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Litespeed, why wouldn't you sail North (or South), earlier, out of the cyclones reach?

I'm trying to figure out how this bloke evaded airline/airport security to get to the aircraft door with a shotgun and knives? It appears he dressed up as an airport worker/tradie and he must have cut the fence somewhere, and walked or sprinted across the tarmac to reach the aircraft door?

But do you honestly think watching that video would have dissuaded Matt Farrell from taking off in his Jabiru that fateful morning? By all reports, he was the personality type who would've watched the video, and said, "I'm too smart, for that to happen to me! - only idiots crash aircraft!" - and he still would've taken off.

Tell that to the people who've been bitten by snakes! A farmer client was walking around one of his paddocks, picking up stray rocks and roots in preparation for seeding. He reached down amongst rye grass plants about 300mm high to pick up a stray mallee root, and a dugite lunged out and bit him! He was extremely wary of any long grass after that episode! He said he never even saw the snake, it just "came out of nowhere".

As previously talked about, ATSB has a limited budget, and limitations on the number of investigators with the necessary skills, and only investigates aircraft crashes if something new is to be learned, that benefits owners or pilots, or is in the general public safety interest. When simple pilot error is strongly indicated to be the reason behind the crash, there is little to be gained by conducting an exhaustive crash investigation, that only concludes the pilot made a basic aircraft handling error - exactly the same as many others did, before that crash.

It must be time to fly them further inland to safety?! Let's hope this is not a repeat of Cyclone Wanda (1974)! Who remembers the 1974 Brisbane floods? I do! - they were a shocker! https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/brisbane-flood-1974-our-collections

.......little hands, with a prescribed penalty of 150 penalty units being applied for such offences." Mahatma gasped. What kind of penalty would be applied if someone called him "Mahatma Coat"? It would surely rate as a major penalty, incurring.........

Yes, that's because horsepower (or kW) is a measurement of the amount of work done in a certain time. So a higher engine speed gets more done faster. But with increasing RPM comes less efficient combustion, an increase in fuel usage (actually wasted fuel), and higher wear levels, as high engine speeds DO increase engine wear rates.

It is a fine line, indeed - and tens of thousands of owners of "commercial" machines and vehicles, "push" that line daily. In every populated area, planning and useage rules apply, as Turbo has rightfully pointed out. The planning and useage rules are designed to reduce friction in society between neighbouring parties. Dividing fence arguments cause veritable wars between neighbours. In rural locations, you can get away with a lot more noise and activity and smells, and that's acceptable to most people. The problems often start when a newcomer moves into an area where noisy rural activities are undertaken, and doesn't realise that comes with the territory - they often expect total peace and silence. Then there's the issue where someone moves in to an area with an aggravating land use, that causes distress to people already there. In the extremely rural locality of Beverley W.A., a Motorcyle Gang built a motorbike dragstrip (Westdale Dirt Drags and Burnouts), upsetting all and sundry amongst the nearby locals, with vast amounts of noise, dust, smoke, unexpected crowds, and visiting hoons tearing up local roads, leaving rubbish, and damaging infrastructure. But they still get away with it, even though it's not an authorised land use. In virtually all jurisdictions, the residents who have been there longest, have "existing use" rights with their activities, over anyone moving in later.

Vast amounts of council regulations and laws are initiated thanks to ignorant people who care little about other peoples desire for privacy and peaceful living. A person owning an aircraft would show neighbourliness and civility by meeting with and discussing with neighbours, their purchase and intended use of an aircraft - prior to purchasing and using it - especially where that use involved directly flying over a neighbours house regularly, and at low altitude. Possibly made worse by very early morning flights, as is common with aircraft use. This behaviour without consultation constitutes an annoyance and the annoyed neighbour has every right to take steps to eliminate that annoyance. It's not much different to your neighbour buying a Harley-Davidson with no mufflers, and him starting it up every morning at 5:00AM outside your bedroom window, just over your dividing fence. Aviation activities are strictly controlled at the best of times, despite a few aviators thinking they can do what they like in populated areas, with reference to no-one.

......of the old saying, "2 litres only comes in milk bottles!". This saying was always immediately guaranteed to raise hackles, and if you mentioned "rice racer" in the same sentence, then that statement would certainly bring about a raging brawl based on the number of litres, and what you could expect from 2 litres of....................

Have you investigated your local planning laws and restrictions on airstrip installation and use? Have you spoken to your neighbours as regards flying directly over their house? If you cause deaths by crashing your aircraft, there would need to be negligence or unlawful/illegal behaviour on your part, which would result in an expensive lawsuit or lawsuits.

Marty, you need to check those bores with a borescope. I've seen fully-reconditioned engines, stored in supposedly good conditions in a warehouse, develop rusty bores within 2 years of storage. You need to turn the engine over regularly, and having a heat source under the engine, such as a 100W incandescent light globe kept on permanently, will provide an adequate engine temperature minimum, to keep condensation at bay. If you've had condensation/corrosion problems with tools in your workshop, then you have reason to be concerned as regards engine bores, which never have a decent coating of oil film, that can keep corrosion at bay.

......so it immediately became obvious that Turbo had become confused, and mistook the DG Uniting Church for a pub (it's very similar, just a different kind of worship to a pub, takes place there), mistook the War Memorial Hall for a Shire Hall (that's easy to do, there's a very subtle difference), and the "pub dog" that Turb sighted isn't a pub dog at all, it actually belongs to DG, and it's his best rabbiting dog, and it was a most unfortunate event when it spotted a rabbit, and ran into CT's line of fire. However, Turbo can be forgiven for these small lapses in memory and identification, we can put his feeble state of mind down to his advanced age, and the fact that's he's been in many wars (mostly with councils and VCAT), has plenty of mental scars to prove it, and often has to be reminded what day it is, where he is, and what he's there for. Regardless of his health and age problems, Turbo's contributions to the NES are so substantial, it warrants creating a special award for his efforts, and accordingly CT "rattled the can" for Turbo amongst the DG flying fraternity (all 3 of them) and raised enough to...........

Marty - Skyshop has 1 litre bottles on special for $20.50, can you get a friend or relative on the mainland that's heading to Tasmania, to pick some bottles up from Skyshop, and then bring them across in their luggage? Perhaps even someone making a personal flight across, could stow them on board for you? https://www.skyshop.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=1075

Jackc, you might want to consider the standard penalties for flying an unregistered aircraft, or flying without a pilots licence/certificate, if things go pear-shaped, and don't follow your carefully-orchestrated, secret aviation plans. One standard Commonwealth Penalty Unit is currently $330 (current as at 7 November 2024, and subject to indexation), so the cost of 50 PU's is $16,500 today. Then, there's the little issue of the damage or injury caused to third parties during your unregistered/unlicenced flying operations, that went contrary to all your carefully-laid plans. It's odd, how someone, or someones elses valuable property, often has a nasty habit of being located in the wrong place, at the wrong time, when you have a little "flying upset" - no matter how remote the location. https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/casr1998333/s200.030.html One "sovereign citizen" of Mackay Qld, who killed his passenger when he crashed whilst flying unlicenced and unregistered over Ball Bay in Qld, managed to squeak out of a manslaughter charge on technicalities last year - but he still faces a trial on another 6 aviation charges this year, one of which charges includes operating as an unlicenced pilot. But perhaps the worrying part is the potential civil lawsuit still hanging over his head for the loss, or losses, associated with the death of his passenger - who was apparently a "good mate". It seems like the families of the deceased are not such good mates nowadays with the unlicenced pilot. But according to reports, the unlicenced pilot makes weekly phone calls to Donald Trump to sort out his predicament, and to have all the Australian aviation charges dismissed, so I'm really interested to see how that's going to work out for him. All I can suggest is, if you want to carry out lots of secret, unlicenced/unregistered flying activities, far from "prying eyes", then you'd be well advised to have a top-class KC on your list of close contacts.

Insurance?? Safety equipment? Safety regulations? What are they? 😄

Of course, that's correct, and that is CASA's definition of an aeroplane. But you're missing the point that flying a weightshift paraglider at relatively low speeds, as against flying an engine powered, three-axis aircraft, requires substantially more training for the latter - especially in relation to weather understanding, and how it affects higher speed, powered aircraft, and pilot performance.

Paragliders can, and regularly do, fly at 20kts.

Of course, Dementus is way behind the original motorcycle charioteers of the 1930's! These blokes make Dementus look like an amateur!

Training is supposed to not only give a person adequate skills for the operation of any powered machine, it should also weed out those who are entirely unsuited for the position of driving that machine. And when you take to the air, the last factor becomes more important than in any other field of endeavour.

Marty, all is revealed in the video below. If you're in a hurry, start at 4:59 in. Did you notice the bloke sitting very low in front of the chariot tub? He's obviously got a lot to do with controlling gearchanging and throttle openings, the bloke in the chariot tub is just doing some pretty "iffy" steering, via the reins!

It sounds to me like the steaks are being raised here...

.....but their output was sadly lacking, resulting in many complaints from Tasman and Kimberley owners. But it was CT, as the Chief Austin Tester, who found the Tasman and Kimberleys real weaknesses, when he found their handling was nothing short of appalling, and this poor handling was resulting in excessive losses, to the point where it became embarrassing to even be seen with......

....then found it was too confusing as the gun models were called Morris Eight, Morris Ten, Morris Cowley, Morris Minor, Morris Major, Morris Oxford, Morris Isis, and Morris Marina - all relative to the gun size and capabilities and performance, of course - but the confusing part came when Morris named all their cars the same as their guns. This led to total chaos when aircraft fitters wanted to know what a pilot did with his Morris Ten after he brought his aircraft back in - and the pilot started relating tall tales about how he beat an Austin Twelve in the Kop Hill Climb, and how he was next planning to supercharge it. The aircraft fitter looked at the pilot like he was a raving madman, and reported back to the Squadron CO, that such-and-such a pilot should be relieved of his piloting duties, as he'd obviously gone..........