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CASA computer says NO to shooting at drones! Besides, there are any number of firearms laws that relate back to improper or dangerous use of a firearm, so I'd think twice before shooting down that annoying drone! Log into Facebook WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. Drones operate under aviation laws and under CASA control, so I would think it's pretty clear where shooting at drones is covered. AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY ACT 2004 - SECT 10 Meaning of unlawful interference with aviation WWW8.AUSTLII.EDU.AU Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), a joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law. The Civil Aviation Act 1988 defines an "aircraft" as; QUOTE: ["aircraft" means any machine or craft that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, other than the reactions of the air against the earth's surface.] CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 - SECT 3 Interpretation WWW8.AUSTLII.EDU.AU Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), a joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law.

There's a good article on the ABC News site today about the 3G shutdown. If you're a total dinosaur and still using a 3G phone, the telcos are actually giving away 4G phones to those customers still using 3G phones, to ensure they aren't left abandoned! An item I thought interesting was the fact that the RFDS is a bit cheesed off about the 3G shutdown - and the dubious performance of the 4G replacement service - that they have opted to go over to the Starlink satellite service, at a pretty sizeable initial and annual cost to them. Australia's telcos are giving away free phones and gift vouchers, in last-minute bid to shift customers off 3G - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU Telstra and Optus are offering free mobile phones to vulnerable Australians as they prepare to switch off the 3G network within weeks.

The Testra "3G test" seems to work well. I'm with Boost, which is a division of Telstra anyway. I tried the 3498 test, and it came back with a message identifying my phone brand and model, and reassuring me I wasn't at any risk of loss of communication with my phone model. The interesting part though, is that the message doesn't address the fact that it's a service that is being withdrawn, so those services still using 3G for operations will simply no longer provide the requested service, if they have made no plans to move to some other bandwidth or communication protocol. 4G phones need to have VoLTE capability (and have it enabled), to be able to utilise the 000 emergency service after the 3G shutdown. How do I enable VoLTE on my mobile phone? - Telstra WWW.TELSTRA.COM.AU Find out what is VoLTE (Voice over LTE) and how to enable it on your mobile phone. If you want to find our your phones technical specifications relating to bandwidths built into it, GSMArena will provide you with the information pertaining to all the bandwidths your phone is capable of - provided you know the exact model of your phone. Once you have found and brought up your exact phone model on GSMArena, look at the RH end of the first line in the specifications - "NETWORK - Technology" - and you'll see a menu button that says "expand". Clicking the "expand" button gives you the full list of bandwidths that phone has installed. Be aware that mobile handsets of any particular model can have up to 20 different versions of that model, depending on the bandwidths it's capable of operating on, and where it was designed to be used in the world. The model code supplies the version information. GSMArena.com - mobile phone reviews, news, specifications and more... WWW.GSMARENA.COM GSMArena.com - The ultimate resource for GSM handset information

........admitting to actually voting for a Green candidate once, as the candidate was a rather good-looking member of the female variety, and Cappy admitted to letting his primal urges override his good judgement, at that particular polling place on that day. However, he was brought to his senses when Turbo pulled him aside and hissed in his ear, ".................

It is also advisable to make them the same as other aircraft, so no confusion results when you've learnt to fly on another aircraft, or move onto flying another aircraft.

It's because two bicycle manufacturers from Dayton OH - that decided to go into the aircraft manufacturing business - also decided that switches on aircraft had to be the same as American houses - which are UP for ON. And another interesting reason I've read is because early electrical power switches were the "knife-blade" style, where your pivoting connecting arm swung to a position between two spring-loaded clips to power up. The spring-loaded clips were placed at the TOP of the switch mechanism, so that you swung the connecting arm UP to complete the circuit. It was thought that if the spring-loaded clips were positioned at the bottom and the arm swung DOWN to power up, that this could lead to accidental powering up from the OFF position, if gravity ever overcame what was holding the connecting arm UP. As you could imagine, having an electrical motor accidentally start up when you were working on it, or working on the driveline it drove, would lead to some disastrous accidents.

An Italian Eurofighter Typhoon (F-2000) has had a serious malfunction whilst carrying out aerial operations during the multi-national exercise, "Pitch Black", centred on Darwin. The pilot ejected successfully and the aircraft crashed in a remote area of the Daly region, approximately half way between Daly River Mission Airport (YDMN) and Anson Bay, just south of Daly River. Log into Facebook WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. Italian Eurofighter Crashes In Australia During Ex. Pitch Black 2024 - The Aviationist THEAVIATIONIST.COM The Italian Air Force has confirmed that the pilot was successfully rescued. A Eurofighter Typhoon belonging to the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica

A double fatal, to be precise. But it wasn't any airshow participant, it appears it was a visitors aircraft arriving to see the show. The make and model of aircraft is still unknown and the names/identities of the victims is still not known, either. Two Killed in Plane Crash Near Wisconsin Air Show - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM Emergency responders found a plane engulfed in flames in a farm field near the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture showcase in Oshkosh.

......middle finger on their right hand. This of course, led to protests from the Mollydookers who wrote with their left hands, as they claimed it was a distinct case of discrimination against Mollydookers. Before long, the schools were being picketed as the Mollydookers held protests against the measurement, and the protests often became violent, when the Riot Police became involved. The Riot Police were at a distinct disadvantage, as they watched for weapons being held in the protestors right hands - and the Mollydookers caught them by surprise, by swinging weapons in their left hands. Academic awards were totally forgotten in the regular melees, and very soon, the protestors were front page news items worldwide, which led to........

Power lines will get you every time, even when you know they're there, just a few seconds distraction is all it takes. Crop dusters die at probably triple the rate of other types of pilots.

If you've ever hung onto a firehose with a proper fire pump driving it, you will understand the massive pressure required to keep control of it. The drone firefighting video is pure BS, the pressure from those hoses would be sending the drones backwards at 200kmh. A lot of firefighting teams use a tripod or a vehicle mounted hose, to ensure they don't get propelled back into the next block. At the very least, you will often see 3 blokes hanging onto one fire hose to keep it under control.

Caiguna Roadhouse also provides excellent food.

A friend is a former Bristol radial mechanic, he was in the RAN, and the RAN still ran Bristol Pegasus powered Sea Furies up until 1963. Despite their complexity, the Bristols were exceptionally quiet, and the Japs called the Bristol Hercules-powered Beaufighters, the Whispering Death, because the Australian Beaufighter pilots could sneak up on them at low level.

Or how it arrives? Dropped on your front lawn, where the dog promptly rushes out, and chews it up?

.......from the East - Turbo, of Turbine Wind and Solar Energy notoriety, had led the way in scamming desperate punters and even State Govts out of their money. It's a little known fact, that in the early 80's, with oil prices peaking at ballistic levels, Turbo scammed a large percentage of Australian investors (not just the W.A. ones) out of multiple billions with his claims to be able to produce low cost fuels and electrical energy from his Tasmanian cat farms, and also export it wirelessly to far-flung places such as W.A. and the N.T. His claims were promoted by his old-school advertising front man, "Captain" Cook (no-one really knows where he got the title, some suspect it's simply an honorary title), who was formerly a noted sideshow spieler, able to part money from tightwads with smooth patter and ego-boosting direct talk, that made the punters feel more special than anyone else in the world. "Captain" Cook went on TV, spouting the incredible planned fuels and energy output of the Turbine Inc cat farms, all generated by waste products, of course, and the money flowed in faster than a Trump dedicated PAC fundraiser. Then cracks started to appear in the Turbine Inc claims, especially when pointed questions were asked about the fine details and specific technology involved in the cat farms fuel and energy production. Cappy always deferred to Turbo for details (as he's always done), and Turbo started appearing on TV interviews and radio talk-back programmes, where he managed to........

Could be interesting to see the level of stuff-ups. Delivery employees often have major problems finding the correct address from the ground - let alone from the air, from a remote position. Google Maps aren't any better than about 90% accurate, I often spend time correcting them - especially when there's a lot of new property/road development. Could lend a whole new level of meaning to "the dog ate my dinner!"

"Left wing" and "Right wing" in the text and crash description? Whatever happened to "Port wing" and "Starboard wing"?

Every single one of the Ryans in the photos is fitted with a radial. Didn't any of the Hisso V8 versions survive? - and weren't there any photos of the Hisso-powered ones?

Valve stems normally fail due to carbon buildup on the stem above the head. The carbon buildup holds heat and causes hot spots in the valve stem, resulting in stem failure. Another factor can be that the carbon buildup on the stem can stop the valve from closing properly and hot gas escapes and causes hot spots on the stem. I'd be checking the other valves for carbon buildup and trying to figure out why it was happening if it's present. Reasons for carbon buildup can be too much cool engine operation, poor quality lube oil, and dodgy fuels.

.....he would be refused admittance, which would pain him greatly, as he always wanted to find out what went on during borking parties. So, it would be left up to Cappy to decide whether he wore epaulettes and didn't get in - or he took the epaulettes off, and got in the door. But Cappy was a stickler for wearing those epaulettes ("I earnt them, after all!", he would cry), so he..............

But how do you get anywhere, in the face of a 15kt headwind? 😄

Didn't take long for a discussion about ultralight aircraft to become derailed! More importantly, I don't believe that anyone with a workshop that spotlessly clean and beautifully tidy, ever does any work in it!! He must have a real workshop nearby!!

It might be a good idea to indulge in a bit of crane/rigger/dogman training, so you can learn to recognise developing danger when you're lifting heavy items with powered equipment. I don't know how many "close calls" I've seen when items were being lifted, and the load fell or the machine toppled. It would be a couple of dozen events, at least. Even the best arrangements can come unstuck. A bit of strong gusty wind was all it took for the Big Blue Milwaukee Stadium Disaster to happen - which cost 3 innocent blokes their lives, and cost somewhere around $300M in insurance payouts and destroyed equipment and buildings. That was despite 3 engineers being in charge of the lifting operation, and calculations done for the lift. But the calculations were deficient. Loads can turn turtle when the C of G changes, as the lift angle changes. Machines can overbalance when the ground gives way. Slings and chains can break, even when they're certified. You can be propelled out of your seat or position like a catapult in a load fall. All lifting involves careful study of all the equipment, the load, and the conditions involved, and understanding the physics of the load movement. Your close call might be a laugh now, but it could easily have been a lot more serious, and ended up with you becoming wheelchair-bound. https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/vic/2024/06/07/crash-lesson-cleaner-crane https://vertikal.net/en/news/story/44024/dropped-450-tonner

That's interesting information. Macarthur Job is noted for his accuracy. However, I have found conflicting accounts of whether James Knight was actually married at the time of his death. My primary information was from the Ad Astra Aerial Surveys written record, and their information is 99% first hand, as members of their aircrew actually found the missing Wackett. Despite a lengthy search of "Family Notices" in newspapers and other publications, I have never found any record of James Knights marriage. This not to say the marriage didn't happen, just that it's unusual that it did not appear in the newspapers, or some other publication. Some people do marry with little public notice. The newspaper reports of the aircraft going missing, and then being found 3 years later, repeatedly refer to James Knights "wife". Accordingly, the weight of Macarthur Jobs record, plus the weight of newspaper reports, seem to outweigh the Ad Astra record - which we will now have to take as incorrect, and that James Knight was actually married at the time of his death. https://www.adastra.adastron.com/people/wackett-1.htm https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131767520 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131765736 Your video and analysis is quite good - although I find the inclusion of an LED screen in the Wackett cockpit a little inaccurate! I understand the difficulties of trying to recreate an historical flight, and only having current images to work with. Areas that are now heavily populated, would have been lightly populated in 1962. There is mention in the investigation record, of a thick haze that obviously hid landmarks and the countryside below from James Knight, not long after after he left Ceduna, and had reached his desired flight level. I didn't see that haze mentioned, or included in the landscape scenery, after he departed Ceduna. Despite that, yes, I did find the video quite good, and informative.

Some erroneous information in the video. Jim Knight wasn't married, he was only engaged to be married. His would-be bride moved on, a considerable time after he disappeared - and as fate would have it, she married another gent on the day that Jim Knights Wackett was found.