In no real order...Just putting them up as I find them

Looking down on Queenstown from the deer park

Toboggan in the hills of Queenstown. This thing was insane!!!

Clock in the old university in Christchurch. Looks very London like!

w00t. Me and dad finished 1.125L of rum in 9 days!

Turbo on the campervan :P

Engine shot. This thing made some crazy power. 5cyl turbo intercooled diesel

Bonnie Blue...the 737-800. Worked on her Rob? shes a finnnee craft

mmm...winglets are cool. Got HEAPS of shots of clouds mid-flight

Final approach into Brisbane

 

Just a comment on Pacific Blue. Great airline...GOD DAMN HOT AIR HOSTESS' I may have a piccy somewhere :P

 

12 valve starlet?? WTF?

 

Thats all for now. More later

12V starlets are EP71s, all of them in australia are imports. my mate owen just bought one. 2E-FTE motor, probably makes about 70kw at the bags on 16psi. they had two inlet valves per cyl i think, not sure

 

http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/lismore_s...lismore-24.html

http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/lismore_s...lismore-25.html

http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/lismore_s...lismore-26.html

http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/lismore_s...lismore-27.html

sounds like a pretty shitty motor

sounds like a pretty stock motor. the suspension is stiff so it handles like a go kart, its actually quite amazing, i'm thinking "yeah he'll brake soon. he's gotta brake soon. ok we're not taking that corner" then owen just goes *turn* and i'm like WHOA! with 4E injectors and toluene it made 96kw at the wheels. running around on stock injectors and 9psi it doesnt throw you back in your seat or anything, but it's a fun little car and perfect for owen - it's his color, it sneezes, it looks ricey and it's certainly unique. it was an autosalon mag car a few years ago. and like, check the carbon fibre dash, nice the fixed back race seats and back seat aren't for anyone much larger than me though. the number plate means "G force", took me yonks to figure that one out :dance:

 

look i've hijacked another thread :S

Argh the memories come flodding back

Queenstown is the best place ever

How fun is the luge eh?? the best thing is beating all the little kids and they crack the shits lol

Did you go to the Coronet Peak or any of the other ski areas they are really nice and pretty fun?

Michael

I think ill have to go back now :dance:

We went to cardrona...it was much fun :dance:

Bonnie Blue? ZK-PBA, ex VH-VOQ I think. Yes, I've got my name on that one a number of times. It was a Virgin Blue delivered a/c, then transfered to the NZ register. Always been painted Pathetic Blue colours though. I used to have to do the ETOPS inspection on it each BNE turn. (ETOPS: Extended time operations, or engines turning or passengers swimming!)

 

Winglets are an aftermarket option, I believe they're about $750k US for the pair, and it takes about two days to fit. Its about a 2 or 3% fuel saving at cruise. You makeyour money back in about 18 months, I think....

Edited August 5, 200422 yr by Redwarf

Wow, if winglets take that long to earn their keep, I wonder how long it takes an airline to pay an aircraft off...

Most airlines lease aircraft. Virgin have only just started to buy theirs, and only own maybe 10 out of 45 odd a/c. Its about $55m US odd to buy one. You can occasionally get an aircraft that will have one or sometimes two leased engines on it, so one company will own the airframe, and two other companies the engines.

 

In the Ansett days, each seat was apparently worth about $300k in revenue per year.

 

http://boeing.com/commercial/prices/

 

Here's an old price list, but you get the picture.

 

Irokin, sorry, I think I've dragged it O/T again.

Nope OT is cool

 

ZK-PBA she is indeed. We flew over and back on the same craft. http://www.improperorder.com/irokin/NZ/smallIMG_5598.jpg

 

I'll have to go find the CDs with the rest of the photos. Ive got a shot into the cockpit :dance: looks soo cool (night time after we landed into christchurch)

 

Oh I love planes :S stupid expensive pilot courses :dry:

Its ok ill watch the documentary when it comes out catch up with it all then

Mihael

Planes are cool i fly scale ones

:dance:

Its ok ill watch the documentary when it comes out catch up with it all then

Mihael

Planes are cool i fly scale ones

:S

I have a keep interest in model planes. I was gonna start building one a while ago but I was young...and poor..and still am.

 

I started drawing plans for a spitfire...but ran into troubles :dance: such as weight distribution.