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according to comments on another video after the event, the pilot was unhurt, and he claimed to have a control failure, elevator jammed.. and the aircraft is a Brazilian copy of the Zenith 701, but with a fixed vertical stabiliser and separate rudder, like a Savannah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxin0XA0Ro

according to the google website video translator

During the descent, the pilot landed on the grass beside the runway, hit an embankment and rolled over, getting completely "upside down". Deczka said the aircraft would have "lost the stick." "I just went to the side and had no control whatsoever pilto. So we stopped on the grass instead of going to the track," he said. "He was very calm to return to the airport to make the emergency landing. We are born again," sighed with relief.

Although the aircraft was completely destroyed, pilot Mark Brolo suffered only minor injuries. He was rescued by a team from the Fire Department to be hypertensive, but is doing well."

not sure what it is, looks like a cross Savannah/Ch701.

anyway, not the best way to land after a rather large bounce.

sadly no one gets rich in the aviation industry, especially GA/RAAus, only the airline management and top captains do.

one thing i have noticed is a lot less of the Queenslander style pole houses have gone under... seen a few pictures where all the slab houses are up to the top of the windows or higher, and a few old queenslanders next door are high and dry.

Or was he saying that the aerofoil was bigger than the piece of wire (in surface area) yet was more aerodynamic?

not exactly related to the QLD floods, but similar, good to see we can still find the humour in such times.

is this the fabled 1 in 100 yr flood event?

when i was at QF in was asked to get a long wait, so i went home.. the following day i was asked where i went, i told them, i went to get a long wait. they laughed, but i was at home relaxing...:)

most tyre stores can help you out, i get my deli tire brand tyres from the local bridgestone dealer, 6 ply to fit the Savannah, and the Jabiru owners here get theirs from another local tyre shop. you just have to walk in and ask if they have or can get the size you need.

earch on youtube for a video, "is it a good idea to microwave this- airbag" interesting

im seeing the same with the floods, watching the reporters stand in front of the river height guage, telling us how unprecedented the flood is, how its a record flood, blah blah blah, only to see 4 higher, much higher marks on the guage from recent floods, in 1991, 1998, 1954. and 1918. nothing new here people, move along'

with remote GPS receivers, and remote solid state gyros, and connecting engine monitoring sensors, RPM, EGT CHT, Oil press, fuel press etc, oh, and pressure instruments, the Ipad could become a complete and only instrument required in an VFR aircraft

im not surprised, they have had over 50mm today, and 70 yesterday, last week Ballina was pretty waterlogged already, so it will defiantly be very soft and boggy if not submerged by now.

if you paint it on the top of your aircraft, will gravity pull your aircraft up?

great photoset of this years floods.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/australian_flooding.html

if its for flying only, Garmin 96C, small, hand held, and colour screen.

RAAus Instructing is a great way to get back into it and keep busy, especially in the sydney region..

if Belmont were reopened, im sure Aeropelican will again operate out of there, as well as maybe Brindabella airlines, as it would be cheaper than paying the costs of operating from Newcastle/RAAF Williamtown, so sadly Belmont will most likely be ASIC required. as long as GA and RAAus aircraft are welcome, i would patronise it, would be great with a club setup there also, an actual social flying club. places like Ballina and Moree have proven that RAAus GA, RPT and Jet operators can all get along without a tower. but dont tell airservices or CASA that.

rumours i have hear it was "sold" to Mirvac developers on the sly, hence the building of units and townhouses on the site, but someone in the govt/council pointed out that if they sell both warnervale and belmont airports, then they would loose federal funding, so a deal was done to sell warnervale to mirvac, so they can develop it into residential/industrial estates, and its a far bigger land area for that, and mirvac return belmont to the council. who will reopen it apparently, but this is just rumour i have heard.

oh to win a huge amount of money and turn belmont airport to a nice airpark/marina, open to the public of course.

so whats required for a job as a ground handler?

Hot and humid = bad, cold and dry = good.

Ahhhhh generation y...