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    Hi Phil, Good to see another Savannah driver on the site Tell us a bit more about your flying - where you fly from, what sort of flying you like, how long you have been flying etc.... Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Mike, Welcome aboard! Do you currently fly, or is the Corby your first venture? Cheers, Neil
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    That is a work of art!
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    Hi Nik, I would love to watch the whole series but am not a Pay TV subscriber - any chance it may come out as a DVD (set)? Or on some other media I can access? iTunes? Thanks, Neil
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    Hi Flyerme, Was one of the museums you tried the Shuttleworth Collection? They have such a range of vintage aircraft they may have a good chance of guesstimating the period and/or aircraft. Alternatively the people at Farnborough have extensive knowledge too. Best of luck - it looks superb! Cheers, Neil
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    Hi, Suggest you could call Reg Brost, the Savannah dealer for Eastern Australia - he would know. +61 418 157 044 Cheers, Neil
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    Good work, Flyerme!!
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    Hi Norm, and I hope you get to fly and enjoy whatever microlight you end up with. Keep us informed of your progress! Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Craig & Hope you find a suitable plane soon! Cheers, Neil
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    Wow!
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    Cool! Thanks for the info! Cheers, Neil
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    Absolutely pathetic. I have sent the link to a number of my UK mates so they can sign, and forward to their mates. For God's sake don't let CASA see it.....
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    With AVPLAN you can buy the Flightace Country Airstrip Guide for $69.95 a year and/or the AOPA guide for $49.00 a year. Cheers, Neil
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    Hi, Not sure what you mean by "real speed" - I meant indicated as on the Airspeed Indicator. As noted I reckon on a True airspeed of about 90 knots, but that will vary with altitude etc. My GPS shows my groundspeed, but I haven't done the fly 3 perpendicular legs, noting groundspeed, then do the maths to work out my TAS from the GPS as per http://www.eaa62.org/technotes/speed.pdf Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Folks, In my Savannah S with 100hp Rotax ULS and 3 blade DUC prop I cruise at 5000rpm and get 85kts indicated. I use 90kts TAS for flight planning, which seems to be fairly accurate so far.... Cheers, Neil
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    I am. Meeting my brother who lives in the UK there too....
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    Gday

    Neil_S replied to Toestub's topic in Just Landed - Welcome

    Good stuff, Nick! All the best with the Navs and other subsequent endos.... Cheers, Neil
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    Brilliant!
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    Hi Marty, It was really good meeting you and David today at Bendigo. Would like to have stayed longer. The flight back was somewhat bumpier than the flight there, but no dramas. Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay. Also hope your 701 build goes well - let me know if you would like the details of the guys I mentioned who have the Subaru-powered 701, and I will send you a PM with the info. Happy New Year, and hope to meet up again one day! Cheers, Neil
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    Hi David, Yes - I really enjoyed talking to you and Marty as well. It would be great if you dropped in on Penfield - let me know when you plan to do so - I am around most days except Tuesdays (grandparenting day.....) Cheers, Neil
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    Hi David, Welcome to the Savannah fraternity! Whereabouts in Vic do you fly from? Cheers, Neil
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    Hi, If you can be flexible with some of those requirements then a Gazelle is an excellent plane that has folding wings. The things you would sacrifice would be :- 1) TAS of 75 knots in the cruise 2) endurance of about 3 hours It has an 80hp Rotax and 2 seats. It is certainly easy to fly, and fun! HTH, Neil
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    Agree that learning how to recover from spinning should be part of the syllabus. Simply saying don't get into a spin in an RAAus aircraft is not enough. I did an hour's spin recovery training in an Aerobat while on holiday in New Zealand with an instructor who was in total agreement. After doing the theory the first spin & recover was done by him so I could simply see how it felt, the next one was him with me hands (and feet) on the controls, then the next four were entirely by me, with both incipient and full spins. Although an hour is not very long I certainly feel a lot more confident that I would at least have a chance of recovering IF I mishandled my plane enough to get into a spin AND had enough height. Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Keith, Our Gazelle did/does exactly the same. As noted previously on this thread we guessed slightly different venting, but as it was never a problem we did not stress about it. Cheers, Neil
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    Good luck, Brent - I am sure you will enjoy it! Cheers, Neil
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