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Aussie Aircraft Thread

Discussion in 'Australia' started by Steve355F1, Oct 23, 2014.

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  1. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Ten Time F1 World Champ
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    Dec 10, 2005
    100,245
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    Not sure JM, someone posted up on Facebook pictures a big military plane that may have flown over with them. So maybe they were all piled into that thing. :)
     
  2. monza75

    monza75 Formula 3

    Apr 5, 2012
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    Two Hercs flew over with them. This is what they look like :)

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  3. Steve355F1

    Steve355F1 F1 World Champ
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    Aug 26, 2011
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    I picked a bloody good day for the plane to break down in Ceduna… :(

    Just got home 16 hours after starting. Think I might take tomorrow off…

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  4. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Nov 1, 2003
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    John
    So, who fixed it?
    Some poor sod working in 47 degrees
     
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  5. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Ten Time F1 World Champ
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    Dec 10, 2005
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    Cheers mate, saw some pics yesterday and that was one of them. :)
     
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  6. IanB

    IanB F1 World Champ
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    Jun 15, 2006
    16,255
    Sydney
    Don't worry, when Xi JInping takes over, you can denounce Steve as a class enemy!

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  7. Steve355F1

    Steve355F1 F1 World Champ
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    No. The engineer was on the phone from his air-conditioned office telling me what to do while I crawled around on the tarmac under the aircraft (probably 55 degrees) doing this and that troubleshooting so that when he did arrive he knew what was wrong.

    Thanks to me doing that and nearly dying in the process by the time he got there at 9.30pm it was dark and only 40 degrees and it took about 5 minutes to fix.

    Bloody engineers! :p
     
  8. monza75

    monza75 Formula 3

    Apr 5, 2012
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    Dan
    He’s not silly :p

    PC12 or 24?
     
  9. IanB

    IanB F1 World Champ
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    That's not funny. You should said you were sitting in an air-conditioned office, snorting coke off a hooker's bare backside, while some underpaid minion did all the real work.


    After all, it's what Greg does!
     
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  10. Steve355F1

    Steve355F1 F1 World Champ
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    PC12 mate. One of the other guys took the 24 to Darwin yesterday so I got stuck doing the local stuff.
    I also agreed to cover part of a later shift due to sick leave and it was only because of that I went to Ceduna at all!
    If I’d just done my original shift I would have been home with my feet up by 2pm!

    On the plus side, I’ve now given myself today off (41 again) and back on the jet tomorrow. :)
     
  11. monza75

    monza75 Formula 3

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    So the moral from that story is **** trying to help everyone else and just look after yourself :p
    Enjoy your day off mate!
     
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  12. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Why didn't he just ship the part and countersign all of the documents for you after you fitted it ? :p
     
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  13. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Pilots, self-centred, egotistical, arrogant, useless tw@ts ........ apart from Steve or Gary, of course :p
     
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  14. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    I'd be asking whom was the last person to wash it, just saying
     
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  15. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    You forgot to add, in a dark room, dictating and posting on Fchat!

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  16. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Outsourced to China .... just saying :p
     
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  17. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Nice shaver ..... Chinese ?
     
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  18. FazzerPorscheman

    FazzerPorscheman F1 World Champ

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    Fixed.
     
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  19. Steve355F1

    Steve355F1 F1 World Champ
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    Exactly! Thanks mate. :)

    It’s not the bloody RAAF, you know. :p

    Not to mention even I’m not stupid enough to get on an aircraft that I’d tinkered with…

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  20. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Always a wise move ............... reminded me of a funny time we were travelling back from the US and the weather radar was playing up on a C-130 we were on as we taxiied onto the runway, ... pilot goes back to terminal, gets radar boys to fix it ... radar guys say to me , "let's get on another plane, this one will **** up again very soon !!"

    Classic example of don't fly on aircraft you fix :p
     
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  21. Steve355F1

    Steve355F1 F1 World Champ
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  22. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    Wurundjeri man.
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    Thought he was in a Cessna T172 syndicate with 50 other pilots?
     
  23. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    I don’t do syndicates, groups, clubs, committees etc as I basically hate people
     
  24. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Mate of mine has come up with a great idea to avoid the masses ........... you put ear pods in and hold your phone and if anyone tries to talk to him he points at the phone :p
     
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  25. Horse

    Horse Three Time F1 World Champ
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    Jon
    Paul on GG?


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