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  1. RossK
    Looks like ex Soar aircraft.
  2. RossK
    Thanks for the replies guys. It is a private strip and would have been my first time there. I didn't need to stop, but wanted to have look as we were nearby. My take away is I just need to ask more about strip conditions when I'm calling for PPR, not just asking if I can land.
  3. RossK
    Got a question. On our way home on the weekend, we were going to drop in to another airfield, so I rang the operator to get PPR and was told they were using runway XX (sealed). OK no problem I say. When we get there, I overfly 500ft above the circuit and can see both windsocks are showing a wind direction 100deg off runway XX at about 10-15 knots - so crosswind with tailwind component 😬 There was no other AC in the circuit. They have another strip (grass) that would have given a 40 degree crosswind. There wasn't any X on the grass strip, but wasn't sure if it was usable as the operator said to use the sealed strip XX So, what should I do? follow the instructions of the operator and use runway XX or use the grass strip that is more into wind. I did neither and chose not to land and went elsewhere. Thoughts?
  4. RossK
    Flew down to Apollo Bay for the weekend. 90 minutes from home airfield. Great spot, plenty of accomodation choices. Airfield is 30 miniute walk to centre of town. Plenty of sight seeing to do, Cape Otway, Twelve Apostles etc.
  5. RossK
    Googled after my post. Volvo, make complete buses at various sites Scania - JV with Higer in Suzhou Mercedes , make complete buses at various sites Bedford - Ok this was a guess, I don't think they make buses anymore, but used to make complete buses in Dunstable UK Volgren - make buses in Australia (yay) from various chassis, not affiliated with Volvo since 1987 Man - make buses in Turkey and Poland All of these except Volgren do sell chassis to other Coach Body Builders.
  6. RossK
    Oh dear, keep trying
  7. RossK
    You might want to check that.
  8. RossK
    Off the top of my head Volvo, Scania Mercedes Bedford Volgren Man What do I win 🙂
  9. RossK
    Pretty sure everything in the right hand column is a Cessna.
  10. RossK
    I spoke to Dean Johnson this morning. Airfield is still operational and available to fly in to. BnB is closed though.
  11. RossK
    Flying for fun never makes financial sense...... until you are airborne, then it all makes sense 🤩
  12. RossK
    Very Lucky indeed, but looking at the picture, you can see the prop facing the camera and the front of the cowl looks intact - suggests the engine compartment has collapsed to the starboard side of the airframe, and there may be a touch more room than intially thought. Still, very lucky to be breathing.
  13. RossK
    I was told to never wing down in a right hand x-wind, as it scares passengers, crabbing was/is the preferred method with passengers. The Sportstar POH discourages slips, says the flaps are much more effective at losing height than a slip.
  14. RossK
    I've had this exact scenario Mike, so quite a realistic example. Did a trip out to Horsham, forecast wind on arrival was 15kt Easterly, which on paper looks fine as they have a east/west sealed strip, 1300m long 30m wide. Actual wind was 10-30kts easterly, confirmed on the BOM observations. So if you're 50knots in the gust, you're 30 in the lulls First approach got the plane on the ground nicely and got hit with a gust and was airborne again - 1st go around 2nd attempt - plane got squirrely just above the ground, yawing with the gusts, 2nd go around 3 attempt got it down, not on centreline, not my best landing, but down.
  15. RossK
    2000rpm is what I was taught in the J160, so probably good for the J230 also.
  16. RossK
    Done, Apologies. 🥺
  17. RossK
    Blank
  18. RossK
    Basically the POH says to drag it in, low and slow with power. The risk is if the engine quits, you've got no safety margin in airspeed or height.
  19. RossK
    You forgot, go sailing
  20. RossK
    He grew whiskers on his.........
  21. RossK
    I base my flying on Newtons 3rd law "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" When I push the throttle forward, my bank account diminishes, but my life satisfaction increases.
  22. RossK
    I also agree that you can buy poor quality wine in Australia. Gossips is just on that border for me, but my wife is quite OK with it. There is no reason any wine maker should make poor wine in Australia, but some do manage it. I do know of a wine maker in the Yarra Valley that had a poor yield one year, and had pre-orders to fulfill. So despite not having enough grapes, they still produced the amount of wine required, and no, Jesus did not work for them, as the wine was very sub par. Sometimes it is the storage of the wine that makes it bad, not the winemaker. My previous employer used to buy wine in pallet lots to give away at Christmas. When I went to collect my allocation at the warehouse, I saw that the pallets had been stored on the top rack in the warehouse - in December 😬. It would have easily been 35-40degC up there. The wine fizzed in your mouth when you drank it and was very "rough". None of my customers got wine that year.
  23. RossK
    🙄😬😧🙄😬🥴😵🥱👎
  24. RossK
    It's merely a scatch 😆 https://simpleflying.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image1-900x1200.png https://simpleflying.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/unnamed-900x1200.png
  25. RossK
    "I said park it in the left hangar - your other left.....🙄"
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