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    Why no publicity of Tyabb Air Show?

    in Trips/Events/Seats

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, red750 said:

    My point is, due to the readership, this forum should have been the first stop.

    Why so a dozen old men can attend?

    hate to break it to you, but not many - if any on this forum are the target demographic.

    we are not young families with kids.

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    Is Aldinga really that windy?

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by spenaroo

    its as close as you can get to an old all-over field.
    there is 4 runways to choose from, none parallel

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    there has been a few times ive been grounded from flying lessons,

    but the big risk was ground handling in the tail dragger. most of the time the nose wheelers were still okay

    Don't think we have gone up and called it a day due to crosswinds. 
    Just re-adjust the circuit and swap to a more suitable runway.

    had a few days where the wind is between runways, but its still angled not directly across.

    Radio contact really important. been a lot getting used to the situational awareness.

    us taildraggers use the dirt. where as the other aircraft favor the sealed runway.... so can be several different circuits going on at the same time.
    making for interesting moments. 

     

     

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    Innovative American and Canadian use of choppers

    in Rotorcraft Usergroup

    Posted · Edited by spenaroo

    On 02/03/2024 at 4:26 PM, Marty_d said:

    We should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. If not why not.

    because one is sexy and makes good optics.

    the same reason why air forces are freely spending on fighter jets - but don't spend the same money on bombers....
    (I bet you more bombs have been dropped then missiles fired in the last 30 years of warfare)

    Honestly it amazes me customs catches anything.
    every time I return from overseas its a self declare and walk on through.
    remember questioning about a timer frame painting I had. and they didn't care, just waved me past.

    never had a bag searched. unlike my experience with African countries, (remember the USA more concerned with finger prints and visa's - and walking through Italy without talking to anyone just scanned the passport)

    and then you have parcel and packages.....

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    How we teach stalls

    in Student Pilot & Further Learning

    Posted · Edited by spenaroo

    I have a memory of a flight where I purposely kept it stalled while descending.

    from memory it was power pulled to idle and pulling the stick back.

    and showing that the nose would always drop in this aircraft un-stalling it.

    I could be wrong, but it was part of the instructor getting me comfortable in the aircraft

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    Earhart's Lockheed found?

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by spenaroo

    I dont know,

    I get the "its only original once" argument,

    but its the same with restoring classic cars - its either going to rot away into ruin.

    or be displayed and enjoyed by many.

     

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/barn-find-maserati-restoration-sparks-online-anger-from-collectors

    we all know the story of the wreck - but I think in a generation or two it would be more appreciated as the complete aircraft.

    how many famous wrecks do you remember as opposed to complete aircraft?

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    Outboard Motors

    in Engines and Props

    Posted

    14 hours ago, onetrack said:

    A VW powered motorbike?? I guess he holds up traffic for kilometres, too?

    Used to be quite a common conversion on Harleys and BMW.
    good torque for highway speeds, and had better carburetors for touring (altitude, humidity) 

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    Prince Harry honoured as aviation legend.

    in UK/Europe General Discussion

    Posted

    Im not sure with Harry,

    I would think William is more deserving of the award for the work he did with flying medivac choppers. donating the wage to charity.

    But Harry as a person - 

    well at some point you have to give up your extended family to focus on your own family - which is what I think he did.
    he had a kid and a wife. regardless of if the royal life was toxic, I think in his eyes he put his family first and didn't want to break that up.
    he gets some respect for that.

     

    the media stuff - I don't know, I guess it was a way to fund a lifestyle without any other income

     

    and well his "Royal duty" was over once William had his son 


    be interesting to see the Royals survive going forward.
    William and Kate could keep it going - but will it survive in relevance till then.

    The Drone Thread

    in Remote Control

    Posted

    over Christmas I walked into JB Hi-Fi,

    and bought a Drone for $70 in the boxing day sale.

     

    about what you could expect. 6 min runtime, crappy webcam like camera that is more moving images then video.
    but was a ton of fun. already looking at throwing some floats on it and using it at the river.

    but got me hooked, looking at the DJI's but cant justify the money yet. (big step up in price, sort of goes $100 toy, $500 entry level, $1500 enthusiast level)

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    Japan Airlines aircraft on fire after landing 2 January 2024

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

    Posted · Edited by spenaroo

    was looking at another forum and picked up some interesting info.

    this summary in the agreed consensus (my comments from other info provided in the same thread in bold)

    https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/656665-jal-incident-haneda-airport-20.html

    Quote

     

    Originally Posted by andrasz 
    From what we know so far, a classic case of Swiss cheese that will likely make it into future textbooks. Investigation will take months to years, but I doubt any significant new information will be added other than a more elaborate analysis of the individual holes:
    • 34R was T/O only runway previously, JL516 was the first to use it for landing. The MA722 crew may have had a mental picture not to expect any landings on this runway. For same reason, they may not have expected the need to hold short. (another post on showed a longer video from the surveillance cam that shows no landings in 19 minutes prior to this accident)
    • Usage of "Number one" by ATC may have further reinforced the MA722 crew, missing the "abeam C5" or misunderstanding it as hold ON RWY abeam of C5 (which is exactly what they did). While usage of English in all ATC comms in Japan is commendable, in this case it probably just added to the confusion.
    • Stop bar and taxiway lighting INOP.
    • JL516 and MA722 on different frequencies (disproven in later reports)
    • MA722 was sitting aligned on the runway for 45+ seconds. Probably Japanese culture at play, it is impolite to challenge authority or appear impatient, they were likely patiently waiting for ATC to clear them for T/O.
    • DL taxied past MA722 a good 20-25 seconds before the collision, it was already out of their view and expectantly on its t/o roll as the A350 was approaching, so no extra set of eyeballs to wave off JL, as it was done in SFO. (not a factor)
    • The combination of HUD and LED lighting probably prevented the JL crew from seeing MA722 even at close range, I'd wager they never saw what they hit. (some in cockpit images showing and pilots saying they need the HUD turned up to max brightness to see it against some lights)
    • Visibility of a DH3 from the rear in the dark is practically nil. The only visible tail light is white, probably flooded out by runway lights, and the flashing orange upper ACL is obscured by the high tail from the approach angle. The otherwise fully warranted SOP of not using strobes until the beginning of T/O roll did not help in this case.

    The only important question remaining is why did the approach controller not notice that 34R was occupied ? Even if MA722 was not where it was supposed to be, surely HND has SMR, there should have been both visual and aural warnings as a measure of last resort.

    And the coast guard had been taxing for 50mins prior to     Collison

     

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    Japan Airlines aircraft on fire after landing 2 January 2024

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

    Posted

    once again a good reason to review the NOTAM system - 

     

    NOTAM J2253/23: Tokyo Haneda International Airport (RJTT)

    J2253/23 NOTAMN Q) RJJJ/QLRAS/IV/NBO/A/000/999/3533N13947E005 A) RJTT B) 2312271500 C) 2402211500 E) REF AIP SUP 225/23 ITEM TWY:2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,33,38,44,54 TWY-CL-LGT FOR M1,R1,W11(BTN W AND R1)-U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR E10(BEHIND SPOT 53)-PARTLY U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR D5-U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR A(BTN W AND A2),A(INT OF W1),A1,A2(INT OF A),W1 -PARTLY U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR A16-U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR K(BTN SPOT 304 AND C),R(INT OF K)-U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR R(BTN K AND Y),R(INT OF Y)-PARTLY U/S STOP-BAR-LGT FOR C1 THRU C14-U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR T12,T14,Q,Q1,Q2-U/S TAXIING-GUIDANCE-SIGN FOR T12,T14,Q,Q1,Q2-U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR C(INT OF C3),C(INT OF C5)-PARTLY U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR T(BTN T2 AND SPOT 909),T(INT OF T4),T(INT OF T6) -PARTLY U/S TWY-CL-LGT FOR C3(INT OF RWY 16L/34R)-PARTLY U/S RAPID EXIT TWY INDICATOR LGT FOR D5-U/S

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    Japan Airlines aircraft on fire after landing 2 January 2024

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

    Posted · Edited by spenaroo

    Yeah, there is so many questions and the only thing being reported are the airlines side. And not much about the lead up.

     

    Haven't heard anything about how the dash-8 was hit. Was it crushed, flipped etc... that would tell us a lot.

     

    I just find it strange the footage must be there of the dash-8 taxiing onto the runway before the incident. The only thing I can think of is that if happens so early enough that its too big of a break for the networks 30 second attention getting clip. They all start at the crash and track the airliner down the runway.

     

    Apparently the dash-8 was told to taxi and hold, so maybe heard enter and hold. Only way it makes sense in my mind they are sitting on that runway not moving. And the garbled recording isn't helping.

     

    Now how do I put this delicately - Asian cultures have a trait of not speaking up and questioning leaders. And I have read several articles about this culture being ingrained in their airlines - so when I said there was 4 pilots listening to the radios... did 2 feel they were unable to speak?

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