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  1. planedriver
    My nephew went flying with this guy last weekend. Not in the Reliant Robin, but in his Calidus Gyro. He's a character for sure, and has lots of other flying toys, including hot-air balloon, several paragliders and a modifed jet-ski for higher performance on those water jet thingy's The castle is Leeds Castle if anyone's interested, and obviously The White Cliffs of Dover.
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    Looking great Marty. Keep at it, mate. So want to see it finished before I start pushing the daises.
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    Good luck Bex, with whatever you endevour to achieve. I'm confident you will get there. Kind Rgds. Planey
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    Your own airstrip. You'd be the envy of so many on here. to these wonderful forums. Look forward to hearing more from you.
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    Very sad! Lost a good mate flying one almost 9 yrs ago now in NW Sydney.
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    :welcome:AV8R. An Aeropup being a lot slower should give you better look at the scenery, and a much smaller work load. Let us know how you get on.
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    All I knew was that we were so close to very high ground and had minimal clearance. Felt a bit happier on next trip as Gerona Airport had just opened.
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    I flew on "Liberty" a couple of times. Found it quite luxurious after the DC3's and 4's I was used to. Though there was one occasion that I didn't think we going to make it climbing out of Perpignan in the Pyranees on a stinking hot day. Cleared the mountain top by probably not much more than 100ft or so.
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    I went to visit my doctor yesterday and told him I had a lot of wind. He didn't think I needed any medication, but as I left the surgery he gave me a kite
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    Should have popped around to my place for a coffee. No need to show a seniors card to get a freebie, That's better than McDonalds.
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    Which I suppose is another form of "touch and go".
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    Thanks for posting that content Camel, that second video was so interesting. Quite an eye opener in fact. I found the CASA "waffle" unbelievable, which did precious little to inspire confidence in their rash decisions. At a meeting like that, I would at least have expected them to be better informed to back the actions they took. To my mind, they came across as totally incompetent.
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    , hope i'm wrong.
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    A customer of mine who''s a cabin manager with Sh*tstar as she calls it, is on a shortlist with another airline as she's fed up with all the crap they have to put up with from disgruntled passengers. I was a slow learner and had 3 out of 4 holidays totally stuffed up by booking with them. Simply Google dontflyjetstar.com, trip advisor, and many others, and you will find so many that share your sentiments. Heavy advertising's a great thing for bringing back the mugs.
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    A sure way of getting their claws clipped!
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    Super Petrel LS
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    ,Thank you for your first post, now you've broken the ice, we look forward to hearing more from you, and a few details about your build. I notice that your original post was a few years ago, so how is it progressing?
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    Looks great as the rego suggests, that is if you're into flying ceiling fans.
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    I'd like to have a go on one, looks like fun, though I doubt the practicality of one getting from airstrip into town on fly-away's. My son found an electric scooter on a council cleanup which I managed to repair, then took it for a ride late at night when no one could see me. As I was flying along the footpaths ducking overhanging bushes, I thought to myself "bloody old fool, what are you doing? you'll end up like the kid with a new bike who said "look Mum no hands", next minute it was " look no teeth".
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    My mother-in-law must know something you guy's don't.
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    When on a short shore escursion in Portland, Sth Australia last year, our bus driver who had worked at Port Headland smelting plant for many years, took us to see wind generators close up. His mate who has two on his property said they take about 25yrs to pay for themselves providing they have no breakdowns and are not real flash in calm conditions. He didn't care because what he was paid to have them on his land, paid for two real good holidays each year. A few months ago in Sth West England you could see where so many farmers were no longer growing crops, and field after field was filled with thousands of solar panels. No doubt financially advantageous for the farmers, but to replace what was originally grown there, now has to be imported from somewhere else. In many cases overcoming one shortfall in the supply chain, creates other problems of equal importance.
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    Who cares! Rgds Harrison Ford.
  24. planedriver
    No mate, Lisle Street behind the Hippodrone Theatre. They had lot's of goodies there.
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    Geez!, now your stirring the memory. The very first "galloping ghost" system that I made, was using acorn valves from army surplus walkey-talky's from that era purchased from Government Surplus shops in London's seedy Soho.. Crude as they were,with rudder fluttering one way and then the other as the mark-space ratio varied to stick inputs, they did work at the time, but the young-un's of today who are familiar with digital proportional might think we are a bunch of dinosaurs. Shh! . NO FURTHER COMMENT!
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