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    On my first job as a surveyor I was issued a chrome plated pocket watch, wind up type. You could buy them at the time for $2.50. My daughter had it now as a family heirloom.
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    Danny I hope you can persevere and complete the build. I looked at the Bushcat at the same time as you started, sat in one at Avalon. But my CASA medical came good and I postponed a decision. I think now I would probably go for a Foxbat or Vixxen, spending a fair bit more money.
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    In defense of Ballarat boy Henry Sutton... In 1885, Sutton designed, but did not construct, a mechanical television apparatus to see the Melbourne Cup in Ballarat.[34][3]:319 Sutton had published his Telephane designs in 1890.[34][27][35] According to historian Ann Moyal, the concept was never successfully demonstrated: "Sutton's 'TV system', which he called 'telephany', used all the latest technology, such as the recently-invented Kerr effect, the Nipkow disc (which Baird was to use in the 'twenties) and the selenium photocell. But its weak link in the 1870s was that the signal had to be transferred by telegraph lines, as radio had yet to arrive, and these were too slow to transmit the dashing horses of the Melbourne Cup successfully."[36]
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    Danny have you given up on the South African kit?
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    The ASI replaced wind in the wires.
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    Nothing to stop the RAA board appointing a committee to study or advise on any subject. It can include board members or outside specialists.
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    But 600 kg is where you are going if AVMED gets you in the crosshairs.
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    How about a J230 from carbon fibre? It would have a great load capacity.
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    Ad hominem I think they call this sort of response Onetrack. When you don’t like the message, criticise the person. Anyone who speaks up against the AGW hypothesis cops this.
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    My dog has never been flying but when I open the cockpit door she is keen to go.
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    Annoying if you are thinking of ordering a 600kg aircraft now for delivery next Feb.
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    Coal is congealed solar energy. More or less, it is all the same.
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    Will you survive the forced landing to claim the warranty?
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    CASA don't mail paper certificates as far as I know, they email them and you print them yourself. The part you described having done is all I ever do. Once you have seen the DAME they email the certificate. Unless there is a problem. then they email you a letter asking for more info.
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    Perhaps the main thrust of these rules is the listening watch that you are supposed to maintain when cruising. Many pilots do not monitor Centre in cruise, instead they play Bluetooth music or make videos of their flight. All ok if your technology allows over-ride by the radio, except that Centre traffic is too frequent and annoying so it gets turned down.
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    Does anyone know what has happened with delivery times for new RAA type aircraft orders? Anecdotally they are longer than every due to COVID and high demand. Perhaps the people who can't spend on overseas trips and already bought their new caravan and tow vehicle are now ordering aircraft?
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    Empty weight is a bit high in the Piper Sport.
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    Skippy have you identified makes/models that might fit? The 120kts economy cruise might be a stretch with low stall. I don't have anything, but might be looking for something similar and am curious.
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    Similar experience Spacey. Miles out to sea off Townsville, dropped the spark plug spanner into the sea. Had to hammer some cooling fins off the outboard to get a shifter onto the plug to clean it.
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    The Menindee lakes are overflow lakes, as is the Anabranch an overflow for the Darling. They naturally filled in flood times. A campaign began in the 19th century, later supported by Henry Lawson, to make them artificial reservoirs. This was done, with weirs and the Copi channel, so when I was growing up they were always full. I sailed on Lake Menindee and we camped alongside the lakes never thinking that they might empty. The decision to run them empty was based on concerns about the evaporation loss and salinity which affected downstream, including the Murray into South Australia. I am in favour of keeping them full whenever possible, but I don't understand the big picture. I suspect that irrigation elsewhere is a much, much bigger problem.
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    There are only two approved routes for light aircraft to Tasmania.
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    In the good old days we got all updates by mail, every week or two. A conscientius person (I was back then) would go through all the ring biders and write in the amendments. It was inefficient, but after a while you got to know your way around all the regulations etc.
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    Quite a few aircraft are listed privately and then appear in a broker's advert. So the broker must actively pursue sellers who have listed shiny aircraft that he can boost.
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    Just Another F....... Oracle?
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    Then that didn't take long.
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