Gibb River Open
Submitted: Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 22:21
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Member - Doug T (W.A)
Heard on the Radio on the way
home from
Newman yesterday that the
Gibb River Road is Officially open , one section is not open to vehicles over 7 tonne , open to all 4x4s and high clearance vehicles.
Reply By: Oldsquizzy (Kununurra) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 22:33
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 22:33
Yep it is. Two broken trailers, One rear diff centre already.
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:07
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:07
Is that all ,
well I'm sorry mate but your BEER aint gonna arrive .
check out these trailers .I took the photo's this morning/
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Follow Up By: Oldsquizzy (Kununurra) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:40
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:40
Buggar.....Had heard that one had gone down.
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:43
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:43
Oldsquizzy
Don't matter really about the frieght, the Driver is alive , badly knocked around and taken to
Perth by RFDS
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Reply By: Oldsquizzy (Kununurra) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:49
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:49
I know. we had heard about it up here ...We also had a chopper go down near the D1 ...Everyone got out of that one as
well and we picked it up today and took back to airport...Chopper was a mess.
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Follow Up By: Member - eerfree(QLD) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:54
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:54
Wheeee!! What a ride!!
eerfree
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Follow Up By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 07:34
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 07:34
Choppers going down arn't that much fun.
My cousin in England trained on choppers in the RAF, as rescue choppers.
Reckon one of the scariest bits of training is the engine off landing.
The instructor gets them to fly around then hits the engine kill switch, choppers do evidently glide, at 45 degrees flight angle.
You don't get much time to decide where you are going to land!
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Follow Up By: Member - Cruiser (NSW) - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 08:48
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 08:48
Its called auto rotate. Its good fun. Te pilot still has control of aircraft but just doesnt have the power to make corrections. Provided there is reasonably flat ground around when it happens, the landing isnt that much different to a normal landing.
Its the tree and power lines you have to be worried about with a chopper.
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Follow Up By: Off-track - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 14:45
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 14:45
...can flare however just before landing.
Water is also a big concern with helo's as a large amount of helo flight is near or over water. They dont float
well, unless they are fitted out with emergency floats.
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Reply By: Go-N-Grey (WA) - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 18:17
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 18:17
Went out to Winjanna
Gorge yesterday. GRR to Winjanna turnoff is excellent, (110km/hr), a bit corrugated to Winjanna, and Tunnel
creek crossing needs high clearance vehicle, not 4WD as advised, unfortunately only found out after travelling in, and left high clearance caravan at Willare so couldn't o/n.
The Lennard is still flowing
well, beautiful clear water and excellent numbers of Johnson crocs up to 2 mtres to swim with.
Tonight Stairway to the Moon in
Broome.
James Price Point tomorrow, and the slowly back to
Perth....... to work
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 18:45
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 18:45
Oh you lucky bugger, I just love them little Johnsons, they are sooooo beautiful
Doug
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