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........sought out the services of the local Heavy Heli-lift crowd. "Yeah, I've got a little problem mate", said Ahlow, after his call was answered. "My beercan seems to be stuck and won't fly out of where it is, and I need to get it back to DIASP pronto. Are you up to a bit of lifting? It's got some other stuff still attached to it, and I won't be able to get it unattached, until I get it out of where it is!" "No wuckers, Mate!", said the voice on the other end (which sounded suspiciously like a famous NES character). "The charge is $5000 startup fee, then $3,380 per quarter hour, as indicated by the Hobbs meter! When can we start, and who's paying? Ahlow thought for a few seconds, and then said, "That's great! - and the fees are fine by me! Just send the bill to............

There's plenty of camera footage available, it was all recorded and all recovered. The Roulettes and other aerobatic teams go out with a strictly rehearsed plan of aircraft movements, and there can be no distractions when you're bringing aircraft very close together at considerable speed. The problem here was an undisciplined approach to some of the most dangerous flying you can ever indulge in, and an unrehearsed plan of aircraft movements. The ATSB graphics illustrate pretty clearly what happened - wingtips touched because the concentration was on "great camera footage", and not rigid flying discipline, with carefully preplanned, and carefully rehearsed aircraft movements. It's only sheer good luck there wasn't a quadruple number of fatalities, and two aircraft lost, in the one mid-air crash.

With a service ceiling of 30,000; it would have be pressurised, would it not? Or do they just only carry seasoned Mt Everest climbers, and Nepalese, who can live without supplemental oxygen at 30,000'?

It seems like the dead pilot starred in a yet-to-be-released documentary titled "Any fool can fly". Yep, seems like there was at least one fool flying that day, and possibly more. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/moment-two-planes-crashed-mid-air-captured-on-camera-c-13251436

.....biceps on view - whereupon one of the Ute Muster females, who had won first prize for staying on the mechanical bucking bull ride, until it actually burnt out and stopped, sidled up to Ahlow and said, "Oohh, you sexy thing, how would ya like to.........

Skippy, the better centrifugal separators contain a paper element which removes all the contaminants. The plain, garden variety of centrifugal separators only remove soot and other fine particles.

Paul, the following discussion is worthy of a read - including the links in the thread. The article is a GA oriented article, but the basics are applicable to all aircraft engines. https://www.euroga.org/forums/oil-separator-which-model-to-buy-and-are-they-really-bad-and-if-so-exactly-why/7954?page=1 I have little doubt that Facthunters advice is correct. The only guaranteed way to remove water and condensation from oil is via heating to 100°C, or by utilising a centrifugal oil separator with a removable paper element. The centrifugal oil separators are a very popular addition to the large ships engines, and they're very effective.

Here's a link to the Channel 7 News that works ..... https://7news.com.au/news/emergency-response-as-light-plane-crashes-near-boonah-in-gold-coast-hinterland-c-13217187 Both pilot and passenger are reported to be in "critical condition" with life-threatening injuries.

I'd have to opine a Bunnings door is probably a whole lot more secure, than a Boeing door, at present!

You can avoid soldering and heat problems with battery tabs by purchasing a dedicated battery tab spot welder off AliExpress, Temu or eBay for around $25. https://www.temu.com/ul/kuiper/un9.html?subj=coupon-un&_bg_fs=1&_p_jump_id=895&_x_vst_scene=adg&goods_id=601099519047693&sku_id=17592226956628

What has a road accident involving a toddler, got to do with a gyro crash??

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this news, but as the information deals with a communication game changer in 2024, I would hope this is the right forum. SpaceX has just successfully sent a text message to the mobile network via one of their new Direct to Cell satellites. What is even more interesting is that SpaceX have plans to rapidly launch hundreds of these new satellites, so there will be a rapid and major upgrade to mobile communications in 2024. They are doing it for text messages first, then talk, and then followed by data. So, soon there will be nowhere on the planet where you cannot use your ubiquitous mobile phone or tablet, just like you do in mobile coverage areas today. Of course, there will no doubt be a certain level of charge for the service, but the charges will no doubt be far outweighed by the convenience and economic advantages of having the equivalent of city-level communication 1000kms from the nearest human habitation.

The kids around Portland have developed a new, locally-oriented, "hide and seek" type game. It's called, "Let all go find an aircraft door!" The door is the major prize, minor prizes are awarded for passengers personal items found. The rules say the game must be played along Boeing flight paths.

They need to be photographed juggling with handfuls of unrelated parts, and installing things back to front, just for laughs.

It's on a YouTube entertainment video, and it doesn't look like a toy plane to me. The action starts at 00:37 seconds in.

Be firm with people who are going to stuff you around, saying they'll take it, and then not putting down a deposit. If someone wants it, they need to back their talk with a CASH or a BANK TRANSFER, NON-REFUNDABLE, deposit. It's not sold until money changes hands. Don't rely on verbal agreements. Write up a sales agreement that covers everything that might go wrong. It doesn't need to be a 50 page agreement drawn up by a lawyer - just a simple handwritten agreement has authority in court, if major problems develop. Ensure the description is accurate, that buyer has made himself/herself aware of all faults in the machine. Itemise the sale amount, the date, any terms such as deposit amount and when the balance is strictly due, specific sale conditions, if anything is included, or not included - and of course, both buyer and seller sign the document, and each gets a copy. If you make the deposit non-refundable, you're covering yourself from losses of a sale to other potential buyers, who you missed out on, while the non-performing buyer was stuffing you around. If a potential buyer makes an appointment to check it out, make yourself readily available - and don't put up with no-shows, and dreamers who want to talk about pricing without inspection.

Spacey, the poster above you is a spammer or scammer. Don't click on his live links.

Just inches away from total disaster, and I'll wager he didn't expect to get that low.

I'm telling ya, this new phone I just picked up, just fell outta the sky, into my lap!!

......which is the latest aviation design on offer from W.A. and it's based on outstanding Boeing principles (at this point, a smart-alec journo interjected with, "Oh, you mean profits before safety?" - but he was ignored and was hustled away before he asked more awkward questions). "Furthermore", the speaker went on, "thanks to my wide business connections, we will also be able to offer a fabulous finance package to assist would-be marina buyers to get their marinas at low initial cost!" (note the lower-case "marina" name, as CT uses the same cheap keyboard as bull does, and even went to the same typing school). "Just WHO is this bloke, anyway?", said a keen aviator in the assembled crowd. "Don't you know?, said another. "Of course, he's not well known amongst West Australians either, as he keeps a very low profile, but his track record is outstanding in his fields, which cover everything from mining to finance to aviation, and even shipping! However, he does have some opposition from some quarters, and especially from the East Coast, where there's at least two ar**holes who............

I saw an interview with a NTSB senior woman manager and she was at pains to point out that there was an indication of confusion between cabin crew and flight crew, with the flight crew apparently unable to gain correct or accurate information from the cabin crew, as to "what was happening down the back?". As a result, the NTSB was keen to acquire the CVR record, so they could determine where the communication problems were, and whether there were possibilities that this communication difficulty could be another B737 MAX problem that needed to be addressed.

The PT-6A is one of the most reliable turbines around, it's highly unusual for it to fail. However, the indications are, it may have been a partial engine failure. It appears it had enough power to do a return to the airstrip from around 4000', however the landing was obviously less than successful, and with a runway overshoot on the return, it appears the pilot may have landed long. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/349706 https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2024/report/ao-2024-001

The stuff-ups continue, unabated. There's no CVR recording available as a result of the tape being overwritten. News article: WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The cockpit voice recorder from the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet that suffered a plug door blowout during an Alaska Airlines flight and carried out an emergency landing on Friday was overwritten by the time it was recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board chair said Sunday. NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were sent to NTSB labs on Sunday to be read, but no data was available on the cockpit voice recorder because it was not retrieved by the two-hour mark, when recording restarts and previous data is erased. "It's a very chaotic event. The circuit breaker for the CVR (voice recorder) was not pulled. The maintenance team went out to get it, but it was right at about the two-hour mark," Homendy said. The NTSB has pushed to extend the cockpit voice-recording requirement to 25 hours. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a proposed rule in November that would increase the requirement, but it would only apply to newly manufactured aircraft, Homendy said. "If that communication is not recorded, that is unfortunately a loss for us and a loss for the FAA and a loss for safety, because that information is key not just for our investigation but for improving aviation safety," she said.

DJP, your supplied image link is not working.

The ABC has a slightly more informative news article - and it says the Cessna (yes, it really WAS a Cessna!!) flipped on takeoff "after hitting some trees". Looks to me like the pilot hit about the only trees on the island! - but they are in line with the runway! There's going to be a lot of awkward questions asked here, over the level of aircraft loading, and the settings for the control surfaces for takeoff. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-08/lizard-island-light-plane-crash/103292742 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lizard_Island_Airport.jpg