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  1. pmccarthy
    I knew it!
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    In 1954 Australian National Airways pilot Captain D. Barker reported seeing a UFO at 10.15 a.m. on January 1st, not far from Melbourne. He described a semi-transparent object with a top shaped roughly like a dish, about 2000 ft. above the Yarra Valley, in the direction of Templestowe. He said it looked about four times the size of a DC4. "It was travelling at high speed," he said, "and seemed to be oscillating in and out of clouds." He reported it to the Civil Aviation officer at Essendon before ringing the Herald newspaper. He later described it to an Argus reporter as a semi - transparent object shaped like "a mush-room with stalk. The object, which was flying well below the safety level in that area, was travelling faster than any jet I have seen. It appeared to have something trailing beneath it like a thick stalk, which could have been a small observation car. When I reported it to Flight Control they said I should take more water with it, and told me a Convair was in the air in that position at 10.15 a.m. My flying mushroom was nothing like a Convair in appearance. I have been flying since 1937 for A.N.A., and served for three years with the R.A.A.F., so there is no question of confusion." The recently released video from the USAF looks just like a flying mushroom!
  3. pmccarthy
    We are not supposed to understand these messages, even when they are not f...d up.
  4. pmccarthy
    I thought the student was following him. He overflew the downed Cirrus.
  5. pmccarthy
    Is this where the saying “off your rocker” came from? 😮
  6. pmccarthy
    He was chafed around the cockpit.
  7. pmccarthy
    Some brave bidding there for ex-school planes.
  8. pmccarthy
    Re previous post - this plane landed safely! Hit by a Cirrus that popped its chute.
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    Latest mid-air collision yesterday. Unbelievable result. https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/05/12/small-plane-crash-mid-air-collision-cherry-creek-reservoir-denver-colorado/
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    It’s that guy from Parks and Recreation, but I don’t know why.
  11. pmccarthy
    I was not asked for my ASIC in Birdsville. Maybe slipped through.
  12. pmccarthy
    No submission shown for AOPA or RAA.
  13. pmccarthy
    The pic is a clipped wing variant, for a faster roll rate in ground attack ops.
  14. pmccarthy
    Plenty of people paying around $200K for new RAA aircraft these days.
  15. pmccarthy
    There is an old thread titled Outback Mustang about a good static replica in South Australia. Sorry I don’t know how to provide a link.
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    It would be interesting to know whether the STOL Youtubers in the USA need permission to land on all the hilltops, streamsides and so on. Is it Federal land or private? Do they carry insurance for their exploits?
  17. pmccarthy
    Just did it.
  18. pmccarthy
    My point was that there have been GA pilots caught out by the low inertia, high drag aircraft like Drifters where an instant response to loss of power is required. Some RA aircraft are easy to convert on, others less so. I am not an instructor, but I imagine the five hour rule takes the pressure and liability concerns off them in the many cases where more than an hour or two of conversion is required.
  19. pmccarthy
    I guess they had to make a general rule. The Gazelle is probably the easiest plane to fly on the register, and there are some particularly challenging ones. As I recall the 5 hours was mostly solo for me, I don't remember paying dual rates for that.
  20. pmccarthy
    There are a lot of posts on the web about Rotec engine problems. As an Aussie I prefer not to believe many of them.
  21. pmccarthy
    My understanding is that this has rudder control through a unique arrangement of the control column. The Ercoupe had no rudder control by the pilot, but it was linked to the ailerons. Others may know more!
  22. pmccarthy
    Depends on whether the ground beneath is freehold title or is a lease. If freehold it is the same as buying a house or commercial property. If a lease, you buy the physical construction but must continue paying the ground lease. There may be a requirement for prior approval of the transaction by the lessor, and there will be a need for lease transfer documentation.
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    Maybe it was this guy. We have been warned about the French.
  24. pmccarthy
    M'aidez!
  25. pmccarthy
    If so, he lasted about two minutes in IMC, more or less as we are told.
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