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Whitbread Motors? Thanks for the tip and number - I need to book the car in for a service.

Tool found in engine?? Prime Minister, please, get out of there!

Jabiru did not. CAMiT did. A one off 1100cc two cyl 40hp special for a particular aircraft/customer. It never flew with that engine and I presume the engine was returned to CAMiT (and never seen again). I ran it once, it vibrated like a beeeetch.

Some years ago a friend mentioned an annoying high freq vibration in his C182, coming from down the back somewhere. He checked all his antennas, and everything. I jumped in the back and off we went. Level off, pass 90 kt, bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz yep. He said "hear that? It's coming from down the back." Well it was in front of me in the back seat. Looking around what do I spy between me and him - an air vent up on the left roof. Closed the vent, noise gone. Opened the vent just so, noise back. Vanes in the vent were singing like a reed in a musical instrument. That'll be $500 mate - cash or card?

Here's my friend's parking effort on the Yarra. (I didn't blur his face - that's how he flies!) He didn't piss around "putting it there" - he just put it there.

A friend of mine landed a Squirrel on there some years ago, and he put the skids on the H. RIGHT ON THE H. Not a millimetre off!

Melbourne Cup. Dad used to say: "A bunch of horses showing their asses to a bunch of horses-asses showing their horses."

Oh heck yeah. Microflite busy busy.

why am I even here. FFS....

Few good ideas there, thanks. Case closed.

Any clues on where to get custom engraved or enamel pilot wings badges done? My aero club is wanting to award new pilots their wings once again. I've found www.lukus.com.au can supply gold eagle wings, same as I received years ago, but there's barely any room for anything to be engraved on the tail feathers. Wings are generally about 80mm wide, and won't have much real estate for anything, certainly not a full Timbuktoo Aero Club name or logo. I'll be surprised if there aren't a few aero clubs getting custom enamelled stuff done. Wherezit coming from? Standing by to hear - thank you!

Maybe they think the state is still in lockdown. See bottom of their website home page.

I'm so confused, like I was listening to a Joe Biden speech.

But ASIC cards are required for Canberra airport! How the hell can an un-vetted echidna gain access to the secure airport and display NO ASIC?