well as acknowledging those that served as a last option when all other options were exhausted.

A man comes home from the doctor looking glum and his flatmate says "Mate! Whats wrong?"

"Ive got the big C" he says....

"What....Cancer?" says his flatmate.

"No....Dyslexia"

Does anyone know anything about the Boorabee Aircraft...looks like a stumpy Drifter with struts??? There seems to be quite a few of them around in SE Queensland.

Just wondering what sort of hours you expect to get out of a Skyfox/Gazelle airframe...I think they are the most beautiful aircraft but they seemed to have a few problems a few years ago...didn't the GA versions have a hour limit placed on the wing of only 1000 hours or so at one stage?

Welcome to the forums...What sort of pusher were you thinking?

Hey Gordon...are you an ex Mount Isa by any chance? Welcome!

My dream job is to be a live in airport manager at a small airstrip... I don't have the qualifications for that job yet.

Its a Lagg something...russian but not a Mig

The Labertouche Parachute sight is bloody fascinating...really really good reading.

My idea of a hero is a pilot who steers his broken plane away from a populated area at great risk to his or her self before trying to eject or sometimes even going down with the plane.

Sorry...but I think that again it is self preservation...the pilot I knew was just trying to put his aircraft down in the only clear area available...that is why he turned away from houses...He just wanted to go home to his kids.

When the news with the "hero" pilot was first aired it was comforting...but after a while I realised how hollow the whole "hero turns away from houses" thing is.

To me...the real heroes are everyday people that go about the daily grind...day in...day out in order to provide for there offspring...even if it means going without themselves.

Google it and look hard enough and you will find some flight reviews...not all positive.

The difference...thats easy....

An Avid is a cool little two seat kit airplane looking something like a Sky/Kitfox....

An Asic is a card that must be worn above waist height or a bad man will come along with a stick and hit you with it and give you a hefty fine.

Mmm...I did not think that was going to end well...or should I say start well...he seemed to get off the ground about 10 feet short of rocks. I think maybe this guy is a temporary participant.

Sadly you don't need any brains to reproduce...

I thought this joke may have had something to with a certain boxer at first........what's that I hear.....sounds like hornets.....mmmm....must have stirred the nest.

Thanks Major...And another one I was not sure about adding but I will...

Standing by the graveside of an aviator when the sound of an aircraft engine is heard, and seeing dozens of teary aviator eyes turn towards the sound to witness our recently departed friends SuperCub fly over the burial, do a few lonely circuits of the grave, and then disappear back towards her home field. This was very, very moving...and while being one of the saddest days of my life was also somehow uplifting and beautiful.

You know...I have been thinking about this question for weeks now and can't really come up with one moment...I guess the most memorable or at least one that has stayed with me all my life and I know must be the most memorable because according to my dad's log book I was not even one year old is of my dad ground looping a Libelle sailplane when a reflex launch he and his mate were experimenting with went wrong. I remember the wing coming up and over and around, dust, and my mum running down the strip towards the aircraft and then realizing that she would need the car and that she had me with her and running back. Fortunately only a little damage to the Libelle, none to dad except to his pride but I never forgot it and it wasn't until many, many years later that I recounted the day that my mum told me how young I was so it must have left an impression. I have posted videos on this sight of the Libelle being reflex launched if you are interested. I guess if it is happy for more memorable reasons it would be in the back seat of a Super Cub with a Blanik sailplane on tow behind, leaning out the side and looking back....but I don't remember any one thing that got me interested in aviation...I just always was.

There is a Jab120 recently arrived at Mackay...apparently owned by a local...would be great if there were some Ra-Aus aircraft for hire here...I am looking at getting my license very soon and the only option will be to buy an aircraft in order to fly...having a Jab for hire would be a big help...I could buy a single seat machine for my own flying and hire a 2 seater for taking family or friends. I have been trying to phone a guy called Wayne who is advertising a single seat T83 Thruster in the latest Ra-Aus magazine but he is not answering...I know...I know...It is all backwards buying an aircraft before the license but the price looks good and according to TOSG it is in great shape. Could store it for a few months at home while I complete my training and sit in it making airplane noises meantime....much like I did when I got my motorcycle before I got my license a few years back.

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