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  1. Has anyone spotted the : Eleven aircraft , overflying Toongabbie 2146.they looked like : CAC Boomerangs , or Wirraway's . this morning 01/01.2023. spacesailor
  2. That's a P.12 Lysander . . Just google it, and you see a very Ugly plane. spacesailor
  3. Yes ! . " From Westland Lysander P.12 Light Support Aircraft " Sorry I won,t join pinter for a better look . spacesailor
  4. " buy a low wing " . With retractable gear ! , then you can stand over it , when ' wheels up ' . spacesailor
  5. Cheap and simple ! . plastic bucket , hole in bottom , smaller than funnel , hight to suit length of funnel when end is in filler hole . any saw will cut bucket made of plastic . please dispose of nicely when you have finished . spacesailor
  6. ME I can,t even get the motivation to go to an airshow. and I do miss it . ( soaring like an eagle ). spacesailor
  7. A bit hard on your aircraft !!!!! . Doing a ' forced Landing ' . Don,t do too many . PFL ' Performed Forced Landing ' . spacesailor
  8. pfl & psl , please elighte . I,m not good on abreaviations . spacesailor
  9. My doctor and optometrist are both upset that I don,t wear glasses . At my age it,s expected to have poor vision ! . After all I,m only FOUR in the Old English language. ( SCORE ) LoL. spacesailor
  10. The HummelBird is VSO 40 & VNE 140 MPH . BUT Someone pushed their,s to 170 + MPH. Before the elivator ' blew away ' . Creativity or ' crazy ' . spacesailor
  11. I prefer the ROTODYNE aircraft . It should have been a forefront in aviation, instead of being steamrolled flat . NO RUNWAY REQUIRED !. spacesailor
  12. I,M NOT RACIST ! . just a ,BIGOT. let me see how many different nationrnalitist in my family !. At least 5 ! Plus my Darling Irish wife . Didn,t say , I LIKE THEM PARTICULY . LoL Makes a Wonderful World . Have you checked my avatar? Two nephews, the elder has just joined the army .spacesailor
  13. Also my ' short-wave listening ' licence . AND the U K ' Broardcast licence ' . Ooops , ?. do I need a ' hearing aid ' licence . spacesailor
  14. Different from my senior instructor! . " your take off was too fast " . I wonder if losing weight is a good thing while training ? . spacesailor
  15. I believe there,s a training club near Tamworth N S W . spacesailor
  16. AND The Biggest problem is your starting AGE !. MOST OF US , start at that age ,when the End of our Working life looms ever closer. So starting at sixty, to build a five year machine ! . Then have to learn all those bureaucratic rules & abreviations . HO ! . It,s making my head hurt ,. BUT Wait , we now have to learn the practical , Flying bit !. On a Pension. WERE DID MY SAVINGS GO TO ! . spacesailor
  17. I have always found , to repair Is harder than to follow the plan for a completely new Thing . spacesailor
  18. KISSING !, Is a disease I like , miss my kissing when , either the wife or I are sick . spacesailor
  19. Perhaps thats the criteria to your build choice, O K With wood , build a wood framed aircraft , ( or boat ). Good with F R P , a nice composite aircraft , ( or boat again, ). That only leaves metal ! , for the loud banging & ' Riveting construction ' . ( or rag & tube ) . Not many people would Try to make a ' plywood ' " Mosquito " . ( but can do in boats ) . spacesailor
  20. How many have failed to finished a aeromodel , that was far to complicated for our skill, at the time of ' plan purchase '. I admit to this , after I decided to build a ' fullscale flying ' LYSANDER spacesailor
  21. DEPENDS HIGHLY !. on the ' average ' person . I could already weld, ferrous & nonferrous metals from my apprenticeship with a Blacksmith tutor. Loved ' elecronics ' by way of ' popular mechanics ' & similar mags. Aeronautical by aeromodling . SO What is ' average ' . I definitely FAIL at Buearocrasy . It took years to be ' given ' a drivers licence. spacesailor
  22. Or just " traffic " !. spacesailor
  23. I had a injection for going O seas, such a simple thing like drinking from a unsanitary cup could be a risk factor . So long ago I can,t remember what it,s called . Now that immunization is in my blood & no longer able to give blood . spacesailor
  24. I Have a ' N S W photo identification card ' , But it still not good enough to get into a credit score checker . most Officeous clerks, ' damand ' that photo drivers licence . spacesailor
  25. Try the boys with those , Big Boys Toys Just need to get the servos fitted , then it,s an R C , ' full Flying Scale ' model. Complete with registration. spacesailor
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