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Being an Orange boy Tim was a great performer with a lovely rich voice.I last saw him on Bankstown airport 1963

This aeroplanes has been around for a long time. You never seem to get to see this amphibian in real water. All water sea planes are great on nice smooth water but the real world is not like that . Its at MAUW on water were the big test is. There is one in my part of the world but you never seen ...

The Minimax line of aircraft are the best ultra light every designed.Waye Ison spent 10 years developing this line of aircraft. The big plus is its the only ultra light kit design with an FAA approved stress analysis that I can find.That to me means millions. The dream magazines and the wally woo...

I test flew one of these for a mate of mine. This is a scaled SE5A. Plans out of the UK with the Centre of Gravity on the plans in the wrong place.Not a bad little aeroplane. I have a lot of time in a Tiger Moth and I found this aircraft was much nicer to fly then the over rated Tiger Moth.

Far to fast for an Auster. 45 knots is plenty for an approach. No good drifting down the paddock.

This Auster doesn't seem like it wants to leave the ground. Can't see the wind sock.Should have done better then that. Perhaps its a 100 h.p. Cirrus Minor.

Well its nice to see the girls flying an Auster. The music is from HELL You never should us a nice flair and landing.

Why do we have to have anti spinning stakes on the old DH-82A. And were are the slats on the top wing. I think pilots have gone soft with these warm fuzz ie extras. The Tiger was a great aeroplane without the stakes and it sure needs the lockable slats on the top wing.Without them you cant fly th...

Nice Kingfisher. I flew a full size Kingfisher for a while. Not a good amphibian.The water dams up on the wheels on take-off in average water.The noise in the cabin is horrendous.The aircraft has a tendency to suffer from neutral pitch stability in flight.The aircraft needs flaps and a safer entr...

Congratulations on building and flying such a beautiful Volmer VJ-22

This transmitter you can set the RF power output between 0 and 25 watts. Go back and read the website.

I have mine set at .9 of a watt in and with an aerial gain and feed loss, I have 1 Watt out put . All Professional FM transmitter you can set the RF output power. Broadcast Warehouse make the ...

Very well introduce introduction about Linux. Wish I could attend the course

This guy has the right idea to use flap for take-off , but he has dumped them to soon, and so he cant fly away from ground effect t.

What's wrong with flap for take-off. Split flaps on this aircraft produced 6 times the lift on the take-off run. Makes no sense to me to be staggering around on little wheels when you can leave the ground and fly away. Go get some dual in an Auster with a good Auster pilot and you will see what I...

I meet Johnny at Inverell. I did the sound for his concert in the local hall. Was working for the local radios station 2NZ at the time. He handed my a fist full of money when it was all over. The most money I had ever seen as a teenager. I remember after the show we went to the local hamburger b...

This is an aft center of gravity problem where you can't get even with speed the nose down. I have had it happen once in a 172. 2 X200lb passengers in the back and your in real trouble with lighter pilot and pax in the front. Its all set out on the CG weight and balance chart.

The flares not to bad but the speeds re all over the place. The Twin Comanche is not an aircraft to make mistakes in. 100kts over the fence. The Piper manual states if you loose an engine in flight, feather and land at the nearest airfield. Dont try and re-start in the air. They were a hot potat...

Its a pity this chap didn't show us a full power off landing down wind. I would love to see a down wind take-off, say about 5kts.In the real world of flying ,there are many times when you have to operate in down wind conditions. I think its just another well engineered gyro.

The VJ-22 has a very roomy cockpit. Cessna 172 size.There is plenty of head room and if you build you can set the cockpit up at your body hight. The Volmer has one of the most comfortable cockpit of any aircraft. You can fly it for hours and feel very comfortable. The visibility is better then a ...

The PA-28 spins very well like all Cherokees. 75 kts in . You have to hold full back pressure on the stick. The PA-28 has solid immediate recovery. BUT the big thing is you have to watch the pull out as its so easy to get beyond VNE. If you are in to much of a hurry the PA-288 will high speed sta...

To fast and to low on approach. 60kts is plenty over the fence. The aircraft needs to be flared with the nose high and the mains will go on quite smoothly.The nose wheel is only for taxing . The Cherokee is a very good short field aircraft if flown properly. But it needs to be trimmed in pitch ...

Very nice aeroplane. The performance is amazing considering the low power. Congratulations on a fine project.

The thing that made the Piper Cub safe was the Continental Engine.

This is a con. These pictures have been cut together. Two totally different aeroplanes.

60 m.p.h. is just to fast for a landing in a Auster. This is a great aeroplane and the split flaps need to be used. Why land fast when you don't have to. I must admit the Lycoming engine version are dirty in drag at low speeds. This looks like an Auster Arrow which is a nice littler aeroplane.

The Auster a great aeroplane. Out run a Piper Cub any day. Here is an aircraft that can fly loaded at 45 kts. Usto fly VH-KSP a lot and Super Auto car VH-BYT. Wonderful bush aircraft

Can anyone tell me if he Zenith 701 will recover from a spin. Aircraft that have leading edge slats spin flat from my experience. The classic example is the DH-82 Tiger Moth. The other was the old Raleigh Command ore. All aircraft will spin. It's will they recovery from a spin should you get into...

Very high approach and landing speed. I though the Flying Flea had a very slow flying speed on approach. It seems that in this video clip the aircraft appears to do everything at a single speed. Looks like to be about 70kts. Very fast for such a small aircraft with such a small amount of wing are...

The town looks great. I worked there for Radio2NZ back in the 60,s. Things have changed a lot. Very nice video. Thanks for posting it.

The single engine Comanche was a great aeroplane. Cant say that for the twin version.

To Fast. A steeper approach 1500 r.p.m Keep the nose on the piano keys then flare. 60kts best speed.

I am surprised this 170 gets off the water so well. I found them a pretty under-powered aeroplane especially with that terrible Cont 0300.

This pilot doesn't seem to have any flap deployed for take-off. A complete waste of time in a Cessna 210. Why run the wheels along at 80kts for nothing. The aeroplane will fly off in half the distance with the right amount of flap.

Very poor approach. Side slipping with a pusher amphibian with so much drag is ridiculous.Look at all the airfield he has used up. Cross controlled side slips in this type of aircraft is dangerous and will catch this pilot out very quickly.There is just no need for it.

I am sure the feel will come soon on software. Its a good effort you have done with whats available. I usto fly a Cessna 210 quite a lot .Wonderful aeroplane. Pity there were so many problems with it. But many issues have been sorted out. I cant imagine why Cessna took it off the line.It is the m...