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It is funny, but all the smilies throughout it make it difficult to read. And it is from America - obviously - could you change "mom" to mum?

So shouldn't it be an "air Neu Zulnd" plane and not QANTAS?

It was 06:00 and I just got in from LA. A bit of sleep but I wasn't paying too much attention. We landed on 07 at YSSY, so taxiing back to the international terminal we went past all the planes on the ground at the EAST end of the airport. I noticed a QANTAS plane - d'uh! - but noticed the rego: ZK - xxx Definitly NOT VH - xxx Ok, maybe it wasn't ZK, but it definitly wasn't VH. What gives? How? Why? Just asking.

Ok, I've been on 4 weeks of "fun" and just got back. Did I send someone the picture or not? (I'm still jet lagged. Well, that's my excuse.)

I like the shot of the back when the elevators are visible - while doing pre-flight checks - and the elveators are NOT sync'ed. One is horizontal and the other is dropped down. Hmmmm....

I won't spoil it by saying what it is, but it really is good. http://www.youtube.com/embed/kPvciIdDZAE

That's my bigger brother y'know. :)

7 Reasons Not To Mess With Children A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah'. The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went to hell?' The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'.. A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, 'I'm drawing God.' The teacher paused and said, 'But no one knows what God looks like.' Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, 'They will in a minute.' A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to 'honor' thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, 'Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?' Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, 'Thou shall not kill.' One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, 'Why are some of your hairs white, Mum?' Her mother replied, 'Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.' The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, 'Mummy, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?' The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. 'Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor..' A small voice at the back of the room rang out, 'And there's the teacher, she's dead.' A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, 'Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.' 'Yes,' the class said. 'Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?' A little fellow shouted, 'Cause your feet ain't empty.' The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: 'Take only ONE .. God is watching.' Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, 'Take all you want. God is watching the apples.'

Steve, Thanks for confirming that. Though that maybe isn't the best word in this case. I guess though it does show people how small the world is. I haven't seen Gordon or Richard in about 30 years. (Probably more.) Again: All my best to the family.

Don't know if it was the same kind of plane, but a couple of years back at Tumut a plane was flying and the door opened in flight. (Gull wing door) on the pilot side. Minor injury to pilot. All maps lost. Ripped the door clean off the plane.

Ok, here is some "news": Dear Members, As most of you are aware long time AAC Member Phil Unicomb had and aeroplane accident at Baraba a few weeks ago. Since the accident Phil has been in Newcastle Private Hospital. He has undergone back surgery on one of three broken vertebra. The operation was successful and Phil is expected to make a full recovery. Sometimes it is not what you know but who you know with our good friend Rob Kuru being a back specialist in Newcastle. Phil has been walking with the help of a walking frame and has started fisio in the pool. To help Phil make a speedy recovery we are having a social event at the Royal Newcastle Aeroclub Social Club. This event will be held on the Saturday night 23rd July starting at approx 5pm. We will be auctioning a ride in the Grumman Avenger as well as a ride in the CAC Wirraway. There will be several other prizes on the night worthwhile. The entry will be $30 per person. To make it worthwhile travelling to Maitland to attend the function, Maxx G Aerobatics is holding an Aerobatics Training Weekend to take place at Royal Newcastle Aeroclub on the 23rd and 24th of July. Glenn Graham and Myself will be available for all levels of critique over the weekend. All are welcome to attend. We will be operating from the Action Aerobatics Hanger at RNAC. Hangerage will be available. BP fuel is available. Can you let me know by phone or email if you plan on attending. We look forward to catching up with you on the 23rd July. Kind Regards, Paul Bennet Maxx G Aerobatics Paul Bennet Airshows Sky Ace Airshows Mob 0425292391 www.maxxgaerobatics.com.au

Sorry Neil, is it me or what....? I can hardly read that.

With all the posts of who they were, I am now 99% sure I know Richard - or his family. I went to school with Gordon. His son or brother. I honestly have lost track of time. I also extend my sincerest condolences to the entire family and those who have suffered a loss.

I shall check my pictures and post any I have.

Ok, would this plane have been to Wedderburn - the last annual flyin? I may have some piccies, but don't want to submit them if they aren' of this actual plane. That just wouldn't be polite.

P.S. Ok, (first link again) they landed. It is interesting that none of the traffic going the other way weren't slowing down and looking. I guess they are used to seeing a plane land on the highway.

WRT the first one: Ok, they are "local pilots" and all that, but so much for English being the international language for aircraft and ATC.

The turtles are back! http://www.eaaonline.org/link.cfm?r=23797521&sid=14372611&m=1430534&u=ExAA&j=5983569&s=http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/audio/turtles.mp3 How cute! The video: http://www.eaaonline.org/link.cfm?r=23797521&sid=14372613&m=1430534&u=ExAA&j=5983569&s=http://abcnews.go.com/US/turtles-turn-jfk-air-traffic-crawl/story?id=13957355 TURTLE NESTING SNARLS AIR TRAFFIC AT KJFK It's the time of year again for Diamondback Terrapin turtles to seek a nesting spot in the a sandy and marshy area near the corners of runways 4L and 31L at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It's not a new phenomenon, so port authority workers and biologists were ready. The annual early summer migration is just in time for the wind patterns to shift to this little-used runway, thus tying up traffic for about 30 minutes Wednesday morning as ground crews were busy removing the turtles from 4L and parallel Taxiway Kilo. About 150 turtles crossed the runway and taxiway, which kept controllers and air crews amused but concerned enough to delay takeoff or movements until they were removed. YOU CAN STILL BLOCK YOUR N NUMBER - MAYBE The FAA has issued a Q&A document to help explain which airplane owners can continue to block display of their flights after the Blocked Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program ends later this year. Only those who are able to "certify" that a "Valid Security Concern" exists will be allowed to block the tracking of their flights by N number on Internet sites that are available to anyone in the world. Read more EAA APPLAUDS GAMA/IAMAW RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON AVIATION INDUSTRY EAA today voiced its support to a response by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) against President Obama's statement that attacked American's aviation industry. In a joint letter to President Obama, GAMA and IAMAW expressed deep concern over recent comments and actions questioning the value of corporate aircraft use and proposing tax changes that would negatively impact the entire general aviation industry. Read more

My take on it is this: Below 5000 it is anybody's guess. 5000 to 10,000 is the "newer" rules: VFR EAST bound (Track) ODDS+500 VFR WEST bound (Track) EVENS+500 IFR EAST bound (Track) ODDS IFR WEST bound (Track) EVENS This way IFR/VFR has a minimum seperation of 500 feet. I agree that flights may change from the "Standard" but *IF* the flight moved to another altitude to avoid bad weather, I would have thought it "good airmanship" that once passed, get back in touch with the controller and get back to your original assigned altitude. But I guess that is in a different world to this one. ;)

Granted. But the plane should have returned to its original assigned altitude. Comments?

Yeah, ok the first one is FAKE AS..... But the rest, I don't know.

Ok, I'll bite: With the newly imposed rules for us when flying above 5000 feet and the altitudes we have to fly at (East Odd+500, West EVEN+500) for VFR and IFR are at the thousand levels - just to clarify that, IFR EAST = ODD thousands feet, WEST = EVEN thousands feet) and the planes were both at FL 370, it begs the question: HOW!? The article says they were on a DIRECT HEADON course. Unlike the collisoin over Eurpoe a while ago with the DHL and Russian plane converging. Why had the initial controller assigned the "wrong" level? Or to put it less harshly: Why was the plane asisgned a level which seems to be in contradiction to what they are supposed to fly at? It (surley) isn't the fault of the controller who finally had them, but they need to look at how the plane/s were assigned thier given altitudes BEFORE being passed on to the last controller.

OK, thanks for the corrections. But yes I too am glad to hear he is ok.

(Sorry if the name is spelt wrong.) Phil Unicum - an aerobatic pilot - was hurt in an accident on Saturday 18 June while doing the "Drunk pilot" stunt. He is injured with possible back injuries, but he is alive and "ok". He was at Maitland hospital and is being trasfered to Newcastle hospital today - Monday. Not many more details at this point.

I like the curved prop. :big_grin: