Summer 2014 - Caboolture Microlights

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Hangar Talk
2014 Solstice Edition
Inside this issue:
The Latest News
The Latest News
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CFI Corner
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Venturing to the dark side
2
Breakfast at Kilcoy
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Finding the Morning Glory
3
Flying the Cloud
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Testing Times
8
Airfield ID Challenge
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It’s a Date
10
Aviation Humor
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It’s been a busy period since the last edition but some of the notable achievements
are:
After a lot of hard work (mostly by Steve
Bartlett) Cabooture Microlights have obtained permission from RAAus to open a
Satellite Flight Training Facility at Steve's
home base of Hedlow airfield between Rockhampton and Yeppoon on the
central Queensland coast. Training has
now commenced with the airfield also being a great flyaway destination with easy
trips to places such as Great Keppel Island.
Steve Bartlett: - Again Steve stars by for
completing his RAAus weightshift instructors course. Steve is now be able to conduct
training at our satellite school in Hedlow
(near Rockhampton) and will also help out
at Caboolture on occasions.
First week of flying was completed with
Rockhampton Sport Aviation at Hedlow.
Three students have started weightshift
pilot training and numerous TIF's flown.
Stephen Wilson: - Congratulations to Steve
for completing his first trike solo
Ross Poyser: - Ross successfully completed
the navigation training for his crosscountry endorsement.
Mark Gentry & Ross Poyser: - Embarked
on a epic journey to fly the Morning Glory
cloud at Burketown.
CFI Corner - John Cresswell
Happy New Year to everyone & its been great to see so
many of you have been getting out & about in the air at the
weekends. I think the record was 5 trikes one morning –
shame it was one of the wettest days all year but well done
for handling the conditions so well. Well done also for not
getting into trouble during the G20 no-fly shutdown. I know
there is a theory that there is no such thing as bad publicity
but being intercepted by RAAF probably isn't something
we would want (as a couple of other pilots found out).
Hopefully you are all aware that a new version of the
RAAus Operations Manual has recently come into force.
Although it is a pretty comprehensive rewrite, there hasn't
been a great deal of changes affecting “ordinary” trike pilots
(if there is such a thing !). The weightshift syllabus has
changed considerably but, oddly enough, it is now closer to
what we have been teaching so there shouldn't be anything
new you need extra training for. If that's not the case then
let me know ! One, very minor change which does apply to
us is that the recommended prefix fror our aircraft in radio
calls has now returned to “Trike” as was originally used
rather than “Microlight”. Althought its not mandatory it
probably does give other pilots a better idea of what we are
Web: http://www.caboolturemicrolights.info/
flying & its great to hear most of you have adpoted to this
change.
Since late 2013, new pilot certificate issues have not included the Level 1 maintenance priviledges by default. Several of the club have been affected by this change and
RAAus have just released an online training & assessment
package that will allow them to obtain the required approval to maintain their own aircraft. Details are on the
RAAus website. Note that pilot certificate holders who currently have L1 accreditation do not need to sit the assessment to maintain their accreditation although there is, as
far as I know, no problem if they wish to do so.
Finally, there has been a recent Airworthiness Notice from
RAAus regarding refueling from jerry cans. There have been
a number of incidents recently and trikes appear to be particularly prone to static discharges igniting fuel. In the most
recent case (also a trike) the pilot got severe burns and had
to be airlifted to hospital. Please take the time to read the
bulletin on the RAAus website and make sure that all refueling operations are conducted safely.
Fly Safe — John —
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Venturing to the Dark Side
(Perry Johnstone)
So what do you do when over the next two days you have
1350km of bitumen and 15+ hrs of driving ahead of you
(Brisbane to Townsville) ? Well you go for a fly first of
course!
The story began with both my daughters. The youngest
one had bought me an adrenalin gift voucher for Fathers
day the previous year and it was about to expire. Around
the same time my eldest daughter decided to move to
Townsville. So typically I left everything to the last minute
and found myself scouting around for an activity on which
to use the gift voucher before it expired, which incidentally
was before I was due back from Townsville (yes dad, his
4WD and trailer all became part of the moving party).
I certainly didn’t have the time to travel to the Gold Coast
or Ipswich for some of the other Adrenalin experiences, but
I still stumble across a special that our friends at GoFly
Aviation were promoting. Figuring that I could work that
in with the Townsville trip I jumped at the chance to book
an early morning 3-Axis flight on my way up to Rockhampton (the first stop on the journey).
So with a full car and a loaded trailer I pointed the car
north and followed the well worn path to the airfield. On
arrival I was met by David and the formalities commenced
(RAAus temporary membership), that was until I produced
my RAAus Pilot Certificate and from there is was all systems go. Like all flights, it began with the walk around of
the Technam, with David (the Instructor) pointing out the
obvious differences to a trike.
* Some of the local out to greet us *
awkward incorrect rudder movements (yep - got to remember the pedals work the opposite to those in the trike).
Anyway David finished off the Taxi and pre take off checks
before rolling onto runway 12 and handing back control for
the take off. With a little ‘on the fly’ (pardon the pun) instruction we were airborne and heading for the training
area.
I’d have to say that that was the fastest I’d ever gotten to
the training area noting I’m used to dawdling along at
* And off we go ! *
* Not so Squeezy *
Walk around complete it was time to squeeze into the cockpit, and do I mean squeeze. I’m no short person (and David
was taller than me) but I was looking for the sun roof to
stick my head up through. I know the trike cockpit is a
little tight, but at least there is plenty of head and shoulder
room. Wow - I hadn’t been that close to another guy since I
didn’t my tandem skydive. If we weren’t friendly before
the flight, then we certainly were going to be afterward.
So on with the show and David handed over control
straight away for the taxi, which went OK, after a few
50knts not 90. Once there however David took over and
demonstrated the turn rate of the Technam followed by
technique to balance a turn (not something that we have to
worry about in the trikes). So now it was my turn, and well
at first it was a little average, however as to be expected
after a bit of practice it was starting to come together rolling left and right and still managing to keep the nose
relatively straight, but most of all I was having a ball.
All to soon and it was over and time to point back in the
direct of the airfield. Another quick bit of instruction on
how to slow the aircraft up for entry to the circuit (again
not something we have to worry about in the trikes) and
David had us set up for what was a smooth landing.
It was just a pity that I had to jump back in the car and
drive for another 7hrs. At least a quick flight had me reenergised. So a big thanks goes to David and the crew from
GoFly Aviation: http://www.goflyaviation.com.au/.
A superior pilot uses superior judgment to avoid getting into situations that require superior skill
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Breakfast
at
Breakfast
at Kilcoy
Kilcoy
(Ross Poyser)
(Ross Poyser)
Kilcoy fly in breakfast, well once again a great day, John
and Sally Lucas and family had prepared a great breakfast
for those who attended.
Three of us set out for breakfast, Chris in the DTA, Mark
* The Kilcoy Flight Line *
of metres. Old Blue tends to take the lead while the other
trikes appear to chaperone it on it’s journey, taking care of
it. (probably has something to do with the cruising speed or
lack thereof.)
* The DTA on it’s way *
in LBT and myself and a jerry in the back seat in Old Blue.
Chris and I were ready to go, but LBT and his pilot were
delayed by lessons, and warming up. Chris and I did a few
circuits for training purposes (besides there was no one else
in the circuit at that time). Finally blasting off together, we
headed to Kilcoy, in a formation spanning several hundreds
From memory the day’s weather was a little overcast but
warm enough, the breakfast was well attended from pilots
from Caboolture, Watts Bridge and Gympie. A variety of
planes were there as usual. No events to report on the way
there or back to Caboolture. Another great day of Microlighting in the great south east.
Finding the Morning Glory
(Caboolture - Burketown returning via Hedlow)
(Ross Poyser)
The search for the elusive but spectacular Morning Glory
Cloud was fast approaching for Mark and I, as was the associated road trip. It was make a list time…Here is a copy of
my very brief list of things to take with us.
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Bucket, shower pump, solar bags for shower water,
floor mat,
Saucepans, fry pan, kettle, large stove, matches,
Large gas bottle, small stove, Small gas bottles,
Plates, cutlery, mugs, glasses, cooking utensils,
tea towels, washing
up gear, detergent,
chopping board,
spare plastic bags for
left overs, alfoil, glad
wrap
Tent, pegs, poles,
rope, hammer, rope
and poles for tarp
lean-to,
lights, torch,
tool kit, air filter,
fuel filter, spare
bearings for trailer, grease, box for roof??
Mattress’s and pillow,
Sat phone, mobile, laptop, iPad, charger’s, books,
maps, Camps 7 book..
Thongs, shoes, socks, jocks,
To this list I added some food for the first few days, a couple of pre-cooked meals from home. (Thanks to our wives)
We had planned to leave around midday on the Sat, after
loading the trike and the car. We did a brief road trip to
Cooyar, before returning to Caboolture and spending the
night at Mark’s place (but the false start is another story in
itself). We left again the next morning at 9.30am from the
Bunnings car park at Morayfield (once again another story
in itself - we stopped at Bunnings to buy a couple of last
minute things and made a couple of small but essential
mod’s to the trailer).
So we finally get on the road to Burketown, and our first
stop today was Moore in the park opposite the shops for a
sandwich. (ham, tomato and cheese as I recall), which was
made out of the back of the Cruiser (which my mate calls
The aircraft limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular aircraft.
If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no limits.
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* Make Your Own (MYO) Sandwich Bar *
the ‘ute’), don’t quite know why. The video camera came
out and history was being made (mot quite Burke and
Wills, but at times it felt like it).
Second stop was Cooyar again (second stop here in two
days), just to make sure all is well with Trike and trailer
again. Then on towards the Dalby airport, which we
checked out in detail. No one seemed to be around, so we
continued on our merry way.
Our stop this night was a place, just on the other side of
Mitchell along with a few other campers. Dinner was served
as the sun went down and an early night for us inside the
tent (We used a book called Camps 7 to find cheap and free
roadside stops to camp in overnight).
Woolworths, repacking the fridge and the car to fit it all
inside, we pressed on to our third night out. We chose a
spot to camp, just off the side of the road and south of
Burke and Wills Roadhouse, where we got the washing out
and it was hung up on a makeshift clothesline beside our
camp for the night. It was hot here (Mark says it is hot and
the kiwi was really feeling it). His usual melancholy tones
on the video tape have faded like the sunset that night, so
we had an early night after dinner and a desert of two fruits
and cream (real bush tucker). We had a family of what I
call Apostle birds (some people call them ‘happy families’)
nest in the tree beside us that night. The normally noisy
birds were as quiet as anything, packed together like sardines in a tin on a branch overnight They were gone without a sound, by the next morning when we awoke. Mark
took another video of this campsite and his voice over was
one of excitement and humour as we were approaching the
target today by around lunchtime we thought. Burketown
here we come !
A brief stop for a milkshake at Burke and Wills roadhouse
and top up all fuel containers etc and we were off towards
Burketown. We used a map, then resorted to a WAC chart
for some help at one point in our trip, when the road
seemed to split into three choices at one stage. After careful study and luck we chose the right road, (yes the one on
the right) and it led us to the road junction we had been
expecting. This road was cattle grids, dirt with stones, cattle, road workers doing some renovations and full of detours, so it was an adventure in itself.
The next day we left there and travelled towards Longreach
and again after consulting the Camps 7 book (no I am not
trying to sell you a copy) We stopped again just north of
Longreach in another freebie camp, where we managed dinner, showers and half a movie on the laptop.
Day three, was washing day as we travelled. Stopping at
McKinlay to complete the rinse cycle and then onto towards Cloncurry. Then after a shopping expedition in
* So Left, Right or Straight Ahead ???? *
* Washing Day *
Arriving in Burketown, at about lunchtime, we went and
checked out the airport (You can’t really get lost in Burketown, there is a main street from the south, and another
road past the airport towards Gregory Downs and that is
about it). Surprise, surprise the airport gate was locked and
we returned to town to find the Ranger ‘Russell’ from the
council who came down and opened the gate to give us access for the plane. The gate was locked behind us as we re-
Death is just nature's way of telling you to watch your airspeed.
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moved the trailer and our car from the enclosure. We then
set up camp with the Ranger’s permission near the airport
for the next few days. The busy airport has four planes a
have to kick me to wake me from my dreams), as they
would arrive at the airport around 4.15am, turn the runway lights on and proceed to get ready for their gliding
that morning.
We flew Thursday and Friday morning, and then went on a
road trip to Lawn Hill National Park for Saturday and
Sunday before returning to fly at Burketown on the Monday and Tuesday morning.
The road trip continued on Tuesday when after we had
packed the plane, had a meal, and two milkshakes in the
one and only local café. We ventured off to Normanton for
a small shop and refuel, before once again camping off the
side of the road for the night. This Tuesday was a huge day,
we were both spent and weak, so early night in bed for
both.
* Setting up camp at Burketown airport *
week on a timetable, but while we were there, quite a few
other planes of varying sizes landed and took off. Fuel was
available at the airport and also in town at the one service
station, which also was the general store, post office and
tourist office combined.
The next day we set off for Croyden and onto Georgetown,
along the way checking out both airports before moving on
to Milla Milla, where I had an old schoolmate to visit. We
stayed two nights with Darryl and his wife on his rainforest
retreat in a lovely cool environment, compared with the 35
degree heat we had been sleeping in for the past week and a
half. It was here Mark decided he needed a haircut and was
quite disappointed when he drove into town and despite
there being no one in the barbers shop, he was told by the
lady that she could book him in for 4.30 that afternoon if
that suited.
We assembled the plane, attached the wing, and took it for
a test flight that afternoon. A group of motor glider pilots
we had met earlier, had told us, what time and where to go
the following morning in search of a Morning Glory cloud
(again another story). Over the next 6 days, we listened and
shared our experiences with them and listened to their stories. We got hints on how to predict what weather patterns
to expect, and look for, etc….. Moto gliders from Hobart,
Victoria, NSW, Hecks Field at Jacob’s Well, and a group
from Caboolture (3) and another fellow Geoff from the
Atherton Tablelands, were at the airport every day we were
there. This was to be our alarm clock (well Mark’s anyway,
as I would sleep through it most days, and Mark would
* On the road again *
We left Darryl’s the following morning and started our descent to the coast, visiting Mission Beach for lunch, driving
through Townsville and then finding another free camp at
Giru. So far we have not paid for any accommodation on
our trip. The quiet night at Giru was only interrupted
about 12 or 13 times that night as the mining trains passed
along the main train track just across the road from the
tent. At the level crossing Clanging warning bells, flashing
lights, heavy diesel electric locomotives and heaps of carriages, ensured we did not get much sleep that night.
* And this is what the fuss is about *
Next morning, we travelled towards Rockhampton, with
Flying is a great way of life for men who want to feel like boys, but not for those who still are.
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Hedlow airport our goal for the night. We had contacted
the owner and Mark’s mate Steve (who runs a satellite flying school from YCAB), and arrangements were made for
us to sleep and cook at the airport for the next few days.
The plane was once again assembled and many scenic
flights were taken by us both (tandem and solo).
The weather for the next few days was our topic and we
agreed that rather than disassemble the trike again, Mark
decided that I should fly it back to YCAB, while he drove
my car and trailer. I was excited about doing this long distance in a trike with clock and compass.
The trip was to prove uneventful, until getting into the well
known airspace north of Caboolture when I caught a
glimpse of the airport (YCAB), from a distance, looked
away and then when I looked back, I couldn’t find it at all.
It seemed the more that I tried to find it using my normal
reference points, roads, highways, buildings, the map in
front of me and mountains, the airport had just
‘disappeared’ from my site. The airport was missing from
my view for what seemed like forever, when suddenly it
appeared again and then disappeared as quickly. My mind
had been tricked and even though I had an ETA for Caboolture and knew exactly where I was there still was no
YCAB in view. What had happened??? Had I not seen it,
misplaced it or what? It was a good lesson to learn, as it
turned out that it was a cloud that had cast a shadow over
the airport and the hangars and runways just weren’t as
easy as normal to locate from the distance. I think if I had
been in another location, I would not have had a mild panic
attack, but just continued on with ETA and compass to
find the airport. Note to self…. Lesson learnt. Look at the
big picture, confirm all map points, recheck your clock and
compass, reassess your estimated ETA. And most importantly at this point don’t panic, too much. Fly the course
and constantly reassess the situation.
All in all, one of the great road trip adventures.
Flying the (Morning Glory) Cloud
(Mark Gentry)
Two old mates hatched a plan to fly the morning glory
cloud formation way up in Burke-town. We left Sunday
and arrived Wednesday, and after a post trike rigging test
flight we were set to fly first thing Thursday morning.
0500 Thursday morning, a car and some people arrived at
the airfield in the pitch black, but not for long. By hitting
the hand held radio on CTAF a few times the runway and
spot lights came on. The early day light which which was
breaking through was good for putting the wing up and
preflighting the trike. We had meet the other Caboolture
boys on Wednesday and they had given us the heads up on
radio freq to use so we could keep tabs on each other while
flying the cloud.
Keen as we were to get airborne early to check out our surroundings and try to find this cloud, once airborne it was
evident that not much was happening with this mysterious
cloud because the cloud l had seen on the net looked nothing like what we were flying around in. Very broken and
little lift and no radio contact with anyone, what did they
know that we didn't. We stooged around for a while and
called it a day as my breakfast was calling.
ing boys from way back. l have great respect for old pilots
and there is a reason why they are still flying. So when he
asked me if l wanted any information about the cloud I was
only to willing to accept his help. About half an hour later l
was roughly up to speed and the tips and tricks to enjoying
the experience.
We flew Friday but still nothing - no cloud. We did however find Escott ten miles to the west which was the small
private airfield that the hang gliding boys flew from in
years gone by. The place once had accommodation and bar
but now is just an out back shed with a care taker and not
much else, the strip even had a tree growing in the middle
of it.
There is nothing in the way of land marks and with the
heat haze its hard to see more than fifteen miles. There are
At about 0900 or shortly thereafter the sea breeze kicked
in, along with the heat. Someone please tell me why they
don't build runways that are into wind, its about 30 deg
cross wind at 10.30 and by the end of the day its full crosswind. And a sea breeze is about 20knots great fun for a
trike. The week before, a trike did get caught out ( we
think ) by the cross wind and had to land on the main road
just out of town which didn't impress Oliver the local cop.
We met up with a chap by the name of Jeff. Jeff as it
turned out had been flying the cloud for twenty years and
was an absolute book of knowledge, just one of the old glid-
* Just don’t look down *
Never let an airplane take you somewhere you brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
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no hills, nothing, l mean nothing only three rivers one
winds to the west, the middle one goes pass Burketown and
an eastern river, everything else is flat, muddy and sandy
with real big croc's living in and around the place (no place
for an engine failure). Ross was flying the trike and l was
able to look around from the back seat and just enjoy the
sights. That was until finals, watching to see how well (or
not) Rosco was doing landing ‘my’ trike (damm instructors ). l happened to look down and there it was the biggest
croc on this earth, the only thing showing was its head and
that was as big as the roof of the land cruiser (and that's
big). After landing I mentioned it to Russell the local council Guy who informed us that they shot another croc years
earlier that was eating cattle, dogs and land cruisers.
The first morning glory flight didn't come around until
Monday as conditions weren't particularly good, but when
it did arrive it was worth waiting for.
We took off right on day break and headed out towards the
sea where on the horizon we could see a cloud heading towards us. Underneath the cloud it’s dark and menacing
with about a fifteen knot wind in front of the cloud, which
was visible by the breeze on the water. l climbed to about
four thousand feet to get above the on coming cloud, which
by now was about five miles out to sea. Once above the
cloud we started to surf the leading edge of this thing that
went for miles to the right and left of us, slowly decreasing
power as we got lower to the cloud but still maintaining
height and just in front of the cloud.
of the cloud as its very rough and you will probably need to
do some washing shortly thereafter, if you get my gist.
The cloud has a primary, secondary and some times there is
a tertiary cloud all in close succession. Its like a wave of air
with cloud or no cloud l don't fully understand how it
works or why. Not too many do, but what I do know is just
because the cloud has decayed it does not mean that there
is no turbulence over the back of it.
Yep see where this is going? The cloud had decayed so to be
safe l climbed and then start our way back to Burketown,
no cloud anymore. Forty seconds later all hell broke lose it
was like being in a washing machine. A look at VSI and it
was showing 1500 down so with a boot full of go and slowing the trike down we held on, however five seconds later
VSI was reading off the clock upwards.
After a short time everything was back to normal apart
from two old chap’s heart rates. So lesson learnt (nobody
told us about that, maybe no ones been dumb enough to
get in that position? )
Tuesday came and Rosco was in the front seat. At first
light we were airborne and sure enough there was another
cloud, but this one was bigger and better. However it was
about 15nm out to sea so we decided to fly up the coast for
safety. I’m mot sure if its better to ditch in the water and
take chance with the sharks or get eaten by croc if we were
forced to land out. Anyway the trike would not be retrievable either way.
We hooked on to this cloud which was amazing, it went as
far as the eye could see inland towards Normanton and
then all the way over to Mornington Island, maybe some
100nm in total or perhaps even more. Now feeling a bit
more convenient we decided to fly lower and just in front of
the cloud which was giving more lift. Rosco was flying at
MTOW and between 3000 and 3400 rpm. We worked this
cloud for a long time, just in front and maybe level with the
top of the cloud which appeared to be where the best lift
was. Bourketown is 20nm south of the sea so at about 15
* Working the cloud *
We worked this cloud for two hours with pretty much
MTOW and an RPM setting of between 3200 and 3600, l
guess the lift rate was about 500ft per minute. To maintain
straight and level in that configuration l would normally
need a power setting at around 4400rpm. Total flight time
2:40hrs and we covered 140nm. It was smooth flying conditions and really just one finger control to manage the control bar
I have heard that its not a good thing to fly over the back
* It stretches as far as the eye can see *
Never let an airplane take you somewhere you brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
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from Bourke town we decided to return back to the airfield
so as not to have any problems from the on coming breeze
which is in front of the cloud.
We landed and proceeded to pack the trike up, with no visible cloud and maybe a hour later as we were derigging the
wing, with no warning we had a cooler 15knots of breeze
from the north this being the reminiscence of the cloud we
had just been flying.
So as to prove a point just because there is no cloud doesn't
mean there will be no turbulences.
We traveled down to Rockhampton to fly with Steve
Bartlett and stay at Hedlow. Now l had had a plan and
that was to have Rosco fly the trike back to Caboolture,
derigging and setting up just does not do it for me. So with
some days to go before we were due to leave and come back
home l mentioned to Ros that he should fly the trike back
so the plan was hatched. While at Hedlow we had early
morning flights we had evening flights we flew up the coast
me with Steve in his and Ros flying my trike, we flew over
to Keppal Island and off to Old Station where we had previously been to the big flying but on that concussion we
drove up. All in all we just flew and if we were not flying we
were eating or sleeping. One day we got bored so we did
strip runs.
The day soon arrived it was time for the best holiday ever
to come to an end and for Ros to get my trike back home in
one piece. If the map was not viewed once and checked it
was viewed 50 times, first big cross country and the nervous l guess are working over overtime.
The trike was loaded and fueled the night before the only
thing to do was to check the weather in the morning which
was all good the only downer was that Maryborough was
closed so Bundy would have to be the fuel stop. With
breakfast on board for both of us one map board and one
bum required in the front seat of one trike it was time for
Rosco to head south.
I arrived back at Caboolture to find my good friend with a
grin from ear to ear and one trike parked in the hanger.
Total engine time was 22 hours for the whole trip. I think
its safe to say that only about 10 different pilots flew the
morning glory this year in burke town and there is only one
other place in the world this phenomenon happens and
that's in Mexico l beleave. Its an awesome advent there is
nothing in flying with cloud that can match it and l am
hook. May fly up next time.
It was special being able to share this experience's with a
friend and that's what made the trip.
Testing Times
(Perry Johnstone)
Early one morning Mal borrowed Ross’s trike to fly down
to Coominya and back. Whilst uneventful on the way there,
it was to soon become exciting on the return leg. Somewhere over Lake Somerset Mal experienced a significant
vibration through the control bar. Sensing all was not right
he reduced power and tracked directly for Kilcoy to execute
a swift but safe landing. The trike was thoroughly inspected
but the cause of the problem wasn’t immediately evident. A
prolonged inspection however revealed that a couple of the
propeller pitch blocks were broken with a couple of the
main propeller hub bolt sheared as well.
is foremost in everyone's minds. Anyway a week later the
parts had arrived and the lads set about effecting the re-
pair. The big question was, who was going to do the test
flight. Mal very quickly put up his hand to give it a go.
Needless to say there was also a minor modification to be
done to Mal’s Caboolure Microlights club shirt to reflect his
newly self appointed status as a test pilot.
The trike was going no further that day and as luck would
have it, there was space in Chris’s hangar there at Kilcoy.
So the trike was put to bed and new parts ordered. The
trick now was to understand why. Needless to say, regularly checking the torque values of the Propeller hub bolts
Never let an airplane take you somewhere you brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
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Airfield ID Challenge
(Ross Poyser)
The challenge here is to see if you can identify the airfield
just from the photos (answers are on the back page)
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Get your kids into flying - You’ll never have to worry about them being able to afford drugs !
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It’s a Date
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Taxiing down the tarmac, the jetliner abruptly stopped, turned around
and returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it finally took off. A
concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What was the problem?" "The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," explained the Flight Attendant, "and it took us a while to find a new pilot."
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An airliner was having engine trouble, and the pilot instructed the cabin
crew to have the passengers take their seats and get prepared for an
emergency landing. A few minutes later, the pilot asked the flight attendants if everyone was buckled in and ready. "All set back here, Captain,"
came the reply, "except the lawyers are still going around passing out
business cards."
Airfield ID Challenge Answers: 1) Cooloola Cove : 2) Adel’s Grove :
3) Clifton : 4) Teewah : 5) Great Keppel : 6) Old Station (Raglan) : 7)
Watts Bridge : 8) Gatton Air Park