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Post by planeimages on Oct 5, 2006 20:50:04 GMT 12
Two killed in Bathurst jet crash
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Two men have been confirmed dead in an aircraft crash in central western NSW, Australian Search and Rescue says.
The Strikemaster aerobatics plane was on a joyflight when it crashed, near Winburndale, about 16km north of Bathurst, about 3.15pm (AEST), authorities say.
The crashed plane ignited a 4ha bushfire in a state forest.
An NRMA CareFlight spokeswoman said an emergency call was placed to their office in Orange by the Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR).
"I've just spoken to the (CareFlight) pilot," the spokeswoman said. "He is orbiting a bushfire which is believed to have been started by the downed aircraft."
AusSAR's aviation rescue arm confirmed the Strikemaster aerobatics plane took off from Bathurst airport with two people on board.
A Rural Fire Service spokeswoman said a State Forests aircraft was waterbombing the fire and about 24 firefighters were on the ground.
An AusSAR spokeswoman said an NRMA CareFlight paramedic was winched down to the crash site late this afternoon.
He found two men dead in the wreckage of the aircraft, she said.
The men were on a joyflight out of Bathurst when their Strikemaster aerobatics plane crashed in remote bushland at Winburndale, about 16km north of Bathurst.
The crashed plane ignited a four hectare bushfire in the Turon State Forest. An NRMA CareFlight spokeswoman said an emergency call was placed to their office in Orange by AusSAR about 3.15pm (AEST) today.
A Rural Fire Service (RFS) spokeswoman said a State Forests aircraft was waterbombing the fire and about 24 firefighters were on the ground.
From SMH. Nothing on the TV as yey but will see what the news brings.
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Post by planeimages on Sept 12, 2006 19:54:51 GMT 12
I saw my first RAAF Canberra on the hardstand at Garbutt (Townsville) in 1955.
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Post by planeimages on Sept 12, 2006 16:32:22 GMT 12
"Well, that'll just about take care of the fly- by."
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Post by planeimages on Sept 11, 2006 20:32:54 GMT 12
Did he get permission to "bust the tower'? Them were the days.
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Post by planeimages on Jul 13, 2006 0:04:37 GMT 12
Probably not pertinent for RNZAF but a friend of mine, who is now a Qantas 747 1st Officer, used to fly A4Gs at Nowra. One day he was on a sortie with his OC, got an engine-fire indication and punched out.
The ac/c blew up and crashed near Braidwood NSW in 01/71. N13-155051. Code 870. LT Turbine failure was the cause.
He plummeted down through the trees slightly injured. An RAAF Iroquois lited him out at full extension of its winch rope and he was in a hospital bed in 15 minutes. Colin is his first name.
Personal discussions with Colin and ref to Stewart Wilson's "The Phantom, Hornet and Skyhawk in Australian Service".
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Post by planeimages on Sept 20, 2006 18:09:58 GMT 12
Why not sell them to the bloke who bought your Spitfire?
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Post by planeimages on Oct 12, 2007 16:29:33 GMT 12
Perhaps she might like to look at "Just Jane", the Lancaster which the Panton brothers and their families have restored to taxiable condition. If she wanted to go to the UK she could visit the museum and even take a taxi-ride in the aircraft. www.lincsaviation.co.uk/These are some I took when I rode in JJ last June. IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/finesse7/lanc6724.jpg[/IMG] Please feel free to tell the lady I would be delighted to discuss the Lincolnshire Aviation Museum and their Lancaster. I also have a lot of information about Lancs in the Pacific.
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Post by planeimages on Dec 12, 2007 20:16:32 GMT 12
May I include "A Piece of Cake"? Yes, I know it was a TV mini series. Sure there were some beat ups but most scenarios were based on actual events and I know that the Spitfires in France should have been Hurricanes but I just loved the characterisation and the flying scenes (except for some old cuts from The Battle of Britain film).
If you forget the cringe factor in Top Gun, nothing had ever shown aircraft low-flying and operating from a carrier like that before. Funny how Air Force people still quote lines from it 20 years on.
BTW what are the first words spoken in Top Gun?
If you look at TG as being a lampoon then maybe it all makes sense. The TG anthem still thunders from my stereo when I play the video. I just look the other way during the extended foreplay scene.
Dark Blue World was nice, too, once one got the gist of the story of the poor buggers interned in their own country afterwards.
Memphis Belle was entertaining. I still tell the story related in it about the downed allied pilot who progressively had to endure amputations of two arms and then a leg. The prison doctor asked him if he had any request and the Brit pilot asked for the Luftwaffe to drop his limbs over Britain on successive raids. The Germans did so for the the arms but when he asked for the leg to be similarly returned herr Doktor refused saying, "Nein, nein, vee zink you are trying to escape."
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Post by planeimages on Dec 11, 2007 9:09:04 GMT 12
This from the Key Publishing website:
“The Melton 2 seater was started way back in the 80's in Charles Churches time as a scratch build, believe the serial was something like DM001. It was sold to Harry Stenger who recently started to finish the project however to give the aircraft some "history" and covenance (sic) provenance (not to mention extra $ value) he purchased a Spitfire firewall with the MH367 plate on it. They popped the plate off the firewall and stuck it on the 2 seater and hey presto an aircraft rebuild with instant history! Somewhat frowned upon by certain people in the UK historic aircraft rebuilding circles I would think!”
Whatever the origins it looks like a Spitfire T MKIX, flies like one and I’ll bet sounds like one.
This one uses the “Grace in-line” cockpit conversion rather than the bulbous original fitted to the T.MKVIII and the factory-built TMKIXs.
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Post by planeimages on Dec 9, 2007 13:03:53 GMT 12
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Post by planeimages on Nov 6, 2007 21:45:39 GMT 12
They say your chances of winning lotto are only slightly improved by buying a ticket.
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Post by planeimages on Nov 6, 2007 20:24:06 GMT 12
Very arty. Lovely. Does the town have an aerodrome nearby?
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Post by planeimages on Nov 28, 2007 14:20:15 GMT 12
Maybe the aliens got Captain William Schaffner's name mixed up with the captain of the Enterprise?
Wasn't Dr. Spock involved?
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Post by planeimages on Oct 15, 2007 21:43:01 GMT 12
OMG! Must go.
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Post by planeimages on Sept 3, 2007 21:28:46 GMT 12
Current news on Vulcan XH558 is that she has been outside her hangar at Bruntingthorpe for engine runs. All four mains and the APU have been started and been up to full power.
Last week the fuel tanks were drained to set gauges to zero fuel contents and for C of G weighing.
Control surfaces are presently being aligned with instrument indications.
The crew has been practising ground runs in the Wellesbourne Vulcan.
Of course, the paperwork hasn't reached a weight in excess of the aircraft so she cannot fly yet, but the great day is not far away.
It's almost worth another trip to England but I think I will wait until she has flown before rushing over.
PF
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Post by planeimages on Jun 29, 2007 0:29:32 GMT 12
Rather nice, but a bit vague.
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Post by planeimages on May 21, 2007 7:20:44 GMT 12
Was he the Chief test pilot for Miles? I saw him on a National Geographic TV show when he talked about the M.52 . The Berkshire Aviation Museum may be able to assist. The curator, Jean Fostescue, was very helpful to me when I was researching my story on supersonic flight. They have a website.
If anyone catches up with him I would love to discuss his views on just what Miles Aircraft actually gave Bell Aircraft in the US on their supersonic project.
The good General Yeager was off the air at Avalon about my comments in my article in the programme on the subject of the variable-incidence tailplane. Yeager is adamant that the Bell/ USAAF team thought it up. Funny how the XS-1 already had the facility to adjust the alpha of the stabiliser. Someone must have forseen the possibility of needing that. Miles used an "all-flying" tail and dispensed with the separate elevator whereas the XS-1 had a conventional system.
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Post by planeimages on Mar 28, 2007 20:10:22 GMT 12
OMG. I was thinking about calling in on Frday. Sorry I didn't now. Fantastic.
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Post by planeimages on Feb 19, 2007 21:41:28 GMT 12
Last one is great. "Top Gun" in slo-mo. Funny how the Corsairs snap off behind the cockpit.
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Post by planeimages on Mar 2, 2007 18:26:31 GMT 12
The very same. Perhaps not so loony given his background.
I think the line someone has in his posts is very apt. "Caution, cape does not enable wearer to fly."
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