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Thanks very much for all the input, chaps. Coldstream does sound most in line with what I'm looking for. That and Lilydale are so close, I could try both in one day! Wow! I knew there were more options in the Melbourne area - just didn't realise how much so. Can't wait to get started. Cheers.

I'm moving to a place near Manningham, which is to the east and slightly north. I know what you mean about it being easier to travel around Melbourne. Lethbridge sounds ok, similar to the 90kms I already drive to get to The Oaks every time I want to fly. I'm looking forward to the new adventures that lie ahead in VIC.

Hi all, Due to a career change, I am relocating to Melbourne at the end of this month. Among other things, I need to find a new place where I can continue my flying training. I've just received my RAA pilot certificate but I still need to go for my Pax Endorsement and I'd like to get X-C too. I know there's a lot of options around the Melbourne area, but I don't know if there's a club or school in the area that operate Aeroprakt Foxbats. Although I would prefer to continue flying in a Foxbat, I'm not averse to learning in another aircraft of similar stature. Low-wing aircraft are also of interest to me. Can anybody help point me towards a suitable club/school in or around Greater Melbourne? Thanks in advance.

Hmm, maybe we have another Helios Flight 522 on the cards? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522 Too sad.

"Watch the birdie... Cuckoo..." Brilliant! Ah, you gotta admire the guts of these early aviation innovators. Without them and their ideas, we'd still be flying wooden biplanes between here and England with twenty or more stops.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing that.

Yes, thanks, Magneto, for sharing that with us. Very cool video and the music was groovy too.

Aircraft prefix "SP" = Poland. And website suffix ".pl" = Poland. Nice. Seems like they were inspired by the Jabiru design.

Welcome, Bushbabie, and thanks for posting this video of what looks like an awesome flight around a small part of a fantastically scenic area of Africa - the Western Cape. I have to say, though, you sure placed a lot of faith in your engine to fly that far away from the coastline - especially that one. Safe skies.

That was fantastic, thanks for sharing. I really missed out there. It was a great day for flight.

Now that's what I call a GoPro video of the week. Great that all survived.

Really nice! Thanks for that.

Golly! Nice video but I have a couple of questions... 1. Why did you take off and land with a tailwind? Is this a one-way runway (if there's any such thing)? 2. How can someone place a building so close to the approach line of the runway like that? (See about 5:40) That brought back memories of those excellent near-miss videos of Kai-Tak. And a request/suggestion - please don't mount your camera on your headset. The views from that perspective are freaky and tends to make viewers quite queasy. Cheers and safe flying.

Fantastic! I sat here in awe watching that whole thing through. Some pretty exciting manoeuvrings there. Thanks for sharing.

Done.