planedriver

Meanwhile the boys at the the clubhouse were wooeing the Riverland girl and listening intently to her tale of the events that had occured. One of them kindly offered ;) to show her what goes on inside the hangars. Some while later they re-emerged with big smiles on their faces:big_grin::big_grin: and she was saying something about "she thought that sort of thing only occured on Qantas flights". It had been her intention to apply for a job with Virgin, but felt that she would now no longer qualify:sorry:.

Bigpete's reputation. With the good news from the Captain about the Murray River filling up again, Bigpete decided it might be a bit of fun to take the day off and try his hand at a bit of fly-fishing. So with the Jabby just above stall speed he opened, or to be more precise bent the Jabby door open, and tossed out his favorite lure in the hopes of catching a nice Murray Cod to cook on the barbie. Unfortunately his lure missed the river, but did catch the last remaining pure Riverland girl in the area who just happened to be bending over tieing her shoe laces. Feeling the sudden jerk, Bigpete thought he'd caught something good and wound in his line with great vigor. The miss'es will be pleased with me he thought, untill he saw what he had caught. As his catch came up near the port landing gear, he thought what the ---- am I going to do with this????????? there was this poor lass hooked by no more than a bit of knicker elastic, flapping around in the slipstream. He tied the line off to that short stick between the front seats and headed back to base. On his final approach, the Jabby took up the sort of port wing low attitude that you would expect with a 40knt crosswind. Unfortunately as he came over the fence his catch caught up with the barbed wire fence causing half a dozen extremely fast go-arounds. After touching down safely in his usual manner, other flyers were intrigued to learn his technique in achieving so many circuits in such a short time. Using such techniques must surely qualify one for a certificate in far less hours they thought.

have to draw Big Pete into the equation again for some of his ideas, or, anyone else who has a few suggestions to offer. Meanwhile back at the ranch at Kenthurst, The Pope enjoys his extra-thick aussie steak and say's "youssa aussies makeaa da meat lasta uno meal onerly, when we Italians cudda maka plenty spaghetti bollognaise for da poor peeple while usa getta fat on yur owna, which just goes to prove that ..........

So glad you obviously landed safely Adrian, and did'nt suffer too much "wind" shear from the sheep.

Take care.

Wool there you go.

Din Sim for those like a lot of of aircraft noise.

I'm not real enthusiastic about adding to the range Quote :GirlSim for the boyz, BoySim for the girls, WhateverturnsyouonSim for the others, because these always seem to attract those unwanted emails to make it bigger, smaller, last longer, or, even to get it back working occasionally;). However, a flightsim which automatically deducts monery from credit cards each time the flyer passes over the top of a motorway toll booth sounds even better for the pension fund.:thumb_up::thumb_up::thumb_up:

It is possible that this concept may be packaged with BikeSim simulating Captain beating up the highways and byways and Drifting Driving (to coin a phrase) through the snow, all from the comfort of your fireside chair.

Simply deposit an initial down-payment of $50 accompanied by a bottle of red to Planedrivers account while he works out the feasability and projected delivery date for the system.:thumb_up:

Sorry!! This could be construed as commercial advertising which is banned on the forums.

Maybe Ian can give special dispensation for the bottle of red, if I share with him??***!!

Most ultralight flyers seem to cry out for extra horses, so don't complain.:hittinghead:

Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.

The first surgeon,says,I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."

The second,responds,"Yeah, but you should try electricians! everything inside them is color coded."

The third surgeon,says,"No,I really think librarians are the best,everything inside them is in alphabetical order."

The fourth surgeon,chimes in:"You know,I like construction workers ... Those guys always understand when you have quite a few parts left over."

But the fifth surgeon,shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Pilots are the best to operate on, because when the odds of success are not at all good, they're still happy they'll get where want to where they want to go, because they own the latest GPS.:rotary::rotary:

Armed with the chainsaw and the new idea of making an aeroplane out of timber,ex drifter driver raced to his closest bit of rainforest to cut down a few trees to get the materials for the airframe. There was so much pandamonium caused by his actions with branches falling, which still had protesting greenies attached. One big branch fell on one of the protesters bright yellow combi vans with the flowers painted on it :faint:and wrote the bloody thing off. With a wry grin, ex drifter driver said to the bruised owner "MAAAAATE, todays your lucky day;).As yer combi's stuffed, i'll be prepared to help you out with 10 bucks for the old motor co's I can put it to good use with a fan on the front"

I can give you the phone number of the Cabramatta Driving Academy where they teach you to drive in the middle lane in busy town traffic and 30km per hr in the r/h lane on motorways.

I'm sure they'd be able to assist you, if you want to be further confused:hittinghead:

It's probably a "pay back" for lurking in the background when she had a lingerie party. Having said that, appreciate what you've got. I'm also fortunate to have a sweetheart who's happy to sit and watch, while I go to see whats new in the hangers, and chat to the boys. It's priceless!!

For lo and behold out of the blue yonder, there occasionally appears one of those "fresh air" flyers, who has secretly been converted, and yet is probably busy behind the scenes, seeking out one of the discarded warmer-to-fly Jabiru's without the need dress-up to look like "Michelin Man".

"Fear not", said the flyer, "clothes alone, not maketh the man, but to have the gut's to fly like a bird when we were designed to walk on the ground certainly say's something. Are we convinced by this statement, or, could he be talking Sierra, Hotel, India, Tango?.............

Stunning pictures, thanks for posting them for us to enjoy.

Hope that J160 had a heater, or you had thermal underwear.

Rgds Alan

Thanks Ian,

It was my sort of price:crying:

Rgds Alan

WRAAF mechanic who is prepared to get dirty under aeroplanes, but only gets a service every 100hrs to keep her in full flight. Others less fortunate ......

Is there any Murphy Rebel owner / builder out there ? I'm considering purchasing a part completed project and any advice on this aircraft would be appreciated.Regards

 

David

I'd be interested to hear your opinion of what it's like.

I was with Rick Harper at Mangalore many years ago when he went for his first ride in a Rebel after he'd just ordered his kit. You should see it now, it's beautiful.

Rgds Alan

Well done mate. I always prefer to read story's that have happy endings:thumb_up::thumb_up::thumb_up:

We learn something new every day Brad.

If I was running their business, I would at least want to keep my ear to the ground directly, or indirectly, as a bit of bad press can rob them of plenty of dollars which as a business they should be trying to earn.

Thanks for that Brent,

Would have thought that Foxcon may have had some input to support their own interests. Now i'm really disallusioned:black_eye:

It obviously pays to seek advise from those who know a lot more than me.

Presumably they don't even have time to be in touch with their potentially biggest market place in Oz. Certainly makes one think of the alternative options.

Hi Nelson,

Do you know whether it was built at the facory, or somewhere else?

I'm sure Helmut or one of the staff would have checked it out if it was built at the factory under their guidence. I would certainly like to think so anyway.

Just goes to prove the worth of taking a LAME or someone experienced in the field when checking out any aircraft before purchasing one.

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THE BACK PEW

There was a preacher whose wife was expecting a baby so he went before the Congregation and asked for a raise. After much discussion, they passed a rule that whenever the preacher's family expanded, so would his paycheck.

After 6 children, this started to get expensive and the Congregation decided to hold another meeting to discuss the preacher's salary.

There was much yelling and bickering about how much the clergyman's additional children were costing the church. Finally, the Preacher stood up and said "Children are a gift from God," he said. Silence fell on the Congregation.

In the back pew, a little old lady stood up and in her frail voice said, "Rain is also a gift from God, but when we get too much of it, we wear rubbers."

And the congregation said, "Amen".

If any of our Kiwi friends have anything to add? it would be good to hear from you.

I know quite a few kit's went over to NZ a while back and presumeably they did their homework before buying them. I'd be interested to know whether they've lived up to their expectations.

Come on you guy's both in NZ and Oz, how about a bit of feedback.

Wow! what a trip and most of the scenery was awesome.

I hope you did'nt forget to pack all your thermal underware.

Thanks for sharing it with us. (The pictures I mean, not the underware).