winsor68

Top Gun

(I'll just leave that there and see which side of the good/bad divide people assume for this one)

You surprise me,Winsor wanting it to be a legal requirement. I wouldn't fly if that sort of thinking came in.There are downside risks with a BRS. An intending rescuer could be killed by the explosive charge. To list some of them is not to oppose anyone using one . It's just a matter of balancing the argument.. The next step would be to ban the sport and just watch videos with sensors attached to your brain. Watch out for the thought police. Nev

I understand the data suggests the chute in the CIRRUS has not helped its safety record... I don't take this to mean that a BRS can't be a safer option.

Personally...I would like to see a rego class of aircraft built around the BRS. People talk about that as if it is a bad thing...I don't get it. A way to balance the increased risk of flying 2 stroke unregulated aircraft could be offset by the legal requirement to have a fully tested and certified BRS system...? Perhaps 100 years from now the idea of a flying machine without its own airframe rescue system will be unheard off...sort of like airbags in new cars.

It was stopped, the costs were greater than the income and with our deficit budget we need to control cost > income where ever possible.

Isn't the Hirth a 60Hp four stroker?

It appears from footage the Thruster broke apart before it hit the ground in two pieces. The Drifters wings appear to have been folded above the fuselage before impact. That doesn't explain the cause...

IMO...there is an opening there for a distributor who is willing to put a bit of work into "selling" the brand. From my experience over the years on these forums they don't seem popular...and I have heard negative reports. Seems to me a shame...and something that really needs to be looked at again because it doesn't appear to me that another serious Rotax 2 stroke alternative exists...

My Imagination...?

Is it my imagination or is big chunk of the left hand propellor missing?

The story of the ejection seat rivals the story of the Bell X1 for test pilot bravery.

I recommend "The Man in the Hot Seat" by Doddy Hay for a good read about its development.

Wow!!! Stuff like that (and the food) and it is no wonder we love the Thais so much!!!

http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UVR.html

http://www.australianflying.com.au/news/avro-avians-to-make-a-return

Photo taken in North West Queensland from the collection of Garry Winsor...probably Cloncurry. Mum and Dad were there when it was crashed as per the story...

Imperial Airways ordered eight aircraft which had all been delivered by 1933. The first service was flown from Croydon Airport to Brussels and then Cologne on 26 September 1932. The prototype G-ABPI left Croydon Airport on 5 January 1933 on a proving flight to Cape Town, South Africa. Three other aircraft joined it in South Africa to fly the service between Cape Town and Kisumu, although they proved to be too small for the traffic. On 1 July 1933, an Atalanta flew the first direct air mail service between London and Karachi. Two Indian-registered and two British-registered aircraft operated a Karachi-Calcutta service with was later extended to Rangoon and Singapore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atalanta

On 29 May 1933, G-ABTL flew through to Melbourne, Australia (arriving on 30 June) on a route survey flight. This is a photo from my fathers collection. I don't know who took it.

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I am familiar with the Bocian Kaz. Gliding lost as much to its character as it gained to its high speed performance when the glass ships took over IMO.

Are you familiar with the Schneider's first design in Australia?

The photo shows the second ES49b Kangaroo they built launching in the Isa. It set many national and state gliding records.

Note: Yes. This is one aircraft. The LSC gave it a recover hence the two opposing paint jobs.

Dad leaning into the cockpit... Mum behind the wing. This would have been the mid to late 60's.

My first thought was that the one in the photo above is an ES 60B Super Arrow; essentially a Boomerang with a straight tail. But the more I look at it, the more I'm inclined to it being a Ka6. Schneiders built both aircraft, the Ka6 under licence from Schleiker, and the Boomerang And Super Arrow were Schneiders own.The Super Arrow was a better glider than the Ka6 in Australian conditions as I recall. I didn't like the Boomerangs all-flying tail.

 

Kaz

A bit wrinkled...

1960....s

Mount Isa Glider Port

Duchess Rd Mount Isa

From the collection of Garrick A. Winsor (my Father) at the Leichardt Soaring Club

I've got some old aviation photos from my Dad's collection... might need its own thread.