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He spent the other 24 minutes running from people carrying knives and forks.

No mate I avebeen away since she arrived. Maybe next week.

HIC, leave Darwin alone!

That is how I was taught and how I read it. Class C LL Bribie southern tip to Moreton island is 3500. Every weekend you will hear aircraft transiting Moreton to Bribie and vice versa at 3500'

I have to leave the Childers Breakfast early on 06 Feb, because I have a taildragger lesson booked for midday at YCAB. In the C140.

In fact the Jabiru CASA issue as it affected Camit is only 13 months old.

This one I can answer, when I drank soft drink, which I no longer do, I simply preferred the taste of Diet Coke.

And could you do a special rate for 2. Lol

David. I would think that if it was originally fitted with an oil pressure operated switch , that should be shown in the original wiring diagram. If so it could be refitted to original with no other approvals. It would need to be done by a qualified L2 obviously. It may also pay to check if the modified one has approval from the manufacturer or it may not be legal for training or hire. Likewise if that is suspect it may pay to have an L2 go right over it an check for any unapproved variations from original.

My take on the video. Irrespective of weather the mustering should or should not have been being conducted at that time or not, the accident could still have been avoided. Obviously had the cattle not been there no accident no problem. Likewise had the truck not been there no accident no problem. Thirdly had there been signage there would have been less likelyhood of as the truckie would have been forwarned and believe it or not they give serious consideration to those warnings on the open road It was not really dark, more dusk/twilight. Visibilty to the sides on the downhill run was natural light so it wasn't full dark. In QLD at least stock are to be off the road 1 hour before dusk in almost all cases. An aircraft flying that low over a road is so unusual that I have never seen one in over 5 million klms. It would have been an immediate distraction and I believe the jakes and likely the service brakes came on within normal reaction time of him identifying what the aircraft was. I say the service brakes as well becuase Jakes alone would not have slowed him down that quickly. The drivers reaction to move to the wrong side of the road which commenced before the braking was between when he sighted th A/C and when he identified what it was, he was trying to widen his angle of vision to the corner to see what it was blinking infront of and above him. The clincher then and the largest contributer to the accident is the car on high beam. In my opinion he was to far away to have spotted the cattle, he had done one of two things, A. He was driving on high beam when at dusk he would had far better vision on low beam. Or B. He had seen the aircraft or dust and hit the highbeams to have a better look. The flashing we see is indicative of him hit bumps and the lights bouncing not of flashing high/low. The high beam almost certainly blinded the driver before they blinded the camera. The truckie had already reacted and applied almost maximum brake well before he ever saw the cattle thanks to good reactions, and no thanks to being blinded by oncoming traffic. Not only that but he never overreacted once he did spot them. A swerve in either direction on a sweeping corner under maximun brakes and going downhill would have meant an almost certain rollover or jacknife. The second voice is almost certainly a twoup driver who was most likely asleep in the bunk because by his reaction he saw nothing. Almost all trucks that are running twoup through there would be loaded not empty. I would give the truckie a job. I think he handled an almost impossible situation admirably.

No I wasn't, your comment appeared to be a generalised comment and whilst I don't really agree with the increased speeds not being a good idea I do agree with the part about a prang at higher speeds being likely to be more serious. Whilst I am not advocating higher speeds for trucks, I do think there are powerful arguments for higher speeds for smaller vehicles. I do not think however that excess speed was a factor in to accident depicted in the OP so your comment although valid and reasonable, did not really refer to the OP.

Hi guys. I am away until Wednesday or Thursday. I will dig out a copy of the circuit when I get home and post it.

Keep commenting please armchair experts. Obviously 1 or 2 of the posters may have been in a truck before, even more obvious that most haven't.

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

Just about everyone around the fringes of the industry have seen it coming. But there are always a few who try to push everything past a viable return.

First availability after I get home for the Vixxen is 6 Feb. Got the 140 12 till 2 THAT DAY then the Vixxen. I already got a half hour Taxi time in the 140 on Saturday but noone was going to take her up in that wind. The Vixxen is home tomorrow, maybe I can convince him to take me up before him puts her away LOL.

I agree with not overusing the radio, I was taught Taxi Enter Runway (with intentions) Base full stop/touch and go.

Fair enough. Amazing how when you are concentrating on the important stuff how the basics take care of themselves. That won't stop me winding Danny up when I see him though lol. Actually got up for a couple of hours today. First time in a few weeks. Now I am away again for another week.

Well that makes sense and is how I thought it should work. Maybe I should reapply for my Asic through the agency I use for Msic when it falls due. I may be able to save some time and money and actually get a 4 year Asic as I do with Msic. When I first applied for the Asic I just went through RAA.

Robbo. Who did you get your cards through. I have had Msic since they came out. First one 5 years then 2 renewals each renewal involves complete checks. My Asic I have had for about 8 to 10 months and again full checks.

I have an Asic and a Msic card. (The maritime equivelent). I believe it involves the same ASIO and AFP checks. Both cost not insignificant amounts of money to aquire. Is it unreasonable of me to think that one card could/should suffice.

When are you coming down to get the Drifter. I am planning a flight to Darwin in late March/Early April?

They are aren't they. Unless of course you were 49th intake and they had no Sprogs but are perpetual Sprogs. LOL

40th reunion of 31st intake apprentices. My wife is a Mornington girl. She was silly enough to leave with me nearly 40 years ago. She might not leave again next week now the she has had the chance to get to know me better.

Aldo that was at Teewah not Watts.