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The killer of this idea is very simply COST. Despite the well-meaning pilot offering to use a privately owned aircraft, the conditions of use of the aircraft (payment for fuel) can't be set by a handshake agreement. In the sad example of the WA event, the local police would be too far down the approval chain to enter into a "contract" between the Government agency and a private individual. The basic reason why volunteer pilots aren't called can be said in one word "LITIGATION".

My criticism relates to two things - the out-of-wind runway and no clear areas within the boundaries of the circuit. Those trees surrounding the runway are tall and old meaning that they don't provide any soft landing places. I agree that things are tight at Bankstown, but there are escape routes. Training at Bankstown? I'm afraid that ab initio fixed wing training will die out at Bankstown simply due to the policies of the landlord. Helicopter training is viable at Bankstown simply because of the open area in the north-east corner. It's a crying shame that there cannot be clearing done around Wedderburn. I don't cry out for the bulldozers to be brought in. Afterall, there is a population of healthy koalas in the area that need the trees to survive. It is what it is and will be long into the future.

I don't even like driving to Wedderburn. It is a shame to be bad-mouthing Wedderburn. The strip itself is in very good condition. The aviation community on the aerodrome keeps the place well presented. There is a lot of activity in the hangars and the social life is just about right. The problem is that the strip is in the middle of rugged, tree-covered terrain and is crosswind to the prevailing winds. Those aren't roads around it. They are fire trails

Late night failure to proof-read. What happened to the Corvair-powered Pietenpol that was being built in Tamworth?

Irony: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

There is not much talk about the Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 which powered the Chevy Corvair of the 1960s. A nice 6 cylinder flat 4.

And that is the very thing that has been holding aviation back in Australia - scaremongering by the media by concentrating on the occasional incidents. If the meeja did the same with motor vehicles, we'd be riding horses still.

We are currently in the season we call Summer. There are two everlasting features of Summer in Australia - the heat and the cricket on the ABC.

I wonder if we started a campaign to get the Australian Press Council to take action against publications who defame aviation by publishing inaccurate and misleading material. Here is their very first principle: Publications are free to publish as they wish by reporting facts and expressing opinions, provided they take reasonable steps to comply with the following Principles and the Council’s other Standards of Practice: Accuracy and clarity 1. Ensure that factual material in news reports and elsewhere is accurate and not misleading, and is distinguishable from other material such as opinion. 2. Provide a correction or other adequate remedial action if published material is significantly inaccurate or misleading.

26th batsman to return from Retired Hurt to resume his innings and then failed to add to his score. The question being researched is if Warner is the first to score 200+, retire hurt, return and get a duck in the same innings. I wasn't listening at teh time, so don't know if it was a first ball duck.

UPDATE: Work is progressing slowly on preparing the application to CASA to hold this event. The Silly Season is putting a stick in the spokes, mainly in the area of lining up Public Liability insurance. We have arranged for the presence of the District SES unit who will be responsible for First Aid and to deal with anything untoward where people might get a bit more hurt. The ground movements part of the navigation contest will be under the disciplined control of the Dubb Squadron of the Air Training Corps, and several commercial pilots. The village fair entertainments will be organised by the Tooraweenah townspeople. Indications are that quite a number of unique historic civilian and military aircraft will be attending. Some will simply be there as static displays, but hopefully some will take part in the contest. There will also be a number of trade displays by airplane and engine suppliers. Work is being carried out to provide attendees with a complete pilot information package which will include something similar to a VTC showing suggested 10 Nautical mile reporting points for organised traffic flow to the aerodrome. It is planned to have Ground Control operating on 123.4 as well as "Follow Me" vehicles and parking marshals to assist attendees. At the moment there is no taxiway to hasten movement to and from the runway, but there is room for a relatively smooth track to be prepared in time for the event. Ground transport will be provided to the pub and the showground where Saturday night's social gathering is planned to take place. The showground has showering facilities that will be available to attendees. Toilet facilities (Porta-loos) will also be provided at the aerodrome. This is a photo of the aerodrome, looking to the southwest, taken on 27/12/22, from circuit height, crosswind of Rwy 04

But since he retired "Hurt" he can come back to get a further 19 or so runs to set the record for the highest runs scored by a batsman in his 100th test match. Cummins would have to put two ball & chains and a straight jacket on him to keep Warner off the field.

From its location it could be used for smuggling. It's 1000 kms from Timor East. However, there would have to be some sort of community coverup if smugglers were coming into a small Aboriginal community that is Milingimbi.

Don't bite my head off for saying this, but from the very early information provided in this thread, it sounds to me like the aeroplane could have best been described as "piece 'o' crap". This should have been obvious to the pilot before commencing the flight way back at the start. If a person decides to fly an obviously sick aeroplane, then, in my opinion, that puts any subsequent incident into the category of "Pilot Error". Why do it? Sure, it would have been expensive to crate up the aeroplane and put it on a truck. However, buy doing that, a life would have been saved and an aeroplane not destroyed at great cost to the purchaser. Penny wise, pound foolish. In this particular case, as in all similar losses of life, I empathise with those who are left to grieve.

There are a few of these 'old aircraft' documentary channels. Ed Nash Forgotten Aircraft Mark Felton Productions Rex's Hangar Military Aviation History (does great walk-arounds and gets inside cockpits and to crew positions) It is unfortunate that in order to provide movement for a video, creators have to use stock footage. Stills with voice-over commentary would be OK for those of us who have seen the same stock footage a thousand times, but since most of the aircraft discussed were prototypes, or from a time when recording movies was rare, so footage is even rarer. But, we must applaud these people who have done the research and have done their bit to preserve the unpreserved.

I've posted extensively elsewhere on the role of the Coroner where a death occurs from an aircraft impact. In those posts, I've indicated the how the information the Coroner needs is gathered, and Turbo has reiterated my words. However, Turbo raised a point that is often overlooked: Injury resulting from an aircraft impact is an overlooked area of the criminal law. The Law in NSW (Crimes Act Section 52) does deal with causing death or injury due to the operation of motor vehicles or boats, but aircraft are not included. I suppose one could examine the offence created by Section 54: Causing grievous bodily harm Whosoever by any unlawful or negligent act , or omission, causes grievous bodily harm to any person, However, there is probably a lack of awareness that this Section might apply to an aircraft impact. The thought process is likely to be that if the crash didn't kill you, then no sweat, because we all know that aeroplanes always simply plummet from the skies without human intervention. Notice the words "negligent act" and "omission". That brings maintenance organisations into play.

Don't cry for me, planet 47! The truth is, I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existence I kept my promise Don't keep your distance

Was Billabong Bill the fleet-footed footballer according to the title here, or did he habitually drop his haitches, even in his epithet? But the champion whinger of all times must be Hanrahan, of the little parish of St Mel's "We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan, In accents most forlorn, Outside the church, ere Mass began, One frosty Sunday morn. http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/obrienj/poetry/hanrahan.html

Along the Castlereagh we've had our share of rain, but the Sun came out a week or so ago and with the winds the ground and crops have dried. Now I see dust clouds moving across the paddocks, but the clouds are made of wheat dust and they are simply billowing from the waste chutes of the headers. During the day the temperature hasn't climbed much into the high 20's, so I wonder if those header drivers have even bothered to turn on the air conditioning in their cabs. It was 14C in the house this morning at 6:00 o'clock. Now that's a worry to me because I set a batch of mead to ferment last night and maybe the chill affected the yeast. But then I remembered that mead is a traditional brew of Europe where 15C would be considered "just right". Remember that the International Standard Atmosphere has the temperature at sea level at 15C and air pressure at 1013 hPa. And at Bourke, 350 ft AMSL, this morning at 7:00 am, that's what you got. If only the cold could slow the flies.

"Ten days before Christmas and they want it fixed by then!!??? Tell 'em they're dreamin' "

Would Jehovah's Witnesses reject a party line?

I have found a hand held Bible and a string of beads are all that I seem to need, on those infrequent times, when trying to make contact with those above.

You've got you answer, but you just don't know it. Cereal crops at harvest contain very little moisture, and in fact, if they are almost ready for harvest, do not transpire water vapor. A well maintained grass strip will have a ground cover of living plants, because you want the plants to hold the soil together to reduce dust and stop solids being thrown up due to the movement of the aeroplane across the ground and the air movement from the prop. So over the cereal crop there is nothing to keep the air "cool" and it will rise. If that rise is rapid and localised, a willy-willy may form. The living grass will keep the air "cooler" so that the air has less of a tendency to rise. The "sink" over the fence can be caused by friction between the the ground and the nearby air causing the air to slow and so not contribute so much the lift from the "headwind" "There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy". Nothing is simple.

I reckon the Coroner will not be impressed that ATSB have not provided an investigation as an expert opinion report containing information will not be available to him. You would be amazed at the powers of the Coroner when it comes to inquiring into all matters relating to a reported death. You have to remember that other organisations with the skills and expertise to provide the information that the Coroner wants can be called upon by the Coroner to do so. I think that, once again, the Media must bear the blame for a disinterest in the investigation of aircraft incidents. From the first reports of Icarus' crash, the Media have used words like 'plummet' in cliche-ridden reports. The Media perpetuates "if Man was meant to fly ... " by constantly, and without correction, implying that leaving the ground in any sort of machine is tantamount to signing one's own Death Warrant, and every successful flight is a long-odds result in the race for survival. As for rules, Moses came down from the mountain with ten. Experience and the growth in the sophistication of civilisation has resulted in the kilometres of shelf space occupied by by the rules needed for our civilisation to function. The rules of Moses are immutable, but those arising from civilisation's experience and sophistication are mutable. More can be made, and the redundant erased.

Ah! The Baby Bear response.