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  1. pmccarthy
    It will be a short run as he is towing the ute.
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    That is 2022 event.
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    One farmer bought an ex Royal visit car with a glass screen behind the driver. He said it would stop the dogs licking him behind the ears.
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    It didn’t happen. It was a photo montage done for publicity. The hole isn’t that big.
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    I just sold a BMW boxer that was 38 years old. I never changed the carby diaphragms in all that time. Basically the same ones in a Rotax have to be changed every five years. So the level of caution is quite high.
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    They can't be racist - most of the names on correspondence are from the subcontinent.
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    I think it is a Yak. We have one on our airfield.
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    My friend would not see a doctor about his condition because of CASA avmed. He died.
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    At each renewal CASA require me to do a heap of tests that my cardiologist says are not necessary. And he would not ask for them, but they insist, and cost a lot. Just for a class 2, and I fly RAA now, so only needed to enter controlled airspace.
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    The Vic emergency app reported a plane on the road at Harcourt, a busy road near a roundabout. Local gossip is that it was from Bendigo, landed briefly and took off again. No further information.
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    Autopilot lets me look outside more. Less watching heading and alt.
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    I resemble that remark.
  13. pmccarthy
    Had a Skyecho and a Mode C.
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    Had that today. We were tracking about 090 and someone was tracking 010 across us at same altitude. They crossed our path about 10 mile ahead. Thanks Ozrunaways.
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    All true, Onetrack, I was trying to understand the marketing of them to the general population. I suspect some confusion with CO. As I recall, increased CO2 causes rapid breathing which tells you something is wrong. As you say, it displaces O2 and low O2 symptoms is something pilots should know about.
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    Ok, not getting an answer here I looked it up. My interpretation is that co2 detectors are made because they can be, and the marketing of them is based on peoples fear of the greenhouse end of the world. In other words, they are total BS. Of course, detection of CO2 in blood is an important medical technology.
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    CO detectors I understand. But what are CO2 detectors used for?
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    I once saw an interview with a chap who survived a flaming airline crash because he had his shoes on and wore a leather jacket. I have been inclined to keep my shoes and jacket handy for landings ever since.
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    The Skyecho has made my relaxed and enjoyable flying a lot more stressful, looking for traffic I previously knew nothing about!
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    And parallax is why something looks bigger when you look at it on an angle, rather than straight down, as noticed in public urinals.
  21. pmccarthy
    Also for clearing blockages by hitting the cocking handle of your Vickers machine gun.
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    Are you an old lag?
  23. pmccarthy
    BREAKING NEWS: emergency services are currently on the scene in Balwyn North after a light plane was forced to make an emergency landing at a reserve, next to the Eastern Freeway. It's understood the pilot was travelling from Bendigo. It's a Cherokee six, nice landing!
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    This was my brand new 10 litre tuff jug, which is well calibrated. The other 20 litre plastic ones have a 20 litre mark, they have never blown up. I think the servo calibration is wrong in their advantage.
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    I bought PULP 98 yesterday from my local BP. Calibrated plastic jerry cans. Bowser said 10 litres, jerry can said 9.6, it was a cold day. Experiment repeated for a total of 90 litres in the ten and four 20 litre jerry cans, I paid for 94 litres.
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