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  1. Old Koreelah
    Very thorough, but he left out the obvious result: the dumbing down of whole generatons across the world, including mine. Love to see some research on lead levels in Trumpists.
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    Very true, Nev. Very easy for our skills to soften if we keep inside a narrow comfort zone. All my recent flying has been off a nice long gravel strip (ideal for a taildragger) with mobs of flat farmland all around. Lots of perfect weather as well, so that I get uncomfortable with a few mild bumps as the day warms up. Just looked up when my next BFR is due and will be using a different instructor in a more challenging location.
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    I’m almost too nice to suggest the plurry wheel is on the wrong end!
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    Stewart and his wife Barbara go to the county fair every year, And every year Stewart would say, "Barbara, I'd like to ride in that helicopter" Barbara always replied, "I know Stewart, but that helicopter ride is seventy quid, and seventy quid is seventy quid!" One year later Stewart and Barbara went to the fair, and Stewart said, "Barbara, I'm 75 years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance" To this, Barbara replied, "Stewart, that helicopter ride is seventy quid, and seventy quid is seventy quid" The pilot overheard the couple and said, "Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word I won't charge you a penny! But if you say one word it's seventy quid. " Stewart and Barbara agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of fancy manoeuvres, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, But still not a word... When they landed, the pilot turned to Stewart and said, "By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!" Stewart replied, "Well, to tell you the truth I almost said something when Barbara fell out, But you know, seventy quid is seventy quid!"
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    Thanks for the info, KR. After they introduced landing fees at Scone, quite a bit of training traffic came to Quirindi. Now that we have landing fees, they haven’t been seen as much. Meanwhile, thousands of very expensive campers and caravans get free access to our council facilities. And yes, I’ve sent them an email.
  6. Old Koreelah
    A good news aviation story: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-61326293
  7. Old Koreelah
    Okey, which of you blokes dropped this? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-05/gympie-family-close-call-mysterious-metal-object-through-roof/101039886
  8. Old Koreelah
    Do the sums: in a small gathering of old farts there may be a thousand years of collective experience. Worth listening to, if the young had the time and inclination.
  9. Old Koreelah
    Nev about ten years ago there was a Turbi hangared at Cessnock (for sale from a deceased estate) that nobody seemed interested in. Hope that nice aeroplane found a new owner.
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    Mike I’ve done a few rehearsals of EFATO at 2000’ directly above our strip. The OzRunways track shows I could comfortably make the turn onto our cross strip, only losing about 300’. Based on that, after takeoff I now climb to about 50’ straight ahead (on the assumption I could get it stopped by the end of the strip if the noise stops) then radically climb off to the left, to set up for a turn onto the cross strip if need be. Running out of local places to explore on my weekly flight, so I’ve been doing slow flight turns on full flaps, idling at 2000 rpm, 60kts, to improve my skills. One benefit of my new Sky-Echo 2 is more people can now see me from afar. Last week a bloke flew in and said he’d been watching my meanderings for quite a while.
  11. Old Koreelah
    As a passenger of big kero burners, I’d feel heaps safer if the pilot has experience flying a big range of aeroplane types.
  12. Old Koreelah
    This one doesn’t appear to be the fault of the aeroplane, but rather a cultural issue with the aircrew.
  13. Old Koreelah
    This creeping Americanisation of our language sure upsets me (although I’ll use the odd sensible word like thru.) As long as Auntie doesn’t start saying aircrafts!
  14. Old Koreelah
    No Boeings.
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    Those of us raised on WWII movies saw lots of B-17s but no 24s, propably because that’s what was available to the movie-makers after the war. Even Jimmy Shtewart, in 12-O’Clock High flew 17s, although during the war he was a Liberator pilot.
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    Crikey!
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    It was encouraging to hear that skilled, seasoned pilot “chicken out” of actually demonstrating the powered stall he had planned. Most of my planned stall exercises have ended up with me wimping out after tickling the dragon. A very experienced STOL and ag pilot asked me why I’d try it; he never stalls. To stay alive you can’t beat good design: having plenty of rudder under the tailplane as well as above it, plus mounting the whole empenage sufficiently far back.
  18. Old Koreelah
    On the advice of an old Ag pilot, i religiously wear leather gloves in case I need to bust my way out of a burning wreck. Two fingers cut short, for operating iPad, etc.
  19. Old Koreelah
    OzRunways’ scratchpad is quite useful for that.
  20. Old Koreelah
    I guess it depends on your rego category; 19 probably means you have some flexibility, 24 probably not. I paid $95 for a replacement tube from a well-known aircraft supplier; it failed soon after, then I paid $18 for a “mower tube” (which appeared to be identical) from my local tyre shop. It has caused no problem in almost a decade.
  21. Old Koreelah
    Those APUs look like they could fit in a 20 litre drum. Fitted high up in the rear “sail” I was told by a RAAF Chinook engineer that they are for emergency use only and never actually tested, because of the likely vibration damage to the airframe. Wonder how long it would last in service as a primary power unit.
  22. Old Koreelah
    The 206 next door has been locked away out of sight for a decade. Must be one of them.
  23. Old Koreelah
    Like far too much government financial details, that’s probably commercial in confidance. Which is a good way of conceiling mismanagement of public assetts (and straight corruption) from the taxpayer.
  24. Old Koreelah
    We need some smart person to write a clear, simple guide explaining how these traffic systems work and their limitations.
  25. Old Koreelah
    There’s one on display in a glass hangar at Tamworth Airport. Lovingly restored a few decades ago, in tribute to their use by Tamworth’s long gone East West Airlines.
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