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They have already accessed it with a warrant...its access without judicial oversight that leads to corruption. VicPol has just taken action against several members who have been unlawfully accessing the police database to sexually harass women who are already victims of family violence or other crimes. Kaz

please empty bladder before viewing https://www.youtube.com/embed/LR2qZ0A8vic?rel=0 Kaz

My recollection of that chopped up aeroplane was that it resulted from a flat battery in another one that got away from the owner. Dick Gower has a story or two about such things. Kaz

NOBODY should be able to access metadata without a warrant. It's contrary to our system that allows the judiciary to oversight the actions of administrative government and it opens the door for incredible abuse. If we allow those whose actions we abhor to cause us to continue to lower our standards as a free, democratic country where the rule of law attains we will eventually be just as restrictive a society as the one they espouse. The USA stepped back from this path when it finally realised what Hoover and his cronies were doing to its citizens and we should think long and hard before we let our legislators take knee-jerk reactions that will undoubtedly be open to corrupt practices. If metadata is to be accessible without warrant, I sincerely hope it will be confined to national security only. The thought of CASA chasing posters of adverse comments or medical information or anything else without judicial oversight is Owellian. Kaz

It's probably too late to help you, Bex! You are showing your age when you talk about Old Spice and Brt 33. My dad used them and he would be a centenarian if still alive. Kalvin's stuff is all the go now... Kaz

I was going to qualify that comment, Ian but I knew that Auster drivers would recognise this as instinctive rather than effective. Kaz

Came awfully close at Corowa a few years ago. Landed on the x-wind runway to avoid interfering with the great gaggle of gliders all lined up into wind on the other one. Everything was ok until I passed a gap in the hangars at about 35 knots in three point attitude and the into wind wing flew up, the Auster started to veer badly on one wheel and I thought I was gone. Managed to get it down again with brake and aileron but must have looked awfully iffy. Kaz

At the moment, it's just like like a lot of other things said in Court...a lot of nonsense. Kaz

CASA said nothing about it when I phoned but they knew my application for the new licence format had been received at CLERC. Kaz

I did my GA AFR more than 4 months ago and still haven't had my new licence back from them. My instructor didn't endorse my logbook because "it is now recorded on the new licence". I phoned CASA a month ago because I didn't like not having anything official to say all was ok and they told me my new licence would arrive "soon". I'm glad I'm not hanging from my fingertips waiting for it. Kaz

Early ones had the Wright Whirlwind in them but those that came later, including the consignment that went to UK had the Wasp installed. In his autobiography, Geoffrey "Boy" Wellum wrote about the vicious wing drop at the stall that killed a number of RAF trainees including one of his good friends. Geoffrey went on to gain the DFC in Spitfires as one of the youngest pilots flying with the RAF during the Battle. His book is an excellent read if you can get hold of a copy. Kaz

Hi DWF. I'm glad you guys are ok after those devastating fires. Yes, you are right...I had it back the front which was really stupid having talked about the uniform distances between degrees of latitude. Age! As I'm sure you know, sun shots (yes, the stars can be used too but I'm a mug) were taken at midday and the difference in latitude made by a few of minutes of time was not of great consequence. The chronometer is much more important for getting longitudinal position because the calculation relies on the fact that the Earth's speed of rotation on its longitudinal axis is pretty much constant and, as it rotates through 360 degrees in 24 hours it will move through 15 degrees in just one hour. Knowing the local time (midday) and an accurate GMT allowed a calculation of the time difference and hence the longitude. The other reason they bumped into the coast was sheer pigheadedness! Their egos were stroked when they made fast times and they hated to have to reduce sail at night even when they knew they didn't have far to go. The southern coastline was a bit of a trap being crescent shaped and with Tassie hanging there in the way as well if they were going on to Sydney Town. The obstinacy of sea captains in those times is legendary. It was a fairly calm clear day in Port Phillip on 19 November 1865 when the City of Launceston departed Melbourne for the Heads via the West Channel. She was a steam-sail vessel under the command of Captain William Thom. She was destined for Launceston with a cargo of sundries, incl. brandy, port, rum, cigars, tea and boots and carrying sail as well as using her engines. The ss Penola, a steel-hulled steamship somewhat larger than the CoL, had like wise departed Geelong and was steaming down channel to the intersection with the West Channel which both vessels approached at the same time. Their respective captains had a heated exchange regarding who had right of way, the Penola being on the right and the CoL having sails hoisted (but also steaming) (bit like the who's runway argument, isn't it?). The invective and intransigence of the two captains was only exceeded by their joint stupidity and the Penola neatly removed the first 20 feet or so of the CoL's bows causing the latter to sink. Fortunately, the calm conditions and proximity to help ensured that no hands or passengers were lost. The CoL settled upright with the tops of her masts showing a couple of miles off Port Arlington. But that's not the end of the saga. The CoL was carrying mail and quite a few valuables and attempts were put in train to have them recovered by putting salvage out to tender. McKay of Sunshine Harvester fame develope and patented his special lifting apparatus comprising a number of large leather bags attached to cables with each containing a rudimentary Kipp's apparatus....a container of hydrochloride acid and Zinc filings. He chartered the tender, Eleutheria and took her out to the wreck site. His divers went down and attached the various cables and tipped the canisters so that the acid and zinc filings were mixed. Large volumes of hydrogen gas were evolved, the leather bags filled, and with a quiet gurgle as the suction with the mud was broken, the CoL rose rather majestically to the surface. The Eleutheria was brought hard alongside and her lines shortened. Then one by one the leather bags tipped over, spilling their contents and the CoL returned to the bottom taking the tender with her! I was working in the Maritime Heritage Unit when the site of the CoL was rediscovered in the mid 1990's and some quite amazing artefacts recovered for conservation. Kaz

One minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile at any point on Earth. One minute of longitude only equals a nautical mile at the equator. Lines of latitude are parallel so the distance between them remains the same. When you are navigating at sea, the common way to plot a course is with parallel rulers to get the direction of a rose printed on the chart, and with dividers to calculate the distance against the latitude scale on the side of the chart. You find out where you are by shooting a sight with a sextant and looking at a set of tables in an almanac. In the early days of sailing, when the great square riggers were coming from England to Australia along the Great Circle Route in the Roaring Forties, and in not much more than a month, they met the southern coastline with almost monotonous regularity because they could tell pretty accurately from sun shots what longitude they were at but had to rely on their chronometer's time keeping and log to calculate the latitude. That's why the south-west coast of Victoria is known as the Shipwreck Coast. Kaz I'm glad it stayed imperial because it would be too confusing to change at my age.

Wherever you are, Ross, I wish you blue skies. Kaz

That's 4 this year in the area by my reckoning...terrible for the families...very sad. Kaz

Hi Nev Most of my early time was in gliders and now almost all of my power flying is in my Auster. I too fly "compact" circuits at specified height so that I remain within gliding distance of the airstrip. This is becoming more important at my home strip as the land around it is being rapidly populated with housing developments. It's easier to lose excess height in a glide approach than it is to make the airstrip if the noise stops during a long powered approach. Kaz

Sometimes people make assumptions about someone else's level of experience and knowledge and sometimes things said on a list like this are misinterpreted so we all need to make allowances and maintain civil conversations if the broadest contributions are to be shared and enjoyed. I noted in an earlier post that Kamloops has 26,500 hours in his logbook so I'm interested in what he has to say and would prefer there weren't ad hominem attacks which might deter this. I also noted his very appropriate apology to DJP when the latter drew attention to the situation pertaining to a particular inverted stall as compared to an upright one. I think it's a good lead to follow. Kaz

My mustering pilot used the same technique to do his runs across in front of a galloping mob of scrubbers back in the Gascoyne years ago. Not quite a stall turn, rather a Chandelle at very low speed so there was still movement of airflow over the rudder apart from prop wash. Kaz

Hi Contact My Auster is a Taylorcraft derivative (side by side with heel operated cable-drum brakes) with 36' wingspan and an 0-320. The C of G is very definitely behind the mains. It has a placarded stall FE of 26 knots, a demonstrated max XW of 9 knots and bungy suspension that stores a lot of energy. So, over the 7 years I have owned it, I have learned a little about finding ways to land (more) into wind, or finding grass to land on instead of bitumen, but there are still many days when the wind is howling diagonally across both runways and I just stay home. Kaz

Aileron to keep the aircraft centred over the runway and rudder to keep the nose pointing at the far end of it...kaz

Great to see some of our new arrivals are getting well-paid work. Kaz

And Bluetooth it to a decent GPS receiver for even better geolocation data. I started with a Garmin Glonass but changed to. Dual XGPS 160 which has been very good. I had excellent coverage all the way to Alice Springs and beyond which really gave me confidence as I compared the screen with the chart and the ground. Travelling across that absolutely featureless stretch north of Lake Torrens from Leigh Creek to Coober Pedy it was really reassuring to see the dingo fence come up exactly as expected because it was the only easy to see feature (Ediaca ruin is hard to see) over about 50 miles of sand dunes. Kaz

I'd be spread all over the ground if I tried to fly in that! Kaz

It's been around the $200 mark for several years. I think RAAus do them a bit cheaper but I just get mine online from the mob down the south coast. Kaz

[MAP][/MAP] The requirements for airside generally are contained in 3.15(3) (3) The responsible aviation industry participant for the airside area of the airport must ensure that the area can be entered only by: (a) a person authorised to do so who: (i) properly displays a valid ASIC; or (ii) properly displays a valid VIC or TAC and is supervised by someone authorised to enter the area who properly displays a valid ASIC; or"......... All of the grey and hatched areas in the plan at Reg 3.02 https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015C00763/Html/Text#_Toc429579745 require an ASIC at a security controlled airport. All airside is included. Kaz