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  1. Very cool vid!!
  2. Hey Oksinay - Well done! Hope the weather is good enough for you to exercise the Nav skills a bit now. Cheers Neil
  3. Hey Tomo, Being from the UK I thought all Australian videos were upside down Cheers Neil
  4. Hi Camel, If you are on Windows 7 Home Premium then the free Windows Movie Maker software on it will do a reasonable job. Don't expect miracles (it IS Microsoft after all), but it will allow a basic video to be produced quickly and cheaply.... There are lots of "How to" type articles on the web on how to use Movie Maker too, which may help. I would recommend 3 or 4GB of RAM too, otherwise it might be sloooooowwww. Cheers Neil
  5. Chrome works fine too (Win 7). Good Webinar. Cheers Neil
  6. Hi Maj, My co-owner Matt and I hope to be going in the Gazelle, and like you, have little room for camping gear etc, so Mr H has kindly agreed to take some gear for us as he did last year. I am pretty sure I have a container of Castrol Anti-freeze/Anti-boil coolant (full) in the hangar (will double check tomorrow), so can add to the load that Howard is taking for us if he is OK with that (glad he has a big car!) Cheers Neil
  7. Penfield has all circuits to the west, so it's LH for 36 and 33, and RH for 18 and 15 in order to avoid traffic at Riddells Creek, which is very close (2nm) to the north east, and where they have all circuits to the east for 02-20 so we avoid each other. People should always read the ERSA and preferably give a phone call to the airfield if they have not been there before to get a briefing. As others have said, it's not just good airmanship - the procedures are there to save your life. Cheers Neil
  8. Hi AK, I also learnt at Penfield in the Texan, but got my Low Performance endo and now have half shares in a Gazelle, hangared at Penfield. Happy to take you up for a flight in the Gazelle if that is also something you may consider, but it's probably a bit early to be deciding on planes yet, although window shopping is a lot of fun! Who are you learning with? Terry or Rod? Hope to catch up, Cheers Neil
  9. Hi Steve, Good stuff! ...And I bet you wish you'd done it years ago, don't you? Cheers Neil
  10. Hi, Glad to see you are back on the site (and don't nick off again ) Cheers Neil
  11. Hi James, Welcome to the site! Nice plane the Skyfox..... Cheers Neil
  12. Get a Gazelle, mate.
  13. Hi AV8TOR, I also learnt to fly at Penfield with Terry in the Texan(s), and now hangar my plane there. Remember that a lesson includes pre-flight & post-flight briefing sessions, so the actual flying can be 45 mins or so depending how long the other parts take. Happy to give you any more info. PM me if you like. Cheers Neil
  14. Cool Vid! Thanks for posting Cheers Neil
  15. Hi guys, Some pictures from the Tyabb Airshow on Sunday :- Maybe someone else can fill in the gaps with the planes I did not get pictures of.... Cheers Neil
  16. Hi guys, That crosswind was pretty nasty, wasn't it? Never seen so many go-arounds. I took a few pix, and will put them up onto flickr in the next few days. PS - never realized there were so many Ercoupes about down there..... Cheers Neil
  17. Hi Sparrowhawk2, I don't fly either of those, but I am sure you will enjoy the trike flying - so go for it!! Cheers Neil
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    Hi Renbo, Sounds brilliant - good luck with it! There is a guy in Melbourne building a Sopwith Snipe replica - you may find some tips from him. His blog is here :- http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/replica-aircraft/36007-sopwith-snipe-project.html All the best - upload some pix at various stages so we can see! Cheers Neil
  19. Great video, Tomo - thanks for posting Neil
  20. Congrats on passing the exams. I also remember lots of waiting for half decent weather for my Navs - just hang in there! It's worth it in the end! Cheers Neil
  21. Got a late pass and went flying after work on Valentine's Day - lovely calm weather (for a change), landed not long before last light, then still arrived back home in time for drinkies and dinner with my other half! Now that's what I call a good Valentine's Day ! Cheers Neil
  22. Hey Dave, Very nice looking aircraft! Well done. I also look forward to checking it out at close quarters at Natfly... Cheers Neil
  23. Hi Adam & If you like camping then it sounds like you will really like going to those "camping under wing" Fly-Ins at some stage in the future..... Cheers Neil
  24. Hi Carl, Well done, mate! Good to have you back on board. And I agree with Kyliefil - you NEVER stop learning! That's what makes it fun and rewarding. Happy Landings! Neil
  25. Hi OME, Verrrry nice. However, if you want to combine the two then this month's EAA Sport Aviation mag has an article on the AeroMax (p. 110) , which they call the Flying Motorcycle. Now that's cool (probably literally - I wouldn't want to be wearing shorts when flying! ) Check out this Youtube clip :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqXb74T02uo Cheers Neil
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