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Hi Turbo, If you look in the latest albums to the side of the forums page there are quite a few there Regards Bill

Updated files, I had to grovel for my daughter... (she wrote that herself - no grovelling around here, i demanded )

What they were saying about aviation in 1965. I hope it's legible, my teenage daughter assures me it will be. I think the conversation went something like: Me: but i don't think they are big enough Her:of course they are ya freak, they'll just have to like click on it and then zoom in. Regards Bill

Something something something Dark side......... Something something something Complete Seriously, a good read Alf. Good to hear from you again you've been quiet lately. Regards Bill

It's been poppin up for 3 years, did you think it could break the habit overnight :lamo:

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I think it is a pretty good gesture from Airborne to help out the way they are because it is not an airborne trike it is a P&M Regards Bill

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It said Error please insert a valid message............ I got nuthin except maybe

Confusius also say "man who goes through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok

[scene: A car yard. BRYAN is perusing the stock. He is approached by JOHN] John: Morning! Looking for a new car? Bryan: Nope. Prime Minister, actually. John: You’re the third one this morning. Anything in mind? Bryan: You know – nothing fancy – reliable, economical family model. Something to get the country from A to B. John: You mean like a Howard? Bryan: Yeah – a little Johnny. Nothing flash, does the job. Low maintenance, economical, sensible. Runs for years, no troubles. John: So – you used to have one? Bryan: Yeah. About 10 years. Great little model – don’t know why I got rid of him – biggest mistake I’ve ever made… John: What happened? Bryan: Traded him in for a Kevin ’07. John: Big mistake… Bryan: Lot of people bought it. Good political mileage. John: How was the Kevin ’07? Bryan: Came with a $900 factory rebate – that was good. John: Anything else? Bryan: Not much. Sounded nice but nothing under the bonnet. It was a lemon. John: Didn’t stick around for long did it? Bryan: Nah – had a factory recall. Shipped overseas and was never seen again. John: What was the problem? Bryan: Lots. But the final straw was the navigation system. Plug it in and it automatically loses its own way. John: Whatcha got now? Bryan: It’s a Gillard-Brown. John: The hybrid? Bryan: Yeah. The Eco-drive system – not a good idea. An engine that can’t deliver hooked up to a transmission stuck in permanent reverse… John: Green paintwork with a red interior. And steering that always lurches to the left for no apparent reason – that’s the one? Bryan: The Fustercluck model. John: The only one they made, Bryan. Not the vehicle of choice for the road to recovery – but did they finish up fixing the navigation system? Bryan: Made it worse. Turn it on and it does a press release, heads off in all directions and goes nowhere. John: So that’s why you’re here? Bryan: That’s right. I’m stuck with a government that’s wasteful, expensive, ineffective and past its use by date. I don’t suppose you’ve heard of the “Cash for Clunkers” scheme? John: Join the queue brother.

Here is a thread on the subject which should give you an indication of reliability Regards Bill

1. Thou shalt abstain from the intersection takeoff for, verily, the runway behind thee, as the altitude above thee, cometh not to thine aid when thou needest them. 2. Thou shalt not linger on active runways lest thou become like unto ground sirloin. 3. Ignorest thou not thy checklists for many are the switches, handles, gauges and other demons awaiting to take cruel vengeance upon thee. 4. Thou shalt cast thine eyes to thy right and also to thy left as thou passeth through the firmament lest thy fellow pilots bring flowers to thy widow and comfort her in other ways. 5. Buzzeth not, for this shall surely incur the wrath of thy neighbors and the fury of CASA shall be called down upon thy head. 6. Thou shalt be ever mindful of thy fuel lest there be nothing in thy tank to sustain thee upon the air and thy days be made short. 7. Trust not thine eyes to lead thee through the cloud lest the Archangel Gabriel await thee therein. 8. Thou shalt not trespass into the thunderstorm lest the tempest rend the wings from thy chariot and cast thee naked into the firmament. 9. Put not thy trust in weather prophets, for when the truth is not in, then they shall not accompany thee among thy ancestors. 10. Often shalt thou confirm thine airspeed on final lest the earth rise up and smite thee.

Saw this on E-bay, make sure you click on the video link at the bottom. I couldn't get the grin off my face watching it. Regards Bill

Hi all, For anybody that is still unsure about QNH etc this thread is very comprehensive. It makes me feel a little embarrassed reading it back now Regards Bill

Yep that's what you do except that you don't need to add to your workload because if you have a look in the ersa before you start you can do the calculation and make a note of it in your flight plan. Regards Bill

I think........................ "I wish I was going to Oshkosh" yeah that's right, that's what I'm thinking. Seriously, I was surprised by the price, value for money is an understatement! It looks like you will have plenty to occupy yourself with for awhile if your going to try to increase the MTOW Regards Bill

:thumb_up: Good work Regards Bill

I got to fly the 11 metre Reflex last weekend and let me tell you it's not just you, I could easily picture myself sitting under one of those. Two problems, the 582 won't drive it and the bank account won't support moving to a 912 just yet Regards Bill

Yes you should tell .............it's only fair

DJ If you are going to tear a correctly made canvas base on impact in a hard landing ( I presume that is your concern) then it will probably be a good thing (think crumple zones in cars). They can be made very strong (truck tarp type canvas 12oz or more, properly reinforced and attached, not chinese camping chair style )and if you are going to tear one you probably have several more bigger problems on your hands

I see in another thread:book: Glenn is getting a new wing from the :usa: What do you think he is buying and what do you reckon he's going to put it on :chat: Regards Bill

Hi Yenn, I was a motor trimmer in a former life so I can probably offer some advice. Natural materials are the best for your seat covers either leather or wool, both for comfort and durability. You need to be careful when purchasing your foam for cushioning. Foam is not all created the same, even if you buy a firm one it may not stay that way for long. They use powder and chemical in the manufacture, the more powder and the less chemical the sooner it turns back into powder , losing its resilience. Both with the fabric and foam you only get what you pay for, even leather can be purchased for around half what you might expect to pay but the cheap one will be corrected (or coated leather), either a badly scarred hide or the shaved backing off another hide with a synthetic coating- hardly better than vinyl. You need to check with a couple of trial cushions to get the thickness right so your legs still fit where they are supposed to and your head doesn't bump the canopy etc. If you are limited for space which will probably be the case, I would suggest you use several layers of different density foam, a firm one at the bottom medium in the middle and a softer one on the top, the layers can be joined with contact adhesive, that way it doesn't feel like you are sitting on a board but still keeps your posterior from contacting the aluminum or plywood which becomes very uncomfortable very quickly. The backrest cushioning needs to be a lot softer than the seat. I'm not sure what you are building or how much room you have to be able to change design etc. but if you can use a taught canvas base rather than aluminum or ply that will help a lot. Hope this helps Regards Bill

Colonoscopy Journal: I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis. Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner. I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, 'HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!' I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called 'MoviPrep,' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America 's enemies... I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous. Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor. Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons). Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon. The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, 'a loose, watery bowel movement may result.' This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground. MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but, have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet. After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep. The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurts. I was thinking, 'What if I spurt on Andy?' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough. At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked.. Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep. At first I was ticked off that I hadn't thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have no choice but to burn your house. When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere. I was seriously nervous at this point. Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand. There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, 'Dancing Queen' had to be the least appropriate. 'You want me to turn it up?' said Andy, from somewhere behind me. 'Ha ha,' I said. And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like. I have no idea. Really. I slept through it. One moment, ABBA was yelling 'Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine,' and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood. Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that It was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never been prouder of an internal organ. On the subject of Colonoscopies... Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous..... A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies: 1. Take it easy Doc. You’re boldly going where no man has gone before. 2. 'Can you hear me NOW?' 3. 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?' 4. 'Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?' 5. 'You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out...' 6. 'Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!' 7. 'If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!' 8. 'Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.' And the best one of all: 9. 'Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?'