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[Guest eland2705]

G'day all,

 

Newbie here, more of an arrival than a landing!

 

Flew gliders back in the "old country", got married, had kids (gliding stopped ) and then we came to Oz. Kids are now big, and I am back gliding again after a break of something like 17 years:big_grin:.

 

Now looking at a expanding my aviation experience into RA.

 

Regards to all,

 

Steph

 

 

[Guest Decca]

Hi Steph. Welcome to the forums.

 

Eland - a link/hint to the "old country"?

 

There's a few RAAus flyers at Bacchus Marsh, Brilin Air a member here.

 

Regards, Decca.

 

 

[cazza]

Welcome Steph, lots of glider pilots try powered a/c. We have a lot of cross fertilization here in Temora with glider pilots, RA-Aus pilots, GA pilots and war bird pilots. Great community.

 

Cazza

 

 

[Guest eland2705]

Thanks for your comments, and welcomes.

 

Decca - yep, Eland was my callsign in the days of yore.

 

Cazza - Temora eh? Got trip plans in the works to take 40 of my Air Force Cadets to Temora for the Apr '10 Flying Day.

 

 

[cazza]

Steph, I'll come down to the museum and look you up. I live on the airpark, so coffee is always on for flyers.

 

Cazza

 

 

[Guest eland2705]

Cazza,

 

I'll certainly remember that - coffee is always welcomed, no matter where or when.

 

Unless I can convince AFLO to lend us a C-130 or a C-17 (not much chance of that, but we can dream!) we'll be bussing up from Simpons Barracks (Melbourne) with an overnight at Bandianna.

 

Regards

 

 

[Guest Decca]

Hey Steph I wonder how much the ADF would accept for one of the DH Caribous which have been in the news a bit here lately? We could fly Nostalgia Tours for all past servicemen & women (at a price), and it would right at home at Temora, and/or Pt Cook.

 

I'm sure there would be a handfull of guys would like to join a syndicate, just to get their hands on the controls of one of these beasts! They perform like an Eland (or a Gazelle).

 

Decca.

 

 

[Guest eland2705]

LOL, a Bou handling like a gazelle? Hmmm, interesting though that. I hear through the grapevine (of course I believe everything I hear on the grapevine, the ABC, Ch 9 Today Tonight etc) that there is a Bou going to Pt Cook Museum. Whether they fly it or park it up and watch it slowly rot away like the C-130A, I am not sure.

 

I suppose that Temora Air Museum would love to get thier hands on one, if for no other purpose to use it as a time filler in the show. A fly past would take about 15 minutes!