Saw 1 of these go over the farm today which is not that far south of Girraween - would definitely be the plane Karen is referring to. John
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I love seeing the modern avionics, when I wasn't washing aircraft (thanks Wes to ****) all avionics from instruments to bombing computers and in between were my realm but being ancient F-111s they were all analogue, I would have distrusted digital screens but obviously they have improved with all of the vibration from aircraft. And what are you doing taking photos when you're suppose to be landing the damn thing .... in Mumbai
Ok JM…These are the Proper ones before CX…Both great company’s… Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Excellent that you could be back in time for the race. I’m having one or two warm up scotches myself. Chloe has gone to bed. Hopefully I don’t wake her up with my cheering or boo-ing.
"SOS" An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with Tempo Mach 2 appears. The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn’t it? Now have a look here!" He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks, : *Well, how was that?"* Gary answers: *"Very impressive, but now you look!" The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly stubbornly straight, with the same speed. After 15 minutes, Gary radios, *"Well, how was that?"* Confused, the jet pilot asks, *"What did you do?"* Gary laughs and says, "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry." **The moral of the story is**:* When you are young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important. This is called *S.O.S.:** Slower, Older, but Smarter.*
ARFF were out having fun today. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Steve wouldn’t have a clue Dan…He’s at the beach house drinking scotch waiting for the second Test to start…
It's not one of ours, Dan. I actually haven't heard of that one before. Maybe it's one of Pilatus' demo aircraft or a new delivery? It's disturbing how close you are to reality (well, except for the first sentence). Apart from the "beach house" bit, you're pretty much spot on...
Cheers mate, I thought it may have been one of yours on a check flight or something like that. It went straight up to F450!!
As far as I know we don’t have any more on order yet, so it’s just FMP and FZQ for now (not counting WA section aircraft). I know NSW ambulance have a couple on order, but not sure when they arrive. FL450 would be normal for Adelaide - Brisbane in a PC24.
