Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / October 2006

Very impressive!   All 15 acres/hectares of its skin gleaming, an
astonishing amount of anhedral and carrying (this trip) 6 helicopters from
Singapore for a Singapore Defence Force military exercise.
A nice looking a/c, but the mind boggles at the thought of washing/polishing

Well, did another lesson today. Circuits. I can see I'm going to be on this
phase for a while. It;s the final approach I'm having trouble with.
Everything else is pretty much text book, with the exception of a tendancy
to creep up to 1050 - 1100 on the downwind leg. My radio work is ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6097616.stm
Any ideas on the Rego of the 737 and how old it was?
Have this crowd got any 737s left?
Yagu

As Johannesburg Airport prepares to be renamed after one of the heroes
of the fight against apartheid, some Afrikaners fear their place in
history is being all too rapidly erased.
The airport, originally named after the Afrikaner premier Jan Smuts

In news i have according to USAF and RAAF contracts as per 1960-70s ,
the RAAF has to dispose of  F-111s as scrap.
As i understand only a certain number would be allowed to be allocated
to PC and maybe another museum under RAAF control -  the rest would be

I'm hoping to Construct an airstrip on a 300acre block I own (regional
S.A.).
Its adjacent to an existing unlicensed council strip 5km from nearest
township.

I'm glad I rang and argued my case with AIG! They just rang me and the Hong
Kong office has agreed to accept my insurance application after all! :-)
Oz Lander

Let's start with these:
Pink Floyd - Learing to Fly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozk8IlHbdew
David Bowie - Starman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIaFsVwren8
David Bowie - Space Oddity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxoxqvg3lB0

HARS ascquired recently a S-2 Tracker to restore to potentially flying
status

I'll bite - what is that thing on the front cover of the flyer?
For those wot haven't got a flyer (yet) it's radial powered with twin
exhausts, high winged, spring steel conventional u/c, single strut, plank
wing with a curved leading edge to the fin, pitot directly out of the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEkYqL9n7vo
this is up for a grammy award - i hope if not something, it has superb
acting and singing
now if only the US military made more of these rock videos, then

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I currently have an RAA (ultralight) license with passenger/radio
endorsement, but no cross-country endorsement (I also have some glider
certs but they aren't really relevant). I'm trying to decide what
rating to go for next: PPL or RAA cross country endorsement.

Is that Sally B (B17 Bomber) at 52deg 05min 32.23N 0deg 07Min
44.69E???
Can some one name the aircraft located at
52deg22min 26.20N 1deg 28min 42.69West