Yep I could not have done without the bladder on trip north in falke as I only have 55lit fuel tank and as we did not have a BP fuel card so we often had to pick up 2 x 22lit of 98 in town we stayed - actually I was amazed that most towns in west Qld had 98 -function of mining industry I guess so I guess you could say the bladder paid for itself in lower cost fuel. Also one day we were flying Blackall to Longreach and as we approached Longreach a storm was rapidly moving in and at 5nm out we elected to go back to Ilfracomb and land at strip there. You guessed it villiage was booked out for a wedding so I had visions of getting the fuel bladders and safety foam cushions in falke and sleeping at railway station.
Longreach was a $60 taxi fare but we were suggested contact the Jumbuck motel at Longreach and the owner from Bundaberg was reliving the manager. He sent his boy out to pick us up (30min one way) and quoted us $130 twin motel. Turns out he was a pilot and in past imported the Huskys into Australia. The owner drove us out next morning and gave us the AOPA discount without asking ($117). I was most impressed and He said "I am a pilot and have been caught with weather too you know" That's good service when you consider there was 2 hours of driving included!!!!. There again we needed fuel so bladder came to rescue By the way Our Governor General comes from village of Ilfracomb. I have 3 more bladders left (bought 10) if anybody is interested (normal price is $121) but as Nigel says $101 +post and they fit in express post bag with effort. First in. Ian McPhee On 13 November 2010 16:18, Nigel Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day All. > Got the Fuel Bladder (collapsible 20lit Jerry) from Ian this week. > It is great. > Heather came home from work and I held it up to show Her and said look at > this. > She smiled and said "very nice dear". Picked it up and said "gee it's light > too". > > I said don't know what it is do you. She demolished me immediately with > "it's a fuel bladder for the Dimona". > "How much was the question". I told her $111.00 posted and back comes the > answer "that's a lot less than the one we saw at Avalon". > > I must be married to a very strange woman. Heather actually appreciated the > purchase of a fuel bladder. Even more than the 800watt half sheet orbital > sander I got for her 60th birthday to sand the Dimona wings with. Now that's > something. > Cheers. > Nige. > >
