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Still few copies guys and gals. Pm me

H hope so , she's all fuelled up , trying to find ground crew to drive my books and fuel. Won't be able to stay the night though due to bubs

Barossa newspaper

No not jealous . MOTIVATED :)

Best I can get so far :) in sequence

I met one :) friend of my chief ground crew ;)

Thanks a bunch,, yeh running between my book store and nieuport lol. And I'm pretty much go go go :)

Yo You can actually see how much left rudder is needed to counter the torque roll

In action.

Had my book on display and sale.. Sold a couple :(

I'm wondering the same because I'm told plenty cheers and clapping and commentry mentioned how nice my landing was :). I will ask around for vid

Barossa Airshow 2015 12 April A few weeks ago I recieved a ph call from the event organiser (whom had been desperately tracking me after seeing pics of my ww-1 beast on social media)asking if I would bring my 1916 replica to the show and perform a handling display ? Without second thought I agreed and was soon returning paper work for CASA approval...after an anxious wait I finally recieved the approval the day before fly out.. Phew. Saturday the 11 th I was up at the crack of dawn ( ok that's a lie. I was up all night waiting ) I was ready to go by first light but old Murphy showed his ugly head! Total fog over.. By 9am fog lifted and I was soon on my way for the shortish 65 nm flight. First 48nm was a breeze but after that it was all mountains ,.. I arrived at the rowland flat airfield safe and sound... 1 hr 19 mins and 14 secs. Sunday day of show. I arrived early and prepared my war horse for a practice run. Conditions were overcast slight crosswind and 8-10 knts gusty. Circuits went well but I found the noted ( pilot notes) wind shear on 08... I was thrown around , Sucked down and given a nice airframe thump but she held her ground but after touch down she was very ferocious ... With a skid or 2 I kept her on track ... At 10:30 we had the display pilot brief, at the end ,a prize was awarded to the first display pilot to submit their paper work and be approved by CASA . Yay I won! Bottle of Shiraz I was programmed for a 10 minute handling display at 2:05. Winds were not favourable with a couple tail draggers making ... Interesting landings.. Wind shear was duly noted and I was really feeling nervous .. There was around 5000 people watching!!! Lol I had 2 awesome in costume ground crew and at 1:30 we headed over to my nieuport to start preparing her... We just made our way to the nieuport when the event organiser comes speeding up in his golf buggy yelling " Tim Tim, can you go up? NOW,!" The extra300 had done a fuel pump so I was required to keep thing flowing.... My crew true to the era performed an authentic ww-1 aircraft scramble and I was soon back tracking 08. On take off I new landing would be interesting when the wind was weather cocking me on the ground and drift on take off. I performed 3 circuits with smoke display before the inevitable landing... The strip is 600 mtrs and my home strip is 300 so I decided on the ol high , idle slip. From 500 on final near threshold I just killed power, side slipped, avoided wind shear, and greased her with 500 meters spare.... What a relief....... I had non stop photos and back pats And I was fearing my head would not fit back in my helmet? I departed early during the show as conditions were showing a head wind home, I was advised about rotor winds over the mountains but found nil wind again at 3500 ft... Made it home safe ( but bloody cold) in 1 hr 19 mins and 43 secs.... Had the best time ever and ground crew were out standing Oh and for those wondering? No ramp checks.

Flew out this morning . Very nice flight @3000 ft. 50 indicated with 48 GS ( 85 kms ). 62 nm 1.3 hrs.... No 2stroke friendly mountains either :). I'm on at 2pm. Ahhhh. The pressure. Program below

Rego done within week. Top job

One on you tube but it hit a car...

Sold 34 so far. Thank you guys and gals. Feel free to PM me your review. .? No wuggers

All good mate.

Is this what your talking about? If so yes it's Mildura Gliding Club

O Or did he?

NOTE: the above comment is not directed at me! I am a very bad speller and have grammer to match :) Everyone on here knows that :) Now Tas done just need a NT sale ....... Hint hint

Just a little twist to keep it interesting - for the movie

That's horrible, I like the suggested ( Bex I think)reversing camera mounted in front for high angled tail draggers to see whats directly in front of them.