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That is called hour-building, good for low-time pilots. -
I watched that show in black and white when I was an early teenager. Fancied the girl in the tight shorts.
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My weekend flying has changed since Shepparton and Bendigo introduced landing fees. I used to go there regularly but don't now. The fees are not a big deal compared to the cost of running an aircraft, but they tell me I am not welcome. My passengers and I can go elsewhere and buy lunch.
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Yeah but directly down wind at faster than wind?
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Yes, its people like the directors of RAAus and the other 2.6 million registered companies in Australia who are the true threat to global security. That includes 600,000 not-for-profit charitable companies. All their directors go on the new register. They can run but they can no longer hide.
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Back to the downwind device. I can follow the logic and maths, but at a higher overview level I get stuck on a simple point. If it is travelling downwind at wind speed then there is no net wind and the rotor will not spin. If it is going faster than the wind then the rotor cannot draw energy from the wind, it draws energy from the vehicle. I think this has been said before, but it seems so obvious.
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From November 2021 directors will need to verify their identity as part of a new director ID requirement under the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS), established by the Federal Government’s implementation of the ‘Modernising Business Registers Program’ (MBR Program). A Director Identification Number (Director ID) is a unique identification number that all existing directors will be required to have by no later than 30 November 2022. Among other entities this applies to directors of companies. This sounds like the "Australia Card" that got voted down years ago. If you have a family trust then you are a director and have to do this. Maybe also a self-managed super fund?
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Watched Skyfall again last night. Bond is shot through the shoulder but continues to fight unaffected, is shot with a sniper rifle, falls off a train about 100 metres into a river, goes over a waterfall, etc etc.
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Should have looked at the thread title, sorry.
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Fueling up
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Boeing Offers Near Zero Accomodation
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A barbed comment.
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If I was ever going to build it would be this.
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Civvie use of Military Airfields
pmccarthy replied to Jerry_Atrick's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Its a bit late for that now! -
I once tried to arrange aerial exploration surveys in India. The answer was that the data and results would be classified and could not leave the country, and the work had to be done by an Indian contractor. At the time they were still using valve based electronics in the instruments and plotting the results by hand. Another time, in 1986 in Burma, I was working with an elctronics tech named Jeff Darwin. He was the only one who knew how to service the valve instruments in the Burmese survey planes.
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Flight simulators, I'm told, have never been more popular. My 40+ son plays on one a lot. But he has no interest in real flying and I suspect most don't. It is hard to understand. One daughter told me that she intends to take up flying after her kids leave home.
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I agree Alan. In the 70s I lived in Broken Hill, we had every type of club and sport imaginable. Sailing, gliding, GA flying, rallying, motorbike racing and many more. We all worked to the mine whistles and had ample leisure time. When I was on the staff we rarely worked overtime, never weekends, and when I was a union man the hours were 8am to 3pm day shift, etc. Flying and training was about the same cost relatively as now. My flying fell off due to costs of a growing family and more work committments when I moved to Victoria. It became intermittent for many years and I only got back into it with AUF and RAA in the 90s, then back into GA after retirement. My five children have all worked much harder than I did in my first ten years in the workforce, though probably not as consistently hard as I did later on. I don't think they would have the time to commit to flying frequently enough to stay safe. That was a big consideration for me, that I could only fly every six or eight weeks and was usually really tired when the weekend came along, I just didnt feel safe flying and used to get anxious the night before.
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Vans RV-7 crash, S of Charters Towers 23/04/2021
pmccarthy replied to onetrack's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
For many aircraft an autopilot is a cheap option. Some have a panic button that executes the 180 degree turn for you and keeps the plane right way up. -
It was easier to stay current.
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It’s like understanding the difference between series and parallel wiring.
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I have have 51 years in GA and 28 years in RAA flying. Both are good and enjoyable. I sold an RA plane five years ago to buy a GA plane and am still ahead financially. But I will be buying an RA plane to escape from the demands of CASA AVMED next year. I like to fly, but I really like to fly to new places with family and friends. I am hoping that one of my grandchildren, at least, will follow in my footsteps.
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70 is hardly advanced age these days (I hope).
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Hi Lovetofly, there are not many USA pilots on this site. I hope one of them will respond for you. I take medication for blood pressure and heart rhythm, both are accepted here but as you say on a case by case basis. I understand that there are commercial pilots flying internationally with heart rhythm problems stabilised with medication.
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I recently ordered a new RAA style aircraft with a sub 30kt stall. I considered the BRS option but did not take it. My only reason for doing so would have been for the passenger in event of pilot incapacitation. I am advised that sudden incapacitation without warning symptoms is highly unlikely. It is far more likely to catch me driving the family car on a highway or riding a motorbike, combined around 500 hours per year, than when flying for 30-50 hours per year.
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Flight over Pyramid Hill, Victoria, 26 September. The hill is just to the right of the quarry, it looks huge from the ground but nothing much from the air.
