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  • A lighthearted tale (several tails) of moronic stupidity...

    There's a little grass strip amongst the tussocks in a nearby valle...h it's only a half hour's flight from home it has a wonderful feeli...; A regiment of cows is emerging from...feeding out extra-delicious hay from the back of a tractor yesterd...eaceful inhabitants from a clear blue s...

  • Rotax two stroke reliability reveled

    There is an industry stigma that Rotax 2 stroke engines 503/582...troke engine failures are simply from lack of lubrication. I have h...le oil. Many engine failures are from...E GOOD FUEL Using fresh fuel from a major manufacturer will hel...will avoid this problem. The 582 Blue h...

  • When I learned my lesson about Dew Point-- TIWTIWGTD

    Hostman started this great group- Member's Life Stories....favorite because you can hop from thermal to thermal for miles-...ide jets up hopefully a "blue water" (non-turbulen up...et you read my log book entry from that day (I kept it on an Exc...d forming over Cayucos beach (blue l...

  • Brain teasers for those that believe down wind turns are "different".

    If you believe that downwind turns are "different" from upwind turns, or if you think...acticing turns, stalls, stalls from turns, etc.  There is no...ssing walls and into the clear blue...ng out below).  As we fly from across the fault from east to...tating at a normal rate.  From y...

  • Megafauna Flyaway 2012

    Megafauna 2012...        &nb...a travellers were safely home from the 2012 Goolwa Trip, 25/3/20...en very lucky, because, apart from some thermal activity in the...o;Bucket List”. Friends from Goolwa flew out in an RV to e...the Goolwa under a beautiful blue s...

  • Fly-ins – 2013 (revised 4-3-13)

    ...DR April 13th Burnet Bluebonnet AirShow 22nd Annual CAF Bluebonnet Airshow and Warbird Fly...(F17) Saturday, April 27 Bluebonnet Flyin/Picnic San Anton...s two grass runways along the wild and scenic Mulberry River. Ou...r/dance are $10 and available from or at the gate. Enjoy a burge...

  • Fly-ins – 2013 (revised 3-21-13)

    ...20 Cookson, Oklahoma (44M) Wild Onions' n Eggs Breakfast Fly...USA 1,002 miles April 20 Wild Onions n Eggs Breakfast Fly I...rt (F17) Saturday, Apr 27 Bluebonnet Flyin/Picnic San Anton...r/dance are $10 and available from or at the gate. Enjoy a burge...do BBQ SAT EVE, SPOT LANDING from 1...

  • Fly-ins – 2013 (revised 3-14-13)

    Fly-ins – 2013 (revised 3-14-13) CONTINUALLY UPDATED Frida...20 Cookson, Oklahoma (44M) Wild Onions' n Eggs Breakfast Fly...USA 1,002 miles April 20 Wild Onions n Eggs Breakfast Fly I...r/dance are $10 and available from or at the gate. Enjoy a burge...do BBQ SAT EVE, SPOT LANDING from 1...

  • Why we have a Radio...

    Why Aircraft have Radios… (Australia)    &nbs...rate at certain altitudes and from certain airfields without rad...e. If we take the aircraft up from 5000 feet to 10,000 feet we s...range. Thirdly, the track is from Yarrawonga to Shepparton.......bsp;   Happy flying from Y...

  • Why Aircraft have Radio's...

    Why Aircraft have Radios…     ...rate at certain altitudes and from certain airfields without rad...you can see were I am coming from, and yes, I do think all airc...ld you use it? Only once in a blue moon! …it’s just...range. Thirdly, the track is from Y...