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No, it's not just rivalry between families in Northam, it's a hotbed of crime with constant thieving, drug dealing and assaults. The W.A. Police have just ramped up their numbers in Northam, because the crims thought nothing of bashing police every chance they got. The crime rate in Northam has been soaring for 6 years, and the W.A. Police are just crowing now, about how they've got it to come down a bit. If you think I don't know what I'm talking about, let me tell you, I have 5 family members who are/were in the police force here, my nephew has a big industrial property at Grass Valley, just East of Northam, and despite 24 hr security, his business got broken into, and the thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment and other equipment. It was a local gang. Businesses in Northam are broken into frequently, and car theft levels are high in Northam. My stepson went out with a policewoman for a while, who told him she was getting a transfer to Northam, because it was a "high risk" zone where police got rotated out of quickly, and which meant an improved chance of promotion. It didn't work out for her, the crims beat the crap out her, and she ended up in hospital with major injuries. I parked in a carpark in town near a public toilet a few years back, because my missus wanted to go to the toilet. I wondered why she was taking so long. When she got back to the car, she was scared and angry. Two suntanned juveniles around 15 or 16 followed her into the womens toilet and started posing highly suggestive questions to her, asking her how "she'd like it up the a**e?" They kept up their line of questioning, brazen as they come, in a womans toilet! You can often find the scumbags hiding in cubicles, waiting for women to come in. She was absolutely sh****** herself at the threat posed by these juveniles, and she locked herself in a cubicle until they left. This is not an uncommon occurrence, you keep up your guard near any public toilets, and watch where you go at night in Northam.

Unfortunately, johnm, the stats prove me correct. And I have a number of relatives and friends who have homes and businesses in Northam. Northam is home to a substantial number of criminals, welfare recipients and drug users. Bindoon and Lower Chittering have a sizeable percentage of larger block owners (rural residential) and no "welfare" housing. https://www.microburbs.com.au/Crime-Disadvantage/Bindoon https://www.homely.com.au/suburb-profile/northam-wa-6401 https://www.homely.com.au/suburb-profile/lower-chittering-wa-6084 The major disadvantage of Bindoon airstrip is it can only used on weekends as Pearce RAAF base demands the airspace during the week for training, as the Bindoon Military Area is nearby, and this area is used for mock aerial attack training, as well as a large area around and N of Pearce, is reserved for RAAF student pilot training.

Moneybox, what's wrong with Bindoon airstrip, instead of Northam? It's a lot easier to get into Perth from Bindoon - and Bindoon has zero crime, unlike Northam, which is full of thieves.

.....one Kiwis idea to design an aircraft that used both a nosewheel and a tailwheel, that caused a revolution in the recreational aviation field. "It luks like a shupping trulley!" exclaimed another Kiwi aviator, who bore a great resemblance to.........

.....advised Kim that beating Trump at his own game would take more than a BUGC degree, and he suggested he'd be more than able to assist Kim in acquiring more.........

It's Dusty Crophopper in the metal!! (or wood or composite, whichever it is).

Brendan, I see you trailered it with the fully approved tail wheel support, supplied by the Aviation Dairy Supply Company.

Yes, there's a lot of gaps in the scenarios that need addressing. As with so many "advanced" aviation ideas, we might all have long white beards before any of them actually come to practical development and use. I can see where they might be useful for dropping cargo to remote locations, or maybe even carrying out some rescues - but as far as carrying people is concerned, I think they've got a lo-o-ong way to go.

Marty, it looks like they use a sort of "wobble drive" universal-joint setup in the driveshaft. This system simply tilts the rotors. They claim they're aiming for maximum simplicity and the minimum number of parts/components to stay aloft safely. Their cruise speed is a reputed 130kmh, and probably the interesting part is they are claiming "automatic flight", rather than "autonomous flight". They say that it will be many years before totally autonomous flight is possible and achievable, thus they're concentrating on automatic flight, using fixed flight paths, and pre-designated take-off and landing areas. This seems to indicate remote control of these e-copters. It looks like they're aiming at inner-city air-taxi type operations and cargo deliveries. https://www.flynow-aviation.com/

Mat's small number of posts on here indicated a reasonably good understanding about the limitations involved in flying light aircraft, but it appears he succumbed to the age-old problem of poor pilot decision-making, in taking off into inclement weather, obviously feeling a pressing need to carry out his flight. I would opine we've all seen reports of reportedly good pilots with modest levels of experience, making poor decisions to take off, when they should've stayed grounded. I'm not so sure that another 15 or 20 hrs of pilot training would have benefited Mat, unless that training really hammered decision-making, relating to whether a flight would be able to be safely carried out or not. The problem centres around the fact that everyone is different when it comes to decision-making, and some of us are more impulsive than others. https://www.recreationalflying.com/profile/11812-mat-farrell/content/

That screenshot looks like he's relieving himself, before he even gets in! What a clever idea!!

The crash report is only preliminary, the NTSB did not travel to the scene of the crash, and all the "evidence" presented is from the pilots and witnesses statements. https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195385/pdf

The first clip has been made using illegally-acquired genuine footage. The thieving internet scumbags use a mirroring copying technique which reverses the imaging to get around YouTube copyright and watermark checks.

For bobcharl - here is the link to the discussion, "Started a spare parts list" ...

The tubing will likely be precision seamless drawn tubing, made from aviation grade alloy, heat treated and tempered to a British or American Standard. The precision finish is required to ensure minimal unevenness in wall thickness. No aluminium agricultural pipe for carrying water would have any degree of strength, it is seamed (a weakness), and it would have a large variation in wall thickness over each length. However, you can purchase Unipipe, which is produced in a range of aluminium alloys, some of which are designed for high pressure piping, and which may have adequate strength. The "T" reference in the aluminium grades refers to the heat treatment, with T6 being the strongest and toughest aluminium grade - but it is also the grade with the lowest level of elongation. Elongation is the figure that shows just how much a metal stretches before it fractures. Lower strength metals will generally have higher elongation rates than high strength metals, but this is not always 100% the case. Good corrosion resistance is also a highly desirable characteristic of any aluminium material used in an aircraft. Aircraft Materials WWW.AIRCRAFTMATERIALS.COM Aluminium 6060 Data Sheet - BlueScope Distribution WWW.BLUESCOPEDISTRIBUTION.COM.AU 6060 is a medium strength heat treatable alloy with good corrosion resistance, weldability and responsiveness to anodising. See the data sheet here.

Possibly one too many dog leg-cocks on tree, and tree finally gave up? Dog looks pleased, must be a reason for that.

......that any London bus driver can become a billionaire if they're ruthless enough. In fact, they offer a degree in corporate shafting training, and ASIC questioning evasion skills, that is highly sought after in countries such as those run by dictators and ruthless despots. One day, the receptionist at BU fielded a call from Kim Jong-il. "How do I get one of these degrees that enables me to compete on a level playing field in the Western corporate world"?, he asked. "I've been to the best Swiss schools, but none of them gave me the skills and training needed to deal with ruthless corporate deal-makers, such as Donald Trump! I need to up my skills level, so when he announces he's going to turn North Korea into the Riviera of the East, I can be ready to........

.....tasteless photo and expressing his dislike for it. One day, he asked who took the photo. When OT explained it was taken by a friend of his who lived in Moorabbistan, and who was an occasional pilot and speedway fiend, and known to be involved in selling some dodgy brands of trucks, Alan burst out with, "Well, take the XXXXXX thing down, then! That wall needs something tasteful hung on it, I'll send around a photo of Australia II, and it can replace that tasteless thing!! And let me know where I can find this Turbo bloke, there has to be something in it for me, if he's...........

Well, it does get to play a part in engine cooling if it returns to the cooling system.

You should never lose coolant overboard at any time, under normal operation. Coolant lost is cooling ability reduced.

The wreckage of the Caravan has been found and there are no survivors, the aircraft crashed onto sea ice and was totally destroyed. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble is reported as saying, "(the aircraft was involved in) some kind of event which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation, and a rapid loss in speed. What that event is, I can't speculate to." Ten Dead In Alaska Caravan Crash WWW.AVWEB.COM Plane went down in fog on sea about 12 miles offshore.

The sheer idiocy is in the allowing of intersecting air traffic at low level, with only 100 feet clearance, where height measurement can only be done reliably by very precise instruments. FFS, the NTSB is still struggling with altitude accuracy of the Blackhawk from its FDR, which wasn't even time-stamped. They're talking about trying to define to more accuracy, a 50 foot altitude variation at 300 feet! Even the ATC screens only report 100' variations. And why did the Blackhawk pilot request "visual separation" when ATC were in a far better position to advise track and altitude? The U.S. military has to wear a lot of blame for this crash, with procedures that act as if they're the only ones in the sky. NTSB Delayed In Altitude Verification Of Collision Aircraft WWW.AVWEB.COM Blackhawk’s FDR data was missing time stamps.

.....the Jaguar badges won't be regularly pilfered by the multitude of Indian poverty-stricken Indian orphans, who have been known to even nick engines from running Drifters and Thrusters - thus leading to great mystification amongst Drifter and Thruster pilots, as to why zero thrust was available, despite full throttle being applied. One of these notorious orphans, a quick-witted youngster named Paramjit Turbonakshi, was the primary suspect involved in a large blackmarket of near-new Drifter and Thruster engines regularly available cheaply, in many States on the Sub-Continent. The Indian Police were regularly outsmarted by Paramjit Turbonakshi, as it appeared he always had prior knowledge of policing actions that were planned. Finally, a trap was devised, whereby a police stooge by the name of Onkar Cappiranjit - who had formerly been a good friend of Paramjit Turbonakshi, before they had a falling-out over an entire shipload of blackmarket gin, that disappeared whilst supposedly under Onkar Cappiranjit's supervision - was to act as a............

Do you understand there will also have to be a comprehensive tree danger audit, within the complete aerodrome boundaries? Every standing tree will require a full assessment, as to its particular danger to aviation and aviators! Just imagine, you could've easily been the first "falling timber" aerodrome fatality. The aerodrome rules will need to be re-written!

.....goad CASA inspectors (and Fisheries Inspectors) any time they wanted to take a peek at bull's equipment. Now, when we say "equipment"; people with low-level thoughts (such as Cappy) would be drooling at the thought of acquiring a photo of a CASA inspector, inspecting bulls "equipment" - but the truth is, when the word "equipment" is used in this context, it doesn't refer to any of bulls wedding tackle, it refers to items he's using during flying or fishing, which have a level of safety requirements attached to them. As bull is known to regularly ignore a lot of safety regulations and other...........