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hard drives will fail without warning if they aren't in regular use

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that turbine is 20 years old ?

The could give it away on Facebook too

$12k for shipping!

pushes the Cessna 162 further behind the hangar

What do you do with the silt though?

The mining companies and unions are currently fighting to stop paying for the clean up of abandoned mines. It's like they want to turn the public against them.

two thumbs up! looks great

from Nocookies Senate Estimates: $1000 fine for James Ashby if prosecuted over plane donation James Ashby. Picture: Annette Dew Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff James Ashby will face a maximum penalty of just $1000 if a prosecution being pursued by the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions over his failure to disclose the donation of a plane worth almost $100,000 succeeds. During a Senate Estimates hearing on Tuesday night, the Australian Electoral Commission confirmed it had referred the prosecution of a company owned by Mr Ashby to the CDPP. The prosecution relates to One Nation’s use of a light plane during the 2016 election campaign, and was first revealed in The Australianin August. Asked by Queensland Labor senator Murray Watt what penalty Mr Ashby would face if ultimately prosecuted, AEC chief legal office Paul Pirani said: “It is a small penalty, Senator,” conceding the maximum fine was just $1000. Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers confirmed that Victorian property developer Bill McNee’s company VicLand had amended its disclosure to the AEC to the tune of more than $155,000 to account for the cost of the plane, and two payments it made in rent for the party’s office. One Nation itself has also lodged an amended return for $30,375, which included a calculation of the cost of hiring the Jabiru J230 plane which featured the party’s logo. Senator Hanson initially said the plane belonged to One Nation, but Mr Ashby later said he had bought it for his own business purposes. The two-seater plane is currently registered in Mr Ashby’s name. The AEC investigation was launched in March last year after questions were raised about whether it may have been donated by Mr McNee, who at the time denied that was the case. Mr Rogers said the AEC had “finished substantially” its work on the long-running investigation, having achieved several outcomes. “The first of those is that there have been a number of amendments to various donor returns and to One Nation’s party return that disclosed additional donations, so there’s been a donation disclosure amendment by One Nation and by VicLand and by James Ashby, and those disclosures are as a result of the work of the AEC in working with those individuals,” Mr Rogers said. “At the same time … the CDPP has commenced prosecution of Black Bull Proprietary Limited, a company related to Mr Ashby, as I understand it … as a result of a referral from the AEC to the CDPP.” Mr Rogers said VicLand had lodged an amended organisation donor return for 2014-15 in relation to two donations made to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation totalling $57,720. “What I have in front of me is that amended return is rent paid by VicLand for the party’s office,” Mr Rogers said. Mr Pirani confirmed that on March 15 2018 One Nation had lodged an amended return for the gift in kind of $30,375 which included a calculation on the dry hire rate for a Jabiru aircraft. “Then on 25 May 2018 VicLand lodged an amended organisation donor return for the 15-16 financial year in relation to the amount of $98,175, which is approximately the cost of the Jabiru aircraft,” Mr Pirani said.

from We’re for Sydney | Daily Telegraph Hanson plane probe nets $200k disclosure An investigation into a property developer's donation of an aircraft to Pauline Hanson's One Nation has uncovered almost $200,000 in previously undeclared money and services. The last piece of the puzzle is an ongoing federal prosecution of a company linked to Senator Hanson's chief of staff James Ashby over an alleged failure to comply with the Australian Electoral Commission's request for information. Apart from the prosecution, AEC commissioner Tom Rogers said the One Nation investigation was "substantially finished". Asked by Labor senator Murray Watt why the AEC did not take tougher action over the scandal, Mr Rogers said: "We've got a long-standing practice of accepting amended returns at any point." "From time to time we get amended returns that go back a considerable period, but the key thing for us is disclosure," he said. "From my perspective that is a reasonable result." A Jabiru aircraft was bought and registered to Mr Ashby in June 2015, two months after Victorian property developer Bill McNee discussed the idea with the him and the One Nation leader, Senator Hanson. Last year, Senator Hanson confirmed Mr McNee had "got the plane for James Ashby" and it did not go through the party office as a donation. However, a series of public disclosures have now been made. In March the AEC register was updated for 2015/16 to declare, under the heading "James Ashby", 243 flight hours in the Jabiru at a price of $125 an hour, not including fuel costs. Mr McNee's Vicland group also lodged an amended donor return for 2014/15 in relation to two donations made to Pauline Hanson's One Nation totalling $57,720, relating to rent for a party office. A further Vicland update for 2015/16 disclosed an amount of $98,175, which AEC chief legal officer Paul Pirani described as "approximately the cost of the Jabiru aircraft". Mr Ashby still faces a possible fine of $1000 if the prosecution is successful. He is also understood to be under investigation by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for allegedly flying the plane without the correct pilot's licence.

Perhaps, after 4+ years they have found that the SMS isn't actually working? If people are just copying and pasting on a computer to complete paperwork like they are doing a BAS, this could create an issue.

wouldn't it stay hot on the top of the engine?

you'll have to let them know

Cathay Pacific records growth on Wellcamp cargo flight 5th Nov 2018 5:00 AM TOOWOOMBA'S cargo flight to the world continues to grow, with Cathay Pacific recording year on year tonnage growth on the flight to Hong Kong. The airline will reach the two year milestone for the flight later this month. The airline began operating the flight on November 21, 2016 and operates the flight to Hong Kong every Tuesday. Cathay Pacific Regional Head of Cargo SWP Nigel Chynoweth said the service had grown since its introduction. "We have seen year-on-year tonnage growth out of Toowoomba Wellcamp, and while we are not planning to change the frequency of our service, we regularly review the performance of all our routes to ensure we are capturing the demand that exists in the market," Mr Chynoweth said. "We are pleased with the freighter from Wellcamp. We uplift weekly shipments of perishables, including chilled meat, produce and dairy and also oversize shipments of mining equipment, aircraft engines and artwork. "We are fortunate that with a network of 46 freighter ports we are able to handle all types of shipments to almost anywhere in the world." Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise CEO Ali Davenport said the flight had a significant impact on Toowoomba's economy. "It's absolutely amazing for us," Ms Davenport said. "It brings opportunity that we just wouldn't normally have if we didn't have that flight or that airport." Ms Davenport said she hoped to see more local agriculture producers take advantage of the flight. "We would love to see more agricultural products going on the plane," she said. "We're running a program (through Food Leaders Australia) called Emerging Exports, where we are working with business to get them to that export ready status. "We would love for them to use that direct flight out of Wellcamp Airport." Ms Davenport said Wellcamp Airport as a whole was a game changer for the region. "We'd be lost without it," she said. "The airport is part of our future, along with rail and the Second Range Crossing. "Without the airport we as a region wouldn't be advancing as fast as we are."

take your kids flying in summer without them getting covered in bugs

the road to hell is paved with good intentions

not mine, located in Victoria probably a better buy than a drifter due to Quicksilver still being in business Quicksilver GT500 two seat Ultralight Aircraft | eBay

lets not prejudge how they are going to screw this up. There is always the opportunity for part time flying instructors, especially those with an existing client base, to join larger schools.

are part time instructors going to keep up with all the extra rules and regs that keep cropping into flying these days? probably not. I don't think the idea of consolidating schools is about improving access to flying, its about enforcement and control.

just make sure that it doesn't snap the window frame if the wind gets under it

I'm not advocating less flying instructors, I would be advocating flying instructors organising into larger business units but watch RAA and CASA work towards the worst possible outcome: more paperwork, more overheads, more expensive training.

motionaero make a nice one

I think the problem is that there are too many RAA schools, last time I checked it was either 140 or 170 odd? Way too many, consolidating the schools is a good idea if its its done properly. Will it be done properly? Will this lead to cheaper flight training?

are you putting a gas stut on the door? from looking at my Tornado you need to secure door like that really well as they catch the wind and break the frames