"Dorothy" (our J1 Auster) had been sorted the previous weekend, and
flown to Kangaroo Island to commission her new "Slick" magnetos- with
excellent results. In fact, when I first opened the throttle for
takeoff with the new magnetos, I thought the crankshaft was going to
tear itself out of the front of the engine. The old BTH maggies were
clearly getting sick, and the difference was very obvious. And we had
an accurately calibrated and overhauled tacho to prove that the revs
were up- its shiny black face looking out of place among the other
dials, and its needle giving only the smallest tremor instead of the
wild gyrations that were typical of late. Well done, Parafield
Instruments, and at a fraction of their quoted price (I don't mind
giving a shameless plug to a good company.)

Anyway, when we arrived early on Friday morning all that remained was
to chuck in the last of the fuel and pre-flight the engine and
airframe. The forecast had a low-level trough moving in from the west,
and a front behind that. We were aiming for a sparrow-fart take-off to
stay ahead of potential poor weather, but as usual, the sparrows were
constipated and the sun was up before Dorothy's engine barked into
life at Callington.

The wind was from the northwest, so our easterly heading for Swan Hill
gave us a good fifteen knot tailwind, the air was smooth, and the
cloud advancing ahead of the trough was keeping the sun out of our...

Coop wrote:

On Sat, 03 May 2008 14:14:40 GMT, Coop chariotnose.netwheel.au>
wrote:

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Most interesting Coop...I always enjoy your little escapades, quite
interesting reading!...

--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

"Perhaps my memory isn't what it
used to be - if it ever was"
.

On Wed, 07 May 2008 00:07:16 -0300, Gordon Beaman
islandtelecom.com> wrote:

Thanks Gordon, and Veritas. Its almost as much fun writing about them
as it is committing them in the first place....

Coop

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Coop wrote:

On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:27:51 +1000, "John Ewing" wrote:

I dunno... compile them all together into a book and I'd buy it. Would
make great train reading on the daily commute.

T.

On Tue, 13 May 2008 17:36:01 -0700 (PDT), thomashouseman
gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the compliment. Might do something like that one day...
Too busy creating them at the moment.. :-)
Regards

Coop