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    Michealvalentinsmith

    Hi Tony. No, I haven't looked at hang gliding schools yet. I looked at some info on the CASA site last night and it looks like I will have to get a private pilot's licence if I try building a powered version of the glider. I'm still going to go ahead with it though, just for curiosity's sake...
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    Michealvalentinsmith

    Thanks again autoreply. Brett was also active on another site, where I got in touch with Tony Prentice. I wish I had gotten to meet him. From what I've read of his posts here and on the other site, danmoser was 100% right about him in that thread you linked to- He was a bloke who, if he...
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    Michealvalentinsmith

    Thanks autoreply. I sort of had a feeling that may be the reason. Did his real first name start with 'B'? I don't know how anonymous he wished to be on here. My sympathies to anyone who was mates with him. Steven.
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    Michealvalentinsmith

    Does anybody know what happened to Michealvalentinsmith? He and I share a common interest and I would like to contact him. He hasn't been active on this forum since August 24th, 2010. I tried sending a PM, hoping it might pop up in his email inbox, but it doesn't look like he had allowed the...
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    G'day!

    Thanks for welcomes, fellas. What's up cheapracer, no good takeaways in Brissie anymore? I'm a little North of Bundaberg, Bert Hinkler's hometown. I've sat on the rise above the lagoons where he also sat while watching ibises. He collected dead adults to measure their wings and that's how he...
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    G'day!

    G'day everyone. I'm new here and I'm from Queensland, Australia. I am currently building a replica of Reinhold Platz's glider. I'm still at the "mucking around with scale models to get a feel for design issues" stage but I hope to commence building the big one within a few weeks, time permitting.
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    Have an idea and I could use guidance

    G'day AGoodDay. How are you going with this? I have the same interest and I am going to build myself a flying replica of Reinhold Platz's 1922 'sailplane'. Platz designed it as an experiment in thrift, simplicity and portability. He did about 50 free flights with 75 kg of sand ballast and then...
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