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The thunderbirds thunder box.

Aviation in the US has gone to crap since Trump was installed.

In any Limited company, your liability is limited to the amount you have agreed to pay for your shares. RAAus is a Company Limited by Guarantee. You have no personal liability.

I recently bought some 1/4 inch and 5/16 inch fibre washers at an Autopro store. The shop attendant asked if I had samples so he could find them out the back, and luckily I had them in my pocket. When he came back with the new ones, he had matched the outer diameters of the washers and not the holes.

I don't believe that the photos in BrendAn's first post are of an 1889 machine. They are way too advanced. I have searched this subject for an hour or so and there was no further mention of Mr Rowe, at Whitton or anywhere else. I found other stories of farmers inventing successful flying machines, all seemed to be BS.

AN AERIAL VEHICLE. A correspondent writes from Carrathool: — An ingenious young man named Richard Rowe, of Whitton, has constructed an aerial machine which bids fair to become an unparalleled success and to entitle his name to be recorded with those of great inventors of past and present ages. It is the outcome of two and a half years of hard study and indomitable perseverance. At times he would abandon the task as being impossible to accomplish, but would again resume it with renewed energy and greater determination to succeed, believing that such a vehicle could be made which would enable people to travel through the atmosphere with speed and safety. It is said that perseverance, combined with keen perception, will overcome all difficulties which at first appear insuperable; and it is amazing to see what success he has so far brought his invention. The machine is constructed of with marvellous mechanism, but finding that wood was not sufficiently strong to withstand the great pressure and work which would have to be sustained and performed by it, he is now engaged in making one with improvements composed mostly of steel. He has made some very successful ascent or trials, reaching a height of 150 feet, and proposes ere long to give exhibitions in the art of aerial navigation. The machine which can be manipulated by either the hands or feet — and in two ways or methods by the hands— rises from the ground, there being no necessity to place it on an elevated position; and one great feature in it is that the occupant has complete guiding control over it, and is enabled to ascend and descend at will, and to propel himself through the air with astonishing rapidity, about 10 miles an hour. The inventor smiled when he heard that Blondin was to get 1000 dols. for walking on the tight-rope from the top of Eiffel Tower to the Exhibition building in Paris, and said he would undertake "to fly" the distance from the same elevation "free gratis" and show the world that Australians had the pluck and ability to accomplish anything what man could do under the sun. Sceptical was the condition of our mind when we read the above communication, for we did not find it easy to believe that place like Whitton could furnish an environment favorable for the development of a mechanical genius. We consequently referred the item back from whence it came, only to receive by return post a re-iterated assurance that it was correct in every detail. In reply our correspondent wrote :— I can quite understand your inclination to doubt the truth of, my par re "aerial vehicle.'' The thing seems almost' incredible and misleading. I have seen the machine, also an ascent, and I do not hesitate to say that the success of the machine is really marvellous. I was desired to ask you to publish the par which I sent last week, otherwise I would not have sent it, as he is very reticent as to it's manufacture. Personally speaking, I was sceptical myself and laughed heartily at the lunacy of the man. I fully anticipated a fearful death for the aeronaut."

Either way, it’s a ripper story.

Security requirements for pilots: The Department of Home Affairs is Australia's security regulator for aviation. They also administer the Aviation Transport Security Regulations. Under these regulations, all current pilots must have an aviation security status check. You will also need an aviation security status check if you're applying for a flight crew licence. To get one of these checks you will need to apply for either an: Aviation Security Identification Card (ASIC) Aviation Identification (AVID). this comes from https://www.casa.gov.au/operations-safety-and-travel/aviation-safety-and-security-pilots/security-requirements-pilots#ApplyingforanASIC

I believe all GA pilots are supposed to have an ASIC or AVID to complete the AFR.

I decided to get an AVID instead this time, now that I only fly RAAus. But when it came, it came with an instruction that I must always carry it with my original Flight Crew Licence and Current Medical Certificate. I still have the licence but it doesn't mean much, and I don’t have the medical. I had started to reapply for the ASIC but the guidelines said it is for people needing frequent access to security controlled space. I don't. I would only need it once or twice a year. Hence the change.

I bet they took years to accept the whizz wheel when it came out.

Great result Danny!

Having flown the Airtourer, Foxbat and Vixxen with flaperons, I am surprised that you think they are different. I am not disagreeing, just haven't noticed it myself.

Ah, the clipped wing Ercoupe!

I just used the search button at the top of this page. But you have to be in Forums for it to search them. If you are in what’s new it will just search there.