The Oaks Flying News

[Guest Fred Bear]

Looks good for today. See you all out there! Hopefully get that Drifter running after a fly in the Jab! :)

 

Area Forecasts: AREA 21

 

16:04 UTC, 02/03/2007

 

AMEND AREA FORECAST 021600 TO 030500 AREA 21

 

OVERVIEW:

 

FINE WEATHER APART FROM ISOLATED FOG/MIST PATCHES TILL 21Z. BROKEN

 

LOW CLOUD RANGES TILL 21Z.

 

WIND:

 

2000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500

 

320/10 310/15 300/15 280/15 PS07 240/20 PS01 240/25 MS08

 

CLOUD:

 

AREAS BKN ST 3000/4500 E RANGES TILL 21Z.

 

SCT CU 4000/9000 SEA/COAST, 5000/10000 RANGES.

 

FEW CU 6000/10000 W SLOPES.

 

SCT AC/AS ABOVE 10000.

 

WEATHER:

 

FG, MIST.

 

VISIBILITY:

 

0800M FG, 2000M MIST.

 

FREEZING LEVEL:

 

15000/16000.

 

ICING:

 

ISOL MOD IN AC/AS.

 

TURBULENCE:

 

MOD IN CU AND AC.

 

AMD CRITICAL LOCATIONS [HEIGHTS ABOVE MSL]:

 

AMD MT VICTORIA [3700FT]: 9999 SCT ST 4000

 

FM20 CAVOK

 

BOWRAL [2200FT]: 9999 BKN ST 3000

 

FM21 9999 FEW CU 6000

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION RING 02 9296 1527

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Looking good for tomorrow all Oaks Flyers! Dave C and I will be taking the Jabiru for a fly somewhere tomorrow.This time Dave C is in command.Sunny (drifter_driver) is on a secret mission somewhere that he can't tell us about.Hope to see all the regulars out there tomorrow.Light winds forecast.Looking at the charts too looks as though a huge high is over the place so we should be right for a fly (or two).:)

 

 

[Kaz]

Might see you in a few weeks in a 'new' plane... ;)

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Might see you in a few weeks in a 'new' plane...

Yeah? He bought it? Do tell. PM me if you like!!!! Hey, you forgot you are going to spend next weekend with Emma and I and the troops down your neck of the woods.We are looking forward to it!!! :)

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Some pics from today. Thanks for the flight Dave!!!My shout next mate!! :)

 

The man in command Dave C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nepean River Bridge over the M4 motorway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M4 motorway facing East.Rather be up here though!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown St Marys.I must be close to home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarry.Bringelly area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Thanks Chris. Hope you get some more down there mate!

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Any other Oaks fellas keen for a fly this weekend? :;)2:

 

 

[dlps73]

Some shots from last week

 

Approaching YWOL

 

 

Mittagong to YWOL

 

 

Wollongong Harbour

 

 

Bushfire National Park

 

 

Wedderburn YWED

 

 

Cheers......Doug

 

 

[lambadaman]

Let me guess Doug, you were in Jab 740???

 

It is nice to fly, but badly needs a paint job!!!!

 

Gerry....

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

A bit of deja vu there for us Gerry. :big_grin:

 

Miyyagong

Yes Miyyagong is awesome (et al) :)

[dlps73]

Gerry - agreed but Dave thinks it's a fashion statement.

 

Darren - Shouldn't type past my bedtime....

 

 

[Aussie Steve]

Coming to check out The Oaks

 

Gday Guys at the Oaks. I,m coming over there Sat 06/06 to have a look around. Our plane is out of action for a while and myself and a mate will be looking for school to continue our training. Who should we look for ? Hope to meet some of you. (weather permitting)

 

Cheers Steve

 

 

[Bruce Robbins]

Gday Guys at the Oaks. I,m coming over there Sat 06/06 to have a look around. Our plane is out of action for a while and myself and a mate will be looking for school to continue our training. Who should we look for ? Hope to meet some of you. (weather permitting)Cheers Steve

Steve,

 

There are two schools operating at the Oaks.

 

Dave's Flying School: (operates 7 days per week)

 

Jabiru, Quicksilver or Lightwing. CFI is Dave Rolfe 4657 2771

 

Sydney Recreational Flying Club:

 

Training in Lightwing. Saturdays only. Contact Arthur Armor 0425 251 939

 

Regards,

 

Bruce

 

 

[Aussie Steve]

Thx very much Bruce.

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

See ya'all out there today. What a fantastic day for it!!!!!

 

Area Forecasts: AREA 21

 

20:59 UTC, 22/06/2007

 

AREA FORECAST 222300 TO 231100 AREA 21

 

OVERVIEW:

 

FINE APART FROM ISOLATED FOG/MIST, CHIEFLY RANGES S OF YSCB TILL 24Z.

 

WIND:

 

2000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500

 

VRB/10 VRB/10 VRB/10 120/15 MS04 140/15 MS12 150/15 MS22

 

CLOUD:

 

SCT CU/SC 3000/8000 SEA, BKN IN FAR S.

 

FEW CU/SC 3000/7000 COAST, SCT IN FAR S.

 

FEW CU/SC 5000/8000 RANGES/W SLOPES, SCT IN FAR S.

 

WEATHER:

 

FOG/MIST,

 

VISIBILITY:

 

0500M FOG, 2000M MIST,

 

FREEZING LEVEL:

 

7000/8000.

 

ICING:

 

MOD IN CLOUD ABOVE FZL.

 

TURBULENCE:

 

MOD IN CU.

 

CRITICAL LOCALITIES:

 

[HEIGHTS ABOVE MSL]:

 

MT VICTORIA [3700FT]: CAVOK

 

BOWRAL [2200FT]: CAVOK

 

CAVOK

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Some pics/articles of yesterdays activities at The Oaks at my web page:

 

http://ultralights.shorturl.com

 

or:

 

http://www.airsearailroad.com

 

God, I look terrible in pictures. Probably in real-life too

 

Enjoy.

 

 

[Guest David C]

And you think you look terrible !! .... What about my mug ... I was hoping Bob could have "photoshopped " a few grey hairs away . A full head of hair , nice and bushy I was hoping for , know what I mean .... Never mind mate , they say beauties only skin deep , it's just that we have extra thick skin ;)

 

Dave C

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Ha ha Atleast you have some hair!

 

 

[Aussie Steve]

Well I went down to your field on Sunday. Not as good a weather day as Sat. but it was good enough to get up for 0.5 with Dave in the Jabby before we were forced to end the session due to rain.. It went well. Learnt a couple of things that he does differently which I prefer. I hadn`t flown for 8 weeks and was bursting to get up again.:big_grin: Anyway it was nice to fly some where different, a bit disconcerting at first when coming back from the training area, I couldnt tell where the field was ! Paddocks everywhere !! Thats a treat.Anyway , we will probably be going back down in two weeks.

 

It looks like I might be coming down there for a while as the new J160 that we have up here is not signed off yet (insurance etc) to get it on line. Also its waiting for some new bits that Jab have put out that have to be fitted. (jets and revised spats & something to do with the cooling arrangement)

 

Cheers Steve

 

 

[Bruce Robbins]

Steve,

 

Vos goood to meet ze bandidos from ze mountain, who I zee now just come down to steeel our wimmin and learn ze secret flying styles taught by Daveedo Rolfo, our famoous CFI.

 

Next time you will not be so locky! Ve zee you comin' and ve lock avay ze wimmin and hide Daveedo.

 

Ze Jabbi you can fly, but ze LightVing is not for ze bandidos from ze mountain! Zat one is for peelots only. If you bring beeg bag of silver next time, maybee ve let you vatch vhile ve fly zat one.

 

Maybee.

 

 

[Aussie Steve]

Generally its a case of ." we,re mountain men & we like mountin women "

 

But "when in Rome....." your women / planes / CFI will do fine.

 

If you lot are too scared to come to us..we,ll have to come to you.

 

 

[dlps73]

Next time you will not be so locky! Ve zee you comin' and ve lock avay ze wimmin and hide Daveedo

I think you've got that reversed Bruce, Dave should be locked away and the women hidden.......:)

 

Cheers........Doug

 

 

[Bruce Robbins]

Tomorrow - Saturday 30th June

 

Hi Boys and Girls,

 

Spoke to John Taru this evening and the field is still water-logged from all the rain this week.

 

John didn't think we'd be flying till the afternoon, assuming no more rain.

 

He will still be there from 8:30 am to open up however.

 

The wind is also forecast to be a fairly strong westerly on Saturday,

 

easing and going west/nor-west on Sunday.

 

Cheers!!!

 

 

[Guest Fred Bear]

Looks like I did not miss much anyway Bruce. Was up at Bathurst all weekend. Oh well, maybe next weekend will be the go. See what happens.

 

 

[Guest David C]

I was at the field last last Friday . The runways were under water , much worse than the previous weekend , and not useable . Now we have the wind :;)1:... Its wind or rain I'm afraid . Typical ..