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Obviously the jet could easily outrun the drone in this footage, but I think the drone pilot did an amazing job. https://www.facebook.com/UNILADTech/videos/2885299601741244

Some "Go fund me" pages seem to do pretty well Spacey!

Regardless of the cause, I and many others feel for your loss. At least you are still with us which is the main thing.

Phil. i'm beginning to worry a little about you posting your long exposures on a cold night.

Interesting article re: hydrogen powered aircraft. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210401-the-worlds-first-commercial-hydrogen-plane. The upside is that for those of us on limited flying budgets, we could possibly see slot meters installed, where you throw in a couple of bob to do a quick circuit or two

Bunderburg Bolts have been available for quite some time, it seems.

Lets hope so Skippy. Badgerys Creek is not supposed to open until about 2026. Hopefully Bankstown will last till then.

Aviation is, or at least should be, a vital necessity within a huge country like Australia and yet so many airports are being removed off the map. Privatisation is an absolute curse, and seems only to be fodder for greedy developers. Sadly this is occurring all around the country and there seems to precious little to stop it. The other day I drove through Bankstown Development Park, which has for decades been a fine local Bankstown Airport in the Sydney basin. The size of the warehouses there have to be seen to be believed. Some are that big that you could almost make the runways on their roofs, and i'm not kidding. This is so sad to see, yet one can't help but feel that with such reduced manouvering space, a repeat of what happened at Melbourne's Essendon Airport when a King Air had problems and the area where the pilot may have been able to put down safely, was now filled with an industrial development, and the outcome turned out to be catasrosphic., It is hoped that all events go according to plan, but sooner, or hopefully very much later, that may not be the case. Hoxton Park and Schofields also went to developers in the same way, and from what I hear Warnervale and The Oaks have also been in the firing line. Greedy bastards! The value of emergency ops for fire fighting, law enforcement,medical evacuations, etc; etc; to mention just a few, do not even seem to be taken into consideration. It seems way beyond what common sense should dictate. If regional flights were hoped to operate from there, the clearance is likely to to be "cleared for take-off, warehouse 16 left. What can be done to put the brakes on this? I'm buggered if I know!

You've inspired me again Nev. I'll start tomorrow

For those among'st us that like flight simulators, be grateful of the progress that has been made in recent years. After all, you could be trying to learn how to fly on learn on one of these.

Fascinating wing section

The Airtruk was a noisy little bugger, we could always hear them climb out of the Seven Hills yard, back in the days of my married bliss in nearby Baulkham Hils. when I actually owned a house.

Any thread you want to post to should be fine Pete. Many on here would be so glad to hear that you're not pushing the daises out of the ground. Kind Rgds. Alan (planey)

Fantastic! I just love to see how guys on these forums help each other, and try to solve problems. Well done! It's all about watching others backs, and trying to keep us all safe.

Thanks lee-wave, of course you are correct. Just goes to show that great Aussie wine can confuss your fuzzle box late at night. Wing Cdr. Ken Wallis lived up on the east coast in Norfolk I think.

I donated a nice framed print of a Britten Norman Islander geo survey plane. Makes me wonder what ever happened to that, but won't loose any sleep over it.

So do you know what happened to "Little Nellie" out of curiosity? It's probably worth a lot more than it's build cost these days, if it's still around somewhere.

As they say, there are sometimes when you are airborne when you wish you hadn't left the ground. Been there, done that too many times. Pass the glue please.

You are probably at Redhill. I know it well. Just keep the Jabby away from my nephew who flys his models not far away.

Hence the name "widow maker" came about.

About 760 mph 1100 ft/sec at sea level on a standard day which relates to temperature and air density, and about 660 mph at 35,000 ft. Obviously that is air speed travelling through a column of air, not ground speed which could increase the figure by 100 mph if flying with a jet stream

WOW! That was like watching tennis at centre-court at Wimbledon (minus the strawberries) It's amazing the thing held together at that speed despite it's very clean design. Presumably carbon-fibre construction.

Garuda 747 flight to London Gatwick many years ago we had three aborted take-offs in succession at Abu Dhabi, before eventually getting off-loaded to a tired looking Air Lanka 747 to Paris, then British Caledonian to Gatwick. Luggage arrived 3 days later. When boarding for trip home 2 weeks later noticed the name City of Jakarta on the nose, same aircraft that had problems outbound, did not inspire a lot of confidence. Chatting to an engineer on the ground at Abu Dhabi, he said the captain had had problems ever since they left Denpasar and refused to fly it any further. Don't know what the cause was, but when hurtling down the runway each time to hear a loud bang, then engines shut down and hard braking, certainly get's your attention.

Like people that have light blue boats. If something goes pear shaped, it's an advantage not blend into the background scenery.

This rescue appeared on my facebook page and I thought it was worth sharing with you all. https://www.facebook.com/UNILADAdventure/videos/701284040747466