Back in June, dad and I discussed the merits of attending this years Warbirds Downunder air show.
The event is held in Temora, New South Wales, Australia.

Basically, Dad had to drive to my place, 240km, then we both drove to Temora, 1100km.
A full days drive, but, the worst thing about the drive down, wasn't the roads because they were very good, it wasn't the traffic, because there is bugger all traffic on the Newell Highway, it was the weather. 45 degrees C and blowing 30-40 knots.

Long and short of it is, we drove the 11 and a half hours to Temora, and were thoroughly entertained by the best air show either of us had ever seen.

The seats we had were about as good as you could get. FRONT Row, with the major war birds parked 50 m in front of us. Every time they started up and taxied for a display, we got the full effect of smoke, sight and sound of these classic aircraft.

I have about 1000 photos on the Nikon, which I'll down load after I get home and post the best of them here, but for now, here are some of the War Birds parked in front of us taken from my phone.

What-A-Day!

Rob

Today, one of the guys at work gave me another crashed model aeroplane. It's an1100mm Park Zone F4U corsair.
I brought it home and fixed up the tail, then put in a receiver. Once I'd bound it, I ran it up. The Electronic Speed controller burned out straight away. The model filled with very dense, white smoke. I quickly disconnected the battery and pulled it out. Luckily, I had a spare 40 amp ESC, which I quickly tested and then installed.
I called my friend Kyla, who I am teaching to fly RC, and asked her to come over.
You see, Kyla's favorite war bird is the corsair, and I told her I had a surprise for her.

Once she turned up, we went to the park for the test flight. I fully expected the model to be twitchy and difficult to fly. Boy, how wrong I was.
This model is just an absolute JOY to fly.
It was gentle to fly, and performed all of the usual loops, rolls and inverted flight.

Once I'd landed the model, I handed it to Kyla and said, " Merry Christmas, it's yours".

Last week I said that I'd started teaching a new trainee to fly RC.

Model of choice for this Job is the PEE ZED T 28, such a great model.

Kyla had 4 instructional flights today.
She's really showing an improvement in skill.

Rob

Pics from today

2 more great flights with the Seagull PC9 today.
There would have been more, but a fellow RC Pilot, who is an ACFT Mechanic for a living, noticed that there was some grinding and graunching in the engine between flights.
On the spot, we removed the engine, and tore it down.
The bearings were shot.
My fault entirely. When it was in storage for a few years, I failed to inhibit the engine with oil. So, the bearings rusted, and, according to Doug, were on the point of failure.

Anyway, here are some pics from today's flight.

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