Hi There Folks, It is said I have a small passion for Aircraft, so I have decided to put a little piece of the net aside for this purpose. On this site I have placed a few pics of some Aircraft that have captured my imgination. I have tried to add a variety, although some info may be scarce I have tried to put in as much as I can in a small space. To the best of my knowledge no pics on this site are in breach of copywrite, if anyone can inform me otherwise I shall remove them without delay.

I should also state that another (more important) passion in my life is my family, My Lovely wife Pauline, and my children - Kelly, Tammy, Troy, Jason, Elizabeth, Matthew, Rebecca, Jessica and Tom.  You will find this bunch of characters floating around the site acting as links to other pages or perhaps just plain acting :).  We live in Ipswich, about 30 kms from Brisbane in the state of Queensland, Australia and where I might add is very close to the Amberley Air Force Base where I spent some time working, so I still get a very close view of various aircraft.  Anyway, here area few pics of my favorites.

                                         

           

North American P-51 Mustang.                     F1-11 One of the best in this class
Max. speed - 703 km/h .                                this aircraft has served both the USA
Ceiling - 12,780 m..                                       and Australia well and will soon be sadly
Range - 2,092 km.                                         missed.
Powered by - Rolls Royce - V 1650
Merlin 1950 hp v12 engine.

 

                   

                            

Myself finding out what it is like to be      My beautiful wife Pauline and daughter Jessica  the  runway.                                          and a freeloader fueling before takeoff.          

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Stearman (591) Used by U.S. Army                     Republic P47D   - Thunderbolt.
Usually powered by Continental W-670              Max speed - 689 km/h.
-7 Cyl radial engine.                                            Ceiling - 12,810 m.
                                                                            Range - 1,488 km
                                                                            Powered by - Pratt & Whitney xr 2800-21-                                                                           18 cyl engines (two row).

                                                                                    

           

                      

Piper Cub (J-3) Max Speed 85 mph                                    F18 Super Hornet
Range 190 miles...Ceiling 9000 feet.

 

                                    

                                    

 

After losing a wheel this F1-11 from RAAF Base Amberley made a very skillful landing, performed by a very skillful pilot.  A good days work by any strectch of the imagination.

 

                                                                           

 

                                                                            

                                      My son Matthew click on him to see something larger.

 

                                                email: jockey382@hotmail.com                                       

Links to some good sites:   www.simviation.com

                                          www.avsim.com

                                          www.airliners.net

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