Jamie Honan

Just for a lark, I took some figures for fuel usage and compared them to a Toyota Camry.

Probably shouldn't be taken too seriously. The Sapphire is a single seater, and should probably be compared to a motorbike.

Plane	Hourly Consumption Litres	TAS knots	Sums	L/100km
Toyota Camry		Highway Cycle		6.8
Peter's Sapphire	11	80	100 x 11/148	7.4
Peter's brother's Jab	12	90	100 x 12/166	7.2
Sting Claimed Variable Pitch Prop	15	135	100 x 15/250	6
Sting Observed 127	15.6	127	100 x 15.6/235	6.6
Sting Observed 135	19.5	135	100 x 19.5/250	7.8
A22 claimed Normal	16	95	100 x 16 / (95 x 1.85)	9.1
A22 claimed Economy	10	75	100 x 10 / (75 x 1.85)	7.2

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to undertake an aerial photography cross-country expedition.

From 28th March till 10th April, the Great Escapade will be on: a bike ride from Lithgow to Scone, then on to Newcastle.

I'm helping prepare the daily newsletter given to riders each day. It would be great to have an aerial shot of riders strung out along the road.

You'd take the photo, I put it in the newletter, Bicycle Victoria might publish it. You get fame, fortune and undying graditude.
Well, one of those three.

The Great Escapade is
http://www.bv.com.au/great-rides/30589/

The route is
http://www.bv.com.au/great-rides/40321/

A great exercise in cross-country, or perhaps you are flying that way, that time, anyway.

jhonan at exemail (dot) com (dot) au
Jamie

Is it the registration number? The way the pilot is seated?

Is it pointing the wrong way?

What's wrong?

Had half an hour lesson with Arthur Armour in Lightwing 158. Wind mostly southerly at strip level, then west at circuit height.

Mostly strip runs, a few side-slips. Arthur has a different approach to correcting ballooning, preferring to hold the stick position (assuming there is enough runway).
Pulling back risks a stall at height, forward is likely to accelerate causing another bounce.

I need a lot more pushing on the rudder pedals at low speed.

Arthur has no problem coming in at a bit higher speed and a more careful flare. Perhaps I haven't frightened him enough
Concept of 'look at the middle' because you tend to pull back a bit automatically. I find it helpful as I am starting to sense
speed that way.

I ended the lesson early on one of the less successful landings as we would have had to taxi back to start of the runway and I was feeling a bit
guilty about not helping out with the working bee.

Peter Sackett had some interesting comments on building slabs.

A Jab flew across base at circuit height, and only flew off after a radio call.