Jump to content

Old Koreelah

Moderators
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    6,237

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    55

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Old Koreelah

  1. Old Koreelah
    Perhaps we should be investing more heavily in cyber-defences, because we are very vulnerable to the army of hackers employed by the bad guys. We should also resurrect the most cost-effective defence assett Australia ever had: Radio Australia, which gave our perspective to an enormous worldwide audience, but was closed down by a short-sighted LNP government (sorry about the tautology).
  2. Old Koreelah
    Few have the temperament to be a good instructor. My training was spread over many years for economic reasons and I’ve had a big variety of personality types in the RH seat. The worst was a gung-ho, impatient type who demonstrated excellent pilot skills but apalling airmanship. The best was a quiet bus driver who put me thru heaps of challenging scenarios.
  3. Old Koreelah
    Skill!
  4. Old Koreelah
    Perhaps that’s Australia’s problem: we don’t expect enough of our kids. To our north are millions of hard-working kids who not only learn the complexities of their own language and writing scripts, but also master the English language and the Latin script. Australian exam results are dominated by Asian kids who can write our language better than most of us natives.
  5. Old Koreelah
    Howdy Tozza. If you want to maximise your assignment results, this might help: Use Capitals for Year 11 and I. Make your report easier to read by breaking it up into sentences, which start with a Capital and end with a full stop. Use an apostrophe with words like here’s (which is actually here is).
  6. Old Koreelah
    https://www.traveller.com.au/how-grounded-passenger-planes-are-converted-into-freighters-for-cargo-h21xw5
      • 2
      • Like
  7. Old Koreelah
    Dr. Karl featured this story in the recent Australian Geographic: https://hackaday.com/2021/10/25/the-longest-ever-flight-was-over-64-days-in-a-cessna-172/
  8. Old Koreelah
    Hadn’t heard that, iBob. You might be into something, because my father’s line comes from Yorkshire, and AFAIK, there’s no Scottish ancestors.
  9. Old Koreelah
    Been there PM, done that. When I’ve left the boost pump on, scanning the panel I haven’t noticed the switch position, but realise my error when the Mizer reads a few l/hr higher than it should. Must have Scottish ancesors.
  10. Old Koreelah
    Did you get a refund?
  11. Old Koreelah
    Except a Ducati…
  12. Old Koreelah
    When I clicked on that video I just happened to be listening to some loud music on my excellent new headphones. The engine roar was more enjoyable!
  13. Old Koreelah
    Those of us with an engine out front have it easy: all have to do is follow the prop.
  14. Old Koreelah
    Nev that’s the reason I have a clear plastic “skirt” above the top of my Mr. Funnel. The idea is to contain fuel vapours and ensure their concentration is too high to support combustion. Probably should test that theory, well away from the plane.
  15. Old Koreelah
    Not all aviation fuel is dangerous; a special blend was created especially for the Blackbird (SR-71). Flying at Mach III heated the skin enough to expand, sealing the leaks, but on the ground, fuel poured out. The party trick was to throw a lighted cigarette butt into the pool of spilled fuel. Nothing happened.
  16. Old Koreelah
    Almost nobody…Several Jodel people have converted to diesel power. Reduced chance of fire is one attraction, the other economy. My initial enthusiasm has waned due to issues with waxing of fuel and the extra weight of a good reliable diesel engine.
  17. Old Koreelah
    I didn’t understand why my EH Holden was so cheap until I hit tree; discovered the wheel arches were made of bog. The sealed beam headlights were well made- they survived the prang and went on to give sterling service on my motorcycle.
  18. Old Koreelah
    He was showing off the slow-speed capabilities of the aircraft, which he is Au agent for.
  19. Old Koreelah
    How did they get those EE lightnings to Oz?
  20. Old Koreelah
    Good point, Glen. Recently I was approaching what looked like a solid bank of cloud, but the ground shadows ahead showed otherwise.
  21. Old Koreelah
    When u run out of aeroplane types, maybe u could list all those, like the Ha-139, with diesel engines.
  22. Old Koreelah
    Opening the rear passenger windows in a modern car can result in very uncomfortable noise buffeting at a mere 50 knots.
  23. Old Koreelah
    Places like JarCar sell tiny little cooling fans for computers. Maybe set one up behind your iPad? Where it’s mounted is important; mine has been mounted in several places in my plane and now seems happy hanging under the panel, in front of the stick. That’s beween my knees and out of the sunlight, a good shady spot to avoid screen glare.
  24. Old Koreelah
    I found that image yonks ago in an article about the Graf Zeppelin, which was to be the Nazi’s first Aircraft carrier. The Stuka was modified to allow it to operate off this short field and I’m assuming the unusual features are massive stall fences, with windows for visibility. Love to know more about it.
  25. Old Koreelah
×
×
  • Create New...