Warbird Information Exchange

No,No,NO,you silly man,
A cat scan is when you take your Grumman product( Bearcat,Tigercat) for its annual inspection.Shheeeeesh!

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"WHAT ME WORRY?"

Looks like my signature avatar was a casualty - anyone else lose theirs?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

testing testing WOEHOOOOO

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Magister Aviation
It's all in my book

No worries, Mudge, I don't think any of the others will be after you. The tragedy in Toowoomba and Queensland is bad, with 20 lives lost, and here in Vic one 8 year old who had been playing in a billabong with friends, but thankfully it could be much worse. It's mainly going to be very, very expensive. On the warbird and vintage aviation scene, I've not heard any reports of bad news, as yet, so fingers crossed.

It seems most of the dams in the areas affected are now full, and it'll take a while to dry the land out again, we hope, so partly, yes. But it's a big country (the Queensland floods covered an area the size of France and Germany, and remain inside one of the states and territories - and there were bushfires south of Perth in Western Australia last week.) Certainly we feel in Vic we are a lot less likely to face the catastrophic bushfires we had a couple of years ago because of the rain. The rain seems to have knocked out the potential for the locust plague we were expecting as well, but there's concern over mozzies and other related diseases. Flood, [check] fire, plague, snow, and odd politicians? Checkidy check. Bonzer.

Anyway, that's enough about this continent and it's denizens, back to a normal service. So just add these lightly to your posts and we'll be good - "razorback" "re-enactor" "mean ol' barracuda warbird Pilots" "CAF vs NMUSAF" "NMUSAF should be MUSAAC" and so on, etc.

Regards,

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

JDK
thank you for the update.I was just watching a video sent to me of some cars setting sail during a flash flood somewhere in your neighborhood.I hope that you and yours are all safe and that any damage to your property is minimal.I was reading in the local news rag that it has been raining nonstop in Queensland since November.We get lots of rain here during "El nino" years but nothing that compares to what you folks have dealt with.good luck my friend and "keep yer powder dry!"

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That'll be the Creek in Toowoomba. Kinda local - it's only about 1,000 miles from here.

That, despite being halfway up a mountain, was one of the worst hit places, and the video is a great lesson in what a 'flash flood' is. The location's apparent unliklihood of flooding was one of the reasons for the loss of life - no one would've expected it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUpkPTcqPY

Note the very, very, very lucky guy trying to extract his 4WD at the 1 min mark.

Thanks for the best wishes. The Queensland Government have set up an appeal for those that wish to donate. It's a good cause: http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html I think most Victorians would say their need is greater, although it's still looking bad in North West Vic.

Regards,

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

JDK
judging by the size of OZ. 1000 miles is kinda in yer neighborhood .aint it Kinda? I am trying to imagine the distances involved. My reference point is here in Costa mesa,california. my best guess at 1000 miles is Albuquerque,New Mexico.(900 + miles) I know this cause I've driven it.Your neighborhood is much bigger than mine.Please remember that setting sail in your car is BAD,very BAD! oh ,by the way did I mention that it is the middle of the winter here on the other side of the globe? it is freezing here.It was only in the mid 80's and not a cloud in sight. Remember that we backwards yanks still use measurements developed by the brits and for reasons beyond my knowledge refuse to use those darn foreign metric measurements.BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr is real cold here! sorry ,I felt the need to rub a little salt into the wound.take care my friend

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Heh. Australia, at just under 3 million Sq miles, is only slightly smaller than the mainland lower 48 states of the USA, but like Canada, we prefer it less crowded. Also we've only divided it up into six states and two territories, making it easier for the schoolkids and politicians to learn them all. We have snow, we leave it on the mountains though - although we did get some at Mt Hotham in the middle of spring a month ago.

Queensland, particularly the southern end, which was hit by the flooding, has a vibrant vintage aircraft scene, including Toowoomba with Aerotec and nearby the Museum of Army Flying. Around Brisbane is several restorers and the Queensland Air Museum and Mustang flights and museum at Cubultre. As far as I've heard, they're doing OK. Fingers crossed.

Regards,

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com