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Litespeed, why wouldn't you sail North (or South), earlier, out of the cyclones reach?

I'm trying to figure out how this bloke evaded airline/airport security to get to the aircraft door with a shotgun and knives? It appears he dressed up as an airport worker/tradie and he must have cut the fence somewhere, and walked or sprinted across the tarmac to reach the aircraft door?

But do you honestly think watching that video would have dissuaded Matt Farrell from taking off in his Jabiru that fateful morning? By all reports, he was the personality type who would've watched the video, and said, "I'm too smart, for that to happen to me! - only idiots crash aircraft!" - and he still would've taken off.

Tell that to the people who've been bitten by snakes! A farmer client was walking around one of his paddocks, picking up stray rocks and roots in preparation for seeding. He reached down amongst rye grass plants about 300mm high to pick up a stray mallee root, and a dugite lunged out and bit him! He was extremely wary of any long grass after that episode! He said he never even saw the snake, it just "came out of nowhere".

As previously talked about, ATSB has a limited budget, and limitations on the number of investigators with the necessary skills, and only investigates aircraft crashes if something new is to be learned, that benefits owners or pilots, or is in the general public safety interest. When simple pilot error is strongly indicated to be the reason behind the crash, there is little to be gained by conducting an exhaustive crash investigation, that only concludes the pilot made a basic aircraft handling error - exactly the same as many others did, before that crash.

It must be time to fly them further inland to safety?! Let's hope this is not a repeat of Cyclone Wanda (1974)! Who remembers the 1974 Brisbane floods? I do! - they were a shocker! https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/brisbane-flood-1974-our-collections

.......little hands, with a prescribed penalty of 150 penalty units being applied for such offences." Mahatma gasped. What kind of penalty would be applied if someone called him "Mahatma Coat"? It would surely rate as a major penalty, incurring.........

Yes, that's because horsepower (or kW) is a measurement of the amount of work done in a certain time. So a higher engine speed gets more done faster. But with increasing RPM comes less efficient combustion, an increase in fuel usage (actually wasted fuel), and higher wear levels, as high engine speeds DO increase engine wear rates.

It is a fine line, indeed - and tens of thousands of owners of "commercial" machines and vehicles, "push" that line daily. In every populated area, planning and useage rules apply, as Turbo has rightfully pointed out. The planning and useage rules are designed to reduce friction in society between neighbouring parties. Dividing fence arguments cause veritable wars between neighbours. In rural locations, you can get away with a lot more noise and activity and smells, and that's acceptable to most people. The problems often start when a newcomer moves into an area where noisy rural activities are undertaken, and doesn't realise that comes with the territory - they often expect total peace and silence. Then there's the issue where someone moves in to an area with an aggravating land use, that causes distress to people already there. In the extremely rural locality of Beverley W.A., a Motorcyle Gang built a motorbike dragstrip (Westdale Dirt Drags and Burnouts), upsetting all and sundry amongst the nearby locals, with vast amounts of noise, dust, smoke, unexpected crowds, and visiting hoons tearing up local roads, leaving rubbish, and damaging infrastructure. But they still get away with it, even though it's not an authorised land use. In virtually all jurisdictions, the residents who have been there longest, have "existing use" rights with their activities, over anyone moving in later.

Vast amounts of council regulations and laws are initiated thanks to ignorant people who care little about other peoples desire for privacy and peaceful living. A person owning an aircraft would show neighbourliness and civility by meeting with and discussing with neighbours, their purchase and intended use of an aircraft - prior to purchasing and using it - especially where that use involved directly flying over a neighbours house regularly, and at low altitude. Possibly made worse by very early morning flights, as is common with aircraft use. This behaviour without consultation constitutes an annoyance and the annoyed neighbour has every right to take steps to eliminate that annoyance. It's not much different to your neighbour buying a Harley-Davidson with no mufflers, and him starting it up every morning at 5:00AM outside your bedroom window, just over your dividing fence. Aviation activities are strictly controlled at the best of times, despite a few aviators thinking they can do what they like in populated areas, with reference to no-one.

......of the old saying, "2 litres only comes in milk bottles!". This saying was always immediately guaranteed to raise hackles, and if you mentioned "rice racer" in the same sentence, then that statement would certainly bring about a raging brawl based on the number of litres, and what you could expect from 2 litres of....................

Have you investigated your local planning laws and restrictions on airstrip installation and use? Have you spoken to your neighbours as regards flying directly over their house? If you cause deaths by crashing your aircraft, there would need to be negligence or unlawful/illegal behaviour on your part, which would result in an expensive lawsuit or lawsuits.

Marty, you need to check those bores with a borescope. I've seen fully-reconditioned engines, stored in supposedly good conditions in a warehouse, develop rusty bores within 2 years of storage. You need to turn the engine over regularly, and having a heat source under the engine, such as a 100W incandescent light globe kept on permanently, will provide an adequate engine temperature minimum, to keep condensation at bay. If you've had condensation/corrosion problems with tools in your workshop, then you have reason to be concerned as regards engine bores, which never have a decent coating of oil film, that can keep corrosion at bay.

......so it immediately became obvious that Turbo had become confused, and mistook the DG Uniting Church for a pub (it's very similar, just a different kind of worship to a pub, takes place there), mistook the War Memorial Hall for a Shire Hall (that's easy to do, there's a very subtle difference), and the "pub dog" that Turb sighted isn't a pub dog at all, it actually belongs to DG, and it's his best rabbiting dog, and it was a most unfortunate event when it spotted a rabbit, and ran into CT's line of fire. However, Turbo can be forgiven for these small lapses in memory and identification, we can put his feeble state of mind down to his advanced age, and the fact that's he's been in many wars (mostly with councils and VCAT), has plenty of mental scars to prove it, and often has to be reminded what day it is, where he is, and what he's there for. Regardless of his health and age problems, Turbo's contributions to the NES are so substantial, it warrants creating a special award for his efforts, and accordingly CT "rattled the can" for Turbo amongst the DG flying fraternity (all 3 of them) and raised enough to...........

Marty - Skyshop has 1 litre bottles on special for $20.50, can you get a friend or relative on the mainland that's heading to Tasmania, to pick some bottles up from Skyshop, and then bring them across in their luggage? Perhaps even someone making a personal flight across, could stow them on board for you? https://www.skyshop.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=1075