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  1. Flightrite
    How much an hour for that old girl?
  2. Flightrite
    They also donā€™t mention other added stresses. Violent engine failure with associated noise and oil spraying everywhere! hysterical passenger especially sitting next to you! The only other thing that should be mentioned is that the need to get back on the RWY should NOT be the priority, the whole airfield should be clear enough to make an emergency landing!
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    Hope everyone watches the Blancolirio Chanel re the latest stall/spin fatal accident in the States of a C140, actual footage is available. just so unnecessaryšŸ™
  4. Flightrite
    Good job we donā€™t have much of this going on in Oz udderwize weā€™d have bodies everywhere!
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    Most understand it but there will always be those that simply donā€™t believe! as long as they are not sharing the same airspace as me then let ā€˜em ripšŸ˜‚
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    Turning DW I maintain the same airspeed, Airbus to ultralights, old wives tales tends to frighten many!
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    Iā€™ve completed today a trip up to my mates place, 440 nm in 2.5 hrs using 84ltrs costing just under $230 bucks. It couldnā€™t be done in some batt powered machine and never will in my lifetime! Iā€™ll stick to my hydrocarbon burning contraption for just the thrill and simplicity of itšŸ‘
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    All basic info for a well trained and recurrent tested driver, trouble is few are properly trained in the first place and even less tested thoroughly during annual checks! Till licensing gets a lot harder the accidents will continue!
  9. Flightrite
    The poor brave buggers didnā€™t have to worry about stalls etc too much, few lived past a few weeks of combat flying anyway!
  10. Flightrite
    Water and electrons donā€™t mix, ask any early vehicle Pommy POS!šŸ˜‚
  11. Flightrite
    This has been around for a while now. Looks good as computer generated graphics but so are all the other Weasley ideaā€™s that pop up every now and then! The fuel source is often the biggest stumbling block, just like EP they have a looooong way to go to knock off petrol/diesel powered ICEā€™s! Oil Coā€s control just about everything!
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    You missed my point flyboy!
  13. Flightrite
    Thatā€™s incorrect flyboy. Iā€™ve been using Lithium batts for many years always charging with the correct multi cell charger, Iā€™ve had 3 catch on fire! I wouldnā€™t fly in a batt powered plane for all the tea in China!
  14. Flightrite
    I see the FAA have jumped these two idiots! Pulled their tickets, a blatant act of stupidity for commercial gain, the FAA had no choicešŸ‘
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    ā€˜poterooā€™ weā€™ll said šŸ‘ Iā€™ve always maintained that itā€™s too easy to get a plane drivers ticket and keep it! Itā€™s rare to witness a full on stall landing nose high or 3 pointer in a proper aeroplane. Flying heavy metal the App speed is a disciplined figure yet in the light A/C world itā€™s a ā€˜guideā€™ to some and it shows! Virtually nobody lands at gross weight (accept for those that are cowboys from the get-go) which is what the stall book figures are calculated on in a lighty. Speedo errors, calibrated & indicated all play a part in what you actually read off the speedo hence 1.3 Vs is a typical App speed. Taking conditions into account touching down at min flying speed should be a common practice.
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    They were damned lucky they didnā€™t collide mid-air! seems the only malfunction that day was the crashed helo driver! The stress in the still flying driver would have been increasing rapidly full knowing that it was likely his mate had taken 4 others to their deaths! Do we ever learn from these totally avoidable events? Nope, never do!šŸ˜ž
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    Thereā€™s a zillion of these donks in operation world wide, if half the old wives tales here mattered thereā€™d be busted donks littering the countrysidešŸ˜‚ They sure are one tuff donk as many are in the abusive training environmentšŸ‘
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    Vs is the minimum flying speed in a particular configuration, with careful control inputs the plane should be able to fly anywhere you want it to go at the stall speed. Stall warnings like an aural warning go off well before the actual stall, thatā€™s why during a normal short field (or any landing for that matter) landing the stall warning should be blaring away to produce a min ground roll.
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    A lot of plane drivers bag Airbus, you knowā€¦.plastic fantastic, not a real manā€™s plane etc, well when I went on the bus and drove it around for a few months I was hooked! Providing you understand the French oddities itā€™s a breeze to drivešŸ‘
  21. Flightrite
    Airbus, way of the future, RIP Boeing!šŸ˜‚
  22. Flightrite
    I took a plane into YMIA recently (been many years) and was surprised at the gaggle of Cessnaā€™s etc parked on the apron off taxiway E. What a waste! Australia is just a southern state of China anyway, we would be screwed without them!
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    Iā€™ve always maintained that itā€™s too easy to get a plane drivers ticket & even easier to keep it by way of poor checking! BFR/AFRā€™s need to be a lot tougher and not a box ticking exercise! From the day we got our plane drivers ticket itā€™s been a downhill slide skill wise for many! Since retiring and driving planes (commercially) part time Iā€™ve had the opportunity to go with a few private drivers, me shakes me head, often! ,
  24. Flightrite
    Why look out to try and see something you canā€™t (the Rwy) by putting undue risk into the equation? Turn 90(+- wind allowance) initially via the DG/compass then once established on base continue with that pilot shit so many are not capable of!!
  25. Flightrite
    Like a couple of others in here youā€™ll just have to wonder if Iā€™m a pilot or not, itā€™s entertaining thoughšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‰šŸ‘
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