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Welcome Nudge,

You'll get a lot of fun out of these forums and learn a lot from other pilots experiences. Good luck with the training as soon as you start, but keep your cuban eights and falling leafs strickly to the R/C models, or your instructor will get a severe case of the shi-s, apart from the fact that Jabiru's were not designed for such acctivities.

Alan

Thanks for the finer details Dave. If I feel well enough, I might get the boat out to see it arrive. Ought to be able to get some good pictures of it on finals, if it comes in over Botany Bay. If I get any, i'll post them on the forums.

Alan

Superjumbo to arrive in Sydney next week

Monday Oct 15 21:47 AEST

Luxury, at least for those travelling in their own first-class sleeping cabins, will take to the skies when Singapore Airlines flies the double-decker Airbus A380 into Sydney next week for the first time.

The key to the cabins on the world's newest passenger plane, Singapore Airlines boasts, is the separate seat and bed - replete with designer quilt.

Singapore Airline also boasts that the sleeping suite can be transformed into a stylish office, with its 57.5-centimetre platinum screen and workstation.

A formal ceremony in the French city of Toulouse had the aviation behemoth's maker, Airbus, formally relinquish the giant to Singapore Airlines.

Singapore Airlines is the first carrier to take full commercial delivery of the long-awaited superjumbo.

At the launch, all eyes were on aviation's best-kept secret, Singapore's fitout of the monster jumbo.

Airbus chief executive Thomas Enders said the expansive space of the A380 had given airlines a new outlet to engage with their customers.

The effect of Singapore's Airlines innovation would ripple out across the industry," Mr Enders said at the launch

Singapore chief executive Chew Choon Seng said the carrier was proud of its fitout.

"It sets new standards in luxury and comfort."

Until now Singapore Airlines has been coy about its fitout, saying only that it had plans for a level of luxury beyond first class.

The carrier has revealed that if passengers can afford the hefty price tag for the first-class suite, they will have their own cabin designed by French yacht designer, Jean Jacque Coste.

The design will speak for itself, Chew Choon Seng said.

The change represents a new phase in aviation, which is enjoying a surge in demand.

Business class has also been upgraded to what Singapore describes as world's widest business-class seat.

There will also be greater space and comfort in economy class and a larger, 26.5-centimetre screen in front of each seat.

Airlines could of course jam more than 800 passengers into the A-380.

So far at least, operators in the Australian market have signalled they will resist that temptation, giving the extra space back to customers.

While Singapore Airlines will have a maximum of 471 passengers in its A380, Qantas will fitout the superjumbo for just 450 passengers, with 14 in first class, 72 in business, 32 in its new premium economy class and the bulk, 332 in economy.

The Flying Kangaroo has promised to give passengers in premium economy more leg room, a digital widescreen monitor and a laptop power connection.

Despite the plush fitout unveiled by Singapore Airline, some of the more outlandish suggestions of a flying holiday resort seem a way off.

Then there's the almost eerie silence of the plane when it's in the air.

The engines are quiet, so quiet that passengers could be forgiven in thinking they haven't started taxiing down the runway.

Airbus has dubbed the A380 the jolly green giant, on account of its relative fuel efficiency.

The plane uses 2.9 litres of fuel per hundred passenger kilometres compared with the aviation industry average of about five litres per one hundred passenger kilometres.

The A380 has been a long time coming.

The giant's intricate 500 kilometres of electrical wiring caused a two-years delay to the delivery of the planes.

Airbus indicated previously the delays were likely to take five million Euros from Airbus's bottom line until 2010.

But it was all smiles, with Mr Enders describing the giant as "not a luxury.. a necessity".

My post should have read, that they have half a dozen or more J160's;etc

Your quite right Darren. It operates out of YSBK and is one of the Sydney Flight Training Centre's fleet. They have probably 1/2 or more J160's on lease, plus a couple of J230's apart from usual range of Cessna spam-cans. The main thing is that the student pilot is around to assist with any enquiries.

Thats interesting Daren, i've not seen one before, though I know sometimes insurance companies use this sort of data it they think people might be making bogus damage claims .

Yea! but where the hell do nearly 85million bicyles go to?

It's good to see billions of barrels of oil being produced so some can be used for recreational flying. Sure beats pedalling.

Interesting world clock http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks2.htm

If you were driving a Holden race car at Bathurst today and had just passed a Ford in 4th place, where would you be?

Answer: Still only in 4th place and wishing you'd bought a Ford no doubt.

I saw the Goggomobile in the add breaks, but the owner refused to race it because he did'nt want it covered with all those silly stickers.:big_grin:

A great report ultralights, I really enjoyed it, Many thanks.

Was that really bush-fire smoke at Bathhurst, or was it those powerful Fords just burning off a bit of excess rubber? ;)

Of course most of us know that Ford used to put their fine engines in aeroplanes as well (Ford Tri Motor).

The Holden Tri aaaaaards not yet got off the ground.

Oh Yea!! Baby

Fords 1, 2 and 3

I have a spare box of tissues for the others

Thanks for that Phil.

Very exciting concept, and well worth keeping an eye on their developments.

Could very easilly be the shape of things to come.

Rgds

Alan

This concept vtol plane was on display earlier this year at an airshow in Camarillo USA. Looks pretty sexy to me, but I don't know whether it's ever been off the ground. Do any of you guys know anything about it?

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A man walks into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by.

He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says,

"Perfect timing. You're just like Frank."

"Who?"

Cabbie: "Frank Feldman. He's a guy who did everything right all the

time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened

like that to Frank Feldman every single time."

Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody."

Cabbie: "Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have

won the Grand- Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang

like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you

should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy."

Passenger: "Sounds like he was something really special.

Cabbie: "There's more... He had a memory like a computer. Could

remember everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods

to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything.

Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank

Feldman, he could do everything right."

Passenger. "Wow, some guy then."

Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid

traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them.

But Frank, he never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a

woman and make her feel good. He would never answer her back

even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate,

shoes highly polished too - he was the perfect man! He never made a

mistake. No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman."

Passenger: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?"

Cabbie: "Well, I never actually met Frank. It was just my bad judgement that I married his

widow."

Great pics Darren,

Thanks for sharing them. Would make a great callender for next year;)

Mind where you poke that stick, you might create an even bigger oil leak in that lovely old lady. I'm surprised the boys from H.A.R.S.did'nt give you a rag to tie on the end, to clean up the engine cowls. Looks like they missed out on an opportunity there. Hope you both have a great time.

Alan

Was trying to work this picture out.

Had the Extra just been washed, or, was Darren drooling over such a great bit of machinery?:):):)

Alan

Very good.

From someone who flies one-way to The Oaks in a German aeroplane with an Austrian engine, then goes back in an American-built jet, only to repeat the process in reverse.

Where would we be without such possibilities?;)

Hi Startiblast,

Real interesting post seeing the progress you've made.

Does the kit come complete with the "midnight oil" required?

Well done!! It's looking fantastic.

Jealousy may not be a good thing, but mate, i've now got a severe dose of it, and i'm sure it's contageous.

My old man had one like that when he had a motorbike accident.

He reconed that if he was to snuff it prematurely, at least he'd worth something for the scrap metal. So keep your chin up mate. things ain't as bad as you might think!!

Could'nt agree more.

Not sure whether they still do it, as I have'nt been a member for quite a few years now, but at one stage Schofields Flying Club addressed this problem for spouses and partners and anyone else interested who flew regularly, by giving them a very basic understanding of what to do, which included a few circuits with hands-on approaches. A couple of ladies I spoke to, thoroughly enjoyed it, and they felt that as a result, they would at least have a little bit better chance of being able to get back on the ground and be able to walk away, than they would have otherwise.

Not too many of us would would be competant in landing a commercial airliner as seen in some movies, but i'd sooner put a bit of hope in someone who at least has a bit of an understanding of what to do, rather than just sit there and wait for the till it's all over.

For pax that don't fly on a regular basis, casualy advise them not to touch anything, keep feet off pedals, and show them how to release seat belts, door, or canopy and knocking off the master switch after coming to stop in a emergency should suffice.