Page 9 – Key Publishing

Proctor VH-AHY

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 121 through 135 (of 408 total)

← 1 2 3 … 8 9 10 … 26 27 28 →

Author

Posts
January 1, 2010 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Looking for some parts for an auster restoration #1094251

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

Thanks to you both, I see that IAP have a web site with contact details. I don’t have any contact details for Auster Spares and would appreciate same.

I have located the Light Aero Spares web site – very interesting. Shame the currency exchange rates been Australian dollar and UK pound make purchasing things from the UK so expensive or I could get carried away.

I know this is a bit of a silly question because Austers seem to have been almost custom built (almost as a cottage industry) but is there any detailed drawings about.

A good example of this is I have 2 J/5 oil tanks and the drain bung at the bottom seems to be a different size one-to-the-other. Seems like in post-war Britain they made do with what was available.

thanks for the info

cheers

January 1, 2010 at 9:28 am in reply to: Looking for some parts for an auster restoration #1094830

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

Gooday All

There must be a couple of Auster owners that frequent this board that know about what Auster spares are about or what drawings exist so new bits can be fabricated.

The Auster Club web site is a nice site but short on this type of information. Being in Australia I am a bit far away to know the Auster situation in Britain, there is a healthy number of Austers out here, but I don’t know many (Yet!).

Any Auster owner out there that can supply a couple of leads? Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Give me my trusty Tiger Moth and the DH Moth Club for this type of support (Well done Moth Club.)

cheers
Ross

November 19, 2009 at 10:31 pm in reply to: The final flight of the Vimy. #1134686

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

The aircraft had achieved for it’s owners what they wanted – the aircraft was made available and Brooklands acquired it. I should imagine if anyone with a serious interest had approached the original owners with a proposal to carry on flying her she still would be!

Yes, its a question of ability, initiative, knowledge and money and that leads to the rhetorical question is did/does Brooklands have enough of those to to keep the aeroplane flying?

Anyhow, its a about 20 year old replica, so lets not get too worked up about it. I guess the question is can it ever be rescued form being an entombed static and bought back to flying at some point in the future – likely answer is possibly but unlikely. One hopes that it will be looked after well at Brooklands as a static.

cheers

November 5, 2009 at 8:23 am in reply to: To restore or not to restore (part IIMXLMCD) #1148360

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

G’day All

Rebuild to flying where possible, else conserve

cheers

October 30, 2009 at 4:10 am in reply to: Alpine Fighters Hurri to be auctioned in Oz!!! #1155027

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

G’day All

We have more New Zealanders in Australia than actually live in NZ (well seems like it) so if the Hurricane came to Australia, then a whole load of “other” NZ’ers could see it.

So…… what’s the problem?

cheers

October 30, 2009 at 12:41 am in reply to: De havilland Queen Bee #1155110

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

Fournier Boy

Can’t check at the moment, he is out of the country, I will try and find out. Is this the bit that the tail skid bolts onto. It is a bit of pipe bushed hinge on one end and as you sai the spring attaches to it. From memory this is a welded part and not a casting on Australian Tigers, not sure about pommie ones.

cheers

October 30, 2009 at 12:08 am in reply to: What if Britain Had Become Embroiled in Vietnam? #1155121

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

G.Day

Australia lost about 500 good men with that waste-of-time war. Australia is now good friends with Vietnam and has quite a number now living in Australia.

I don’t think Britian could have added anything of any particular value save moral support. The USA had all the technology they needed at their disposal and even failed with that.

I don’t think the USA has won a decent sized war since WW2, What Vietnam showed was that being a bigest bully on the block doesn’t mean you will have your own way.

Think that lesson was learnt by the USSR with Afganishan, the NATO forces still have to learn that lesson, Australia knows it, but we do what the USA wants, so we are along for the ride. Same situation applied with the Vietnam war, it was “all the way with LBJ”

cheers

October 29, 2009 at 10:54 pm in reply to: De havilland Queen Bee #1155235

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

I wonder how a Queen Bee would go as a scratch built “Tiger” from memory they are essentially a Tiger Moth with a wooden fuselage.

In Australia, the most difficult bit to get for a Tiger project is the fuselage.

What to others think, is there plans around for the fuselage? I know a guy that has just purchased a semi-trailer (I kid you not) of tiger spares and I think I might be able to talk him around to building one if the fuselage plans were available.

cheers

October 27, 2009 at 2:39 am in reply to: Australian 75th anniversary celebrations – 1934 Air Race #1158139

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

Mark

Nice coverage on ABC1 7:30 report of last weekends goings on

cheers

October 27, 2009 at 2:03 am in reply to: An end to flying at Duxford? #1158143

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

Gooday All

The problem with England (so I am told) is that you have towns, villages EVEREWHERE and that there are close together (ie less that say 20km).

Here in Australia, we have plenty of space and our towns and villages are well spaced (say 40-60km) appart from around major cities.

In Australia if an airfield is situated near the edge of a major city then it is under threat, however we do have space say 100km away where the threat is almost non-existant. (100km means about one hour thirty minutes drive away).

cheers

October 26, 2009 at 9:12 pm in reply to: What if Britain Had Become Embroiled in Vietnam? #1158430

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

Alertken

“UK was then quite broke”

Not much has changed, Britian was broke then and it is broke now, maybe a bit more now! What happened to the “Peace Dividend” from the end of the cold war!

cheers

October 25, 2009 at 10:08 pm in reply to: What if Britain Had Become Embroiled in Vietnam? #1159281

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

All

Why debate this subject, just be thankful that Britian didn’t get involved. Vietnam was a waste of many good lives (on both sides).

Shame that we (Britian and Australia) become involved in the fiasco called Iraq and Afganishan – I hate being conned.

I would have though the British would have learnt from their whipping in the late 1800’s during the second Anglo-Afghan war that Afganishan is tough place to fight and not worth the effort

cheers

September 24, 2009 at 9:15 am in reply to: Height Ceiling of combat aircraft #2439384

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

All

Start thinking about Indicated Air Speed stall and Mach stall and tombstone corner on the P-charts

In the 1970’s during the oil crisis, cargo 747’s were flying above 50,000 feet and there was only a few knots between a IAS stall and a Mach stall. Made the pilots job real demanding.

cheers

August 10, 2009 at 10:16 pm in reply to: Festival Of Flight – Watts Bridge, Australia #1159570

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

A79-RAAFVampire

Charging landing fees always seems a bit backward to me.

I am one of the founders of Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield (Foundation Chairman, key player in running the airfield for about 16 years) and over the years there was suggestions that we should change landing fees for other than association members.

I always strongly opposed the move on the basis that I put in the huge effort of re-activating the airfield so that aviators in the South East Queensland area had a destination to fly to, hiring or operating an aeroplane is expensive enough without having to pay another $10 to land. I wanted an active airfield – activity means interest. Watts Bridge appart from being a recreational airfield for warbirds, vintage aeroplanes and others is also a residential air park. Having visitors is what its all about – lifestyle!

Its also the principle, we don’t charge people to use the road system to drive into the town so why should we charge for another system of transport which gets us to that town.

Most people doing a cross-country are stopping to refuel (spend money) or to overnight at a motel (spend money) or to buy have a break and buy lunch (spend money)

Some of the country strips offer all the amenity of a morgue and councils should pay aviators to use them to gain the ecconomic benefit (said with tongue in cheek).

cheers

August 10, 2009 at 9:46 am in reply to: Festival Of Flight – Watts Bridge, Australia #1159701

Proctor VH-AHY
Participant

Gooday All

Will try and remember to take a few pics and post them. Not a great aeroplane photographer like some I see that post on this forum.

Thought I would put up a image of the new Fuel Depot, AVGAS is now available 24/7 at Watts Bridge, the credit card bit is on the left hand side and is only slightly visible. Fuel hose is in cabinet to the right of the fuel pump. I may be a bit backward, however this is the first time I have seem such an installation.

Means that you can confidently fly-in and get AVGAS easily at the Festival of Flight.

What a great advancement for an airfield. You can refuel your aeroplane straight away without calling out the refueler and battling the flies (Australian Airfields always have about 2 million flies in residence)

cheers
Author

Posts

Viewing 15 posts - 121 through 135 (of 408 total)

← 1 2 3 … 8 9 10 … 26 27 28 →