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    ... this machine cruises at an Ultralightly 30ish knots apparently... bloody amazing IMO.
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    It is not about whether it is legal or not... where did that come from?
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    Why isn't coal viable without taxpayer subsidies?
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    Dang.
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    I'm impressed...
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    Its not the people... its the system. It is broken and it isn't going to fix itself...not even close... Kind of obvious once you stop bullspitting yourself about what the future holds.
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    These practices are universal...
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    Yes. Hurrying.
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    Look closely at this one... this one got banged up in transit by the looks.
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    WHOA!!! A Rocket Powered Spitfire! Spitting Fire!!! (Or is that a Hurricane...Hurrying?)
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    Top Gun (I'll just leave that there and see which side of the good/bad divide people assume for this one)
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    You misunderstand... You are taking it as a legal requirement across the sport... I am talking about a single class of rego... an alternative if you want. Experimental with the requirement that you have a chute when the experiment goes wrong. I understand the data suggests the chute in the CIRRUS has not helped its safety record... I don't take this to mean that a BRS can't be a safer option.
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    Personally...I would like to see a rego class of aircraft built around the BRS. People talk about that as if it is a bad thing...I don't get it. A way to balance the increased risk of flying 2 stroke unregulated aircraft could be offset by the legal requirement to have a fully tested and certified BRS system...? Perhaps 100 years from now the idea of a flying machine without its own airframe rescue system will be unheard off...sort of like airbags in new cars.
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    Magazine

    winsor68 replied to a topic in Governing Bodies

    I'm not convinced this is what happened. It was very shortly after they changed the name and sold it off that it stopped being reliably stocked by newsagents. Not sure why but that is what my experience tells me... and I am a newsagent browser and magazine buyer. Not sure of the economics but one thing to me seems certain...if you don't put the leftover copies (the ones members don't get) up for sale they are worth $0 profit.
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    They have made a great variety of engines....2 stroke with all sorts of numbers of cylinders and even I believe 4 strokes.
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    It appears from footage the Thruster broke apart before it hit the ground in two pieces. The Drifters wings appear to have been folded above the fuselage before impact. That doesn't explain the cause...
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    IMO...there is an opening there for a distributor who is willing to put a bit of work into "selling" the brand. From my experience over the years on these forums they don't seem popular...and I have heard negative reports. Seems to me a shame...and something that really needs to be looked at again because it doesn't appear to me that another serious Rotax 2 stroke alternative exists...
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    My Imagination...?
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    Is it my imagination or is big chunk of the left hand propellor missing?
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    The story of the ejection seat rivals the story of the Bell X1 for test pilot bravery. I recommend "The Man in the Hot Seat" by Doddy Hay for a good read about its development.
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    Wow!!! Stuff like that (and the food) and it is no wonder we love the Thais so much!!!
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    http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UVR.html http://www.australianflying.com.au/news/avro-avians-to-make-a-return Photo taken in North West Queensland from the collection of Garry Winsor...probably Cloncurry. Mum and Dad were there when it was crashed as per the story...
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    Imperial Airways ordered eight aircraft which had all been delivered by 1933. The first service was flown from Croydon Airport to Brussels and then Cologne on 26 September 1932. The prototype G-ABPI left Croydon Airport on 5 January 1933 on a proving flight to Cape Town, South Africa. Three other aircraft joined it in South Africa to fly the service between Cape Town and Kisumu, although they proved to be too small for the traffic. On 1 July 1933, an Atalanta flew the first direct air mail service between London and Karachi. Two Indian-registered and two British-registered aircraft operated a Karachi-Calcutta service with was later extended to Rangoon and Singapore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atalanta On 29 May 1933, G-ABTL flew through to Melbourne, Australia (arriving on 30 June) on a route survey flight. This is a photo from my fathers collection. I don't know who took it. .
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    I am familiar with the Bocian Kaz. Gliding lost as much to its character as it gained to its high speed performance when the glass ships took over IMO. Are you familiar with the Schneider's first design in Australia? The photo shows the second ES49b Kangaroo they built launching in the Isa. It set many national and state gliding records.
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