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  1. flying dog
    Yossel worked in a Polish pickle factory. For many years he had a powerful desire to put his penis in the pickle slicer. Unable to stand it any longer, he sought professional help from the factory psychologist. After six months, the therapist gave up. He advised Yossel to go ahead and do it or he would probably never have any peace of mind. The next day he came home from work very early. His wife, Sacha, became alarmed and wanted to know what had happened. Yossel tearfully confessed his tormenting desire to put his penis in the pickle slicer. He went on to explain that today he finally went ahead and did it, and he was immediately fired. Sacha gasped and ran over to her husband. She quickly yanked down his pants and shorts only to find a normal, completely intact penis. She looked upand said, "I don't understand. What about the pickle slicer?" Yossel replied, "I think she got fired, too.
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    Just another thought. Ok, what happened happened. *IF* I was in a situation like that and had a "cheaper" EPIRB, or even maybe one with GPS.... If I knew I was going in, I would activate it and let the rest take its own path. WRT "the EPIB being destroyed on impact". Well, ok, maybe. And if so as was said: It would be accademic how fast they were found. However: If it was understood we were "going in", I would maybe entertain the idea of throwing the EPIRB out the window before we hit the ground. Although we won't be CLOSE to the EPRIB, it would survive and would be close enough to at least help expediate closing the question to "our" condition/status/situation.
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    Ok, I am getting in late. But days ago I heard on the news that the EPRIB was triggered then turned off. Well, ok it was turned off. But when it was triggered, wouldn't they have got a fix on it and known where to look? Shutting up now.
  4. flying dog
    You buy me the I-Pad, and I may.
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    Thanks Andy. Dunno why I didn't know of that. I used to go to there but had to log in with user name/password. Have they made it not needed now? (This is where I went/go....) https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/brief/Default.asp?
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    Help folks. I know if I go to airservices I can get weather reports. But you need to keep the account active and if it is more than 90 days, the account is closed. Alas it has been WAY longer than that for me and so the account is closed. However, I have: Au Weather Free, Aviation Weather and Aviation Weather with decoder. Not bad, but I can't work out how to get AREA forecasts. Not only that, but putting in ICAO codes doesn't always yield results. I can get YSSY and maybe YSCB but YSBK, YSCN, YGLB all get nothing. If I put in 21 (area 21) I get nothing. Help - someone.
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    No, I had trouble watching it. Just click on the "Watch on youtube" option when the "denied" thingy pops up.
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    I think that is the fool of whom I spoke at the beginning of my post. This was on the news not so long ago.
  9. flying dog
    Honestly: Dunno. Probably nothing. I probably will update/fix/use the sheet Eric put here. I think in another life I was a cat. Always curious.
  10. flying dog
    Thanks.
  11. flying dog
    P.S. Damkia, Just love this tag: Nothing says unprofessional job like wrinkles in duct tape. Top marks!
  12. flying dog
    Yeah, ok. But gee it makes me worried. Here I am trying to get my head around the maths so I can make a quick spreadsheet for my phone to do that sort of stuff, and being given the wrong examples is doing my head in because I am getting different/"wrong" answers compared to what they get and I am thinking I am doing something wrong. I've got that bit ok, now I just need to get the temperature correction in.
  13. flying dog
    YIKES! I looked at that site for the Balooning lot: https://www.brisbanehotairballooning.com.au/faqs/exam-help/133-pressure-density-height.html EXAMPLE 1. An aerodrome of elevation 670 ft has an Aerodrome QNH of 1020 hPa. What is its pressure height? Elevation = 670 feet QNH = 1020 hPa Answer: Pressure Height = 670 - 7 x 30 = 560 feet Ok, I am not the brightest spark, and we all make mistakes. Answer: Pressure Height - 670 - 7 x 30 = 560 feet. Let's look at that a bit more: 670 - 210 = 560. What did I miss at school?
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    Correction to what I said: I was told that you "gain" 120 feet per degree difference between the temp and the ISA temp. So if it was 3 degrees warmer it would be 3 x 120 feet. I goofed when I put in the 3 x 30 (above) (edit doesn't work second time around) Where did the values used in the formulas I read come?
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    Not to be a "ney sayer" but looking at the sheet: Putting aside the default QNH, there seems to be a problem with what is going on with the numbers. I have forgotten what is what for "Pressure height, density height, and all the other names". But if I am at 2000 feet and the QNH is ..... what ever. I calculate where in the ISA that QNH is and that is my height. Then - I am told - I get the temperature where I am and compare that to the ISA. So: If it is 3 degrees cooler, that is 3 x 30 feet LOWER in the atmosphere. If it was 3 degrees WARMER, it would be higher. But you have to do the QNH calc first to get the altitude then factor in the temperature. Or that is how I remember it.
  16. flying dog
    Thanks all for the replies. I downloaded the sheet and shall look at it. I bashed one together, but it had an error in it, so I will be interested to see what Eric's looks like. I didn't quite get all the maths stuff as none of the names were declared and I didn't know what/where you were starting. Alt/temp. Anyway, thanks.
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    Partly in light of that FOOL who couldn't take off and crashed into tree tops with 3 other people in the plane, I am trying to remember the formula of how to calculate temperature height and density height. You do temp first, then density - right? What is the formula? So far I have: Pressure Height = Elevation + 30x(1013-QNH) But that is AFTER the temp' calculation. Someone?
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    Yeah, thanks you lot. Maybe this thread needs to be moved to the HUMOUR part. Not exactly what I was wanting. :(
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    That doesn't really tell me the maths behind it. So Sunday 7 October is the FIRST Sunday of October, and not the first COMPLETE weekend.
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    Sorry folks, I've tried the interweb but can't understand what is said. In as simple a English as possible, what is the way to know when DLS starts and ends? I believe it is the first sat/sun of October to start and the First sat/sun of ...... April? I am wanting to try and get a "formula" so my new clock can auto adjust for DLS in Sydney.
  21. flying dog
    Mythbusters did that. It not true.
  22. flying dog
    Ozzie, That happens quite often. It is the ARMY's "Anit-terrorisum" thing. But seeing a small plane flying around over Central and Darling Harbour - and it must have been doing it for a while as it now makes sence that it was I heard earlier on - is rare, for me anyway.
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    I was at work, and hear a noise. Didn't think much of it, as there are a lot of noises and though it sounded like a plane, for one to be THAT low, it was probably something else. How wrong I was. Driving home that afternoon I was going down Elizabeth St, just of Wentorth Ave. Looking up in a generally southerly direction I see a plane. LOW FLYING SINGLE ENGINE, High wing. White as..... Nah! It's a remote! Look, look, look. No, hang on. It isn't! It IS a real plane, but it is probably as low as they can legally fly - maybe lower! It flew up over certral station and then NorthWest out over Darling harbour. By that stage I lost visual, as I was driving. I couldn't make out the rego, thinking it wasn't there, but finally did get to make out some black marks on the underside of the wing. But there was bugger all markings on the plane. I think the ONLY marking was the rego under ONE wing. Anyone heard about this?
  24. flying dog
    Please sir: Can I have some more?
  25. flying dog
    Yes, well I made a bit of a fool of myself. On Saturday, I rang David to have a chat, and was told then of what happened Friday. I didn't want to talk too long as his wife was still in shock from what happened. Life isn't fair
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