Back Issues of Pacific Flyer Magazine 2009

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4 Porsche on Wings and Wheels - Fly-in for Porsche pilots in Germany
8 Building and Flying a Fuel Injected Lightning Ultralight - Steve Biele and Rodney Grubb article on building a composite aircraft
12 Propeller protection for recreational aircraft - Tips on saving your prop from damage.
18 Festival of Flight 2009 -18th annual Festival Of flight fly-in
22 Flying Eyes - Dr. Peter Kraus addresses three aspects important to flying
24 Final Prang - Flight experience - online story
26 Dog Day Afternoon - A Kelpie caper
30 Dust Storm Spectacular - Open day at Townsville's RAAF base, Garbutt
34 Gear Box Maintenance - Technical article inspecting this unit
38 Bombers Over Glasgow - One reader's wartime experience
40 Learning To Land - Part 11 - Bounce Recovery
42 Airborne XT912-SST - Aircraft update
46 Unavoidable Situations - Flight experience

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4 My Terrier 200 takes shape! - Dave Maxwell takes us through the building of his Terrier
8 Flight into the snow - Trike adventure over The Great Dividing Range
12 Hahnweide Airshow - One of Germany's best airshows
16 General aviation safety - Advice on being a safe pilot
20 A place in history - Memories of flying the Wheeler Scout in the seventies.
24 Jerry David's first flight - Jerry takes to the air in his Bowers bi-plane
26 Should I have flown - Medical advice to take note of
30 Booby Trap - Never cross a Fijian lady
36 Learning to land - part 10 - Three point landing advice
42 Things to check when hiring an aircraft - Advice on hiring a safe aircraft
46 UK to Oz to get my Wings!! - Obtaining my Aerochute licence in Oz

On line story - The Norseman Agricultural Aircraft - The Other Canadian-Built Crop Duster

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4 A Tiger Moth Reincarnation - Newcastle Aero Club takes delivery of first Tiger Moth
6 Nav-Ex Flight To Millicent 2009 - Flying adventure to Millicent, South Australia
10 A Very Cross Wind - A student's lack of cross-wind experience
12 A Tribute to Frank Hatter - Forbes resident who built Australia's first Zenith - Online Story
15 Travel and Trouble - International laws - what to know!
16 Choosing The Design Of Your Aircraft - Chris Heintz article about aircraft design
22 The Man Who Fell To Earth - Story of an incredible parachute jump
26 Entecho Flying Saucer - Cylindrical fan-forced aircraft
34 Curtain Down Under An Asian Sky - Paragliding in Nepal
38 Old Aviators & Old Aeroplanes - Historical story
40 Learning to Land - Part 9 - Three point landings or wheel on landings?
44 Close Encounter with a B-29 Bomber - Bob Hargreaves close encounter in Korea 1951-2

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4 The 4 Bundy Sets The Pace - Wide Bay Australia International Airshow comes to town
8 Charles L. Brown - Story of the 'B17G' - Carol Dawn
12 Diagnostic Leak Testing - Informative article on Leak Testing your engine
18 Pak Microlight Aviators - Farid Jan's microlight group in WA
20 Fly Synthesis Review on the new 'Texan Club' aeroplane
25 Anatomy of a STOL Aircraft - The designing of a modern short take-off and landing aircraft -
30 Stalling Made Easy - Safety article on the concept of stalling
32 Enter The Dragon - The Nanchang CJ6a - Chinese design aeroplane
36 Harry Houdini - Harry Houdini's flight from a paddock at
Diggers Rest 100-year anniversary celebrations
40 Night Raid at Moresby - Bob Piper tells of another adventure - from WW11
42 Learning to Land - Part 8 of a series of articles from Tony Hayes

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4 The Sparrowhawk Epervier - Students design & build their own aircraft
11 Will Travel For Food - Gatton South Airpark Fly In
18 Meet the RV-12 - The latest kit from Van's Aircraft
22 The Flying Flea - Update on the Flea aeroplane (online story)
24 Jon Gough's Glass Cockpit - What instruments to buy
26 Extreme Explanations - What to do when gliding into the wind
30 The Cape York Capers - Where to go to escape our winter
36 Warbirds Descend on Maryborough - Allan Betteridge and Scott Williamson's coverage of the airshow
40 The Roadie Aircraft/Electric Vehicle - We chat with Howie Hughes - LightWing about his latest projects
42 Basic Blunder - Safety article
44 Learning To Land - Part 7 of Tony Hayes' educational articles - this month ...'Touchdown Phase'

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4 'Merlin' takes to the skies - Jim Wickham's new Few replica Mustang
6 The Savannah XL - Aircraft review
10 Alex Henshaw's 70-year-old record broken - From Cape Town to London
12 Classic Wings Gather in Toowoomba - Fly-in news and photos
16 TruTrak EFIS - New product review
18 Pilots and their Flying Machines -Choosing an aircraft to their desires
20 Pigs can fly! - The Primary Instruction Glider
24 2009 David Hack Classic Meet lifts the bar - Fly/drive-in news and photos
30 It Wouldn't Happen These Days! - Flying experiences
36 Prop balance - Technical article
38 Natfly the other story - Easter trip to Narromine, 2009
41 Len Waters 1924 - 1993 - A window on his life
46 Farewell to an old & faithful friend - The RAAF DHC4 Caribou

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4 Cyclone No Match For Clifton - Fly-In news and photos - online story
8 A Matter of Fatigue - Health and safety article
10 Fuel Pump Maintenance - Looking at pulse activated fuel pumps
14 Natfly 2009 - Fly-In news and photos
18 Situations that cannot be avoided - or can they? - Ignore what the passengers want - do what you feel is correct.
20 The Silence is Deafening - The sound of an engine when it fails in mid-air
22 Fireball in the Sky? - One pilot's near disaster experience
26 The Solar Plane - Solar Flight's Sunseeker II
30 Learning to Land - Part 6 - Land Configuration - Understanding the Aircraft
34 Agricultural Flying Operations at Cootamundra, NSW - From 1957 to 1975
36 Brocklesby - The Avro Anson crash site
38 Engine Failure - On take-off in light Twins
42 Aero Friedrichshafen 2009 - Airshow in Germany
56 The Case of the Missing Ripcord - Historical story

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4 Boy in a Hurricane -Fulfilling a life long dream
10 They’re All The Same - Or Are They - Not all planes are the same
12 Matt Hall - The Pilot -The first Australian to compete in the Red Bull Air Race
14 Rebuilding a Dream - The Boeing 40C takes to the skies again
18 Fly Friendly - Flying around Moorabbin Airport
20 Rans S-19 - Aircraft review
26 The Dreaded Radio - Learning how to use it
30 Snowy Mountains Authority Airfields - The SMA’s fleet of aircraft
34 The Price of Freedom - Take-off and landing accidents
36 Constructing a Low-Cost Engine Cowling -Building project
40 Learning to Land - Part 5 - The Float and Pre-Landing Configuration
42 The World’s Shortest First Solo Flight - Historical article -online story
44 My Friend George - The Stuka pilot
56 Cameron Collins - 15 year old’s first solo flight

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6 Introducing the Carbon Cub Kit - New carbon kitplane from CubCrafters
10 Australia Issues Type Certificate For The CC18-180 Top Cub - Aircraft update
12 Crash in the fog - The fateful flight of Pacific 23
16 Learning To Land - Part 3 & 4 - Energy Control & Glide slope
20 Great Eastern Fly-In - Photos & news
24 A Snowbird in Hell - Afghan experience
36 Trainee Marshals - Local kids in- training -online story
38 Aerochute Adventures - Stories, news & flying tips
43 The Stall - Cause and effect

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6 Geneseo - A great airshow with wonderful aircraft
12 Going To The Pictures In Style - Anne Kley's visit to the cinema by plane
14 To Crab or Cross The Controls - Best approach method in a crosswind
16 Building an Ultralight Hangar - Instructions on building your own hangar
18 Aerosystems Update - More news about the Ducted Fan
20 Sprint - Powered Parachute - An easy and safe way to fly
24 Partial Panel - Safety article regarding instrument failure
27 Learning To Land - First of a series of informative articles by Tony Hayes
30 How The Mighty Has Fallen - A bumpy trip with Sir Robert Menzies (feature story)
32 Pilot and Family Gets a Chance of a Lifetime - NASA experience
36 Building in Metal - Part 2
40 Aerochute Adventures - Stories, news and flying tips
42 Flying A Helicopter - My first experience flying a helicopter
44 Wiley Post - Historical article

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4 On Yellow Wings - Story of a Tiger Moth
10 Do you really want to fly? - Understanding the principles of flying on instruments
12 No Arms, No Problem - Jessica Cox gets her Pilot's License
14 Gloucester's Fly In - Ron West covers this rare 2008 Fly-In
16 Health and Flying - Seizure disorders
18 There's No Longer A Rat In My Hangar -Robin Spencer-Scarr's tells of his most unfortunate experience
24 Looking for LapŽrouse in Vanikoro - Guy Kane takes us on a fascinating adventure to Vanikoro
28 Landing a Plane - 10 tips to a greasy-smooth touchdown - feature story
30 Home and Away - The delights of flying to other countries
37 ElectraFlyer - Battery powered trike for the 21st century
40 Building in Metal - Part 1
44 Hornet STOL - The Australian bush plane
48 Local Pilots Bring Closure For Rod - New Guinea aircraft crash

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5 And Then There Were Three - Tim Leslie’s first Corsair flight across Gatineau
10 Flying The ‘King Of The Eastern Alps’ - Amazing Paragliding Adventure with Felix Wölk
14 The New Sirus Aircraft Released - New high-wing aircraft release from the Czech Republic
22 Flying The Volmer VJ-22 - Homebuilt Amphibian article
26 Rotors, Wings And Wheels - Fly-in at the Oakey Army Aviation Centre
32 Leonardo da Vinci’s Legacy and World War II Aircraft - A visit to the home of Leonardo da Vinci and his flying machines
38 The Bristol Bisley - Article on the Bisley aircraft
40 Life is Bob’s Passion - Interesting story about one of our writers
42 What You Need To Know Before Ordering Your Prefab Metal Aeroplane Hangar - Know the size of your plane
44 Clear & Present Danger - Safety article
47 100th L’il Buzzard Produced - Side-by-side 2-seater first introduced in 1990

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