winsor68

The Hughes Speed is like the Cirrus of Ra-Aus aircraft... but perhaps that impressive is solely from the fact that they both feature side stick controllers...

After doing 6 hours of Navs at 80knots the last 2 days I reckon I want one of these... Seriously I would love to fly a really fast aeroplane like this.

First Pax will be the brother in law tomorrow morning... the Mrs lined it up and insisted so I better not upset she who must be...

Morgan does do a Factory built... Pricing starts below $100k.

I have flown a Texan and found it extremely impressive and if I had to choose one aircraft (the list of actual aircraft I have flown is small) it would be this... the Sportstar seems the same theme/performance but in metal and the new one is certainly very pretty in my opinion (I have heard people call them ugly I don't agree). I reckon of course you could potentially get more aircraft for your buck by looking at the Morgan Aeroworks line... I haven't heard any negative comments about them. And again the same theme as the Texan/Sportstar i.e. Low wing...110+knots cruise.

it is easy to slow down and easy to descend. It just gets a bit tricky trying to do both at the same time :-)

Hmmmm... still thinking.

I went the other way today... Out over the coal fields to Dysart, across to St Lawrence then up the coast and home. Was another beautiful flying day. I did a check flight and got signed off on my Pax endo today too...

Lets not get too down on our fellow pilots... It appears to me that there is only a couple of airlines in Australia (I won't name them...) that are not using overseas crews in a way that is border line legal with CASA and way outside Australian working conditions.

Obviously it is wrong but lets not forget that all Australian Airlines employ predominantly Australian crews... and good ones at that too.

I can tell you that from my experience... I watched a few episodes of the Airways TV show featuring Tiger that aired a while ago... and it was obvious that as ineffective as their ground staff were that the problem was no support from within the company... no proper training.... no proper planning I work with some ex-Tiger employees... people that got their introduction to Airline Ground Work through Tiger locally... and with the proper training they are very capable... but Tiger never provided it. They literally threw these people in the deep end... gave them a few hours training and then sent an aircraft up. Their ground staff numbers are half what any of the other airlines run with... and as such their operations department must be a complete mess. The local Tiger staff here have put in a stirling effort and thankfully for most of them there is a good chance of continued employment as their company handles other airlines as well. I spoke to one experienced staff member who said he was glad to see them gone because they weren't up to it operationally.

So keep in mind that the Aircrews had this to deal with in all of this...

Unless they have a major relaunch they are gone, gone, gone... lets hope those loosing their jobs are able to find other employment.

Well done Don.I should see you in the air soon. You have probably seen the progress on the hanger and i'm taking the skyfox out Sat morning. I've fitted new door skins to both sides and its has clears on the bottom door panels now. Will be able to get back to the real fun stuff soon.

 

Cheers

 

Mike

I did my first solo Navex today.... Palmyra- Bowen- Collinsville (landed for a stretch) and then back to Palmyra via Eungala. 3.1 hrs. Didn't get even slightly lost. I saw a V tail Bonanza, 2 Wedgetails, and a Chopper... Seems to be a fair bit of traffic around over the coal fields here so have to keep a good watch out...

Tomorrow I am doing a similar exercise but in the other direction... Dysart, St Lawrence, Sarina and home.

I would hate to trash the Tiger pilots outright... all pilots make mistakes and a similar google search of these incidents in Australia would perhaps surprise many. I believe that Tiger has some very experienced pilots... I think the reasons for Casa's actions are deeper than just pilot issues and more to do with the operations of the business as a whole.

At the local airport we have at least 4 RPT (Saab, Dash, 737/Embraer) parked overnight... up until a few months ago we had a security guard sit and watch the 737 all night (he caught a few drunks approaching the aircraft over the years too)... he was replaced with little blue security stickers that the staff place on the doors of the aircraft before they leave.

Not to my liking either W68. Try this one:http://www.wimp.com/russianbalalaika/

Get a load of this... I used to play violin with this guy in Youth Orchestra's... Graeme Jennings. I don't get it... but apparently its like... cutting edge or something... the only thing I think is on edge is me when I listen to it. This apparently is like modern Tschaikovsky or something... apparently he is pretty good...

Apparently... I better edit that because I had better give my old friend credit... he really is like this international devil's instrument playing man of mystery.... http://www.griffith.edu.au/music/queensland-conservatorium/staff/graeme-jennings

WoW!

Nice photos guys! Looks like a great trip Tornado.

Ross... who is the hairy dude in the photo?

I can watch these over and over... love it.

Yeah... thinking back to only a logbook hours ago for me... I reckon the advice to trim the aircraft is good. Or more importantly you need to find the trim setting that applies for flaps out turning final at the correct speed... and then you need to apply it when turning base accurately and without fuss. I found that if you spend 5 seconds trying to get the trim just.... so .... so... you are already behind the aircraft at a crucial point in the landing... but after a few hours you get better at finding that perfect position without too much thought. I guess during this period that importance and effect of the trim becomes more clear as we get more delicate with our feel for the controls.

This thread has certainly had me thinking....

My first employer used to tell me that I should "get my hand of my eight day clock" all the time...!!! I had convinced myself that it was old Aussie Bush Rhyming slang and there was actually no such thing... until I read this thread.

I can certainly appreciate these old timepieces... A different sort of timepiece but my Dad has several WW2 AA shell detonators(unless they are illegal... then he smelted them!)... They consist of a bakelite cone shaped head with the most delicate and simply complex clock mechanism, made of brass or aluminium... It was a marvel of engineering... thousands were sent to MIM (at the Isa) to be smelted in the furnaces after having been stored in some dusty warehouse somewhere for 40 years by the government... thankfully he saved a couple. After removing the protective grease they were in the same condition as the day they were made... considering they built these devices in the millions and shot them out of AA guns it follows that the clocks they built in that period must have been truly amazing!!!

Just had another look Grundy... so will say it again. Beeeeeautiful!!!!

That is a beautiful Sav Gundy... I reckon 100knots would be plenty fast enough for a Sav... are there Savanah's that do more than 100knots flat out?

Nice...

I like "Old Trevor"

Had to happen. The trajectory of the industry is towards less safe but cheaper operations.

This is what experimental aviation is all about...