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Rub it in . Nev

:whisper:Well! Litespeed told me to! .

Gee you guys are brave!?

Who, me?...Nah! I`m a wimp! , I only fly within gliding distance of a suitable landing area. .

X marks the position I was when I took this photo!

Franco.

Knowing SSCBD as I do, ( smile! you cunning old bugger) I think I can understand his motivation for starting this thread! I`ve got a laugh from some of the posts here, so I`ll continue reading them.... .............Franco.

From the Drifter this afternoon and one from yesterday!!!

Franco.

So this is how to leave the Socialist Republic of Victoria - it will cost any of you Mexican refugees without wings plenty of $$$$$$ - Upon cash being delivered I will put a X on the map and send it to you with a time to pick up. Who said people smugglers in Australia cant beat the system. Another example of how to make money with RAA aircraft.

Please!!!! Don`t bring them to Queensland!..... ...

From the Drifter this afternoon!

Franco.

Terrible tragedy! but had it come down on a house or a car full of people??? My deepest sympathy to all those involved.

Franco.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-04/broome-helicopter-crash-two-dead-two-injured/12423108

Just got back from some solo flying over the water! at all times at a legal height that I can easily glide back to my home strip.

Franco.

Hey Don! Our phone line was out for a while last week, no messages from you! looking forward to seeing you both, in the meantime, here`s another photo I took when I was chasing rainbows the other day!

Franco. (Frank)

Chasing rainbows with the Drifter, this afternoon.

My latest afternoon flight a few days ago! sun going down over Walshs Pyramid.

Franco.

Being a financial member of the RAA is a legal requirement in order to fly an RAA registered aircraft.

From the RAA Ops Manual Version 7.1....PILOT IN COMMAND (GROUP A and B)

1. A person intending to act as pilot in command of a Group A or B recreational aeroplane operated under the provisions of this manual and associated legislation must:

a. be a financial member of RAAus;

b. be the holder of a valid Student or Converting Pilot Certificate or Pilot Certificate, in the appropriate aeroplane Group, issued or recognised by RAAus

Franco.

When it all goes right!

Nev, You will never convince our "enemies" flying those "dangerous things" can be safe, if done correctly! they don`t want to be convinced and I`ve learned to live with that.

I`ve taken up a heck of a lot of people, over the years, and as part of my pre-flight briefing, to those who arn`t familiar with Ultralights, I say, " these aircraft are not toys, they fly for real and they kill for real" guess what! no one has yet backed off and decided not to go up with me!!! I tell it as it is.

By the way, I`m not in that video! I came across it on the internet, where any of our "enemies" could find it!

Franco.

How so, Nev? Actually, it shows how not to do it! We`re seeing it here all the time.

What can you say!!! OUCH???

Crazy??? Possibly! for want of a better word, I call it, "thinking outside the square".

Where would we be today if there had been no one, before us, brave enough, or "crazy enough" to attempt something that had never been done or thought of before? Unfortunately! some paid with their life for others to learn.

Franco.

WOW! The guy`s got big ones and the rider has even bigger ones!...No! not breasts!!!

List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying - Wikipedia

Franco

If I was ever going to be a commercial pilot, it would have been an Ag Pilot! My kind of flying....Franco.

Absolutely! buy then! I see all my passengers as "Precious Cargo".... I`ve never scratched one yet and sincerely do my very best and hope I never will...Franco.

My 3-Year-Old Great-Grand-Son, Deacon Theurillat, lives here, with his parents, in a second house on our property! he`s been watching me take his Mum Alison, his Dad Sam and his sister Brooklyn, (and others) Drifter flying, for most of his young life and he`s been wanting to go flying with me since around 2 years of age so this morning I decided, "Today Is The Day"!

Alison and Deacon, ,

Of course! Brooklyn and Alison wanted to go up also...6-Year-Old Brooklyn is a veteran! , she first flew with me at 4 years of age.

, ,

Franco

When the wind gets a bit stronger Franco, try a circuit in the vertical plane in your plane. No track change. Your slowest airspeed is your backwards downwind leg. Nev

:whisper:Ah yes! Now! the verticle plane is another story, not to be discussed here.............Franco.