Jerry_Atrick

I have only caught up on this thread as these days, I spend more of my time on this forum's sister (or brother) site. I think it is important we try and seek facts, which is a casualty well before a ware starts.. It is an ongoing casualty of the world's operations on both sides of the east-west divide. Until this war, TBH, I knew (and really still know) little of Ukraine and my only relationship with Russia was a Russian girl I dated when I was about 18.. who, by the way was really nice and had no outwardly megalomaniac tendencies. 😉 Neither the East or West have perfect, blemish free records. The west has perpetrated some nasty wars, too, and are indefensible. However, that does not detract from, nor justify the indefensibility of this war, which I see everyone seems to agree. @kgwilson has addressed the 13,000 innocent lives claim, and, yes, 3,500 (or thereabouts) innocent lives is that many too much. But how many are going to be killed over a very short period of time in the Ukraine. And how where the civilians killed by the Ukraine in the fight with the separatists? Were they sad collateral damage to attacking military/separatists, or where they killed by intentionally shelling civilian areas and infrastructure, such as hospitals, schools, etc (of course, it may all be propaganda and fake news... but). While 3,500 civilians have been killed in 12-ish years (so, < 300/year), how long will it take Russia to kill the same innocents in Ukraine, if they haven't already? Hmm. .Chechnya comes to mind to (amazingly, Chechnya is now pro-Russian).. I hadn't heard of the Maidan Revolution (also known as the Revolution of Dignity) until today. Yes, it was an illegal overthrow of a government, but when governments in the past have materially governed against the will of the people, there often have been revolutions. There were, in the end negotiations between the opposition and the government, after which the government was removed (or fled). That does not make today's Ukrainian government illegitimate - it it were and we were to extend that logic, virtually every European government, including Russia's, would be illegitimate.. and a good few others. In fact, you could argue that because of the wanton violent control the Kremlin exerts over its political opponents, it, today, is not a legitimate government. Russia was simply p155ed off that they were not going to get as much of the proceeds of the Ukrainian bounty as Europe want, and a Kleptocracy cannot have that. Russia funded a separatist movement, after which the fighting resulted int he Misk accords, of which are criticised for their complexity and fragility - brought about by the desire to appease the Russians to stop the fighting rather than confront them. By the way, I clicked on the bitchute link and got this: [edit] Going slightly off topic, I would commend a book for you to read (as I have on socialaustralia.com.au) called Kleptopia, by Tom Burgis. Quite inttruiging about the dirty money that was made in the East's transition to "liberal market economies" is laundered clean in the west... Khodorkovsky, in the video above, I believe, gets a few mentions (although it may be a different Khodorkovsky.. I am sure it isn't).

@Garfly - apols, squire. Didn't mean to implicate your post - as the thread had moved on to vortex /wake turbulence, picked yours text to bring context to my post.. I should have been clearer... JA

I have absolutely no photos of my flying in Aus.. and only a handful of those flying in the UK.. Mainly my son as a (sometimes bored) passenger.

Hah! If Heathrow getting a 3rd is anything to go by, it's at least 2 generations away... And it was approved 2 years ago! Who on earth would want to save Gladstone Park? (Only joking). Does Tulla need another runway.. Outside peak hour runs to Sydney, it has (or had) a steady, but not congested stream of traffic... and that was both before and after Avalon.

Since I almost always wear denim and cotton, that is about it. Avoid polymers like the plague.. Leather runners or shoes with a rubber sole. Though, once in a hurry for a flight lesson as the light was fading and they airfield didn't have runway lights, I did the lesson in my motorcycle trousers and boots (jacket was in the back).. Never again!

True-ish.. In straight and level flight, thrust = drag at that angle of attack. At normal angles of attack, when you raise the nose, you will have an increase angle of attack and thanks to inertia, the airspeed will hold for a bit. With the increase angle of attach and the same air mollecules going past, you will enter a climb. At that angle of attack (assuming a small increase), you may have excess thrust and be able to maintain the climb, although likely, to maintain the climb if pulling back the elevator at cruise, you will have to up the throttle or reduce the AoA slightly. Of course, you can be straight and level with a nose high attitude and the throttle rammed to the firewall.. I wouldn't pull back the control column at this stage, and I have no more thrust to apply - so to climb, counterintuitively, I have to ease up on the control column slightly and reduce the AoA. Of course, I am talking fixed pitch props.. In the PPL syllabus (and I am assuming the RAA), you are taught when entering a climb or descent, power, attitude, trim.. and when levelling off, attitude, power trim I try and follow it, but don't always.. but invariably the change in AoA of lower powered a/c means at some stage you have to adjust the power. But power is the rate of ascent/descent control, and elevator is the airspeed control (within normal parameters of flight in piston engine aircraft, anyway). Moral of the story - don't bleedin' well use the elevator for the climb or the descent - use the power first.. then get your airspeed with the elevator, then trim.. or at least that's how I have been taught.. (of course, minor deviations in height/altitude - yeah go for the elevator). Re wake/vortex turbulence - the aircraft in front doesn't have to be too much bigger. Unfortunately, the PPL theory alludes to them aircraft having to be a lot bigger. I believe I suffered a wake turbulence problem on very late finals into Moorabbin while I was a student - and in a PA28 from memory (could have been a C150/152). I was bang on my speed (for once!) and there was a twin in front of me. No idea what type; bigger than an Navajo I think, but smaller than a king air (maybe a small one??). Well, I must have flown under its flight path because out of no where, my left wing decided it couldn't be bothered flying anymore and scared the living poop out of a solo-ing student. I was landing from the north ont rwy 18L, so coming on over the park (Kingswood park??) on a mild day with very light if any wind. So thermals or shear should not have been a problem. Scared the living carp pout of me, tbut thankfully, I read a book called "All About Stalls and Spins" by Everett Gentry (a book I recommend) and forgot turning the control column and used rudder and judicious amounts of power.. I am sure it was wake turbulence, but thankfully not intense enough to spin me into the ground like this - which was in front of an AN2.: [Edit] BTW, I don't blame the pilot for using aileron.. if you have used up all your options.. try something else (no matter how unlikely it is to get you out of the situation.. The state of mind at the time is such that what have you got to lose.

Amazing what a passenger carrying endorsement (OK.. a GA licence) will lead people to do... I remember after I got my PPL at Moorabbin, I bundled two light friends (both about 62kg) into the PA28 and the difference in handling was noticeable..

Hmmm...

@pmccarthy- don't do it.. don't go to the dark side.... 😉 As yo and I now, whatever it costs today, it will cost more tomorrow!

That is one nice a/c

And to you, squire...

Sadly, 2020 and 2021 weren't great years for me.. While I managed to keep flying in 2020 (just shy of 100 hrs), 2021 was a rather bare cupboard. Apparently, while I classify flying as a staple, the Financial Director (aka wife) considers it at the top of the discretionary spend that can be cut. Well, you know the ol' saying.. happy wife, happy life. But, onwards and upwards, and I am negotiating a purchase of another shareoplane (TB20, again), and with the mild wx we have had in blighty; with a new medical I can only see another 100+hrs this year. Re hours aren't hours, well, it depends. I try and make each flight a learning experience... I have flown autopilot many times and used the time to brush up on visual and dead reckoning navigation. Even as a passenger of a light aircraft flight (or just operating the radio), I am going through the flight in my head, learning fro the other guy (sometimes, what to do, and sometimes what not to do). As long as one takes the approach that they can learn something from every flight, and they critically assess what happened (even on uneventful flights), well, each hour can be productive. Hope your 2022 flying is safe and enjoyable, regardless of the hours you fly.

Jack of all trades; master of none... (well, except for costing a small fortune)

An F35 ditched in the Med the other day.. That's about USD $100M down the dunny... and they have to either recover it or destroy it... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59323895

Yes.. Self preservation brings out those traits...

Setting up a second retirement policy, Mr Perry? 🙂 A mate of mine form Melbourne used to go to Jo'burgh every year because of the wimmin... Ended up marrying one...

I used to fly form Coldstream and never saw it on any charts I had.. Do you know how old it is?

I did say, 😉

https://www.facebook.com/AOPAaustralia/videos/431995338291761

The first though that came to my mind was lucky fella that ended up with her... OK.. I am Aussie born and bred - moved out here when I was 30 (and a bit).. But, I have to say.. *cough and ahem, together*, at the risk of pitchforks greeting me next time I arrive at tulla.. er.. English women (or more accurately, women that live in England - even the Aussies).. are.. *ahem, cough*.. on a pro-rata basis, *ahem, cough* a bit more attractive that their Aussie counterparts (actually, when Aussie and Kiwi girls come out here, they realise they have competition and smarten up quick smart)... I think the sun down there does things... and Maccas doesn't help... Although, I have to be honest, London has a concentration that even competes with Sweden... In my last contract, I had to wirk in London 5 days a week. I ended up sharing a flat rental with an Aussie single lady about my age. Everyone asked my partner what she thought about it.. "Oh, she's an Aussie - no worries!" Sorry fellas.. though in Aussie girl's defence, they are effein highly strung here... Ask my how I know!

Not F16s, but at RNAS Yeovilton you can fly in with PPR and they have F35s now (in days gone by Harriers were the go). So in theory, you could be #2 behind one...

Really?!? They may turn off being responsive to you, but those phones and devices track your every move.. and I would not put it past them if they still listen to you. Remember, Google's chrome would clandestinely film you when you were surfing the web (if your laptop/desktop had a web cam). These tech giants amass petabytes of data every day, apply algorithms and either directly sell it or sell their advertising platform to make squillions. They are not going to stop recording what you do because you "turn off" their features. Yep.. People in the [positive] limelight always seem to get away with a lot more. This is [at least] the second time David Beckham managed to avoid speeding - this time only by almost 20mph above a 40mph speed limit - almost 50% faster... https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/david-beckham-dodges-speeding-charge-after-letter-gets-lost-in-post-a3947731.html The first time, it was well over 100mph in a 70mph limit- his defence - he thought the police were chasing him. If you or I used either of the defences he put forward, I wonder where we would be. Both Google and Apple offered up their tracing apps to the government here, and both were rejected. The contact tracing here was billed by BoJo as going ot be best in the world and it ended up a crappy phone app, and a broken spreadsheet operated by PA Consulting and some consultants being paid £7K/day - that is right - £7K (almost $14k). Aussie's track and trace system was being hailed by the press as the one we should have gone for... so if you think Australia's is bad... come here.. But then, we are getting 30-odd thousand new cases a day and over 100 deaths.. It is the new normal here.

Read my mind, Peter... I guess the cost might be prohibitive comapred ot the returns messrs Fox et al get...

OK.. So I am lost again.. The airfield's not closing; presumably the coffee shop has permission to operate at the airfield; and the council is not allowing the coffee chop to attract passers-by for their custom? I have to admit, I don't know that area too much, but looking at it on Google Maps, it isn't a small grass farm strip and has a warbirds business and a school by the looks of it. Why would a council not want a business to attract custom? It's not like it is competing with anyone. Also, isn't the government hot on road safety, one of the things being take a break to stop fatigue? Surely a convenient stop at a coffee shop would provide weary drivers one more option? Sheesh, Every time I try to finalise plans to return, someone finds something that makes me think twice!