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    Yes, I have also flown over the Duigan monument. It was shown to me while on a BFR a number of years ago. I would also recommend reading "A Flying Life" by David Crotty, which details the life of John Duigan and his aeroplane. Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Geoff, I now realize I must also drive past this monument fairly regularly as I drive up Plumpton Road and join the Calder to the north on my drive to Penfield, which is where I fly from! Now I know where it is I shall make a small diversion and stop to have a look at it. Thanks for that info. Cheers, Neil
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    I used to work at Heathrow for 10+ years, and every morning at 10.45, regardless of where you were, everyone would stop and watch the New York Concorde take off. A sight that never failed to impress with its beauty, and noise! I was lucky enough to fly on Concorde once (at a much reduced price for BA employees) - brilliant! So smooth and graceful. It was a very sad day when they stopped flying. Neil
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    Excellent videos! Thanks for posting, OME. Cheers, Neil
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    A few pictures from the ones I took..... Cheers, Neil
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    Hi, I also have the adjustable seats in my Sav S, and find them great. I am a short*rse at 5'4" so I have mine full forward and still have a cushion, but most of my passengers have the seat full back. Didn't fit them myself as it's factory built. You need to have the central Y control stick, of course, and the manual flap lever is right in front of the seat. All good. Cheers, Neil
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    In my recent BFR in my Savannah we put the flaps up and sideslipped reaching a max descent rate approaching 1500 ft/min. A very effective way of losing height rapidly. Cheers, Neil
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    Rotax 912

    Neil_S replied to Rodr's topic in Savannah

    Hi Skippy, Thanks for your reply - very interesting. The book figure for the Savvy S at that rpm (5000) is actually 18.5 litres/hour....., so my figure of 15 litres/hour looked pretty reasonable to me. My experience of other 912ULS powered LSAs (I learnt to fly in a Texan), was similar, so your figures look amazing to me. I'd be interested to hear what other pilots running 912ULS powered planes get.... Cheers, Neil
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    Rotax 912

    Neil_S replied to Rodr's topic in Savannah

    Hi Rod, I have a ULS in my Savvy S, and I have got about 15 litres/hr over the 3 years or so that I have been flying her (about 260 hours). I cruise around 4800-5000 revs. That is mostly solo flying, and I weigh around 70kg, which may have contributed, but I still reckon that's not bad...... Cheers, Neil
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    Neil_S replied to grothy's topic in Just Landed - Welcome

    Welcome, Grothy! Where do you fly from? BTW - Good choice of aeroplane...... Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Flyadventure, Good to hear you are going well with your flying. Just something to note - I used to own a Gazelle and they are great aeroplanes, the only real drawback is their limited endurance. They have about 52 litres usable fuel, so assuming 5000 revs cruise that will give you around 3.25 hours plus the now-mandatory 30 mins reserve. So probably not the best plane for long cross country exploring. Probably better would be the Zenith, Bushcat or Savannah with long-range tanks. But it is early days yet! Enjoy your training, learn as much as you can, and then maybe try a few different planes before making any purchasing decisions. There are loads of different factors involved in making that buy/build decision! Cheers, Neil
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    Very enjoyable video. I shall try to go for a flight on Nov 11th here, remembering how privileged we are to fly, and the sacrifice of all those young men. Neil
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    Agree about those books. I would also recommend Winged Victory by V M Yeates, and The Ideals and Training of a Flying Officer by Roderick Maclennan. The latter is the diary of a Canadian who came to England in 1915 and learned to fly a BE2B, then was posted to France where he flew an SE5A. It is a rather naive, but very engaging, account of the life and times of those early pilots. Neil
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    Similarly, when I arrived in Australia, I was amazed that the sole replica of the Duigan Biplane - the first Australian designed and built aeroplane to fly in Australia - also languishes in a store room of the Melbourne Museum and is not on display to the public! I only managed to see it on a store room open day. Very sad - surely it deserves to be on public display somewhere... Cheers, Neil
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    A couple of years ago I got my Rec Flying name - Neil_S - printed on a plain white T-shirt for exactly the purpose of hooking up with others from here at Fly-Ins. A lot of places will do printing like that for you. Cheap and simple (like me!) Cheers, Neil
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    Pic was posted in the other thread....but here it is again. As it was a bit bumpy, and I had my 6 year old grandson with me, I only managed to get one pic!
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    Yup - flew Saturday & uploaded my pic to the Facebook page (or rather my daughter did as I don't have Facebook).
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    Congratulations!
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    Flew from Penfield to Kyneton for their Gourmet Hot Dog Fly-In with my 6 year old grandson. Very enjoyable!
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    Certainly plan to!
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    Hi David, It wasn't me! Good luck with getting back into flying. Let us all know how you go. Cheers, Neil
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    Hi David, Sorry to hear of your medical dramas, but glad to hear you are well on the road to recovery. Just to whet your appetite for flying a Savannah S over lovely country here are some pics from a few days ago along next to the 12 Apostles.... You must come down to Victoria some day! Cheers, Neil
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    Thanks for your hard work, Ian, I know you will continue to build a first-class site regardless of any issues you find! Cheers, Neil
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    Yup - I remember seeing one at Heathrow many years ago when I worked there. Boy did it look weird!
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    Welcome, Canman! This is probably a very good venue to find answers to your questions. Fire away! Cheers, Neil
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