Some photo's from Ag Pilots..
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Yer right Currawong, I should try and post some. The trouble is I'm not too bright (some would say that's a requirement for AG), you've heard of Mensa for Geniuses? well I'm in Densa for idiots, so as soon as I get my young bloke to show me how 
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well, not exactly ag flying. but any flying pic is a good pic! cmon, post ya best!
im sure most know where this is! a great place to spend a weekend around a campfire! (permission needed first)
im sure most know where this is! a great place to spend a weekend around a campfire! (permission needed first)
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Ultralights,
Thats Yerranderie (old mining town in blue mts near bindook) finals (1st pic) is it not ?
been there many times, for circuits would you believe
, I need another fix soon. Val makes very tasty cakes and tea, although if the plovers are nesting and you hit them on landing/TO, you'll get nada
7g
Thats Yerranderie (old mining town in blue mts near bindook) finals (1st pic) is it not ?
been there many times, for circuits would you believe
, I need another fix soon. Val makes very tasty cakes and tea, although if the plovers are nesting and you hit them on landing/TO, you'll get nada7g
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Max, where is the Agtruck spraying? near Emerald or up the Ord?
If I can figure out how to post piccies I have a another of an Agwagon in many pieces.
Currawong I don't mind wearing the specs it's the hairy palms I object to.
If I can figure out how to post piccies I have a another of an Agwagon in many pieces.
Currawong I don't mind wearing the specs it's the hairy palms I object to.
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The wagon went in at Ingam nth Qld the other week, josh was fine just a broken nose, the wreck may not even be recovered due to the terrain, it was a long walk out of the forest for him by all accounts!
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OK, as soon as I get some more spare time, I will debate the issue of our own forum to the powers that be. This new thread has just made me more determined!
Will share some photos later.
Doco about Sudan was called Into Africa, stared Max Lacey and a pilot by the name of Abercrombie? Spelling? Anyway have a copy of that doco, was made by the BBC a long time ago.
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troup
Will share some photos later.
Doco about Sudan was called Into Africa, stared Max Lacey and a pilot by the name of Abercrombie? Spelling? Anyway have a copy of that doco, was made by the BBC a long time ago.
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.............Dual exhausts
Tinpiss the V8 Fletchers have stopped progress. The Superair NZ Ford big block one has flown after 5 million $ and had to have a heap of ballast out the rear end. The gain in performance was negligable and the hassels of paper work and Authority issues have virtually stopped the project.
The other one with the Chev based unit has stopped also, did show a heap of promise but the development problems seemed to have bogged them both down.
The other one with the Chev based unit has stopped also, did show a heap of promise but the development problems seemed to have bogged them both down.
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Cheers Super Troup, might try and track that one down. If its a BBC doco then it might still be around..., but you're right, the name Abercrombie rings a bell
Hey Ultralight, whaddya been dragging the arse of that Jabiru through?? Looks like the back end of a Hilux after following a mob of a couple of hundred diary cows!!!
Good onya
Hey Ultralight, whaddya been dragging the arse of that Jabiru through?? Looks like the back end of a Hilux after following a mob of a couple of hundred diary cows!!!
Good onya
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well used grass strips tend to go a little brown after rain, not only that, those lower strakes tend to attract every molecule of mud, dust, cow poo, that can be found on a runway! especially at the Oaks, Yerrandarrie, and south west rocks!
doing circuits at yerranderrie? touch and goes? how often do you get punctures? i have had 2 departing there! fortunatly YHOX has plenty of soft grass on the eastern edge ( if the helos will listen to you requesting to use the grass left/right and get out of your way while you put her down with a flat tyre!)
doing circuits at yerranderrie? touch and goes? how often do you get punctures? i have had 2 departing there! fortunatly YHOX has plenty of soft grass on the eastern edge ( if the helos will listen to you requesting to use the grass left/right and get out of your way while you put her down with a flat tyre!)
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Low down on piccies
The first shot is off a short strip and once airbourne you have to crank around a bit to avoid high ground.
The next couple are typical cotton shots.
Early morning Beaver shot.
The bloke didn't exactly walk away from this but was OK, first thing he remembered was the cockies dog licking him in the face. I don't know how long he flew when he went back, I think he's given up now. The photo would ahve been in the early eighties. Looking at the photo you wonder how he got our of it, he is only a little bloke, I think that helped.
Late afternoon Beaver shot, coming home from a big days sowing rice.
Sitting on top of the world, spraying work doesn't have a view like that. It's the Murry Mouth from top of a hill near Victor Harbour.
The next couple are typical cotton shots.
Early morning Beaver shot.
The bloke didn't exactly walk away from this but was OK, first thing he remembered was the cockies dog licking him in the face. I don't know how long he flew when he went back, I think he's given up now. The photo would ahve been in the early eighties. Looking at the photo you wonder how he got our of it, he is only a little bloke, I think that helped.
Late afternoon Beaver shot, coming home from a big days sowing rice.
Sitting on top of the world, spraying work doesn't have a view like that. It's the Murry Mouth from top of a hill near Victor Harbour.
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amazing how anyone could have survived that! look at the rudder pedals! just goes to show, when your numbers up, its up, when its not time to go, miracles happen!
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Can anyone confirm if the photo posted by Ultralights on the second page of this topic is Yerranderie near Bindook?
I've never noticed this strip out there (not sure what it might look like these days).
Can't find Yerranderie on the WAC or VNC either...
I've never noticed this strip out there (not sure what it might look like these days).
Can't find Yerranderie on the WAC or VNC either...
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CAVOK,
It certainly looks like Yerranderie, if you look on the left side of the strip, you can just make out the tin roofs of the buildings.
also, the last 1/3 or so of the strip is not visible from that shot, as it slopes down, thats in keeping with my memory ,its been a year or so since I went out there.
cheers
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It certainly looks like Yerranderie, if you look on the left side of the strip, you can just make out the tin roofs of the buildings.
also, the last 1/3 or so of the strip is not visible from that shot, as it slopes down, thats in keeping with my memory ,its been a year or so since I went out there.
cheers
7gcbc