Aviation buffs - QAM trip ?

[VladTepes]

<span style="color:red">Reviving this thread</span>

I know there are a lot of aviation buffs out there but I have forgotten who you all are. So tell me.

For those in the Brissie area - I was thinking we could do a run (LR convoys always look good) up to Caloundra to have a look at the Queensland Air Museum.

I haven't any date in mind yet, just gauging interest.

If people were really keen we could do the museum on one day of the w/end and a 4wd trip the other. Or perhaps make each a half-day ?

Check out the QAM website and I'm sure you'll agree it's worth a visit.
http://www.qam.com.au

[Outlaw]

I'm keen for it, will just need to give me a half day headstart style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[VladTepes]

Onya outlaw - that's the two of us so far......
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[harry]

8) ok you can count me in,
what look at them on the weekend too, i dunno?
outlaw, i've gotta good tow rope, if you can hang on at 110
otherwise we can give you a ten min headstart every five minutes
8) harry

[Outlaw]

Hey! That's not nice Harry :evil: I can say something about my car being slow but no one else can!!! :twisted:


<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">hehe just kidding</span>

if all goes well, I can keep my fingers crossed that i'll have my rangy by then style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[harry]

8) did say i was thinking the car was slow, who was running late to the ferry?
rangy, wot rangy,
maybe you can tow me, that might save me some juice.
8) harry

[Outlaw]

if all goes well, should be in a position in a couple months to get a '98 Rangy similar to TSR's style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif Standard petrol with 4" lift 8)

[incisor]

The caboolture air show is on this year and is a way big event with a bucket load of new and older stuff.

Caboolture Air Spectacular
Saturday, 15 May 2004 - Sunday, 16 May 2004

8:00am

Caboolture Air Field

The Caboolture Air Spectacular 2004 is much more than just an air show. Held over the 15th and 16th May 2004, the event encompasses a whole weekend of complete entertainment. With over 3 hours of air show both days, the Caboolture Air Spectacular features some of the southern hemisphere’s rarest and most amazing aircraft, ranging from warbirds, to vintage, mustangs, ultra lights, gyroplanes, gliders and commercial aircraft. To keep everyone entertained there are also exhibitor stalls, markets, an up-market tent city (for those keen on camping!), rally cars, racing, an international food hall, licensed bar areas and… the Ford Bull Riding Championships (being held on the night of Saturday the 15th May 2004). Add to this free child minding and a children’s playground and you have got an event the whole family can enjoy! The Caboolture Air Spectacular… Much more than just an air show! Bus shuttles will operate to and from Caboolture station. Corporate and Gold Pass tickets also available.

http://www.cabooltureairshow.com.au/

[VladTepes]

Originally posted by harry
...what look at them on the weekend too, i dunno?


I've no idea what that means......

Yeah the Caboolture show is usually pretty damn good too......

[incisor]

Originally posted by VladTepes+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(VladTepes)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-harry
...what look at them on the weekend too, i dunno?


I've no idea what that means......

Yeah the Caboolture show is usually pretty damn good too......[/b][/quote]

it means he works on em during the week style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[VladTepes]

Yeah but on working ones, eh ?!

I wonder if he's ever worked on a Vampire or a Sabre ?

Even better - he can fix some of the QAM's planes for us. :idea:

Brilliant !!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

pm me harry and I'll send you a membership application form....

Too late to go back now style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[harry]

8) played with sabres only in museum, damm theyre heavy,
vampires no, although i nearly got kilt undoing the tank in a sea venom, wot was disposed of, and we went to nowra to take it home, silly bastards left it fully fuelled, even though it had been struck off years prior.
as for fix qam's planes

carpenters use 'planes'!!!

and some aircraft engineers do also!

pm's on its way.

[Fourgearsticks]

Is that Spectacular at Caboolture in May the AAAA flyin weekend? I know there is a AAAA flyin there some time this year, might be a good weekend to fly up and stay at Caloundra.

Usually do the coastal trip out around the islands at 500' all the way, a bit lower to land on the beach on Moreton or Strady if the tides right and there aren't too many Landrovers on the beach. In the summer you wouldn't believe the amount of wildlife in the water, probley a couple of hundred Manter's ranging in size from a metre to 5 or 6 metres across, and maybe half a dozen Bronze whalers and hundred or so Dolphin all this between Byron and the tip of Moreton.

Looking out the window of a 46 year old aircraft is only slightly better than looking out the window of a 47 year old Landrover but slightly quicker.

[UncleHo]

Yes Fourgearsticks style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif I think it is a joint thingy between the Antique Aircraft Assn and Caboolture Aero Club with support from Caboolture Shire Council it is held every 2 years usualy in Aug-Sept but is in May this Year it usualy has a big Warbird attendance with machines coming from most of the eastern states they can get in up to Goonies and Hercs, Caboolture Warbirds Museum is home to 2 Wirraways, P51d 20-110 a Ginwheel -er Winjeel and several Moths and Austers last Airshow had an attendence of over 80,000 and some very good Aerobatics, particularly from the Zucolli Stable well worth attending 8)

[incisor]

Originally posted by Fourgearsticks
Looking out the window of a 46 year old aircraft is only slightly better than looking out the window of a 47 year old Landrover but slightly quicker.

better ?

me thinks the several hundred feet difference between the bottom of the windows to the black hard stuff on the landrover would be a reasonable price to pay for a little lack of speed !

8O style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif 8O

[harry]

8) not a keen flier, eh inc?
fourgearsticks, what sort of aircraft is it?
8) harry

[VladTepes]

Probably one of those red fokkers with three wings.....


Baron Von Vier Gearsticken !

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[Fourgearsticks]

Originally posted by harry
8) not a keen flier, eh inc?
fourgearsticks, what sort of aircraft is it?
8) harry

It's a Piper Tri-Pacer converted to a tailwheel they call them a PA22-20
Great little beast.

[harry]

8) nice, i had a bit to do with one in vic, mgb, probably a good thing to do to a piechaser, if its tired.
8) harry

[Fourgearsticks]

Originally posted by harry
8) nice, i had a bit to do with one in vic, mgb, probably a good thing to do to a piechaser, if its tired.
8) harry


Saw MGB at the weekend, nice machine except the baby**** brown colour. There was a flyin for shortwings at Tocomwal, 22 of the fat little things turned up.

[lewy110]

[quote="Fourgearsticks

Saw MGB at the weekend, nice machine except the baby**** brown colour. .[/quote]

My landy just got offended by that comment

Harry

Ex birdie by any chance

[harry]

8) fgs, mgb looked pretty good when they first painted it, i guess it still lives at moorabbin, yeah i don't like brown - dirts brown
lewy110, no can't fly, my arms aren't strong enough,
can fix them though.
harry

[lewy110]

Harry

The mention of sea venoms and nowra made me think you might have been ex navy.

[harry]

8) nup, no services history

[Antaine]

Originally posted by harry
8) nup, no services history

Like anyone would admit to it if you were ex-Navy anyway! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :twisted: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :twisted: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :twisted:

Cheers,

[Outlaw]

oh... think someones trying to open a can o' woop ass harry style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[harry]

8) hey josh does it run ok now?

[lewy110]

Originally posted by Antaine
[Like anyone would admit to it if you were ex-Navy anyway! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :twisted: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :twisted: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :twisted:

Cheers,


Worse still he could have been an ex-pongo style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[harry]

8) lewy110, as you're from the naval air base albatross [methinks] do you know about the blokes wot nicked the commanders pig? i think about xmas 73/4, when we got sea venoms, and another clever bunch nicked the brake discs as they were valuable scrap metal? i think it was a year b4 the fire?
we went there to dismantle the venoms we won in the raffle and were billeted in the mens quarters/huts. it got pretty interesting when the regular inhabitants of these huts started returning from leave and found we had women in their beds and cartons of amber fluid.
we were visitors and didn't know the rules, so the boys liked us being in their hut, and assisted us.
8) harry

[lewy110]

I would have been about 2 years old then style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

Sounds like you had a bit of fun though.

[Outlaw]

sounds to me like a few more interesting stories to be heard next time we head offroad harry style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif and yep, all fixed... ended up being faulty wiring style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[harry]

8) far out! faulty wiring poop
when i've time i'll tell all about the disco wiring fuel pump problem mystery
8) harry

[Antaine]

Originally posted by lewy110+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lewy110)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Antaine
[Like anyone would admit to it if you were ex-Navy anyway! :lol: :twisted: :lol: :twisted: :lol: :twisted:

Cheers,


Worse still he could have been an ex-pongo style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/b][/quote]

I learnt valuable things as a pongo style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif Things like...

There is no problem that can not be solved by the appropriate application of force...ie If it moves, shoot it, if it doesn't, blow it up! 8O style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Cheers,

[VladTepes]

Antaine: does that mean that if it's moving and you shoot it and it therefore stops moving - that you then have to blow it up ! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[harry]

8) vladstikker, surely you know
-------------- if it moves shoot it
---------if it don't move paint it!!!!!!!!
or drill all day if you resist.

[VladTepes]

Harry is it me or is it you :?: coz one of us has gone crazy :? :!:

paint it ?

drill all day ?

hmmmm...... nup, still don't get it.

[harry]

8) isn't that wot they do in the military, shoot it,paint it or friggin march around all day?

[VladTepes]

I've never been in the military.
What gave you that idea ?

[Antaine]

Originally posted by harry
8) isn't that wot they do in the military, shoot it,paint it or friggin march around all day?

With all the defence spending cutbacks that occured toward the end of my service we had to identify the target, take a sight picture (look through the sights along the correct angle to ensure we had aimed at said target) then declare in a loud clear voice "bullet" to indicate we had fired. :twisted:

Then we painted it, and marched around it for the rest of the day!!! 8O style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif


Slainté

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Originally posted by Antaine+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Antaine)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-harry
8) isn't that wot they do in the military, shoot it,paint it or friggin march around all day?

With all the defence spending cutbacks that occured toward the end of my service we had to identify the target, take a sight picture (look through the sights along the correct angle to ensure we had aimed at said target) then declare in a loud clear voice "bullet" to indicate we had fired. :twisted:

Then we painted it, and marched around it for the rest of the day!!! 8O style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif


Slainté[/b][/quote]



I Dont think thats a problem if I were still firing!!!

Can you see a target Timmo???

[VladTepes]

<span style="color:red">Reviving this thread</span>


Originally posted by VladTepes


I know there are a lot of aviation buffs out there but I have forgotten who you all are. So tell me.

For those in the Brissie area - I was thinking we could do a run (LR convoys always look good) up to Caloundra to have a look at the Queensland Air Museum.

I haven't any date in mind yet, just gauging interest.

If people were really keen we could do the museum on one day of the w/end and a 4wd trip the other. Or perhaps make each a half-day ?

Check out the QAM website and I'm sure you'll agree it's worth a visit.
http://www.qam.com.au

[disconut]

I'm interested. ( only proviso is I am not away with the job that day).
With some notice should not be an issue.

Trev. (and wife).

[Outlaw]

Sounds good to me, throw a date in the Schedules area and see what response is generated style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[VladTepes]

weekend or weekday best ? If weekend - sat or sunday ?

(Personally if it was a w/end I;d prefer a SAT as all my sundays are pretty much filled one way or another).

[Outlaw]

You're officially Trip Leader on this one :twisted: :twisted: so make it Saturday style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

As with all these trips, you can never make everyone happy, so if you're organising it, make yourself happy and see who falls in line style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif that's what i do!!! 8O 8O :twisted:

[VladTepes]

OK when I get a chance I'll sit down and work out a nice back-roads way of getting there.

You can bet it won't be anything challenging coz it'll be Rangie cruising time. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[seqfisho]

Wow Vlad this should be a good trip as it has taken a little bit of time to plan it 8O 8O 8O 8O style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif


1st Posted: <span style="color:red"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:35 pm</span></span> Post subject: Aviation buffs - QAM trip ?8O 8O 8O 8O :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :wink:

Let us know when its on, could combine it with a GH Mountains trip maybe :?:

[VladTepes]

Hmm - not enough interest last time or it was lost in the ether or something. Anyway I have to plan it from scratch because... well, because I didn't actually plan bugger all last time around... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[101RRS]

Kicking myself for not going into town (Canberra) on Sun to watch the planes - Mustang, Spitfire, Kittyhawk, Meteor, Canberra, Catalina, Dakota, Roulettes, F18, F111, Chinook, Iroquiis, 707 and some other stuff - instead at home changing oils on a disco getting real annoyed by all the noise.

I am right into planes but live too far away!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

Gazz