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  1. Old Koreelah
    Agree with gusto, Skip. Will reply on the Off Topic forum. https://www.socialaustralia.com.au/topic/1544-school-and-education/?tab=comments#comment-54872
  2. Old Koreelah
    Ceramic pistons?
  3. Old Koreelah
    I agree, Flightie. Let’s take this discussion to https://www.socialaustralia.com.au/topic/1544-school-and-education/
  4. Old Koreelah
    This amazing engine type is being discussed on another forum. If they can reliably deliver this sort of power to weight ratio, aircraft design will enter a new era. https://www.ampereinc.ca/single-stroke-engine
  5. Old Koreelah
    Post-war, lots of veterans went into teaching; some brought considerable baggage. Coping with huge classes too often depended on the stick. During my first few decades teaching I saw the cane used too much and was happy to see it banned. I’m glad I never needed it. Good preparation and working with kids is better. One thing I certainly noticed in the years after flogging kids stopped: playground fights went from being almost daily events to very rare indeed.
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    Very interesting discussion. My two bob’s worth: Current school systems are still too much like the training facilities set up to serve the Industrial Revolution and military recruitment. Like Nev, I remember huge classes where too many kids fell by the wayside and the cane was used freely. Modern schools try to cater for individual differences, but are denied the funding to do that properly. We are well into the 21st Century and my granddaughter struggles in a class of thirty-odd, while society spends lavishly on new stadiums, casinos and pleasure palaces for the wealthy. Everyone is busy, but too many parents out-source their kids’ education; I know some who out-source their upbringing as well. No wonder they go off the rails. The other end of the scale is home schooling, which has its own issues. If we are really fair dinkum about nurturing our future talent, then we must stop slavishly copying failed ideas from America and Britain. We might learn from Finland. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-are-finlands-schools-successful-49859555/ https://leverageedu.com/blog/finland-education-system/ This thread belongs on the other site.
  7. Old Koreelah
    It’s human nature to prefer those who reinforce our prejudices.
  8. Old Koreelah
    The Czechs sure pump out lots of aeroplane designs, but this one sure looks like the one sold as a Piper.
  9. Old Koreelah
    Amazing to realize this futuristic aircraft was conceived when most of us old farts were toddlers. Some of its records may never be beaten.
  10. Old Koreelah
    That’s either CGI’d or he’s a flamin’ fruit loop!
  11. Old Koreelah
    Late model Japanese fighters also had water methanol injection. Besides the extra power, I assume they were running short of oil because so many of their tankers had been sunk by US subs, but they could produce methanol in quantity.
  12. Old Koreelah
    That would be very easy to install, Nev. Injecting downstream of the carb would be even easier, because I already have a shut-down oiler setup, which I no longer use.
  13. Old Koreelah
    Just when I was happy to stop fiddling with my little Baby, you blokes have me almost convinced to do some more modifying! Cleaning out the carbon is the argument-clincher. Where can I fill up with methanol?
  14. Old Koreelah
    Glen I’m probably too older and tired, but the thought of replacing a workable engine with a whole different type make me sleepy. How many enjoyable flights will you miss out while you’re transforming your plane? You must have lots of spare time on your hands or not enough challenges. You could spend huge amounts to get a marginal improvement in performance.
  15. Old Koreelah
    My stint in a mining town taught me that some people have no consideration. Each morning I was woken before dawn when the change-of-shift bus reversed around the large car park below my window. There was mobs of room and no reason for any driver to engage reverse gear.
  16. Old Koreelah
    The nonchalant recovery of that bloke trying to use the pedestrian crossing puts this video in Monty Python territory.
  17. Old Koreelah
    Another PITA for the nearby residents is reversing beepers; quite a few end up sounding pretty sick, possibly because they had stuff jammed into them.
  18. Old Koreelah
    What an excellent outcome, Turbs. Shows the value of opening a communication channel. I suspect most noise complains arise from only a portion of a particular activity. My example: It beats me how anyone can tolerate, let alone listen to horse-race callers.
  19. Old Koreelah
    How old is that interview?
  20. Old Koreelah
    That winger has given me an idea. The nearby Kamilaroi Highway is getting pretty noisy; time for me to start a petition demanding that it be closed or relocated away from all residential areas…
  21. Old Koreelah
    Would that category then include the many flying boats that have an aero foil-type hydroplane?
  22. Old Koreelah
    I rely on good planning and dipping tanks before flight. The second-hand Fuel Mizer I bought from Maj Millard yonks ago has also proven to be quite reliable. Unfortunately these skills can go rusty. How many of us have been able to do a long trip in recent times?
  23. Old Koreelah
    I wasted lots of time installing sight tubes on my wing tanks, in the hope they’d be visible in flight (they’re right next to my butte). I imported from USA some special red fuel floats to put in the sight tubes. One is readable, the other sank in the fuel. They’re still impossible to see while flying (a contortionist might be able to).
  24. Old Koreelah
    A work colleague recently died of emphasima, decades after a working life breathing wood dust.
  25. Old Koreelah
    I presume that’s a wink. Anyone who passed a pilot exam should be able to use this clever analogue computer. The sort of the technology that we should keep around for when digits fail us.
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