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    The English Hummelbird ( in or near Wales ) needed a GA licence ? . Hence . only. GA licence . Never heard if he has flown it spacesailor
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    None in England ? . Only. GA licence . spacesailor
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    Thank you ! . I enjoyed my flight . spacesailor
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    I often hear light aircraft flying to Bankstown. But , no radio call for Prospect . On my. FRG 7 Yaesu receiver. spacesailor
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    It wasn't the ' running ' on ethanol. It was the half tank of fuel , that evaporated through the carburettor. When layed up for winter . Next spring would only start on " Start ya Bastard " .. When spray stopped. Motor stopped , but would also keep running if petrol was ' sprayed into the carbie . spacesilor
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    I lost most of my garden engines to ethanol. 94 octane ethanol blend . Once evaporated from the carbies, they wouldn't run if you eventually got them started . spacesailor
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    Only " dreaming of flying like eagle " . Sitting with the engine running (so I don't have to make silly sounds myself ). Hope I don't take off too " fast " this time . another 3 litres of super mogas used . spacesailor
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    In this ' high tech world' a camera would let you see ahead . utube has lots of aircraft with many camera's . Even down to a small HummelBird . spacesailor
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    It doesn't help ( volume increases ) for the many sufferer's of. " industrial deafness ". Only three frequencies damaged ( by adjacent machinery ) that stops Me hearing ' parts ' of words , with the quiet sound . The louder the sound , the more problematic it becomes . spacesailor
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    I have a " remote " for my stereo ear-aids . But while flying ( training ) I never used them as the headset squeezed them into my skull . spacesailor
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    That is what I practically did . Walking through the dense bush , and there was an engine . I never thought to scout around , who knows what your first thoughts will be ! . That engine could have been many miles away from the wreckage site . A tree could have knocked it out before the plane actually crashed. spacesailor
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    Many ( an awful lot ) years ago I did find a crashed Australian aircraft ! . It was an Australian war plane that couldn't find the Wellington NZ airport because of dense cloud cover . It circled Wellington untill it ran out of fuel All the time talking to Wellington airport control . I photographed the engine block , to get the number . & got the story. It was I initially found after many years . And a dozer was used the bury it & the crew . I found the missing engine , less than 5 miles from my house . spacesailor
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    I did toy with the idea of ' aluminium tube " instead of rubber hose ( oil-cooling ) to the oil filter , as a weight saver, plus heat extraction . Put into the " too hard basket " . spacesailor
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    Similar to the other crash , that had a better outcome . " the riddle of the stinson " . Made into a film . spacesailor
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    we have all your information. ! . Big brother is watching you . spacesailor
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    Perhaps the Chinese are ' just ' doing that . With the world's cheapest LPG . spacesailor
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    But that " safety " factor plays it's role . spacesailor
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    WAG. Cricket's Wives And Girlfriends . spacesailor
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    I think it's time, for the return of the " Dirigibles " . With the ' inert ' lighter than air gas, & Solar energy driving electric motors . The larger they are , the more efficient they are. Cost vs cost over jumbo jets , with far lower running. Cost . spacesailor
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    " Kinder poison " . Sounds like ' flouride ' , good for some teeth, but at health problems. spacesailor
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    Mt Erebus, was a government oversight. they forgot to inform the pilot's , of the new navigation correction. Then , tried to put that disaster onto the pilot . " pilot Error " . spacesailor
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    Lots of Negative talk but one lightweight wheel, will ( hopefully ) show a little difference in the wearing of a matched pair. Not much wear on the ' grass ' strip's, with more wear on those , using hard strip landing . So has anyone , looked at tyre wear . spacesailor
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    How about a ' light ' aircraft appraisal. Seems a cheaper option, than a super sized jumbo tyre . On a slower aircraft you may get away with a paper blade attached to your tyre . Just have to put the park break on ( to stop bearing wear ) , and off when landing . Another thing to remember! . spacesailor
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    Aircraft travelling at 60kn downwind. ' 80 kn ground speed ) Turning at normal rate into headwind , the ground speedwell drop to 40 kn . Any windshear will drop your wing fast . ( according to my instructor ( always add airspeed when turning slow,). spacesailor
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    Is the " minimum stall speed " set too low , so pilots think they can Still manoeuvre, while flying too slow . 60 kn in a straight line will be so near the minimum, they could stall when turning . spacesailor
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