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  1. Jabiru7252
    What gets up my nose is that an aircraft transceiver is just a simple AM transceiver, like the old AM CB radios, just using VHF instead of HF. Now, if we have to pay $1000 for a simple piece of kit then I would assume that's because they are built to a far better standard than a CB radio. So, how would MicroAir be allowed to produce rubbish? There is nothing that justifies the ridiculous price for any equipment we put in planes. I know folks who still have working AM CB radios from the 70s.
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    The last time I looked inside a modern radio, I could identify the audio chip (LM386 I think) and a few components. All the rest has shrunk, never to be seen by old eyes again. Been out of the radio servicing game for thirty years after taking up digital electronics and programming. My retirement plan is chemical engineering, I intend converting port, wine and beer into urine, probably on a daily basis. Perhaps the suspect radio should be placed on a vibration table while testing its performance. My Microair has been faultless since 2009.
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    Hmmm, if the radio works on the bench, that is, transmits and receives without any problems (with antenna as close as it would be on a plane) then any problems would have to be with the installation in the plane. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I have seen radios misbehave because RF is getting back into the wiring. Sqeals in the speaker/headphones are common when this happens. I miss the days when the radios were as big as a shoe box and weighed a ton.
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    All the wind turbines, solar panels and other 'green' energy supplies are a waste of time if we don't reverse our population growth. God help the kids who'll be around in 50 years or so.
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    Nothing scarier than when you hear the pilot say "Jeez, I've run out of aileron".
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    Had she died, a man would be blamed....
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    But, wasn't it suggested that the pilot of MH370 switched off all the tracking? That Jumbo (Korean Airlines flight 007) that was shot down didn't switch off its equipment. It (apparently) wandered off course and strayed too close to Russian sensitive airspace.
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    https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/39478454/pilot-and-passenger-receive-minor-injuries-in-emergency-landing/
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    Oh man, the new website is corrupting messages. The last one looks like double dutch to me...
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    At Gawler, we have three windsocks and they can be pointing in three different directions at the same time.
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    I used to be in the Darwin parachute club, jumped a few times over Batchelor. Way back in the early eighties. Much prefer flying a plane rather than jumping from one. I remember a few jumping into the Noonamah pub for a beer at the end of the day.
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    I take my hat off to anybody who can enjoy flying a light sport aircraft in hot, bumpy conditions. I find it just awful. Good luck with your 'real' test. I'm sure you'll do just fine....
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    "so they don’t get no satisfaction" is a double negative. This means they get some satisfaction. As simple as time travel and relativity (not).
  14. Jabiru7252
    Holy Moly, seems not a surface has been left undamaged. Let's hope the pilot recovers quickly and tells us what happened rather than us making guesses and/or relying on bad press.
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    waste not waist.
  16. Jabiru7252
    Well, where I work, we have to do a ten page risk assessment, a five page SOP (Safe Operating Procedures) and a two day hands on course just to use a f**cking pencil sharpener. Then, we have to do the same sh*t again before we can use the pencil because it has a sharp point.
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    Yes, I think that's correct. The folks at RAAus have done it manually so I can go in an edit the details.
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    Hi. I am logged into the RAAus website, in Manage My Membership. I'm trying to get my flying hours entered. Trouble is, the list stops at 2015 and I cannot see how to add any more rows. Any help appreciated. I was hoping to do this tonight.
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    Spider-in-my-plane
    Many years ago my instructor (Frank Page) asked if I was the type to jump out of the car in a panic if there was a spider on board. I said no. He said good because if you are that type, you could be in serious trouble if a big ass hairy spider ran out of the dash in the plane you're flying. I have driven my car a few times with a big huntsman running about in it and it's funny to watch folks pull up at the lights and act like you're in grave danger. By the way, this is an attempt at using a 'green screen spider ' in my video editing software. Pretty good job I think.
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    Why not go for the J170D. 600kg MTOW, 135 litre tanks.
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    I have flown as a passenger in the back seat at night. When it's black down there I wonder what one does when the engine quits. You can't pick a paddock, can't see trees, wires etc. I would not do it myself. Even over the city, it's scary, although very pretty.
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    At least they didn't call it a Cessna...
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    Well, if this were happening at work, we'd all have to do mandatory bullsh*t courses on how to be nice to each other and not offend those who are ABCD or EYTF or whatever it is.
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    Mine was 36 years ago but I remember it well. Two circuits in the Tomahawk then the instructor (John Mariner) said okay, make this a full stop. He got out, told me to fly one circuit then put her away. Terror, excitement and relief. Glad it was a smooth cool day.
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    The world would be a better place if everything was not profit driven. If an airline had one dollar left over after paying all operating costs and other crap it would still be a great thing because it's employing people. I think it was Karl Marx who said competition would be the demise of capitalism.
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