Ian McPhee Aviation
Serving Australian Soaring Since 1972
McPhee Aviation began selling gliding instruments in Australia in 1971. In the mid '70s we imported about 200 low power drain radios, introducing VHF radios to gliding in Australia. For the past 25 years we have been the principal supplier of specialised soaring instruments for Australia, including Winter of Germany and Cambridge Aero Instruments of USA. We also supply the Australian made Xcom transceiver and Mode S transponders.| Tost GmbH of Munchen wish to congratulate
Ian McPhee as our most successful distributor worldwide in 2005.
For this we have presented him a certificate and a quality Uhren Leon watch
with Seiko mechanism. This award was in part due to the sale of several
Tost rope recall winches for fitting to Pawnee tow plane E-tug powered
by the GM LS1 V8 automobile engine and we in Germany would like to congratulate
the foresight of the Australian's involved to follow through this project
which I understand is now conducting test flights. Also our Tost
safety releases were used in the Australian coal mining industry and a
safety device incorporating our release was awarded the "peoples choice"
(runner up overall) at the 2005 Australian coal mining industry safety
seminar in Sydney. It pleases us our gliding equipment can contribute
to mining safety in Australia and in time the world it would seem.
Ian McPhee has been our dealer in Australia for over 30 years and we in
Germany wish to thank Ian sincerely.
Barbara Dorflein
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Products made in Australia
Flexible Boom Microphone for use in gliders
Now used with radio communications equipment and mobile telephones
mounted in trucks and buses.
More information on Boom Microphones
Xcom Transceiver - the next generation 57mm transceiver with inbuilt VOX intercom and the ability to receive a second frequency. I have sold over 140 units in gliding - NOW AVAILABLE with rear seat repeater making it ideal for club 2 seaters.
You will find the bottom line price extremely competitive and if per chance you have an issue with the radio between 3 and 5 years old I subsidise the cost of your service by $50.
More information on the X-com Transceiver
Quality Aviation Products from around
the World
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The long awaited CN vario from Dave Ellis/Richard Kellerman team is finally available in its basic club form or new cross country verson with secure logger which operates the very successful ClearNav Mulit Function Display.
CNv Club version........$US1550 +GST
CNv X country version..$US2300 + GST
ClearNav MFD II $3500 plus mount of your choice (eg Tunnel $US135)
Download the ClearNav doc
Tost GmbH Products
Weak links, glider tyres and wheels and safety equipment for use in
rescue helicopters.
Weak links parallel system in 300kg green 400kg yellow (both
for aerotow use), 500kg white, 600kg blue, and 750kg red are the main ones
used in Australia. Covers are usually used to protect link when used winching.
German D bolts are very expensive so locally available D bolts with 6mm
pin and a few washers as spacers works well.
Tyres
- 400 x 4 8pr TOST tyre for Libelle, LS, Discus, Ventus Cirrus
- 210 x 65 2pr Continental tail wheel
- 200 x 50 6pr TOST tail wheel (Caution 2 types of tubes 90deg and angled back)
- 500 x 5 Hornet USA ASWetc gliders and V2 and D2 (Caution short and long stems)
- 336 x115-5 10PR TOST (the small 500x5 especially for Schempp Hirth gliders)
- 380 x 150 USA Motorglider mains
- 260 x 65 TOST 6PR GRP 2 seater nose wheels (except ASK21 Mi)
Releases nose and C of G, wheel parts inc brakes plus safety equipment
for use in Rescue Helicopters.
More information at tost.de
KS Avionics
CHT, EGT and Shock Cooling Alert for glider tow planes.
More information on K S Avionics
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Winter GmbH Mechanical Aviation Instruments – Altimeters, Airspeeds and Variometers
- Altimeters 57mm 3 pointer
- Airspeeds 80mm or 57mm in 1 and 1½ rev and ranges of 0-100kts, 0-140kts and 0-160kts with colour coding
- Variometers 57mm or 80mm +/-10kts. Slip/skid indicators, glasses, seals and service for ageing varios
Streinfender from Germany
Profile seals, kombi seals, turbulator Z tape and tapes..
More information at streifly.de
Special Services
Harnesses for radios in aircraft and motorgliders including C&K
quality US made switches.
Advice on lowering temperatures on engines used in towplanes
that really works, and is very simple to implement.
Battery, antennae and general installation advice.
Headset parts and repairs
| Contact Ian McPhee
MrSoaring.com |
PO Box 657, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Mobile: 04 28 847 642 skype <macca304> |
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MrSoaring.com is a proud sponsor of the Australian
Junior Gliding Team