huppypuppy

Well, folks - I think it's time to share what I do outside aviation..... let's start with my hobby, photography! I am an avid hobby photographer who loves photographing vintage and classic trucks! This beautiful 1971 Oshkosh R-Model is one of my favourite trucks - it belongs to Kirby Maxwell of Kew on the mid-north coast of New South Wales: Oshkosh R-Model 42820H by Joe Hupp, on Flickr As this is an aviation forum, you may know of Oshkosh trucks - they build some of the biggest fire trucks for airports! This White Road Commander is a ex-Clutha Transport coal truck - fleet # 117, chassis number TE3220: White Road Commander by Joe Hupp, on Flickr On a side note with the White, I have been invited by the White's owner, who happens to be a mate of mine, to travel with him in that very truck on the next Haulin' The Hume Vintage Truck Road Run. Haulin' The Hume was started by another friend and his father back in 2011 as a fundraiser for ASPECT (Autism Spectrum Australia), a charity dear to my friend and his wife as their son has autism..... That's a start - if you want to see more, feel free to ask! Joe

This is a mate of mine taking a group of people over Mount Panorama in a coach - flat maggot at 60km/h!

Ford's TCDi diesels are great bits of kit - very economical and very cheap to run. One thing to remember with them, though, is that they run a common-rail direct injection fuel system.... clean fuel is a must and monitoring the fuel filter is very important, as is using the correct engine oil! Change the filter as per the service interval in the service and warranty book (usually around 40,000km) and you'll have years and years of trouble free motoring with your Mondeo..... onto the Territory Diesel: the 2720cc Duratorq TCDi V6 turbo diesel is actually a borrowed engine from Land Rover, as is the 6R80 6 speed automatic gearbox!