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  1. pmccarthy
    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.
  7. pmccarthy
    South Africans use the word motivation differently, they call a commercial justification a motivation.
  8. pmccarthy
    Keep us in the loop on how it goes!
  9. pmccarthy
    Makes you wonder why, what advantage they thought this ugliness would give.
  10. pmccarthy
    But why? You would have to be at or above 1000ft and experience a structural failure. Otherwise better to glide to an emergency landing. What is the chance of that structural failure?
  11. pmccarthy
    What other country? We have members from around the world, but many are put off by comments like that and don't come back.
  12. pmccarthy
    The EAA magazine always features ultralights often flown by airline pilots, the stories are inspiring. But not in Australia.
  13. pmccarthy
    I landed on a big wide sealed runway today, 35 at Maryborough Vic, and a big mob of Roos scattered. I hadn't seen them from the circuit.
  14. pmccarthy
    Not just Aborigines, lots of white metho drinkers back then.
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    Fake
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    I was also on the road to Sturgess once and thought those bikes were perfect for the dead straight, dead flat highway. They should be fitted with autopilot.
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    Victoria country restrictions ease tomorrow night. But the new rules are nonsense, our local pub will not be reopening as they are allowed a maximum of ten patrons indoors, no way they can make it work.
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    Apparently if you have doped fabric, horses and cattle will chew on your control surfaces.
  19. pmccarthy
    Checkmate or Wetcheck, same thing.
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    I had only a narrow necked Coke bottle once and a high-flow situation which caused a bit of overspray. My wife was quite polite and understanding.
  21. pmccarthy
    Its the one place in the world on my must see again list, the third time, one day when we can travel.
  22. pmccarthy
    Our headmaster at Wagga High was a very short man who stood on a block to cane people. He did it a lot and seemed to enjoy it. I got it once as a job lot with all the boys in my class.
  23. pmccarthy
    The outcome of that mating would be a Cessna 190 or 195.
  24. pmccarthy
    When unsure of nearby traffic, there is a lot to be said for weaving about a bit and looking all around. The weaving makes you easier to see too. as long as you stay in the pattern.
  25. pmccarthy
    Ok I actually understood that!
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