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Post by Bentley on Jan 5, 2014 7:26:27 GMT 10
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Post by smokey on Jan 5, 2014 20:00:02 GMT 10
Bentley, Those are classic Aussie butcher snags. They mix all the off cuts from pork beef and lamb. Or just beef and lamb. You building a NEW house mate? More info please  plot pics will do,,, for now. Then construction pics. Its an exiting time and id love you to share. Also get to see pictures of town & country from your half of the plannet  |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 6, 2014 0:48:45 GMT 10
Just tell me where to put them? This will be the view from the back of the home, that is Mount Pony in background.  Tell me where to put them? My Uncles started farming this land for their dairy operation in 1952, it was about 190 hecters then, they have about 90 left. They were all pilots, so they had their own airstrip with hanger, if I ever hit the lottery, I can finish getting my pilots license!  House will be on about a 6 hector plot of land, my Uncles old farm house they lived in for 40 years is on the left, along with the milking barn. It is now leased out...  |
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Post by Admin on Jan 6, 2014 8:28:41 GMT 10
great looking country Bent. Nothing like a bit of space around you
Since there is a general bbq board for on topic stuff, I think I'll keep the general board up top for anything goes.
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Post by Bentley on Jan 6, 2014 12:31:27 GMT 10
So put future posts in General?
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Post by Admin on Jan 6, 2014 15:40:42 GMT 10
Yeh mate, anything off topic can go there for now. But your pic's were solicited and kind of on topic so dont sweat it.
That house is where you are going to set up your snag making so its all good.
This forum is not big enough yet to be worried about formalities. Its a time of building it.
I really dont want a whole bunch of off topic boards.
The recipe area is a search bank so nothing wrong with putting a chesecake recipe in baking general.
But if ya feel it warrants going into the bank, Stick it there also or it might be discussed by members that it deserves to be there. In wich case you or a mod can copy it to recipes.
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Post by davo on Jan 6, 2014 22:17:59 GMT 10
Sorry to be a little offtopic Mick but Hey Bentley, I have the same wish mate, If I ever come into money, I want to go and get back my pilots licence too....no bloody speed cameras up there as well as traffic lights hahahaaha. I had my licence back in the mid 80's but let it go due to cost of keeping it going. I was endorsed on Victa airtourer with 160HP and Variable speed prop, Cessna 152, 172 and 182 from 115HP to 240HP for the 182 with variable prop..all the rest were fixed prop. also Piper Warrier and a Robin. I've also had a go at flying a twin Beechcraft baron B58 with 2 x 285 HP ....lovely plane!! I never soloed in it but hehe.
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Post by Bentley on Jan 7, 2014 1:11:33 GMT 10
Yeah, I got to 8 hours when I was a very young man, and then life got in the way...
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Post by chrisg on Apr 22, 2014 16:58:39 GMT 10
 A few aviation types around eh? I served several years on fast jets in the 70s and was a sky bum for a while after. Just barely keep a license these days, not enough hours to be had, too expensive to pay for them too often and right now I'd not pass a medical, waiting on a cataract op. Not too worried about the medical in the longer run, am about keeping current on anything much Cheers |
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Post by smokey on Apr 22, 2014 17:38:40 GMT 10
I can't claim any aviation but my Grandfather and my Fathers brother can. Grand dad (Norman Nash) was chief LAME for Hawker during and after the war. He worked on tropicalising all sorts of piston war birds then later the Vampire jets, He also was instrumental in the development in the old Flying Doctors Drover with its three Gypsy moth engines. His son (Ted Nash) also started with Hawker and did LAME stints all over the shop including the Antarctic. Ted was chief LAME in the rebuild on the only flying Lockhead Electra in Australia. I've flown that air craft for a few hours so put me down for a wannabe pilot  ,,,,, Under instruction of course  . In fact I was in it at an air show where it near crashed, Some LAME signed off on the wrong sized floor screws and the screws interfered with the tail control cables, We were in a locked turn and going down. The pilot yanked it out with force and put the bird down. Lots of arses got kicked after that  |
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Post by chrisg on Apr 22, 2014 19:23:39 GMT 10
Ugh, that would be a pass the brown trousers moment Didn't know there was an Electra left flying here, basis for the Orion of course, had a few low runs in those out of Edinburgh, not long until they are gone as well. The only one of those I've flown is a training variant of the Vampire and that a Warbird. In jets it was somewhat before my time. Flew Lightnings, Phantoms and Harriers with time on exchanges on other odd types, especially the beautiful Mirage. Strange really, I'm not sure where my old log books are, too many house moves since the wilder days, but I would have had more hours pre-and post-service on the DC3 (The old Dizzy just takes a long time to get anywhere ) Guess you'd gather from that I'm ex RAF not RAAF Cheers |
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Post by smokey on Apr 22, 2014 19:40:06 GMT 10
I did pick that up , And I could sit and listen to you for hours.
Zacca day coming up, Thanks for your service ~S~
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Post by chrisg on Apr 22, 2014 19:52:06 GMT 10
Long time ago Mick, not the wild child I was Been trying to get a book going, but those were very, very crazy years, globally really, not that today is so different, think it will have to be fiction Still, if you want the odd tale, I've a few stashed away Cheers |
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Post by smokey on Apr 22, 2014 20:09:02 GMT 10
The Electra was based at Bankstown, Not sure if it's still there.
There was another old WW11 pilot that had a wirraway also restored at Bankstown. I met him briefly in passing.
A few years later I took my now wife to a Nowra Air Force base air show.
It was windy as all hell. The jets handled it fine but when this under powered "tractor" took to the air I had a bad feeling.
Sure enough it took a run down the draw with the wind then turned oddly slow into the wind for another pass. It just stalled and flipped upside down onto the Tarmac killing the pilot 100 yards of my sight.
That ended the day. The two hour drive home with my then Girlfriend were not many words uttered.
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Post by chrisg on Apr 22, 2014 20:42:27 GMT 10
I remember that happening, at Albatross ? Airplanes can bite, the only thing you can really say when those guys go is they were doing what they loved but what I do recall of that was that it was marginal on flying conditions and the pilot just mis-judged things. I was an Accident Investigation Officer for a bit, ironically because I was grounded by having one that needed some healing. I very much dislike the phrase "pilot error," most any pilot would tell you, errors happen because we are human and mostly we correct for them in plenty of time, sometimes not. Seen some bad ones, was at Paris when the B-58 blew up on the runway, and when the TU-144 augered in, I just don't go to that show any more. Flying is just a high-risk pursuit, but GA is probably safer than driving, although maybe not in WA Cheers |
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plot pics will do,,, for now. Then construction pics.
,,,,, Under instruction of course 
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