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    A plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Moorabbin Airport. A distress call sparked a huge emergency response. The pilot was unable to lock his landing gear meaning it could be forced to make a belly landing and to lower the fire risk the plane circled the airport for at least 45 minutes burning off fuel. Now while that was happening fire crews sprayed the runway with foam. The aircraft, a Piper Arrow, eventually made a safe landing in the foam, the undercarriage holding in place.
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    Is that Fred Flintstone?
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    Something you don't see every day.
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    My daughter went yesterday and said the flying program was pretty much curtailed, primarily the Matt Hall Show plus the military.The Temora heritage warbirds did not fly. GA/light aircraft static display at the far end. She got a couple ofphotos like the ones below plus shaky video of the Raptor, Hornet and lots of sky.
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    For those who haven't seen video, here is a Youtube clip. His condition has been upgraded tp Critical but stable.
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    Traffic heading to Avalon.
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    A number of displays were held at Laverton RAAF base. I attended a few there and saw English Electric Lightnings, Avro Vulcan, McDonnell Douglas F4E Phantoms, Lockheed C124A Globemaster among others.
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    A plane has crashed during the Avalon Australian International Airshow, south-west of Melbourne. Police say emergency services were called to reports a plane known as a Pitts Special aerobatic aircraft had lost control while conducting a demonstration and crashed into the tarmac about 5:15pm on Friday. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft has suffered critical injuries, an Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said. A Victoria Police spokesperson said the crash happened a significant distance from spectators and there were no other people injured. The plane is believed to have been a part of the Paul Bennett Aerobatics team that crashed during the first public day of the event.
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    On the news tonight they said the attendance at the last show was 250,000. This year they have capped tickets at 200,000 and require parking to be prebooked, to cut back on traffic chaos. There will be parking at an off-site location with shuttle buses to the airport, as well as the usual train service to Lara.
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    Yeah, you're likely to run out of petrol before you reach a servo on Geelong Road. In 2017 and 2019 I went by train from Southern Cross station Spencer St to Lara Station then by bus. Much more relaxing. When I have gone by car, it's taken over an hour just to get out of the parking paddock.
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    I used to be an avid attendee, but the last one I attended was 2019. I got a bit affected by the sun/heat, and was transported back to the first aid room near the gate on a golf cart. When I collected my things, I found that I had lost a Panasonic Lumix digital camera worth about $700, which must have fallen off the golf cart. Then there was the covid epidemic in 2021, and since then I haven't felt capable of handling all the walking. My daughter says I could hire a mobility scooter, but I don't think it's worth it. I also used to attend Laverton and have been to Point Cook RAAF base. You will find a collection of my airshow photos here: red750's photo gallery - AIRPORT-DATA.COM
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    I know nobody gives a damn what I think, but personally, I would prefer them as separate sites. I joined Rec Flying when Off Topic was just another foum on the site. Then, when it was separated off as Social Australia, that became my prime site. Yes I still check the New (Unread) section of RecFlying, but only open a few of the topics, eg, 'Oddball,...' which I am closely involved in, creating aircraft profiles and posting any news (accidents, etc) that I pick up on. There are not many who are part of both sites, and I consider the regulars on SocAust to be my friends, kinda like a Men's Shed online. The fact that we can discuss/argue about anything from politics to cars and motorcycles without distracting from the central theme of RecFly is a big PLUS. Yes, I could survive if it returned to one site, but I don't know if the camaraderie of SocAust would continue the same.
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    A man is recovering in hospital after a light plane overturned after landing in grassland on Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula. Police were called just before 12pm following reports a vintage plane had flipped onto its roof after landing at Tyabb Airport. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft managed to climb out of the plane without help.
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    Our dog wakens the neighbourhood. He even barks when I wake up for a drink during the night. Last night the young guy from next door was on our front patio and Buster was barking before he got a chance to knock on the door. If a postie or courier drop a small parcel on our doormat they never knock, but we know because the dog goes berserk.
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    For some reason I have been blocked from Social Australia. This happened after I dropped my mouse on the floor.
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    This is a freeze frame from a video clip of NASA's Shuttle crew escape capsule landing after a test flight.
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    Thatcher CX4

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    Also include where it is located. How far it has to be relocated will have a serious effect on how much it will cost the purchaser.
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    Both sites were down most of the day. I've only just got on after trying almost all day. I even sent an email to Ian. I thought he may have been transferring the files, and wondered if we required an '.au' URL.
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    The Beta Alia 250 eVTOL and CX300 cTOL, two versions of an electric air taxi/cargo aircraft. eVTOL Alia 250 Just a moment... WWW.AUTOEVOLUTION.COM cTOL (Conventonal Takeoff and Landing) Fixed Wing CX300 Beta’s CX300 electric plane takes off just like conventional planes INTERESTINGENGINEERING.COM The company believes its conventional take-off electric plane could be certified easier than eVTOLs.
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    The Arnold AR-5 is an experimental single seat, low-wing sport monoplane with fixed conventional undercarriage, designed and built by Mike Arnold. Originally conceived by Mike Arnold as a personal sport airplane with excellent performance and good handling qualities. The design outperformed initial performance estimates for its relatively low power output, exceeding 200mph with only 65hp. Constructed of fiberglass-epoxy matrix composite material utilizing the "moldless method" popularized by Burt Rutan. Careful attention to aerodynamic detail resulted in noteworthy laminar flow drag reduction, as documented by aerodynamicists Alex Strojnik and Bruce Carmichael. In 1992, the AR-5 flown by Mike Arnold set the FAI C1a Class World Speed Record of 343,08 km/h over a 3.0km course Mike wrote several articles about his design methodology for various magazines. The sole existing example resides at the Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA.
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    Hijacking this thread for a moment. Today I watched an episode of Ice Pilots NWT, the Buffalo Airways show, One of their Lockheed Electras had a problem where the right main undercarriage got stuck in the UP position due to a problem with the gear door. They did two hard touch and goes on the two remaining wheels to try and shake it free, but no luck. They finally landed on the two wheels and settled onto the right wing, ripping off one propeller and destroying the other. The plane slewed off the runway and the crew evacuated. They got a crane to lift the damaged wing, put a rope on the jammed door and pulled it off with a 4WD. They then lowered the wheel so the plane could be dragged back to the hanger, where their backup Electra wa undergoing repairs., minus an engine. They took one of the good engines off the left wing of the aircraft that had just crash landed and fitted it to the spare plane so they could resume their services.
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    Robinson Unveils New R88 Helicopter WWW.HELIS.COM Robinson announced its first all-new helicopter in 15 years, the R88, its larger aircraft, which will be powered by a single Safran Arriel 2W engine and equipped with an all-glass Garmin G500H TXi cockpit
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    Interesting aside: There was a short video of a SouthWest Airlines 737 landing. The caption said: Boeing 737 with 130 passengers lands safely. 45,000 planes land safely in America every day. Air travel has never been safer. Meanwhile, 12 car crashes occurred while you werre watching this (45 second) video.
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    Thank you BrendAn and Onetrack. I was unaware my address was on the post, I have no idea how that happened. I couldn't copy the online link to the report, so saved the file to my dowloads directory, and attached it with the 'choose files' option below. As you know, I've done that thousands of times without this happening.
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