thanks guys for the well-wishes. Yip, been a long, hard, (expensive) but ultimately rewarding road. now, anyone got job for me...

The standard Aquilla, all have the same body and wing. I think there might be some extra brackets and shite to hold a 4 stroke, but the 503 and 582 are the same.

Hey FF, i wish........."censored for abusive language as well as language that tell's person how jealous you are of them right now"

Picked up my comm licence today YEEHAA!! - only got 3.5 hours of IF to do, but that's a job for next year.

thanks slysi. Yes, I have itunes, will do as you suggested.

guys, I have looked on the highveld site, but the podcast is not the one we are talking about. does ANYONE have a link to it??? PLEASE!

Yes, I can imagine - the pilot passed away last year august in ballito. He was a student. I'll have a look on the site, and see if there is a link.

Thoughts with the family.

Wart, oh damn, that means we going to have to drink beer and swop calenders....

keep your eyes peeled on the pic as well!

Ok, I could only expect that type of reply from John, in fact. I KNEW he would reply like that. OK, so I have the pic. I am one of the "just fly the damn thing" guy's. That's fine. I may not have ALL the tech know-how, but trust me, I do know when someting is not lekker. Also, to touch wood, I have ...

Guys, here's my little question. You all talk about this prop, that gear box, this ratio, that spd, this RPM, climb rate, fuel consuption, take off distance, trimming the wing like so, etc etc. Am I the only one who actually does not care, or know the facts? I get to the plane, pre-flight it, have a...

demon wrote:Looks like I do talk too much kak hey

The first part of guilt is admission.

and make sure your camera is on a lanyard around your neack. at least that way, if you get hammered by a pothole in the sky, you can safely "drop" your camera, and grab the bar.

I'll be split between Debben, Ballito, and Maritzburg. At times I'll also be in the air, and if not, then I'll be on a runway, either leaving, or arriving.

Guys, I have the (privilage) of flying from the same club as Da ZULU. Trust me - if yiou have a radio, intercom problem, this is the person you want saved on speed dial. His workman ship is brilliant, he's knowledge on this stuff is better than all of us put together and he knows his product well. H...