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  1. TAA Student Pilot
    I'm afraid I agree with Mr Sixties Relic, uniforms are a bit of a wank in training. I know it's sposed to "Set standards" and "Prepare" for future employment but to me it reeks of wannabe's. Wearing a fight suit in an open machine or a windy Trike or Thruster is common sense, specially in winter. Wearing a uniform with bars doesn't make you a pilot, just like wearing a macdonalds uniform doesn't make you a chef.
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    good value :biggrin:
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    So yoo riding or just loogin? Where did you go Mildura, Swan Hill?
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    Yool enjoy the flight a lot more loogin out the window rather than through a camera lens Mattie :biggrin: Good piccies though.
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    I'll make am admission and say that's not actually me, I'm only 155cm tall. That Aircraft is a 150 and I'll admit getting my 240 kilo's in it is a struggle. :biggrin:
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    Moving prisoners from Gauntanamo to the Antactic? They could then add cold soak to water boarding as another "Not torture".
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    Richmond was well worth the trip, doubt we'll ever see one of that quaility again in OZ. On the other hand Temora put on 6 or 8 shows a year that are brillant. I don't know what overseas shows are like but doubt you could get as close as Temora. Lots of close safe flying demonstrating Aircraft brilliantly, although it won't be the same without Tom I'm sure he won't be forgotton at Temora.
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    So who uses Raffles?
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    Are they the callsign Raffles? I have the almost unfightable uge when I hear JAL to say "Reading you roud and crear".:biggrin:
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    Bewdy Mattie.
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    With any spotting these days especially military expect to be photographed while your photographing. Mebe even asked a few questions while your there, remember big brother is watching you.
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    One reason for getting hot is mixture on Jabs, everyone seems to brag about 12 or 14 litres an hour but there's not too many brag about burnt valves. Make sure your running rich enough, you can go on all sorts of talk and hearsay but the only thing you can really go on is temps and plug colour.
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    You could work you way through but don't count on making money from a commercial, up until the last twelve months people were actually paying to work to get hours. That's changed slightly but don't know for how long. You will spend $60,000+ to get a commercial only to make **** money if you actually get paid. People with 1500 of so hours are flying something like a Metro for less than $45,000 a year. Dash 8 captains with regionals are only getting around $65,000. It might change but it hasn't in the last thirty years. If your going to do a fair bit of flying, it could be cheaper. Between $50 and $100, maybe more depending on all sorts of variables. Talk to everybody you can and don't believe everything that's said
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    Trike wasn't mentioned till my first post, some call a light Aircraft a microlight. My questions were trying to identify what sort of Aircraft it was, as you know they come in all shapes and sizes.
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    So was it high wing or low wing? Tricycle undercarrage or tailwheel? Was it a trike and have a wing like a hang glider? Two stroke or fourstroke engine? Sit side by side or tandem, one behind the other?
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    The newer model Herk (J) sounds like a single engine machine, it almost sounds like a PC 9. The older ones get a hum up.
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    Most trikes are called microlights, anything else is called ultralights?
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    Yip, did about 10 hours and 96 landings today. Had to go home, ran out of super.
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    You will get many different answers, it's hard to tell the bullshit from the good advice. I've found the simplest is the best, if things get too complicated you can't take it all in and use it when your flying. To me the idea is to keep the Aircraft flying as long as you can as close to the ground as you can. You have to keep flying while the speed decays as close to the ground as you can till the Aircraft stops flying. Hopefully you will be only a couple of inches off the ground and the Aircraft will just squeak on. Look out to roughly the middle ground, not just in front of you but about 150 metres out. This is a very subjective thing and varies with different pilots. There is no definitive way to land correctly, judgement takes time, you can't expect to do it in any real time frame. Different skill and coodination levels give different times for training. Try not to get too hyped up and just take it as it comes, some solo in 10 others in 25 hours. It will take how long it takes, you can't really rush these things. Starting at a more mature age should help you you with a more level headed approach, just relax and enjoy every bit. Good luck, SP
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    I just tried to have a look, appears to be still shut. What sort of trouble you having? Somebody putting spam up? When do you think it will be available again?
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    The last one got off unscathed, she started crying and said" I didn't know" and they let her off. If it had been a bloke he'd have been jailed, so much for all being equal.
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    Do it in the wintertime and take your time.
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    The effect of agricultural aviation on the increased production of food over the last 70 years? Good points and bad, evolution of chemicals and green issues? Technoligy with changed applications/rates/chemicals. Changes in Aircraft, systems, Aircraft going from basic to big turboprop with 3 or 4 computors onbard with GPS guidence.
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