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  1. onetrack
    Farman? Far-out, Man!! It's actually a JABIRU!! Spectacularly ugly doesn't even begin to describe it! Imagine trying to land it?
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    Watch out you don't buy old technology that will soon be superseded. A lot of phones and tablets are totally obsolete after about 5-6 years - you find they aren't capable of working with the latest technology, and updates become minimal, the updates are only simply for security.
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    FD - Click on your username or avatar, up on the top right of your profile photo you'll see "Account Settings". Click on that heading, that opens a new page. On the top right of that new page you'll see "Other Settings" and under that heading, "Notification Settings". Click on "Notification Settings" and you get another new page, with a list of settings you can change or set by clicking on the "\/" arrow on the right, and then by ticking or unticking the boxes on the left.
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    Isn't that one of those extremely rare Cessna Tri-Motors? They got the idea from Junkers.
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    Looks a whole lot like a set of B-52 engines and wing, to my way of thinking - but what would I know? https://www.collinsaerospace.com/news/stories/2021/07/extending-the-power-of-a-legend
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    Pearl Harbor

    onetrack commented on Admin's movie in War Time Movies

    Many Americans knew from around 1933 that they were likely to go to War with Japan. The U.S. embargoes on Japan were introduced from 1936 on, to try and prevent further Japanese military actions, after they invaded China. What stunned the Americans was the fact that the Japanese would land such a vicious and secretive blow on them with no warning. It was pure luck that most of the U.S. Navy fleet was at sea when the Pearl Harbor attack took place. https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2020/may/winter-1933-jankowski.html https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/pearl-harbor
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    Not a Zenith 750, but Marty might have some interest in this South Australian electric aviation hopeful. The California-based Amprius is making big noises about the technology advances in its silicon anode battery. https://showcasesa.com.au/south-australian-business-achieves-milestone-towards-producing-australias-first-light-sport-electric-aircraft/ https://amprius.com/
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    ATSB have one eye witness who sighted the aircraft at low altitude and heading towards the ground, and no smoke or fire was mentioned by that witness.
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    ATSB have confirmed the crash cause evidence is definitely suggesting a powerline strike upon landing. What puzzles me, it appears the crash was on the familys farm, and I would've expected the pilot to be fully familiar with the powerline locations in that area - so perhaps the cause was engine failure (carburettor icing?) on final? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/atsb-initial-evidence-deadly-light-plane-crash-at-merriton/102958168
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    The Bohli compass .... http://www.hkavionics.com/Bohli_man/ba_kompi_e4.pdf
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    It's the Holy Trinity of Delta-wing aviation!
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    The answer to this problem is on the Professors webpage, below. Before you read it, click on "See the question here", to get a laugh. https://www.spsnational.org/the-sps-observer/spring-summer/2016/compass-confusion-answers#:~:text=If a north hemisphere compass,the base of the compass.
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    I'll wager Jim Knight wished he'd done more to check his compass in his Wackett VH-BEC in 1962, after he ran out of fuel and landed in the desert of Northern South Australia, and died there.
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    Didn't realise you were actually a closet furry, Litespeed!
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    The fursuit crowd have a thing about dressing up as animals, as in Disneyland-style costumes. They call it "cosplay" - as in "costume play". I don't know how you'd even get to fit in a cramped cockpit wearing a fursuit - let alone have concerns about "limited view" restrictions. So, I'd have to opine, the answer to the OP's question in the title is YES, and the answer to the question in post #1, is a resounding, NO. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/255721304885 https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2021/10/27/furries-on-a-plane-southwest-airlines-flight-taken-over-by-animal-costumes/
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    You wouldn't have to be the sharpest tool in the shed, as a baggage handler, to slip contraband into a Q flight cargo hold, and then pull it out and deliver it to a waiting car at the edge of the tarmac! There would be so many cameras watching them at all times, they wouldn't even be able to scratch their goolies without someone knowing immediately, which side it was, that they'd scratched! Then there's the massive AFP and Border Force Intelligence, which has acquired so much info from the ANOM app - plus the ability to listen in to phone conversations almost anywhere - as well as the number of undercover operatives within the drug gangs and motorcycle gangs!
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    These photos are all of single seaters. No photos of any of the 2-seat versions?
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    ABC is reporting both men have now died, a father and son. Condolences to family and friends, what a terrible thing to have happen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/two-men-killed-in-light-plane-crash-at-merriton/102950490
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    Aircraft is reported by S.A. Police to have hit a powerline prior to crashing. The 24 yr old passenger is deceased, the 50 yr old pilot is in critical condition. This has been a black week for light aviation. https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/front-page-news/plane-crash-at-merriton
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    This is starting to sound like a Country Party whinge. I've seen very few bankrupt farmers, most got their land for next to nothing, and today, it's worth millions - and it's still going up and up endlessly, in value. I worked as a contractor for probably over a thousand farmers and they nearly all wanted their earthmoving jobs done for next to nothing. Some would even tell me the price they wanted it done for, which was usually about 20% below my break-even costs. All those farmers are now worth at least $3M-$5M, and some have their farms on the market for $20M. Not a bad little "win" if you can get it. Nobody ever gave me a single square metre of land for less than the going high-value market rate.
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    .....pig fat is the greatest "greaser of palms" that one can wear in PNG. As a result of all the greased palms that Turbo engaged with, doors opened for him everywhere in Port Moresby - and before long he had the PM's private jet made available to him, for his own personal use (and at call), the PNG Governors Rolls Royce was his for the taking whenever he felt like it, and even better, the Parliamentary..........
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    You'll probably need these to go with the fursuit, to be fully legal. https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1457722791/fursuit-sized-pilot-goggles
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    Breaking News! - Tasmania - Farmer finally finds culprit responsible for destroying his outhouse with huge part that fell from plane!!
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    .......6:00PM Channel Nine News headlines. Then were the fire reports from the Firies. Oh, the Fires!! The Fires!! There were e-Drifters on fire behind every second house, it seemed, according to the Firies. Pretty soon, new Fire legislation was initiated to forestall e-Drifters initiating massive fires. All e-Drifters had to be parked no closer than 30 metres to any flammable material, any building, any airport hangar, any..........
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    I think you'll find the original post is Sept 16, 2023 - not 2016. Tango Delta only joined the forum on Sept 16 this year.
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