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Saccani, perhaps I should have been more explicit. The Kittyhawks mentioned above were all USAAF Kittyhawks, that were crated by the Americans in early 1942, and they arrived under U.S. command in Brisbane, to be re-assembled by the Americans and sent on to Darwin. I refer you to Peter Dunns comprehensive website "Oz at War", whereby his research efforts are very good, and pretty accurate, IMO. I have to concede that not all the USAAF Kittyhawk crashes were the result of poor re-assembly, many of the crashes were simply pilot error, getting lost, heavy landings, showing off, etc. Brereton Route through Australia during WW2 WWW.OZATWAR.COM

In a nation where any piece of spinning machinery must be fitted with a guard, I can really see this thing going places in the regulatory arena. As Bubbles Fisher would say, "is it safe?" - and “Does it come in any other colours?” 😄

There's one simple reason the Allies won the war in the air during WW2 - the Americans built nearly 325,000 aircraft in total, and the Japanese only built 76,000 aircraft, and the Germans only built 119,000 aircraft. The British also built 131,549 aircraft, an amazing effort, considering the majority of able-bodied British men were at war, and the country was under constant aerial attacks - unlike the U.S. Australian aircraft production in WW2 was pretty pale in comparison, at around 2,300 aircraft in total. World War II aircraft production - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Pax to Pilot: "Are you sure this is what they meant, when they call it 'fly by wire'?"

Just keep in mind, this is the same auction house that was recently fined $10M by the ACCC for misleading buyers with regards to the condition and description of their used vehicles. Not only did it cost them a $10M fine, they have to compensate the wronged buyers. I'll wager if the ACCC went further than just vehicles sold by Grays, there would've been a lot more mis-described auction items. Auction Site Grays Slapped With $10M Fine For Misleading Buyers About 750 Cars - B&T WWW.BANDT.COM.AU Real estate agents everywhere in a huge sigh of relief as, yet again, rival used car salesman busted over shonky claims.

Auction houses will always describe items as "unairworthy", unroadworthy", or even "non-operational", to limit their liability. They would only describe the item as a goer if it was identified as such by the attending paperwork. Even a vehicle with a flat battery is described as "non-operational". They couldn't start it, so it's non-operational to them. I placed a 1000 litre pod of new Shell transmission oil into an auction and the auction house refused to describe it as "new", because it did not have an oil company seal on the bungs. They would only describe it as "used" oil. Of course, no-one is going to bid on used oil, so I withdrew it from the auction.

Information is trickling in with regard to a light aircraft crash on the border of Leopold Downs Station, around 60kms NE of Fitzroy Crossing, W.A., on Sunday afternoon. Two men in the aircraft suffered serious injuries in the crash, and were transported to Broome hospital. Authorities are still trying to acquire more information. As the information has apparently trickled in, rather than being promptly reported via the GA system, it appears that it might have involved an RA-registered aircraft, not a GA aircraft. The ABC has confirmed the people involved were not staff members at the cattle station, and that the aircraft was being privately operated. Two men in serious condition after light plane crash near Fitzroy Crossing in far north WA - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU Two men are being treated in Broome Hospital after their light aircraft crashed on the border of Leopold Downs Station, east of Fitzroy Crossing.

Bob Tait says that 5NM departure track requirement is for IFR aircraft only, there's no specific instructions for VFR aircraft. More interestingly, there's no specific requirement for departure calls for VFR aircraft in the AIP. Departure radio calls WWW.BOBTAIT.COM.AU Hi everyone, i seem to be gettjng a bit cobfused as ti when to make my departure call from a non controlled aerodrome. Say i am departing on an extended...

......additional French flavours, such as being attacked by rioters whilst attempting to take off, being shot at by Middle Eastern Muslim immigrants if one flies too low over certain Paris suburbs, being roughed up by the Gendarmes because they don't recognise the accent and clothing, and think you're a would-be terrorist about to knife a dozen people - and of course, being penalised because your instruments aren't all metric. Despite all this, Turbo managed to get his Turbine Drifter airborne, only to find that some thieving French scumbag had.............

Martinsyde Semiquaver Alula. The Martinsyde was originally built as a biplane, the Alula mono wing was designed by a Dutchman, Alexander Albert Holle, and fitted to the Semiquaver for testing purposes. The Alula wing produced adverse handling results on the ground, making the aircraft top heavy - and coupled with a narrow track undercarriage, the arrangement was deemed unsatisfactory. The Semiquaver Alula was entered into the 1921 Aerial Derby (on July 16th), but the Semiquavers regular pilot, Frank Courtney, refused to fly the machine, claiming it was dangerous. The undercarriage was later widened and the aircraft flown on August 27, 1921 by R. W. Kenworthy. The takeoff speed was reported as being an excessive 110mph. The Alula wing was later removed, and the aircraft was converted back to a biplane.

Dom, you posted this aircraft video just 10 days ago, are you getting forgetful in your old age?

But it's the one coming from above and behind, that you need to look out for, too!

Rex has currently ceased selling air tickets between capitals until the company problems have been sorted out. They are still taking bookings for regional flights. It is believed that the directors were preparing to appoint EY as Administrators, but the Albanese Govt has been in crisis talks with the company and the Deloitte restructuring team, to ensure that regional cities aren't left without an air service.

The best description of Dan Gryder I've seen recently, is "the Foghorn Leghorn of aviation". Bombastic, opinionated, brash, and quite prepared to unleash on anyone he targets, and causing great diviseness. Despite all his warnings and self-aggrandising safety advice, people still keep killing themselves in aircraft at alarming rates - and many of them, due to the same overconfidence that Dan exudes.

REX's problems are far bigger than requiring airports to have security control and ASIC cards. They are burning up money like a problem gambler at the pokies. They've managed to increase their turnover in the hope of increasing their profits - but the losses continue - and are increasing. They're now trying to compete with Qantas and Virgin on the Melb-Perth-Melb run, using 737's. They've got 10 of them, but I'll wager their profitability is low. REX is "technically insolvent", and without a major corporate revamp and a substantial re-capitalisation, I can see them going the way of Bonza and Compass. Is Regional Express Holdings (ASX:REX) Using Debt In A Risky Way? SIMPLYWALL.ST Howard Marks put it nicely when he said that, rather than worrying about share price volatility, 'The possibility of...

Rex Airlines has advised the ASC of a trading halt in their shares as they call in a Deloitte "restructuring team" to apparently address major operating and financial issues. It looks like someone has just presented the books for the FY just gone, and the red ink is overwhelming. The CEO grabbed his bags and did a runner last month, maybe he saw the financial tsunami coming. https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02832356-2A1537758&v=70bc033a22188bdfefb8a0b8ad3c24897ef2837d Rex Airlines enters trading halt after Deloitte reportedly called in — Capital Brief WWW.CAPITALBRIEF.COM The news: Regional Express Holdings has entered a trading halt on the ASX, after a media report claimed the regional airline has appointed Deloitte's restructuring services.

More info in the links below. Looks like a typical, extremely complex, European design machine to me, complete with all the normal reliability problems that come with them. In depth: Airbus’ Racer fast helicopter set for 2020 test flight WWW.AEROSPACETESTINGINTERNATIONAL.COM With one year to go before its maiden flight, Airbus Helicopters' Racer technology demonstrator, which aims to reach speeds of up to 400km/h (250mph) is innovating in terms of its design and flight testing Advanced Assembly Solutions for the Airbus RACER Joined-Wing Configuration - Mobility Engineering Technology WWW.MOBILITYENGINEERINGTECH.COM The Rapid And Cost Effective Rotorcraft (RACER) demonstrator is being developed by Airbus Helicopters (AH) to further validate the compound rotorcraft configuration.

The 21st century reincarnation of a P-51!

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.