Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Finally got these out of my phone..........sorry couldn't resist the dog one ! 1. Departure shute Harbour-Hamilton Is. 2.Hamilton Island 3. Mt Elliot Nat park Townsville 4. Going home from Shute Harbour - Townsville 6am 5. 1/2 way Townsville-Shute harbour 6. Engine run-ups Hamilton Is ramp 7. VH-HAM Hamilton Is ramp 8. Kelly, daughter, brat. 9. Just S of Innisfail Q where Cyclone Larry made landfall 10. Just N of Townsville looking at Townsville 11. Ross River Dam just S Montpelier Airpark Townsville 12. Dog..designated driver 13.Early morning departure-Shute Harbour 14.Brian McCullochs' Xair with new windscreen 15. My Lightwing 16. The 'Pig', one-of Voodoo at Ingham Qld 17. Hornet in Hangar Atherton NQLD 18. 2 x Savvys in Casino Aero Club 19.Doing LE-VG mod at Casino before ferry to Townsville 20. same 21.Palm Island group 1/2 way Ingham- Townsville 22.LE mod casino 23. same 24.Ready for test flight -Casino 25.Tomos' brothers carvings-Cecil Plains, very impressive 26.Coalmine N of Dingo Qld 27.Savvy at Bruslee Cattle station Qld 28.Savvy onight at Montpelier Airpark Townsville 29. Co-pilot, daughter Kelly at RAAF open day Townsville 30.Approach hamilton Island 31.short final Hamilton Is 32.lightwing Speed-Ballina 33. Lightwing Speed factory Ballina 34. Rans S7 Courier-Casino Aero Club 35. Fisher Mk1- Casino Aero club, nice !. 36. Coalmine N of Dingo Qld 37.same . 38,39 and 40 USAF Thunderbirds Townsville.
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Think you mean #16 ?. The 'bent back bird' or more commonly called the 'pig', snort,snort !. Actually a one-of built in Ingham, and called the Voodoo. It has an O-320 with a 4 blade Warp drive. Built as a trainer where the instructor has the same viz as the student, in the front. Actually works, and quite a handy little aeroplane, and flys a bit like a Lightwing. Top of the engine cowl is level in flight which is the reference from the front seat. Also has a small moveable cunard surface just fwd of the wing struts which assists in super STOL performance.
DarkSarcasm Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 What kind of plane is pic 32? (love the paint job and the doors )
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Darky, That is a Lightwing Speed. Taken down at the Lightwing factory. Hey the latest Mercedes has gullwing doors again also..................................................
DarkSarcasm Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Hey the latest Mercedes has gullwing doors again also.................................................. I knoooooooow, I kinda want one. Although gullwing doors seem less practical in a car, I always wonder about clearance issues in tight carparks... BTW, do you know how much a Lightwing Speed is?
GraemeK Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 BTW, do you know how much a Lightwing Speed is? There's one on the RAA site for $129,500, factory built 225hr, Fagawi navigation (presume that's as in "Where the Fugawi?"), adjustable prop, auto pilot, GPS. 115kt cruise @20L/hr.
DarkSarcasm Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 There's one on the RAA site for $129,500, factory built 225hr, Fagawi navigation (presume that's as in "Where the Fugawi?"), adjustable prop, auto pilot, GPS. 115kt cruise @20L/hr. Oh drat, my expensive taste in cars seems to also apply to aeroplanes
flying dog Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Could you please send me down your co-pilot? (Hey, I can ask.) I don't like flying by myself.
biggles Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Think that one went to the keeper . Well done Maj !!! Bob
GraemeK Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Yep - the famous fugawi tribe! What great branding for a GPS company! http://www.fugawi.com
HEON Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Fugawi is a programe linked to touch screen on which you can load all charts (vnc,vtc,wac,pca,erc-l etc) and GPS location marks position on chart which scrolls as one moves. Can be set to automaticly change between wac's as boundary crossed, or select larger/smaller chart as you cross boundaries(wac-vnc-vtc or reverse)...nice to have. Lightwing Speed 2000 costs around $125,000 with 912 basic. Talk to Howie at Lightwing. The one in RAA mag is mine and is a long way from basic...only real option not in it is a co-pilot to suit the desires of pilot! As the saying goes, everthing (price) is negotable!
DarkSarcasm Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 As the saying goes, everthing is negotable! Will you consider $10,000? :big_grin: (of course, that would mean that I'd have no money left for lessons to get the licence to fly it...or any money to look after it, but oh well!)
Bryon Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 What I want to know is......how long did it take you to train the dog to drive to the bottleshop?:lol 8:
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Bryon, Training her to drive to that bottle shop took a lot of time. Now I just have to get her to obey the speed limits, it's costing me a fortune in tickets !!...............................
shags_j Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Great pics Maj. You gottta name em though so we know where they are. Some spectacular scenery.
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Thanks Shags and all, I'll see if I can name them................................................
Bryon Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Dont worry about the scenery..........where is the bottleshop?
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Byron, We mark all our bottle shops here with an X, actually four of them...XXXX :thumb_up:` The killer dog from hell AKA: designated driver
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Some use it as a 'swaypoint'...............:lol 8:
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