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    A further thought is that I have definite and very strongly held views on religion. Have I bothered viewing the thread on this site which just about holds the record for no of posts? No. Do I mind that it exists on this site? Not at all. What could be causing all the fuss? If it is a purely technical reason that Ian thinks is quite important then, by all means, administer the site as well as you can mate. All I wish to do is give my opinion as asked with no rancor and with all good will to Ian. Thanks Ian, Don
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    Life is (quite naturally) not a single road. People who are interested in flying are also involved with many other interests. There appear on this site many opinions of a highly political nature around CASA and RAAus policies which I find very woolly and ill conceived. But it goes with the territory and I wish it no other way. Equally, some of us posters will find a topic that is not necessarily aviation related but thoughtful and relevant to most of our lives. Why... if you are not interested, breeze on to a more acceptable thread. It's similar to a newspaper where I will cheerfully leave the sport section to wrapping fish guts. Not every one thinks alike and a little tolerance is a good life skill. Please, no censorship unless opinions expressed are plainly against broad standards of decency. Don
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    I bought a pair of his wheel pants from him at Narromine - it must have been the same year because he was selling the Sparrow kits. I paid the money and he promised to send them to me in "a few weeks". This turned into months so I phoned him to ask about the delay. He apologised at great length and when I got them in the post he had included a video of "Chris Conroy's World of Aviation", or some such title. It included some spectacular sequences of aerial ballet by Guido Zuccoli in a Spit and then a Mustang. Wish I still had it but lent it to someone who wanted it so bad he never returned it! I think that CC was a gentleman. Regards, Don ( I ditched the wheel pants when I found they did nothing to improve the 60 knots cruise.)
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    Hey James,Had a Pterror years ago. still have a brand new wing covering. In Vietnam for next few days. Could reminisce sometime. Regards Don
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    Especially the Murdoch tabloid type of filth...
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    I have discovered that the black valve material in the choke plungers may crack over time. I know that the chokes are "enrichers" and should only bleed fuel when the throttle slide is shut. Never the less it is something to be aware of on Bing carbies. Don. (And by the way have a happy, family friendly and safe holiday.)
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    Normally carburettors are set up to run slightly rich on WOT, then to lean out a little for cruise power. This is to give some evaporative cooling at high power settings. Ergo, not too clever to back off slightly while climb power is set. Just my understanding though. Don
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    As for oil congregating in inverted engines this problem is easily solved. Use an old set of plugs as minders and swap your good plugs when about to go flying. I had a 582 that was run on Penrite "green slime" for 300 hrs and the stuff accumulated in the ring lands and side of the piston on the exhaust side. Not pretty! Don
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    I recall vividly the accident posted on You tube showing a Beechcraft light twin. He tried to correct an overshoot of the centreline by applying rudder. My strip has a hanger to the r/h side of the strip. I noticed that on final sometimes the ball was skewed to the right. I have since rationalised that this was because I was attempting the same manoeuvre. I now know that it is alright to fly a ? shaped approach if there is sufficient room to stabilise the approach. Otherwise , go around. Just saying. Don
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    "Arrogance" is demonstrated by one's actions. A close friend of mine who has been flying ultralights since the early days recently suffered EFATO. He was the sole occupant and elected to turn back to the field from a height of 400ft. He landed successfully with no damage to his aircraft or himself. In similar situation, being the sole occupant, Ross did the same thing. Who can say whether, in the same circumstances, any one of us would be able to overcome the natural reaction to avoid crashing into seriously threatening vegetation? I've been around aviation for 40 years and many highly accomplished pilots exhibit characteristics of arrogance. It may be a quality that goes with the territory. Let's not judge too quickly. Don
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    My favourite aviation novel is "Fate is the Hunter", by Ernest K. Gann. In this memoir of the early days of transcontinental and then intercontinental aviation , his message was that many of his colleagues, highly talented aviators, had died tragically as a result of factors beyond their control. Our passion with flying is both majestic and fateful and we accept the risk for the magnificent obsession it is. RIP and we salute you Ross Millard. But for the sake of unknowable fortune we may join you. Don
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    I am filled with sorrow on hearing this dreadful news this morning. We met Ross at Monto a couple of years ago. He was the most open and friendly character. Always willing to help. Sad, sad day. Don
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    Plenty of avenues around the planet for cheap clothing. Ever looked at the label on Katies stuff for country of origin? Unfortunately for Turkeyu the gas supply market is pretty well sewn up between Russsia and Iran. Good luck with that Erdogan
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    Post#54 revisited. The US and its co-conspirators have been slaughtering "arab militants" for years. However it has only been very recent that any credible force (Putin's newly energised Russia) has checked this crushing onslaught. This further atrocity against innocent and helpless members of the public may be designed to justify the West's war crimes against Assad's "barrel bombing" regime by implicating Syrians in the atrocities. Perhaps we will see a link to Russia following the extraordinary moves of the past week against Russia's athletics admin. Remember an American cyclist winning the Tour (many times).
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    Interesting to note that the "West" has been bombing Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, parts of Pakistan and areas north-eastern Africa for up to 14 years and no western airliners shot down in punishment. Russia has been in Syria for about 6 weeks and the "terrorists" are suddenly so enraged that they destroy an Airbus. Looks more like a false flag op by the Mossad or CIA hoping to goad Putin into some revenge act. Too cool for that I think.
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    I beg to differ with dr zoos glib one liner about Putin having "decimated the economy" . Putin was dared by the coalition of the killing to go to war in the Ukraine when an elected leader was replaced by a fascist dictator, Poreshenko. He didn't but was rewarded by the West with sanctions similar to those applied to Iraq in the 90's (Madelaine Albright's comment when it was pointed out that restrictions on the import of life saving medicines and baby formula was causing countless innocents to die ," It was worth it". Look it up.) Now Putin is doing the west's declared job of killing the terrorists and well. Read something that doesn't include Murdoch in its masthead. Don
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    Line-up at local Post Office already stretches out the door. Imagine the f**k-up if they had to collect GST on every parcel? Sheeesh! Almost all ebay deliveries from Aust Post come straight to the door. Dropped off with no one at home to collect (or pay!). Not going to happen *any time soon *.
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    I would take a lot of notice of face book page rumors on nukes. Putin is not crazy.
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    If a supplier of aircraft covering materials treated me like a piece of walking, talking dog s**t when I wanted to buy some stuff from them, and if I handed over a finance type card to pay for what they grudgingly sold me at an astronomical mark-up on the real price in the US (as found easily by inquiry on the internet). And if they then miss-keyed on the card and misplaced a decimal point would I do the *right thing* and alert them to the ridiculous mistake that they may have made... would I? Could I ????? Of course I would. Sometimes accidents happen.
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    It may be that there was little alternative. ICAO has a network of treaties around the world. Airlines cannot just choose where to fly regardless. I suspect that Dutchroll would know much more about this
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    With the world warming at its present rate and the unknowable whereabouts of climate tipping points, I think it may be folly to question where human society will be in 300 years.
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    That one's SpacEX. the internet sat was an Arianne out of Guinea I think. Don
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    Love the colours of his wing, Flyerme. Say g'day to Patrick from the Kitfox driver. Don
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    I admire the old lady for showing it as it is. I don't believe that she would be any less of a picture than Phil or any of the rest of us grufties. Don
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    Any body got a good T300 pod sitting around? Don
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