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  1. derekliston
    Back in the dark old days of the Vietnam war, Cavalier built or refurbished mustangs with turboprop engines replacing the Merlin’s. No idea off the top of my head what engines they were but unlikely to have been darts.
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    Just perhaps another interesting quirk. In the instructions for the Zenith CH701 kit, amongst the list of required tools is a, wait for it, 8ft metric rule!
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    I always remember when we first arrived in Australia 36yrs ago, I wanted to buy a 6ft length of 4x2. I was told they only had metric lengths and said Ok, I’ll have 2m and they said they only had 1.8m lengths!!!!!
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    Hi Dafydd, You May not remember me but I was the LAME for Arena Aviation for the best part of ten years and you did an approved repair scheme for a PA38 rear spar carry through and a spar corrosion repair scheme for a PA28 for us. I currently have a Zenith CH701 which I built and which needs a bit of a repair. Are you still operating in a professional capacity? I can’t find you listed in the Yellow or White pages.
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    Beautiful place to live! Welcome aboard.
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    I like it, no change over airbox, no exhaust shroud, no scat hose, like I said, simple!
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    There are a couple of different options available. I think my one came from x-air. It works well, simpler and lighter than the traditional hot air system. I am at Warwick in Qld, so really rarely have to use it, only know that it works from indicator light and increase in power consumption.
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    I fitted electric carb heating. Doesn’t affect power in any way because it is heating the butterfly and not the intake air!
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    Not a problem! Trouble with text, it can have unintended consequences. What always bothers me is the possibility of two converging aircraft, neither of which is making broadcasts because they haven’t heard any radio traffic. I know it is all about see and be seen, but it sure as heck helps if you know there is someone around.
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    I would say typical CASA. Let’s make sure no one can work out the rules, that way any time we like we’ve got them!
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    Read the CASA publication reproduced at the top of this, it states “Radio carriage and USE is still MANDATORY”
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    Guessing they will have to use hand held? Gliders manage!
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    The latest notice from CASA regarding registered and certified airfields says, ”Carriage and use of radio is mandatory at registered and certified airfields” That being the case why do at least 50% and probably more of the arrivals/departures from Warwick (YWCK) not use them?
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    You would probably know Jeffrey Hoskins with the Brumby?
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    Welcome, we need new blood with lots to say! Where are you based, what do you fly, what do you want to fly?
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    I think most piano hinge style control hinges nowadays have a nylon or teflon tube between the hinge halves and the hinge pins and so, technically should not require additional lubrication. Certainly the ones I replaced on the Piper types did. Regardless of opinions expressed here, we always gave just a squirt of WD40, allow it to penetrate for a bit and clean off the outside. I still adopt this with my Zenith and have never, after an awful lot of years working on the accursed things, found it to be a problem!
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    You might also note that if you worked on one Auster, you really needed the manuals for all models since one was frequently referred to another model for particular procedures!
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    Whilst I wouldn’t argue with that, I would have to say that applies to all aeroplanes. I am convinced that a designer asks a colleague, “what do you think of this?” and he replies “ No way! a LAME could access that, go away and do it again” For reference, try changing the elevator cables on a PA38. I am convinced that they are installed before the firewall is fitted! That is but one of a great many examples that I could cite!
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    I am fortunate enough to have worked on a couple of Spitfires whilst working for a couple of years for Personal Plane Services in England. ‘Flimsy’ is something it certainly wasn’t. I was actually surprised at quite how rugged and well designed they were. I would agree though that the Hurricane, due to it’s construction methods was probably a lot simpler to repair. No personal experience unfortunately!
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    Not sure how you can call the FW190 a plain Jane, very elegant design in my view!
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    Strangely enough, in my ten years as a flying school LAME, the worst corrosion I found was on ‘factory protected’ examples. PA28, PA38 and TB10.
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    I wondered the same thing!
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    Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, however I have just received the CASA Airworthiness bulletin regarding PA28 and PA32 fatigue cracking of main spar and suggesting that an inspection will be necessary for airframes having 5000hrs or more. This will really put the cat among the pigeons, I am pretty sure there are more than a few PA28s with 20,000 or more hours!
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    Cathay Pacific May be Asian but they have been our favourite choice for long haul for a long time. Who will I not fly with again? Air India tops the list followed by Sri Lankan. Sri Lankan might be okay if you are 5’5” but 10 hrs jammed in one of their seats is an experience I don’t want to repeat (Actually 20hrs because we had to come back!)
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    Similar experiences to all of the above, East African Airways VC10 from London to Nairobi in 1973 and Air India from Sydney to London in 1988. Two airlines on the never, ever again list!
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