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and your RG endo was done in an RG where you have to like, pump the gear up and down?
VH-MWB was put in the drink off Newcastle in the 70's by a pilot who ran a tank dry and couldn't get it started again quickly.
Dr
Last edited by ForkTailedDrKiller; 24th Mar 2008 at 02:51.
CFK is now owned by Jock Folan - based at Lilydale.
BE35 VH-FWE (ex Stanbroke Pastoral Company - new in 1966?) now at Lilydale (or was until recent wheels up!)
BE36 VH-FCT (bought new in 1974 to replace FWE at Stanbroke) now at Lilydale (FCT = Fort Constantine = Stanbroke property at Cloncurry)
BE35 VH-CFK at Lilydale
Where are:
DLQ (Debonair)
PAD (Debonair)
So Pyro, that second pic looks like the dash of a Jabiru that was in the Jimbour gaggle! Did you manage to bum a ride with Jaba?
Dr
Last edited by ForkTailedDrKiller; 23rd Mar 2008 at 12:18.
Silly Old Git
Now Tinny, where the hell did you get that?
That Lycoming gave me a hard time all day! Give me an IO520 any time!
Dr
That Lycoming gave me a hard time all day! Give me an IO520 any time!
Dr
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Hey Tin
You are a sneeky fella.....by the way the R/C guy is not Bill, one of the other R/C guys is bill but the Jetstar guy is another fella.
I tell ya what though.....the Landcruiser 200 series is a nice truck Owned by a REALLY top bloke too
You are a sneeky fella.....by the way the R/C guy is not Bill, one of the other R/C guys is bill but the Jetstar guy is another fella.
I tell ya what though.....the Landcruiser 200 series is a nice truck Owned by a REALLY top bloke too
And here was me thinking the 'shagged batt' would have meant hand-swinging the prop. Soon as I saw the length of the video I knew I was wrong - I dont know anyone who can start an engine by hand in one minute 53!
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Paper run pics
Some pictures from a paper run last year...
The latest hangout..
Nice town
Pick an airport, any airport... Hint, the beaten up old GPU by the building looks like its been there for a while.
Going fast..
The latest hangout..
Nice town
Pick an airport, any airport... Hint, the beaten up old GPU by the building looks like its been there for a while.
Going fast..
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Daylight comes after a long night -- This day they had some hassles at the paper printers and the departure was delayed by about 2-3 hours. From memory a new setup was being trialed whereby the papers were picked up in BNE, fuel in LRE, Crew change and fuel in Isa, DN, TNK, then AS - then ferry back to TL. Radar was in the OFF mode - had severe cavok
Someone got me started on these pics so some more random ones from around the traps:
This storm
Spun that around on the tarmac, relocated the bungs and gave a free compressor wash.
Sunrise somewhere on the way to MK
Night moonscape somewhere between MK and RK
Someone got me started on these pics so some more random ones from around the traps:
This storm
Spun that around on the tarmac, relocated the bungs and gave a free compressor wash.
Sunrise somewhere on the way to MK
Night moonscape somewhere between MK and RK