planedriver

Good stuff.

Enjoyed the video as well. Glad I had'nt eaten breakfast before watching it. co's my stomack aint any where near as strong as yours:sorry:.

Cheers

Alan

If I was buying the aircraft, I would be happier to see an entry in the log book however minor the damage, with a note that it had been thoroughly checked out by someone competent after the event, rather than find out the hard way that there was a bit more damage than originally thought.

Anyway it looks like the story had a happy ending, which is the main thing.

Good stuff.

Thats awesome Matt.

I certainly got a buzz just reading about it.

Looking forward to your next post.

What a great oportunity to learn more under such skilful guidence.

Your poor old CF4 probably wondered who was cracking the whip making it do manouveres is had'nt had to do for quite some time, but probably enjoyed every bit of it.

Keep us posted.

Rgds

Alan

Saving for 50 yrs

The 75-year-old groom, with the young wife, caused a lot of

attention as he checked into the resort hotel.

The following morning, the old boy came strutting into the dining

room, lookin' great with a big smile on his face and proceeded to

order an enormous breakfast.

He laughed and joked with everyone and was in obvious good spirits, whereas his

young wife, who came into the room a half hour later, looked worn

out. She ordered coffee in a voice so weak the waiter had to ask

her to repeat the order.

The old man finished his breakfast, excused himself and left for

their room. This gave the waitress a chance to ask the bride,

"Honey, I can't figure it out. That old gent, sorry, I mean your new husband, looks

like a million gollars and you look like two cents. What's wrong?"

"That guy double-crossed me," the bride said. "He told me he'd

saved up for fifty years! And all the time I thought he was

talking about his money!" ;););)

A truckie who has been on the road for two weeks stops at a brothel on the outskirts of Alice Springs.

He walks straight up to the Madam, drops down £500 and says: "I want your ugliest woman and a grilled cheese sandwich!"

The Madam is astonished. "But sir, for that kind of money you could have one of my finest ladies and a three-course meal."

The trucker replies: "Listen darlin', I'm not horny - I'm homesick."

I had one once, but at least the dog was pleased to see me when I came home from work.

Darren,

This is good news, and i've have known about this place for a long time now, but doubt whether you'd ever find time to get there, because you and Emma are always heading away somewhere on bargain flights. You seem to have "the good oil" on these great offers, so if you find any round the world trips for 50 bucks, i'm happy to pay for you and Emma and the kids to go as well, if you just spread the word.

Rgds Alan

You're welcome mate, happy to assist.

G'day Kev,

Check out this site. http://www.monarchdoors.com.au/contactus.htm Monarch build a lot of bi-fold doors including ones for aircraft hangers, and have agents all over the place as can be seen from their website.

They're probably the biggest supplier and I think they bought out Renlita Doors many years ago. I'm sure they'd be happy to quote to build what you want.

Yes, I have motorised bi-fold doors some years ago, they're not hard to do, but these days specialise in automatic gates, boom gates, etc; with my son taking over due to my age and health problems which have to be sorted out.

Hope this is of some help to you.

Rgds Alan

Just join the clan Arthur.

Sorry mate, it sounds like you're now a fully qualified member:welcome:

The man had more faith than me, but sadly it looks like things did not go according to his plans. Can't say i'm altogether surprised at the outcome

SEARCH FOR PRIEST TURNED HELIUM BALLOON PILOT SUSPENDED

Brazil's air force Thursday suspended efforts of finding a Roman Catholic priest, 42-year-old Reverend Adelir Antonion de Carli, presumed missing off the coast of Santa Catarina, where pieces of the hundreds of helium party balloons that carried him aloft (Sunday April 20) were found. After an initial climb to 20,000 feet, Denise Gallas, treasurer of Carli's parish told The Associated Press, Carli settled in at roughly 8,200 feet for his planned trip from Parangua to Dourados -- a city 465 miles away. At the time of his last communication with the port authority Carli was already 30 miles off the coast and stated he would soon crash in the Atlantic. Eight hours later, according to The Associated Press, he was reported missing. The priest had launched wearing a helmet, a thermal suit and a parachute. He was armed with his skydiving experience, a GPS, a satellite phone and a "buoyant chair," the AP reported.

Looks like you either get a sense of humor, or a certificare of insanity if you hang around at The Oaks too much:big_grin::big_grin::big_grin:

Check out Henderson Doors as well http://www.hendersonrmd.com.au/feedback.htm

I had dealings with them 30 or 40 yrs ago in the UK and they have been in Oz for about 30yrs with distributors in all States. They operate with a big counterwight and can always be motorised at a later date it necessary. I've motorised quite a few over the years.There's another mob who do a lot of them, but I can't think of their name at the moment. I'll find out tommorrw and get back to you.

Regards Alan

I've gotta have one. I pay out 18 bucks for a haircut every couple of weeks, so it could prove to be an investment.

A few moths ago I went to a fancy dress ball wearing a scratch-built helli-hat complete with spinning rotors, flashing led's (controlled by a modified torch in my pocket) and a pair of vintage RAF Mk 9 flying goggles, but had to jump to get off the ground.

Try not to visualise this, or you may get wet pants.

Maybe this machine was designed by another "nutter" like me!!!

Welcome skyfox99, you've just landed at a the right place with a great bunch of guy's and gals. If you don't get a heap of enjoyment out of these forums, I know somewhere where they have knitting classes:laugh:

The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a 'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker.

I was feeling particularly sassy that day, because I had just come from a thrilling choir practice followed by a powerful prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus; because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.

I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was sitting there, the nice man behind started honking like crazy, and he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'for the love of God, GO! GO!' What an exuberant cheerleader he was for the Lord.

Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from The Gold Coast back there, because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach. I saw another man waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was an Queensland good luck sign or something.

Well, I don't know anyone from Queensland , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back.

My grandson burst out laughing; why even he was enjoying this religious experience.

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So I waved to all my sisters and brothers, smiled at them all, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again, and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window, and gave them all the Queensland good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!

Husband and wife are shopping in Safeway when the man picks up a dozen VB stubbies and sticks it into the trolley

"What do you think you're doing?" asks the wife

"They're on special, only $10 for 12 cans", he says

"Put them back. We can't afford it," says the wife and they carry on shopping...

A few aisles later the woman picks up a $20 jar of face cream and sticks it into the trolley.

"What do you think you're doing?" asks the man,

"It's my face cream. It makes me look beautiful," she says

The man replies... "SO DOES 12 CANS OF VB AND IT'S HALF THE PRICE" :hittinghead:

I've already got one which sits in the left-hand seat.

You dont even have to switch the damn thing on.

Can't wait to go solo:help:

That one was caused by the midget banging his hammer on the insrument panel on finals, but since they took it away from him, everythings been O.K.

Tuesday Apr 22 06:50 AEST

AP - A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons is missing off the southern coast of Brazil.

Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing boats were searching off the coast of Santa Catarina state, where pieces of balloons were found.

Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli lifted off from the port city of Paranagua on Sunday afternoon, wearing a helmet, thermal suit and a parachute.

He was reported missing about eight hours later after losing contact with port authority officials, according to the treasurer of his Sao Cristovao parish, Denise Ga

Gallas said by telephone that the priest wanted to break a 19-hour record for the most hours lying with balloons to raise money for a spiritual rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, Brazil's econd-largest port for agricultural products.

Some American adventurers have used helium balloons to emulate Larry Walters - who in 1982 rose three miles above Los Angeles in a lawn chair lifted by balloons.

A video of Carli posted on the G1 website of Globo TV showed the smiling 41-year-old priest slipping into a flight suit, being strapped to a seat attached to a huge column green, red, white and yellow balloons, and soaring into the air to the cheers of a crowd.

According to Gallas, the priest soared to an altitude of 6,000 metres then descended to about 2,500 metres for his planned flight to the city of Dourados, 750km north-west of his parish.

But winds pushed him in another direction, and Carli was some 50km off the coast when he last contacted Paranagua's port authority, Gallas said.

Carli had a GPS device, a satellite phone, a buoyant chair and was an experienced skydiver, Gallas said.

"We are absolutely confident he will be found alive and well, floating somewhere in the ocean," she said.

"He knew what he was doing and was fully prepared for any kind of mishap."

(What can you say about people who do these sort of things? He knew the risks and his intentions were good. I hope he is found alive and well.)

Two guys are pushing their carts around a Bunnings Hardware store when they collide.

The older guy says to the other, 'Sorry about that, I'm looking for my wife and I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going.'

The young guy says, 'That's OK. It's a coincidence. I'm looking for my wife too. I can't find her and I'm getting a little desperate.'

The older fella says, 'Well, maybe we can help each other. What does your wife look like?'

The young guy says, 'Well, she is 24 years old, tall, with blonde hair, blue eyes, long legs, big boobs and she's wearing real-tight white shorts, a halter top and no bra. What does your wife look like?'

The other says, 'Doesn't matter – let's look for yours.'

They're all brilliant shots Ian.

Like Doug, I too, especially like the last one of the "cockney" sparrow fitted with new short blade, coarse pitch, lower torque brolga prop conversion, doing his "run-up.

Thanks for sharing them them Ian.

Rgds Alan

:wave:Nice looking aircraft Philipnz.

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:help:Sorry, can't seem to find a smiley that resembles me dribbling.

Rgds

Alan

Yea! Storchy, to say nothing about streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeching the dollar further, so you can afford to go straight away, if the missus starts nagging you;).

Welcome Brad

Book youself a tif (trial instruction flight) with the club in the Jab and you'll probably go home on a "high".