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    I AM OLD & STIFF . What make of EV will suit me . All I have seen are low sedan type . The one I sat in ( passenger) was a new Tesla 3 . It seemed high enough, but the ' racked windscreen. ', still made it difficult to enter & exit. Hence My preference for the OLD gas guzzlers . As for caravan's it's definitely a life style. A person with two ' large dogs ' will pay a fortune for air travel, then will pay even more for a " dog friendly " hotel . Easily fixed with a two bed ( one bed for dogs ) , caravan. Anyone been to Canberra's " dog show " or any other state capital dog event . I have seen $ 000s given for a dog friendly house just for that Canberra dog show . See ' our ' " Irish Setter " on the " pal dog food can . Australian Champion ( not mine but family). So my daughter now tows her " dog friendly '' caravan around Australia. spacesailor
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    Or drop the class designation , making ' 10- 1103 ' in A- 1103 . Later it could be ' B-1103 ' . spacesailor
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    When your engine has quit ,You are going down . ( a glider Is different ) . So throw out All excess weight , the less mass hitting anything the better. Including fuel . That fuel weight is significant ' mass ' . spacesailor
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    What's the point of that " reserve " if , your going down , I think, ' pull the choke on ' & burn off that wasted fuel . So it doesn't pollute the crash site .or catch fire . spacesailor
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    For the ' Silence ' . Simple But ' most ' EV ' cars are too low for old me to climb in/out of , hence the preference for a ' tall ' 4X4 , that you ' climb ' up into. Had a Subaru 2.5 Lt sedan, that I struggled with for 18 months . Then got a " full sized " car . spacesailor
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    Battery powered " Hot air " balloon " . I can't believe they are SO noisy with gas jets . spacesailor
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    COL . I agree !. If it gets too much paperwork & cost , to just keep your ' licence ' or the ' Certificate ' to do our ' low ' annual hours. Then were will all those ' Bureaucrats ' go for for their new job . I can fly as a passenger, & get my high's that way , No paperwork . And No ASIC card to worry me . Any were , Any country , Any aircraft . Last flight : Turkey in a ' paraglider ' .Absolutely breathtaking. One flight. No ' training , licence , ASIC ' , Then probably cheaper than paying for all those mentioned . spacesailor
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    " civil liberties " my arsss . Compulsory Medicated ! . It is , supposed to be illegal in Australia. I don't want it !, does Not count for individuals. spacesailor
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    Jackboot johney said " they ( the new photo licence ) will not be used as an identity card " . Typical . politicians lie . spacesailor
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    You forgot the " NSW photo identity card " . It's supposed to be , the only one needed for identification. spacesailor
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    I can't read documents that I do not possess . Please , for those with no knowledge of ASIC . WE DONEED ENLIGHTENMENT. spacesailor
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    Can't do that , as I will NOT , ever apply for one . spacesailor
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    Geoff Just a thought! . IF you want to ' polish ' your Hummel , please try out your ' arm ' power on mine. LoL How about a ' dark colour undersides ' with that sparklingly polished uppersides. Then when making your circuit those wings will flash a signal to all us ' wannabes ' waching .. spacesailor
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    Not everyone will buckle down to a law , they don't like. I refused to wear a motorcycle helmet. SO, I had to give away my sport. Fifty years later I squashed my head I to a helmet, And had an enjoyable day on the dirt & across the river . spacesailor
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    Yes. I too walked away , with a very pronounced limp . But the airline ' insisted ' I use the provided ' wheelchair ' ! Or , there was No way to get from A to B before the air craft departed, hence the call to " hold the aircraft " as my assistant pushing me couldn't make it as well , in the time allocated . spacesailor PS , I also had a paraglide in Turkey, With my " Ho-So painfully hip,
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    Security!. I waked 'to ' my international ( many years before hip ) checkin, wearing a ' life vest ' complete with knife ' before staff decided I couldn't have the knife. It was put in a very large paper bag to go into the hold . & I retrieved it from NZ Security in nz. spacesailor
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    Just by . one litre = one kg = 140 litres of fuel . At 6 litres per hour , it equates to a loong full day's flying in my " Hummel bird " . LoL ( 22 hours ) spacesailor
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    I go one up on that . Before my new hip , I was ' ushered & pushed around & through the international airport ' . Like a " KING " . They were even calling the ' Air-traffic controllers ' to hold a minute . And I couldn't believe there were more than a dozen passenger's in 'wheelchairs. For that one flight . spacesailor
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    Mechanics ! . Diagnosed a broken " valve spring " as " hole in the head " ..Nrma couldn't get a wheel off a " Commadore sedan ". Next doors Mazda had multiple flashing lights that didn't make sense on the ' obd2 unit ' so mechanic said , " it needs a new motor " . Actually needed NEW BATTERY TERMINALS. spacesailor
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    But they Do fail ! . The ' hand ' fell off my ' altimeter ', ( possibly children's fingers overturned a knob ) . also a double temp gauge stopped working on one side only , but is it a serviceable gauge for a single cylinder . spacesailor
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    Bluetooth to a mobile phone or tablet will surprise most oldies here. I was shown a " Samsung Galaxy " phone ready to connect to the paired aircraft . So if someone steals that aircraft how will it be flown without its instruments. That are at home with the pilot . spacesailor
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    The Hummel-Bird used the " clark- Y- airfoil . Then a ' modified ' Clark. Y . spacesailor
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    AGREED ( Minimal). spacesailor
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    Optus sent me a check for $0.85 cents, but informed me, that it couldn't be cashed when less than $ 5.00 spacesailor
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    Sold in the UK Indian restaurants as " curried chicken " . 30,000 missing mogies in one Week . Delicious!. spacesailor
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