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  1. johnm
    beer and motorbikes after many beers me and mate were off down the country road - he overtook me at some pace he did not realise he was approaching a T intersection (he was the visitor) - could n't stop - through the T and fortunately up a driveway. At this point he had 2 choices - still going fast ................. go into a garage or lay the bike down on a gravel driveway bike was bent but driveable, so he limped home - a dangerous laugh all the same (going through the T)
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    and ..................... road signage on the side of a road warning of danger up the road a bit ............. the road signs themselves restricting the road ................ and being a danger themselves
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    ................ and striking colour and contrast too
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    Could it be that the design of the ride was not safe when a failure occured ........... it was not failsafe Could it be the ride did not have a redundancy - training is one thing but if a trained person had to push a button to stop 4 people being killed ............ that seems to me to be deficient design
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    ppphhff - a 1 or 2 $ billion blowout - nothing - they are just warming the public to handle the real BIG number ......... lets wait for the real blowout cost
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    drats ............... go to youtube - type in 'xp82 mustang' ............ an xp82 lives again
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    yyeeeaaaahhhhh BUT remember we are only on a 45.6 hour week .............. kiwis got to be on a 52.54 hour week - shirley
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    you can get a quote .................... from kiwi rocketers ............... launch pad mahia; nz bex Rocket Lab | Space is now open for business | Rocket Lab
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    .............. if you have not seen this ! - have not found flight video though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6SqgELXzoA
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    the usa defense budget seems to be $ 800 billion for their 2018 year - $ 2.2 billion per day assuming a billion is a 1000 million = $ 91 million per hour ! you could deal with lots of reds or buy lots of beds for that (not to mention the needy, hungry and homeless)
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    'TO' being an airstrip ............. be rest assured gravity will take care of the rest I think this is a factor of the conversation (where is that &!@@^% plane on finals)
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    Agree poteroo ...... no flaps till final..................then slip and / or flap Assuming some 'S' turns on final are still socially acceptable as well (if nothing following) Equally you could be 10 miles from your strip cruising ar 1000 ft and all this - gliding - counts for naught
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    I dream of the day I can fly a plane ...................... with carb heat birddog (not all ultralights have carb heat)
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    why did the yanks bother with a B17 that took say 3 or 4 tons to berlin ............. when a mossie could take 2 tons with a minimum of fuss ?
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    .......... :
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    I won't do the survey I'll follow the pack .......................... I'm a herd animal
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    good to see the planes but they should stick to the plane itself, there's enough subject matter there ....................... rather than waffling on that hitler had one leg shorter than the other (there's a lot of space filled up by archive footage)
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    Legislators often use the term .................... 'that the new legislation is not retrospective' - all that goes before is not considered - all that happens from now - changes
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    your not saying balloons travel in the direction of the wind - shirley not
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    navigable balloons ! https://x.company/loon/
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    kind thoughts for DRoll Phil - nice WHERE ARE YOU DUTCHROLL this site does not dwell to much on those that leave ..............
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    The days of the A380 look numbered I thought the A380 was going thru some financial stress ? The dreamliner 787 had a battery issue ................ all solved apparently How Boeing fixed the 787 Dreamliner - Geek.com
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    interesting how clear air turbulence (CAT) could be used to gain compo ................. I thought CAT was unpredictable I guess if in CAT, you were wearing your seatbelt, the seat fixings broke and you got an injury you'd have a chance at compo I can only guess that the chance of compo payment is a rare thing (or a good well kept secret)
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    I would of thought; since we circulate in aviation circles that any / some compo payments to passengers would be common knowledge / or at least discussed ............ be good to see some examples of payment (if you're going to climb into a tube and fly at 300 knots with extendable wheels and a pot of hot coffee ......... there are some known risks before you buy the ticket)
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    your frock would ride up over your knees ....................... if you have a need for a frock
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