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How many could hold onto a video cam whilst been ejected? None I expect.

Jack, There are no old bold pilots. That is the realm of young, dumb and too full of ego, they think they can do anything. I expect given you are nearly seventy , you would have learned through the years , you do not know everything, can not do anything just with a gung ho attitude and physics does not give a shit about what you think. The are reasons for having proper training and evaluation of your abilities. Do not let your ego write checks your skills cannot pay. The only thing more dangerous than a young fool is a old fool.

I also expect many aircraft up for sale in next 6-12 months. Sadly toys you can't use. I also expect many big sail boats will flood the market as owners struggle to maintain and keep afloat their holiday toy. Still seeking a comfy live aboard yacht. Just like aircraft, yachts tend to sell very slowly unless a bargain. It will be a buyer's market, as long as hordes don't get the idea of escape by sea. Still enjoying the pirate life aboard "Walrus". Port Stephens is beautiful and quiet, the noise of dolphins breaching the loudest noise. My timing of leaving the big smoke for water has been most fortunate.

Just in case any members are in doubt here is a simple video to explain things.

Sadly, the imbecile right wing propaganda machine is in full swing and on this thread. They don't care who dies or how many nor those far greater numbers who will recover but with permanent damage. To them....... Science is just fake news Statistics and epidemiology are fake news Anyone who disagrees has a secret agenda or part of the "deep state". The rules only apply to others Society is just a prop for the undeserving. They are dangerous views in a time of crisis and endanger willingly the rest of us. They happily spruke snake oil solutions and blame anyone but themselves. About time we stop putting up with this and call it for what it is. A concerted campaign to spread dangerous information in a medical crisis and deliberately harm efforts to contain it. It is difficult to label accurately such behaviour other than sociopathic at best

It's a big list as we don't know how long or bad it will get... So having a less than stellar health had planned ahead when China started.... But tomorrow getting . 1000 litres diesel to top tankage on the boat. 1000 water 100 litres unleaded for outboard and genset 10 carton beer- German naturally 5 dozen Red wines Heaps chocolate etc Munchies etc. I also have a nearly empty Port Stephens, a lovely 35 foot boat and enough fishing gear to obtain protein as needed. Not much competition from others and can go coastal as well. Just going to enjoy the boat time and eat crabs, prawns, big fish and savour a beer. Have a 720 watt solar system and a wind turbine to put up yet. Power should be no issues. As long as we can get gas bottles filled, have 5 bottles, then cooking will be fine. Like NomadPete, a boat is a zombie apocalypse space ship or safe zone from disease. And the perfect place to enjoy a extended holiday away from others. Just two brothers growing longer beards and living the seadogs life. Who would have thought.....six months ago to do this was considered a luxury or selfish. Now it's doing a selfless act and being responsible... ironic.

I agree you are owed death with that attitude. But what about those you infect due to your arrogance? It's not only you in a community, be responsible or self exclude from society , permanently if needed.

A boat is literally a "life boat"

I am on the goodship Walrus, well stocked, full of fishing gear etc. Social distancing is fine for me, the fish are friendly. As long as I have meds and beer, all is ok. All you landsmen stay safe.

Sometimes ....... It is like trying to tell a Wife beater, it is wrong and he should stop......obvious to the rest of us.

Is it a bloke? A women? Don't quite know, but that is a F4 Phantom so it must be a lot earlier than when the Harrier retired. You guys need to get out more.

And now after volunteering to check aircraft already built but carparked they discover fuel tanks full of debris. Metal shavings, tools, and probably dead cats. And not just one but a large undisclosed number. Given these were built after the crashes and grounding, and should have been inspected in production..........if they can't build right after grounding, how the hell can you trust them. Even when under max scrutiny they still fuck it up. Ah the fun is just started. Toulouse must be popping champagne.

True a trade prop is very loud. But electric is well suited to new prop designs that can be substantially quieter. If they change it...,...

RIP to all onboard bar.................................The Idiot pilot who through his actions took many lives. And Kobe Bryant, a reknown thug, bully and rapist who got away with it- he should have still been in Jail doing time- but VIP meant no justice. He deserves absolutely no respect or sadness in his death. He lived as a scum bag criminal and deserved to die like one, alas he got off very lightly.

I have heard of that...... Something done by footballers to recycle their drugs orally. And used as promotional opportunities by their "friends"

Also do not eat the yellow snow.

Note ....a proper designed pancake flywheel should weigh about the same as a full flywheel. So no great weight penalty. Nor size issues. The penalty is the weight of controller and small batt pack. If that is same as fuel saved, a instant winner. Even with a small weight penalty of 10-15 kg it still makes a lot of sense. We have discussed this at length on HBA forum. I have looked at this for years and followed the tech as matures. This is already the big thing in UAV circles esp from NASA.

More efficient to do it the other way around. Use a rotary as motive power with a pancake motor on the flywheel. The battery pack gives boost to climb, thus only a small motor needed for rotary to keep height. Excess goes back into batt for later. So you optimise the power pack for level flight and use a much smaller HP engine and fuel flow. The big power needed for climb is electric and rotary. Such a system could be 5 litres a hour including climb instead of 15 hr. Figures are just made up but this will be the future esp when combined with solar cells on ground and on wings. Battery and controller can be much smaller and lighter. Eg only needs 50 HP for a short 5mins etc and a 10 kg batt at most. The idea been the total weight of package including fuel,batt,systems and small rotary are the same as a original system and fuel full on a much bigger tank. So for a range if 600 kms instead of 60 liters it would use only 25 liters. In theory. The more slippery the better. Hybrid will be a very big deal in 10 years.

Surprisingly that idea and ditto was Bryce Courtney from memory.....

You know its cold if after stopping your legs and arms are a bunch blobs you can't control. Then the shaking and pain starts again. Ah the old days. At least with a bike, a cold ride can be stopped and shelter sought in the warm embrace if a beer holding bar. My twin wants to sail to Antarctica one day with me. That will be brass monkey cold.

Yep, work for a bank and commit millions of cases of fraud and no sanction. Steal billions, No sanction. Destroy thousands of lives and business, No sanction. Distort and corrupt the financial markets, No sanction. Thousands of bankers and tellers/ sales staff need criminal sanction. As do the banks as a entity.

In a just world, which it is not. Its a Trumpian world. Boeing, its execs, enablers are effectively corporate murderers and personally liable to manslaughter in hundreds of counts. They knew exactly the outcomes that are expected and kept going. The people involved must face the sanction of law , as must the company. Its right to exist and operate in society should be removed. Just like a individual is jailed for life or given the death penalty for mass murder. Boeing should be a complete loss to shareholders as they bet the market and take the risk. The non illegal or non culpable contractors get to stay. The dodgy finance banks that pay fast and loose and in on the deal get a total loss. So only real honest debts and proper compensation for the victims are involved as the new owners. They restructure and the staff, and victims family with the deserving contractors/creditors own it. Unless something like this happens the "Boeing" disease will power on. Hundreds of people should be facing the full force of the law and possibly thousands some sanction. If the FBI was given a full mandate to enforce justice and even if funded a $billion dollars- it would be a excellent investment. That is only a single useless tanker by the time it might hit the flight line. If it costs more- fine. Boeing and its execs are paying the bill.

Corporate greed protected by the heavy hand of the police and government friends. The video says it all in the answers he gave, the cop protecting him from grieving relatives. Lying and been allowed to just waffle about his upbringing, using his parents lessons as a shield from scrutiny. And it was allowed as a "indulgence" no one should ever get. He was protected at a level a President would need or expect. An example of the Devil in a suit who has captured government, law, police, military, and the rarely critical media in their pocket. Police state from the other thread does not quite capture it. More like Capitalist Fascist state. Appearances of Democracy are an illusion. I have always felt Boeing as it is, is a dead duck, just they refuse too see it. But unless the next president is a democrat the chances are the corpse will live on the haunt us. The company is a web of lies including its accounts, with the best creative accounts money can buy. It is most likely they are technically and legally bankrupt. But are just too big and ugly to fail. They are propped up completely by the military side, which they milk till it bleeds for money. Try on the new fuel tankers they are making. From a $200 million aircraft for its Airbus equivalent and fully able to do variants to suit the US needs. Even was going to be built in America in partnership with a American firm. They won the contract worth billions, the inferior and expensive Boeing lost. Boeing screamed and the tender and contact was cancelled. Then written to ensure only Boeing could win and price was no objection. The new tanker is so badly built and designed, with simple and easy engineering changes to suit missions, making it unusable. The military have started to scream and refuse to certify them for use. Cost per plane so far, that can't be used. $800 million and rising. For a damn flying fuel tank. The order is for hundreds. They continue to build them, even though they are building faulty aircraft and are yet to work out a design that works. Things like a simple wiring change and reroute costing billions of recoverable R and D from the government tit. Then a extra zero added to the bill, they are friends. Makes the F35 seem cheap as chips and almost useful.

OK, so throwing rocks at politician s from a plane is a sin. But would throwing a pollie from a plane at rocks also be a sin? Not in a just world.

I am pretty sure that ..............Casting stones from a aircraft is considered a sin.