Hello from Beechmont Qld

[Guest steadythelead]

Hello to you all from up on the top of Beechmont Qld.

 

:welcome:Just joined this morning 10/8/08

 

I am a member of the Gold Coast club

 

I am still under instruction and we fly out of Heckfield Jacobs Well and Dunwich Stradbroke Island Queensland.

 

The aircraft is a A22 Foxbat

 

A lifelong ambition realized.

 

Welcome to all other new members.

 

John

 

 

[Guest pelorus32]

G'day John,

 

welcome to the forums. It's a great place and the large majority of the natives are very friendly:cool:

 

Check out the General Discussion forum and the Students and Training forum. They're two places that tend to get a good amount of traffic.

 

I find that the best way to get value here is to participate: Ask and people will respond.

 

Welcome.

 

Mike

 

 

[Guest steadythelead]

Thanks Mike, I appreciate the suggestions. What awesome weather we have been having of late.

 

Thanks, John

 

 

[Guest dazdru]

Hi John, welcome to the best site on the "WWW". Sorry.. a bit of favoritism creeping in. Such a wealth of info available amongst this wonderful "family".

 

 

[farri]

John.

 

Cheers,

 

Frank.

 

 

[nong]

Welcome John

 

I used to fly AG-CATS for CROPCAIR on topdressing work from a couple of strips on top of Beechmont. The strip at Beechmont Hall was great fun. On the first load I told the loader driver to "gimme a ton" e.g. 1000 kilograms of superphosphate. I figured that if I got to the edge of the drop-off without flying speed, well, what the hell. Unfortunately there was a fence before the edge.......

 

 

[Guest steadythelead]

Hi Nong,

 

I used to watch you when you were up here doing the paddocks for Greg at the Dairy.

 

Always wished it were me flying so low through the valley. We lived just further up from the hall on the right so we looked over Gregs paddocks.

 

Are you still doing it for a quid?

 

That accident at Jumpin pin wasn't too good yesterday, wonder what went wrong.

 

Thanks for posting.

 

John

 

 

[nong]

Hullo John

 

I just teach in a J160 these days, but have hung onto an Ag-Cat for old times sake.

 

I hope those Beechmont dairy operators are in good health and thriving. Did some work for a couple of friendly and helpful old diggers. Their airstrip was (to my dim memory) maybe two or three kliks South and one klik West of the hall and was bordered on its western edge by a deep heavily timbered gully. Can't remember their names....Charlie?....you mention a Greg....Rankin...surname?...property name???

 

Anyway, Peter Smart who owned Cropcair at the time, told me to keep out of said gully because somewhere down there a wire is strung across. How did he know this? As the story goes, many years previous, a high spirited RAAF Sabre pilot had found the cable! I'm sure his commanding officer would have devised a suitable punishment.

 

Re: Jumpin pin prang. Unless there are witnesses or survivors, you usually don't get conclusive answers as to what occurred when a light aircraft hits the sea.

 

About all I know, is that machinery (any) and people is a dangerous mix!

 

Cheers

 

 

[Guest steadythelead]

Hi Nong,

 

Great reply, Thankyou.

 

I must find that cable you speak of although I am sure I will never be going down that close to the ground to see it. I hope.

 

The weather hasn't been to conducive to flying/learning but I am sure once the windy months have gone then it will all get back to normal again. When one is still in the early stages then too long inbetween is not an advantage to learning.

 

That plane down at Jumpin pin leaves a lot of grief, My heart goes out to the families and friends. Just plain no good when these things happen.

 

Where are you teaching from in the Jab 160 ?

 

Thanks once again for the reply

 

Regards

 

John