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I didn't have a problem with Queen Elizabeth and the monarchy in her day, she carried herself well, and the vast majority of the Commonwealth supported her. Even during WW2, she elected to become a driver/mechanic, and got her hands dirty. She could have selected an honorary senior officer position and ponced around like a hero, but she chose to do the same ordinary job as many ordinary people did. However, I object to the huge "train" of hangers-on associated with the monarchy, and their largely idle lives with unearned income from many inherited assets.

Gee, that's a very generous attitude towards the Royals, from the forum resident Leftie, Nev! My argument is that the instructions from the Establishment, to Harrys superiors in the Forces, would be that they were to NEVER place him in a situation of high risk when in uniform, or their careers would be at an end. Meantimes, the rest of us plebs always simply had to run the gauntlet of ambushes, snipers, booby traps, mines, mortars, and artillery fire.

A legend in his own bathtime. Born into privilege and displays all the "entitled" attitude to privilege. And led along by one of the worlds most manipulative actresses, who thought she would get a privileged royal position by roping in a prince with the furry lariat. Who recalls his Dad almost writing off the BAE146 because he thought he knew how to fly better than any commoner Captain? Then the investigators turned around and blamed the Captain for letting him land it!

I rode with Turkish airlines about 10 years ago from Jakarta to Istanbul. The cabin crew were the unhappiest bunch I've ever encountered on any airline, ever. One steward was constantly seething with anger, he must have stewing over some mistreatment. The service was desultory, and the food was nothing to write home about. The Turkish Airlines aircraft are in pretty good shape and reasonably new, and they have a very large fleet. Sabiha Gocken airport is extremely modern and clean, and the Turks are quite efficient. Probably the saddest sight I've seen though, was a fully sealed smoking room in the airport, where flight and cabin crew from countries where smoking was still very prevalent, could puff away to their hearts content, and fill themselves up with nicotine before they made the dash to their destination. The room looked like it was on fire. I recall seeing one Russian Captain puffing away desperately in the room, he looked like a walking heart attack, red-faced and bloated. I would have been very reluctant to fly if I knew he was up front. We left Sabiha Gocken on an EgyptAir flight to Cairo. Now THAT was a hairy ride! Passengers ignoring seatbelt signs, walking around and swapping seats at all stages of the flight. The flight was 3 hrs late taking off, and when we did finally take off, I swear the Captain had the throttles firewalled from the start of the runway, to the start of the descent into Cairo. And Cairo Airport cannot be adequately described. Security was virtually non-existent, and there was a VIP lounge on the upper level, that was open to the air! - and open to all the flies!

You'll never find a search engine on a website that has even 10% of the search ability of Google Search, the logarithms they use are refined to the nth degree, and they're possibly using AI as well today.

Nev, if you want to find something on this site, use Google Search and the search term "recreational flying: xxxxxxxxx" (with "xxxxxxxx" being the subject item you're looking for). I did a Google Search this way using "Shvetsov M-11D" as the subject item, and this thread was the first hit in Google Search.

The rubber shortage caused by the Japs invading all the S.E. Asian nations that were the worlds primary rubber producers, even hit the Americans hard. The WW2 Japanese actions took out 97% of the worlds rubber production, and it was only the huge American effort poured into finding a rubber substitute - whereby they invented butyl rubber in 1943 - that actually prevented the Japs from making Allied war operations literally grind to a halt. Australia was hit so hard by the rubber shortage that the rubber scrap drives in WW2 nearly equated the size of the metal scrap drives. In a major reversal, near the Wars end, it was the Japs who were suffering a major rubber shortage, that affected their ability to wage war, as the Allies regained control of the rubber-producing regions. https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search?query=rubber+tyres&collection=true&facet_type=Photograph

I said nothing about "none of the operating crew had appropriate experience". It's obvious they were experienced. But what was lacking was disciplined planning, and a proper rehearsal of the interactions between the aircraft before they went out.

........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.