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pmccarthy

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  1. Hope they are not drop bears.
  2. Not so as far as I know. Most new transponders in new aircraft may be ADSB capable but don't have to have a GPS source installed.
  3. What’s with the fixed nosewheel on VH-TVP?
  4. But no entry to CTA without a current class 1 or 2 medical.
  5. Assuming this is alcohol related. I was a teenager learning how to handle alcohol ( and often not) when I was also learning to fly. But I cannot conceive of thinking it would be ok to go flying when pissed. Even in my worst moments.
  6. Plenty of them in Alaska.
  7. Just a highly strung pilot.
  8. Do you have any photos to prove you were there?
  9. I reckon I did my best ever short take-off yesterday without trying.
  10. The usual constraint is access to the fuel selector. eg the PA-28
  11. Skippy what do you mean by "excessive calls, cluttering of the airwaves"? I can see that might happen at a busy airport or during arrivals at a fly in, but I have not encountered it at a "normal" airfield with say three aircraft in circuit. Then there is ample "uncluttered" time for everyone to make the calls needed so a fourth arrival knows where they all are.
  12. It’s because they don’t have ASICs over the there.
  13. At a country airfield, if there is inbound traffic, it is good practice to announce departing circuit to the east not above 3000 or whatever, jus so everyone knows where they are.
  14. Up is on in many European homes.
  15. The firefighting picture is BS if you consider the weight and volume of fluid needed to suppress a fire.
  16. A Murphy is a Furphy that got caught by Murphy's Law. An accidental truth.😸
  17. I was taught that the location comes second. The reason is that people are often slow on the transmit button and you may lose part of the first word. Saying traffic first gives the listen a chance to pay attention and then hear the location. I think the CASA radio procedures booklet is wrong in that regard, though I can see why you would want to follow it. And there is no "traffic" at the end of the message, which I hear a lot.
  18. Why incorrect? And the time is right as I said it. Don’t see how you could say it much quicker.
  19. Sailing ship to Australia in the 1850s was probably safer.
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