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Alf, You have absolutely no reason to apologise and every reason to vent. Stay strong mate, stay strong! Regards Charles

Alf, I am truly sad to hear of the terrible thing that has happened to your Daughter. I'm sure that, like me, everyone on this forum wishes her a full and speedy recovery and that awful burden is lifted from you.. Please accept my sincere apologies if I have in any way added to the terrible stress you must be under right now. Kind regards and best wishes G

Relax RickH. Your thread is still there. It's just not at the top of the page anymore. Check the "What's new (24hrs)" tab. It's about halfway down the page.

Well deserving of an "unhelpful", but before I get flamed, moderated or worse, I'll just say that's a nasty knock you've got there Alf.

WOW! What a great compilation. Enjoyed it immensely. Thanks rgmwa.

OK I'll take the bait. What's the NES thread?

Ian, I think it should be us giving thanks to all those you mentioned above. Since stumbling across this site a few years ago I have been informed, amazed, irritated, amused, frustrated, captivated, gob-smacked and entertained. I am somewhat embarrassed to admit in all that time I haven't given much, if any, thought to the organisation or the people behind it. Your post has pricked my conscience and probably a lot of others who use this site. So can I add my thanks to all those you mention above but particularly to you for putting it all together and keeping it running so well. Regards Charles p.s. the idea of a prison guard ( down here they're called "Corrections Officers") as a moderator kinda tickles me.

Thanks Laurie, Good to see someone who understands and works to the basic principles. How 'bout some pics of the under cowl work? 15c ambient is fairly cool, sounds like southern highlands weather. It will be interesting to see what results you get on more extreme days. What's the vertical gauge mid panel? Do you plan to monitor all CHT's & EGT's?

Congratulations Laurie, It must be very satisfying to see all your work and effort come to fruition. What under cowl mods have you included?

Stevron, it was seen at Natfly this year Parker's near where the Sonex's were parked. I'll check my pics to see if I took a photo

Matty, you've got the answer right there in your question. It's easy. We (that's all of us who want it to be something better and/or different) fix it by simply going. Go. Show up and enjoy whats there. Persuade friends, acquaintances, colleagues, neighbours, kids, parents to go. It doesn't have to be a trade show, food show, airshow. It's a fly-in with extras. Enjoy what you like, ignore what you want. Create the atmosphere and then enjoy the atmosphere that's created. (wherever it's created or re-created) Those who don't want to go, for whatever reason , can simply not turn up to wherever they want to not turn up to. They can then write & tell us all about how good/bad the event/airshow/fly-in they didn't go to was.

Hi JG3 & Keith , I don't get why moving from one central western NSW town & airport to another Central Western NSW town and airport would prevent people from meeting up with old friends and sharing new hangar flying stories with each other. Surely it's the people who attend NOT the place they attend that produces the atmosphere and conviviality and lets people have a good time. If people decide they're not going to go to then there will be no sharing of BS stories. Surely it's the people and their attitude not the hardware, glitz or bling that make a good get together. I went to Temora not for the aerial displays, although I really enjoyed them. I didn't go to ogle the plastic fantastics on offer, though I did enjoy seeing what's on offer. I went to see what people had build/bought and brought to Temora, I went because I was interested to attend several of the forums on offer and to talk to like minded people who enjoy talking about their hobby, interest, addiction, unscratched itch that is aviation in ALL it's forms. I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE of my three days there. Would I stay away if it goes to Narromine, Caboolture, Tyab? If I can get there, why would'nt I go ? My $0.02 worth

Safer there (China) than here????? Sure as heck must have changed in the last 4 years then. Our 8 week trip through China, being driven by "professional'" drivers was like one loooooong carnival ride. Breathtaking. We survived with out serious injury or incident but WOW! the number of near misses.............

I believe that in the USA if you built it and it gets passed by the DAR you can maintain it, but if you sell it to someone else, they need to gain a maintainers qualification ( from the EAA I think). Why wouldn't that be an acceptable compromise over here?

Number one Son and I arrived by road around 10:15 Friday. Sadly I missed the Techman forum but there were plenty of things for us to do, gawk at and drool over. I tried several times to have a talk to Ian Bent at the CAMit booth but I couldn't get to the front of the queue til mid afternoon on Saturday. If he comes again next year he's better bring more staff! The Guys at the Rotec stand seemed to pretty busy as were the Bolly boys. The Bundy brigade were there with s few nice Jabs as were the Bristel, Sling, Piper sport, Aerochute, Technam Morgan, Pipistrel & Cirrus guys.. No sight of the rotorcraft guys though apart from one lonely single seat chopper. There were certainly less planes and fewer trade stalls that when I was here 2 years ago but I still found it a most enjoyable outing. All the trade guys were happy to chat without any hard sell. The flying displays were just breathtaking! The RAA general meeting was a bit of a giggle with most of the time taken up with dealing the the 7 special resolution. The new Pres, Sec & Treasurer all seem to have their eye(s) on the ball and I came away moderately confident that we may at last be in good hands. There wasn't much time allowed for questions from the floor which upset the Colonel blimps there but.....will they ever be pleased??? The forum with Matt Hall was briliant but afterwards I overhead one of the Colonels mustaches bristling at the possibility that the RAA may have paid for his attendance. We didn't it seems, he (Matt, not the Colonel ) was sponsored by QBE so honour was saved. The forum with mark Clayton was kinda hijacked by our immediate past Prez but his intentions were good I'm sure The food in the food court was about the same standard (!) as last time bit a bit more exxy The coffee was good. The food in the pub was fine, the yobbo's in the pub weren't so fine and seemed threatened by the sight of my son wearing rabbits ears on Easter day! So much testosterone from so small testes! Will I go next year? Maybe not because I'll probably be up to my ears getting my bird ready for flight but once she's ready I'll be there as often as I can. It Natfly dead? It sure as hell will be if the gloom and doomers continue to bag the event and the association promoting it. To those who stayed away because of the fear of ramp checks. Well done - right decision. If you're not confident you've got it all together then you're best leaving it in the hangar and driving down, but best be sure your licence and rego is up to date on the car and it's roadworthy, I've heard a rumour that the REAL police are doing roadside checks. Bloody bureaucracy gone mad! Uploaded some pics in the photo section Retiring now to don my fireproof suit and wait for the firestorm..... Regards

Planedriver I've only just arrived home and haven't had a chance to check & see if any of my photo's are worth posting. If they are and I can work out how to upload some, I'll do it tomorrow sometime. Don't hold your breath though....

Very few????? I must have been at the other Temora airport. Certainly not as many as when I was there two tears ago but I'd call two paddocks full quite a few. My dear old Mum used to say "there's none so blind as those who will not see" Col, Specsavers will be open again on Tuesday.

I wish you well with your projects Bex. But .....there's been so much sizzle, when do we get to see some steak? Might you be (Bexr)better to get both feet on the bus before you announce to the world that you're travelling?

Hey! Go easy on Volkswagens! Next you'll be saying that that the Road safety feds will be taking action behind the scenes.......

Hi Keith, That's not what that thread was about at all. It drifted all over the place and several contributors assumed that bit was about silencing board members. Anything but.

Nah. Not a member of any old boys club. Maybe a member of the grumpy old man's club though not so much old, as ancient - which is where the tag Gandalph came from.