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    Tocumwal might be a handy stop for coffee, food and fuel when close to Melbourne. And a quick look in the museum.
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    Wasn’t his a purposely strengthened job?
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    Giving up GA, the hard thing is acknowledging that you will never own or fly that plane that you always admired. It may have been a dream, but it was nice to think about. RAA is a wonderful opportunity, but it is sort of like giving up flying, if you know what I mean.
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    I have beaten the system by going RAA. CASA required several annual reports from specialists that the specialists told me were not otherwise necessary and cost a lot of money, including scans and that stress test.
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    Latest advice is the engine is going to get a bulk strip anyway, and the insurance company owns it, so manage power right up to impact to get the best round out.
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    The seat rolling back on takeoff has happened to me in an early Cherokee too, years ago.
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    Rendering of the lenticular shape Cargo Airship that the Russian manufacturer Aerosmena will launch in 2024 , which has a payload of 600 tons. Aerosmena has designed a total of four different aerial platforms, each with a tonnage and specially designed to cover a need. There are models with capacity for 20, 60, 200 and 600 tons. "Merchandise transport ships".
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    Melbourne is in Florida
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    The area was settled in the early 1850s. So we have quite a few places named after battles and people from the Crimean war headlines. Such as Sebastopol, Inkerman, Redan, Alma, Balaclava, Malakoff.
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    Went for a local flight near Creswick yesterday. Each white heap is an old waste dump from a gold mine on the Berry Lead.
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    George Adamski wrote 'Flying saucers are real' in the 1960s and was widely believed. It was later shown he photographed a lampshade.
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    There are millions of dashcams around the world now. If something appeared up ahead (UFO, big black cat, Thylacene) then it would be all over the social media. Hasn't happened.
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    I would not put ethanol anywhere near an aeroplane. But I don’t know the answer to your question, I do know that Rotax now allow up to 10% ethanol so it is a good question. They say refer back to the aeroplane manufacturer, and I have not done that for my A32.
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    Stop horseing around you blokes.
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    He's hors de combat.
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    Only if you are a PEDANT.
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    Jabiru versus the neigh sayers.
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    So what happened to the engine, that was about to be started, or the aircraft that was about to be produced?
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    I had a choice of a new 404 or a used beetle. The 404 was a run out model in 1971 and no one wanted them. I chose the VW and a friend bought the 404, it was a great car.
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    I have spent some time in India on many visits and find it a vibrant place where people work hard on their business opportunities. It is possible to live very well if you have a business income. Friends have a cook, servant and a driver etc. and a nice house which might be modest by Oz standards but would do me.
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    I had a FS Texan and it ran hot when climbing in summer, so I had to level out or nearly level out periodically to keep the temperature ok. The Storch may be similar.
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    Yes, I have been slipping it a lot. That is very effective.
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    My recently acquired Vixxen likes to fly but is reluctant to descend. I have found that rates of descent with one POB and half fuel at 50 knots end engine idle are: No flap 200 fpm 1/2 flap 400fpm full flap 400 fpm. The flaps are actually flaperons. Idle at 50 knots is 2200 rpm which is a bit higher than I would like, my previous 912s idled at about 1800 on the ground, about 2000 in flight. This is all manageable but getting it down to 50 knots is critical. With a stall speed of 27 knots at MTOW the old 1.3 rule would suggest a speed on final of 36 knots but with low inertia 50 knots is safe, 45 over the fence. Then add a bit of power for the round out, pull the flaps immediately on the ground. I was expecting the full flap setting would have a higher rate of descent but have tested this several times.
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    The article says he is using the Subsonex for locals and the RV for the long trips.
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