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  1. dazza 38
    My name's not Darren
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    But it's true.
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    They ABC and SBS toe the Labor party line.
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    Shags is a Air traffic controller
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    We don't have pay TV at home because I watch what I want online.
  6. dazza 38
    Can you buy me one as well please.
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    Top gear will rate low because most people have already watched it online long before it is televised on TV in Australia.
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    Apparently Chrome rings are no good for Nikasil bores. But don't quote me on that. Iron rings are OK though.
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    I think BFR's are a waste of time and money for pilots with a bit of time up like yourself. People who drive cars don't have to be retested every two years. When schools want to throw in long navs and crap, it's a blatant ripoff IMO. Luckily my BFR's for the last 8 years or so have been a 40 odd minute flight going through engine out failure drill ect. Which is good. I have never felt ripped off especially as my CFI doesn't charge his time for it. Thats right folks, no different to general hire rates. He likes to give back to the sport.
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    They shortened World War 2 by months, maybe even years. The made the right choice IMO.
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    None of my posts have anything to do with the weather on that particular day. This is a totally different thread.
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    I haven't read Flight Safety since it went online either.
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    The 5000 metres is for visibility, and up here in gods country it is normally more than 20 miles, i'm talking about the distance from your aircraft and the nearest cloud.
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    I would rather a paper copy but I am also used to reading electronic magazines as I have been reading Unsealed 4X4 magazine this way ( which is free and emailed to people BTW and created by Pat Callinan ) since it started. So it is OK I guess.
  15. dazza 38
    I like to watch the weather on the evening news the night before flying. Works pretty well.
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    And how is that ? We are talking about whether it is important to know if the cloud is exactly eg- 1670 metres away by wasting time mathematically working it out or guesstimating the distance at say 2000 metres. Give or take 500 metres. You're being melodramatic.
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    I totally agree Frank. It isn't something I would do but looking at so many videos coming out of places like Alaska and the back country. It seems to be the norm with mountain flying to fly over tiger country.
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    losing it maybe.
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    What I don't understand is why? Why risk landing there which hardly has any room for error? I can only put it down to a lot of these guys fly everyday weather permitting. They use their aircraft like we use vehicles and maybe the pilot likes the challenge I guess.
  20. dazza 38
    They're not banned, they can contribute when ever they want to. Only one has a minor suspension from memory which is probably close to being completed.
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    Everybody is different but when i'm above 3000 feet, I just use judgment/ guesstimate whether a cloud is further away than 1500 metres. Each to their own though, if pilots want to be more accurate, fair enough.
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    Why would you bother ? I have more important things to keep an eye on when flying around than worrying if this cloud or that cloud is 4800 metres away or 5200 metres away or 1000 or 1500 metres away ect.
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    True but I wouldn't bother, it is one of those rules that isn't really policeable.
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    We have to remember that these guys fly everyday and they find flying just like we find driving a car. Easy
  25. dazza 38
    My apologies, I was thinking of 5000 metre visibility for some reason when I typed it.
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