Light plane crash The Oaks, 30 March 2023 (edited)

[facthunter]

Nine ENTERTAINMENT.   Nev

[Old Koreelah]

3 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

… the media are not at fault, it is we, the consuming masses,  who clearly have an unquenchable hunger for his sort of drivel.

Not me!
 

[facthunter]

Or me. Haven't bought a newspaper since 1973..  nev

[Old Koreelah]

Crikey Nev, what do you wrap the chicken bones in?

[Carbon Canary]

 

Speaking of the media,  ABC reporting a Gipps GA8 (well, they did actually say Gibbs) over-ran the end of the strip on Rat Island, WA today - no injuries.  I don't think it rates a new thread, but I did have to look up where Rat Island is !

 

Seven people escape injury in Abrolhos Islands plane crash - ABC News

[Old Koreelah]

The Airvan seems to have been a successful export; I often see them in overseas videos.

[Carbon Canary]

Pity Mahindra killed the company.

[facthunter]

I know a bit about and don't believe they have.  Nev

[skippydiesel]

7 hours ago, onetrack said:

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The news media today is merely a major extension of the entertainment industry.

It always was

[facthunter]

Grimms Fairy Tales. Timeless Trivia. Bull$#1t Beyond Belief. Posers who think they are the NEWS.  Legends in their Own Loungeroom.   Nev

[Old Koreelah]

The publicly-owned broadcasters (ABC, SBS) should be exceptions to this, but they also seem to compete for a share of the same audience (ratings?).

As a result, news bulletins tend to be limited to the same few stories across all channels. Almost impossible to avoid hearing about the Tangerine Toddler.

[Thruster88]

I stopped watching the news and everything else on free TV about 7 years ago  never been happier.  

[facthunter]

Since HE could end the world as we know it, maybe excusable?  Nev

[facthunter]

You should have pure thoughts with all the brainwashing? No of course not. Save yourself from endless anxiety. Do anything else but watch the crap.  Nev

[coljones]

14 minutes ago, Thruster88 said:

I stopped watching the news and everything else on free TV about 7 years ago  never been happier.  

I don't watch pay TV and I couldn't be happier (as is my bank balance)

[Carbon Canary]

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

I know a bit about and don't believe they have.  Nev

Ok, I’ll bite. They had a new design ready to go and orders for existing aircraft unfulfilled, but left the company to wither on the vine.

 

They may have the For Sale sign out for the business, but it’s gathering dust by the day, simply servicing the existing fleet and nothing more.

[planedriver]

6 hours ago, Old Koreelah said:

Crikey Nev, what do you wrap the chicken bones in?

To say nothing about the poor bastards who should be using it to wrap fish n chips in the proper way 

[spacesailor]

AND !,,

What would we do without the ' news ' toilet paper .

Go back to wiping with ' Dock-leaves ' , remember they wither & go crispy with age ! .  LoL

spacesailor

[facthunter]

The company had problems before it was sold. .Nev

[BrendAn]

21 hours ago, facthunter said:

I know a bit about and don't believe they have.  Nev

Ask the 120 people they put off at Traralgon.

[facthunter]

No one likes being put off. If the show's going pear shaped it's inevitable.  Nev

[spacesailor]

Doesn't have to be , '' going pear shaped '' .

Howards   (rotovator ) Parramatta . was given a substantial $ incentive to move his premises . a new Bridge over the JamesRuse road .

is occupying the area now. He then retired to the country .

I Almost worked for him , But found the premises locked, when I arrived for my 1st days work, in this country .

''  “I started with Howard straight out of school as an apprentice at the Northmead site in 1972,” says Robert Balzarolo, who still looks after Howard products today in his role as technical and warranty specialist.  ''

spacesailor

Edited April 7, 2023 by spacesailor
A little more added