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  1. Flightrite
    Took y FlightSim outside today set it up with a strong x-wind blowing across the screen, too easy to land regardless of wind😁
  2. Flightrite
    The Munsters:-) Christ are we old or what?
  3. Flightrite
    CAR 234, few would even know what it means!
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    All the gizmo's avail today in what was originally a basic design in the AUF world can & do sucker in the drivers of their planes! Once upon a time flying a drifter or a J2 Cub you wouldn't dream of going near clouds, now drivers just sail on in thinking their gizmo's will save them & most times they do but that's a false sense of security! The amount of times I've been popping in & out of cloud some years ago to see an unknown lighty is astonishing! I've always said it...it's too easy to get a plane ticket to drive planes, training is woeful these days & BFR's/AFR's are a joke! My 'Flightsim" keeps me safe😁
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    I think you guys are over thinking all this, just plant the thing & talk about it in the bar afterwards:-)😉
  6. Flightrite
    Many moons ago I was a safety driver for a guy I knew who was rich & wanted to drive planes. a late starter. He bought a C182 & got taught, got a ticket & promptly wrote the Cessna off! He then bought a C210 & PA30, both well beyond him but got a twin rating (somehow!)& by all accounts near killed himself in both, this is where I came in. He was told by numerous instructors NOT to drive planes solo! (did the same thing for Bib Stillwell's Bro) so I accompanied him/them when they wanted to drive a plane! The guy was 70 years old (long gone now), some shouldn't fly at an advanced age!
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    Flying planes has always been a luxury, been doing it 42 years (although some reckon I'm not even a pilot😁😉 so I hope that bugs you fools😁), hate to imagine what I've spent on flying but I guess I'll keep on spending! RA is the same as GA in the scheme of things, just some diff regs/rules. The hobby/pastime (& that's all it is till you go CPL) is getting more expensive and fewer people are taking it up. It's voluntary to fly GA for that you have to accept that it's run & watched by at times incompetence & shear obstructionist rules!
  8. Flightrite
    As long as they guy only has permanent sad memories & not permanent medical issues then that's all that matters.
  9. Flightrite
    Some great pix there Kiwi:-) The outback sure is a red planet in appearance:-)
  10. Flightrite
    Look at all that lovely open sky there, I can almost smell the 'freedom'😉
  11. Flightrite
    A lot of plane drivers are scared of conventional U/C machines which is a shame as they teach proper handling skills which is sadly lacking in so many plane drivers these days:-(
  12. Flightrite
    4get KingAir type machines at yr age, I've got more hours on them than I care to remember & they are reserved for experienced pilots! Come back down to earth & learn at the bottom like the rest of us!
  13. Flightrite
    I didn't say the ferry pilots where shot at! But some love to twist the story to suit!
  14. Flightrite
    Me takes me at off to ALL war time pilots, imagine being that young, that inexperienced & being shot at!
  15. Flightrite
    The poster doesn't make much sense, not too sure why post such a question from another country for a start! Flying schools is where to start.
  16. Flightrite
    'BIG' hours doesn't mean BIG experience. A typical 2-4 hr fight in some push button tube interrupted by one T/off & one Ldg, doesn't add up to much over many years. The bank runner boys used to get snapped up by the Airlines in the good 'ole days as they had thinking experience not just hour after hour feet putting to sleep experience. I knew a guy who had many 1000's of hrs instructing in the R/H seat of toy planes so his total was well beyond mine but he got passed over in one job as he couldn't fly to save himself! I guess it boils down to $$$ these days.
  17. Flightrite
    Unfortunately that old saying applies..."the law's an ass"! When we have snivel libertarians & a weak corrupt judicial system the criminals out there enjoy protected benefits in their chosen profession!
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    50 hrs would seem a lot to some, would be if you had to hire a club plane etc. Hate to imagine what hire rates are these days.....Ouch!:-(
  19. Flightrite
    COST, everything boils down to cost! Manufacturing is all but dead in this country hence less & less work in that 'making things field' Add to that a LOT more other brain dead pursuits (technology does have it's negatives) & we are now breeding 'feed lot cattle kids' ever reliant on handouts & other support! I'm glad grew up in a world were there was opportunities for the taking such as trades. It's a different world out there these days & not all for the better either!
  20. Flightrite
    U r dead a very long time Alan (well so they say), one day whilst in yr rocking chair you may very well say I wish I made more time to fly......make it happen:-)
  21. Flightrite

    Hi jackc. Went for a fly in my Supapup today, such a sweet plane:-) A mate has an old/new kit of the Aeropup hanging up in his hangar, we are gunna start building it shortly, I might have a few questions for you:-)

    1. jackc

      jackc

      No sweat mate, fire when ready…..

      Will help where I can 🙂

      Cheers,

      Jack.

    2. Flightrite

      Flightrite

      feel up to a chat? I'll call ya

    3. jackc

      jackc

      0477154745 best number…..

  22. Flightrite
    I did read about that totally avoidable accident, one has to wonder how the pilot got a drivers license never lone a plane ticket!:-( One avoidable problem turned into another avoidable problem, tragic & so unnecessary:-(
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    20 hrs sure is low:-( I'd go crazy without a fix a couple of times a week:-) 100 min for me up to around 150 PA. I've not flown as much over winter as the WX in Sth Vic has been bloody awful, Covid never stopped me just the man at the BOM ordering crap WX !:-)😁
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    That's like all clubs, a small % of drone workers keep the club going whilst the lechers feed off their work! Ive been to some clubs/fields where it's a lawn park & others are just cow paddocks!
  25. Flightrite
    That Sapphire for sale deal has been on the market for a while now, kinda says it all about the rocky industry -(
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