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The First Trike landed here today!!!!! Made my wife ,son and my day :) My Son told me He wants me to buy a trike now?kids! shsh Don't tell the wife but I want one too..lol well done Jim on a great Nav and short strip landing. Hope to see you again:cheers: thanks for putting a huge smile on our faces:oh yeah:loved your bird:plane:

I Agree Comp,and can,t wait..see you all there:cheers:

lve booked and paid,sat breaky,afternoon town fly,hanger dinner,camp under wing and sun breaky...absolutely hanging.can not wait see you there Phil

so I wont to cart jerry cans when I fly in?sweet

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Anyone going? I booked today,I will fly in Sat morn, camp underwing and head home sun. hope to see you there:)

max empty weight=302kg(as per manufacturers place card) max empty weight permitted=250kg mtow=480kg (as per manufacturer place card) mtow permitted 480kg 95.55 25-00%^ reg till: jan /21/ 2014 bolly 2 blade 68" ground adjustable carbon ,certified by howard houghs and peter at bolly props.

.LightWing GR582=I JUST COMPLETED TRANSFER AND RE-REG. Sent in pics of the place cards,as per owners manual my Gr582 is registered at 480kg. I have a genuine copy of the GR582 flight manual and included is a section on place cards MTOW 480kg.I sent a pic of this straight out of the GR582 manual that also states "RAA have approved this flight manual "

unbelievable....is this for real or a stunt?

think you guys scared them off? with good old Aussie Humour

hope to have the full version of the book published by the end of year?

CHAPTER 12 Operation candy snatch Jan 28 1983 The last several days have been tuff,Charlie has been trying hard to get permission for us to fly out of swanhill.Apparently some locals complained about our ultralights flying in and we have been told we can not fly out untill permission is granted.Charlie blames Tommy for our predicament believing if Tommy had not perched himself on the wire we might not have the head ache we now find ourselves with. Charlie called today to suggest we sneak in to swanhill during the night and fly out just on light as permission is proving difficult and times a wastin Charlie called it "Operation candy snatch". He's a funny bugger old Charlie and sometimes still lives in his old war days.. Not sure if there will be any security but im a little weary at this stage. Ill try to get some sleep before we head out on our mission. Jan 19 1983 Charlie ,Brian and I pulled up outside swanhill airfield at 3:30am this morning, there was a stiff breeze and the night was dark as we began our mission .creeping across the grounds with excitement and nerves Charlie whispered "boggie 11 o'clock,keep low boys". His boggie was a light left on in the clubroom.!!! We located our planes (or our target as Charlie put it) and got stuck into refuelling,untying,preflight checks etc....At one stage a car drove past the airfield and we hit the deck at Charlie's command.watching it drive off into the distance we began to chuckle at our military style operation.. By 4:30am we were all ready to go but the wind had picked up and was blowing s/e at 14knts,We could also make out the overcast sky. Brian had now left us and we were both strapped in and waiting for first light which was only 15 minutes away. At approximately 4:40am we noted a vehicle enter the airfield,and pull up at the club rooms , 3 persons then entered the buildings and lights were turned on illuminating the majority of the parking area,I radioed Charlie what he wanted to do?"How ya feelin Jackie boy? wanna do this now?"It was still to dark to make out my gauges but Charlie felt it was now or never. Almost simultaneously we started our birds and began rolling as our engines warmed up along the taxi way.I kept one eye on the clubrooms and noticed some commotion And radioed Charlie.Within seconds We could see the vehicles headlights go on and point in our direction."Shit!!! Now Jacki ,, now, Lets go now!!! follow me boy were gong for it." We were still on the Taxi way when Charlie decided we should go for it. I watched him gun it and take off from the taxiway And I was slightly shocked by this ,I was still moving slow When the vehicle regained my attention as it was speeding toward me from the front to block the runway and taxiway end. I approached he vehicle and could see 3 guys waiving franticly at me . I tried to turn around the vehicle but one guy grabbed my wing tip making me swing violently toward there vehicle.I open my door yelling " WTF you could have killed me " after a short exchange of words I agreed to taxi back to the parking area, I started to make a 180 as they moved along side me in their van and with a burst of power I whipped my little tail dragger back around and pointed her roughly down the strip and opened her up ,"adios amigos" I yelled as I yanked her back and leapt into the air. The wind was strong and I instantly engaged into battle for some sort of controlled flight. Once I gained some hight my instruments became readable in the dim light and to my surprise I was still climbing with ASI at 35kts and already at hight of 900ft.I radioed Charlie as I descended and we were soon reunited and heading for Sea lake.Charlie Radioed we were only moving at 20+ kts over the ground .With my box fuselarge I was flying with a yaw angle of at least 30 degrees and this felt unusual and uncomfortable for me ,also the turbulence was making it worse. As the light appeared our ground speed became very noticeable as we found our selves in almost a hover apart from being thrown around a bit. After what felt like hours we arrived over the sea lake which was a large salt flat.Charlie flew down low to locate Brian on the ground and was soon radioing were to land.I watched Charlie in what looked like a hover landing and I was soon on approach.As I dropped to 100 ft the turbulence began really throwing me around.I fought for control as I approached slowly into the wind.I came down with little forward speed yet I was holding 3/4 throttle at 50kts ASI.I lowered her down and was relieved when ground effect smoothed out the ride.A gentle touch down was achieved with very little to no roll out,Almost helicopter like. Now the real battle began As we attempted to tie our babies down whilst the wind had other ideas.After some struggling we were tied down amongst the trees and had set up camp for the night.We hid out for the day here at sea lake and will fly out again tomorrow if the weather permits. Was great to here Old Charlie had the presents of mind to film the mission as I had not even given it a thought. ahh What a day!!! must be beer o' clock by now?

was 1 hell 0f a ride(and exspence) but its finally over,im back in action, fully reged and transferred...wahooo... thanks LEANNE(thats right LEANNE at the desk) for processing it .And all on the day the reg ran out...

training in thruster currently = dual $150 per hr benalla VIC

unbelievable! awesome storey

I own a small 40 acre semi-rural property.I did all the research before putting the strip in and found The council have NO say. nore do your neighbours or police .Only CASA can put a stop to it.I have a 350mtr srtip,live 500 meters from town and have had no complaints in the 6 years Ive been here.You need council approval for a hanger (and most likely will be denied) but A machinery shed is fine,I have a 40x20 machinery shed for my girl.

yeh I reckon thats it, thanks for the link. Helli doing crop spraying? I did not know they did it in hellies?interesting

just heard a news update that plane just crashed in Melbourne ? any one no anything?

hey guys ,sorry about the delay,rather busy at present so will post another chapter when I get back form vic later in the week.

7 weeks grounded,hell of a lot of stress,$1400 on a new prop (turns out could have left the original on ) about $30 in exspress/registed post packages so far ,and still grounded and waiting :(

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for the record my gripe is with Admin!!! They have been making me run around jumping threw hoop after hoop for at least 6 weeks now. This could have been avoided if they told me every thing I needed to confirm too in order to re-reg in the first email/letter.BUT THEY DID NOT.instead every time I complied with there request they send out a new letter with something new to comply with?WTF feels like they are making it up as they go along to me? should have just told me EVERY thing they required in the first email/letter and I would be done by now.Im not the only one this is happening to , To me it really seems like the book is being written as we go along.?

hows the HGF theses days?

received a reply. Tim, Sorry for the confusion.. We do have under wing and both sides of the aircraft photos on file – so that part is sorted. We just need legible photos of the warning and Max take-off weight placards in place in the cockpit,(I admitt they were poor quality) plus your updated hours and landings. Renewals are automated so you should receive one soon, however you can call ahead at any time to make an advance payment over the phone and provide your updated hours and landings then. The ex-owner just received the renewal papers. as the transfer is yet to be completed.. anyway Im So close I can almost feel the wind back on me noggin:plane: