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    Hi BP, and a warm to you!
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    Hi DUNX, greetings from an Aussie in New Zealand! (eightyknots)
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    Hi Sandy, Welcome to the forum! (eightyknots)
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    Until about four years ago, the driving age in New Zealand was 15. The drinking age is 18. Many people in the rural district where I live learned to drive as soon as possible so that they could take themselves and (with a suitable endorsement) their sibling(s) to school. After becoming and being responsible drivers for some time, they then reach the drinking age. The OECD people thought that, with NZ having the lowest driving age in the bloc, they were a long way out of kilter. Also, since the turn of the century, many NZ insurance companies became owned by Australian insurance conglomerates such as IAG. They could not cope with 15 year olds driving cars and the pressure mounted on the government to "do something". They responded by upped the driving age to 16 even though there were no proper statistics to support the fact that generally cautious 15 year olds were causing a lot of crashes.
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    Hi Eric, I will be in a position like you, having done GA training and then, because the flight school moved (and some other reasons), I stopped training. Now I will be picking up again once my plane is built but in a "microlight" (as they insist in calling sub-600 kg aeroplanes here) to gain a Pilots Certificate. Welcome to the forum.
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    Hi Geoff, to the forum! Great to hear from you. Greetings, eightyknots
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    Hi tracelei, welcome to the recreational aviation forum! Even though I once owned a business in Orange in the 1990s, at that time, I was unaware of anything aviation related (although I have flown as a passenger a few times to Orange and Cudal). Greetings, eightyknots
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    Murray, Many happy days of building are still ahead, no doubt! Enjoy.
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    G'day Denis, Welcome to the forum and welcome to flying. Enjoy!!
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    Hello Mr and Mrs Ausspark. Welcome to the forum. I would like to hear of your experiences as well. All the best in your flight training.
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    to the forum, Rick. It's great to see the forum membership expanding. Keep us posted as to what is happening in your neck of the woods. eightyknots
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    Welcome, Ben! It's nice to see that you have joined the Forum. Keep us in touch with recreational/light aircraft flying in Warrugal. Greetings, eightyknots
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    Hi JpNam! It's great to see you on the Forum. Keep us in touch with recreational/light aircraft flying in Namibia. eightyknots
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    That is pretty helpful. I will keep it mind when the purchasing starts. One of my banks charges me $30.00 for a transfer (a "telegraphic transfer" -do they really use Morse code for this?) and with another bank, it can be done on-line for a $20.00 fee. Both banks have quite a loaded exchange rate regime and there is very little difference between them. My credit card is worse but would be better for smaller transactions. Am I correct in the assumption that you're referring to the ICP Savannah kit? Does that mean we have to pay the ICP factory directly?
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    It may seem strange but the banking system is not so accessible for poorer people in Pacific Island nations such as Tonga. When I want to send money, I get some Pa'anga from a currency trader (e.g. Wellington International Airport) and simply mail the cash to the recipient there. It has worked 100% so far.
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    I bought some today, so I can check the quality.
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    Not knowing much of the ICP kit, do they use 1/8" (3.175 mm) or metric 3.00 mm rivets?
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    Bob, Have you ever used NZ Post's "Youshop"? I have used this several times for two kinds of shipments from the United States: (a) traders who won't send any items beyond "contiguous United States" or "North America"; and, (b) where the shipping costs are exorbitant. If you register with Youshop, NZ Post issues you with a unique US postal address. You then pay the trader for US postage (which is relatively cheap most of the time) and then NZ Post-cum-Youshop does the rest at a reasonable price. See: YouShop | New Zealand Post YouShop pricing | New Zealand Post
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    I can see that I will have to order quite a few extra clekos when I start my build.
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    That fuselage is positively bristling with clekos!
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    Is this the correct document? http://vansaircraft.com/pdf/revisions/RV-ALL_05.pdf
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    I have always wondered about that too. Where is the "Used Clecos" Thread?
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    Great! How long do you have to wait for your kit to be delivered?
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    All very useful Bob. When I get my build under way, this will be helpful.
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    Yes.
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