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  1. Flightrite
    Oh I stay away from 'The Rat' (Ballarat), dangerous area!?
  2. Flightrite
    I actually don't believe half this guys story! He was damned lucky he didn't kill everyone, the door was the least if his issues!
  3. Flightrite
    Best bang for buck is the RV, give it time you will soon realise that?? Gorgeous day today around Leper colony Melb once the fog and pollution cleared, felt like I was the only one up above all the fear & hysteria!?
  4. Flightrite
    It's well recognised that a typical dial indication works better for the brain to register what it's displaying as against a 'tape' style indicator displaying numbers. Wth a dial type display your eyes/brain recognises the needle position as its actually just a position, like a familiar picture, something your brain is used to recognising where as a tape display parameter is usually just a number and when flying in a busy environment numbers take longer for the rain to compute. Take a car engine temp guage old style dial indication for Eg, for many years it sits in the same position doesn't need to display an actual number but one day it's in a different position, that's easy to detect rather than a different numerical value. I used to jump from screens to dials all the time when driving larger planes, you get used to it but the old "6 pack" was more natural for me, Old codger?
  5. Flightrite
    ABC...Roger?? You say 'Roger' as all ATC'ers are named that, must be I hear that name all the time?
  6. Flightrite
    The one thing I notice in RA/VH experimental A/C is the panel layouts go from well thought out organised Std set up's to a real dogs breakfast! (the latter mostly the case) Whilst it's all about choice the worrying offshoot to all the unesesary fancy gizmos is who's looking out the window anymore? A recent flight in well equiped experimental that had all the bells & whistles showed that the driver was heads down for a lot of the flight even in the circuit! We will never really know how many inflight close calls we actually have cause nobody is looking out the window anymore! All this stuff interferes with reaction time and we ha e seen no doubt a lot of auto accidents attributed to the fancy techno crap!.
  7. Flightrite
    You just described a part of human nature, to be expected on any forum. We are ALL very opinionated, a trait that we often don't even recognise ourselves?
  8. Flightrite
    Toy planes, gardening and of course driving planes? Cars are a waste of money?
  9. Flightrite
    I feel for those youngins who have the desire to fly commercially it's pretty much a dead end road for the foreseeable future?
  10. Flightrite
    R/T is so quiet these days, feels like I'm the only one up there, ATC must be falling alseep?
  11. Flightrite
    When I first started driving planes I bought a Tandy airband recieved and listed as much as I could. I'd recommend listening out from the various avenues, much can be learned in the real world!?
  12. Flightrite
    Was wondering when someone would bring that up?
  13. Flightrite
    I've been out flying sorry?
  14. Flightrite
    Welcome, hope you've been Covid tested??
  15. Flightrite
    All true, well to me anyway. Doesn't bother me what other people do, having also driven semi's a good truck driver had plenty of grease for his turntable? since my apprenticeship days 47 years ago I'll continue spraying all my hinges and greasing everything that moves if I can,I sleep well at night?
  16. Flightrite
    Ah got out for a spin today left all the fear and hysteria behind!? Life's good??
  17. Flightrite
    Haha probably true! In another life I cut my teeth on Pommy junk cars, the Pomms where obviously drunk on Guinness when they designed a lot of their working machinery! The DH104's I used to drive where an ergonomic disaster!?
  18. Flightrite
    Been towing stuff all my life including vans around Oz a few times in very dusty conditions, always greased the tow ball, never seen any wear that is detectable! The only downside is that they are messy if you brush up against a tie ball, yuk?
  19. Flightrite
    It just means the detector has reached a set limit, doesn't mean you die on the spot! You land when you can?
  20. Flightrite
    Touché', love it!?
  21. Flightrite
    I don't see 'site donations' on the left if my screen?
  22. Flightrite
    That's exactly what I do. These days I fly when I want to fly, to hell with sched's, TS's and MEL's??
  23. Flightrite
    You keep coming up with the facts KR, good work!? If this killer virus is so fatal then why are all the cops and other checkers not wearing full pressure bio hazard suits instead of $1 cheap face masks?
  24. Flightrite
    ARO see my post #131, get back to me when we have that situation! Till then it's hysteria and fear that is out of control!
  25. Flightrite
    Hope yr Vans is 4x4 capable!? Be very careful Thruster, I've seen a few A's on their lids!
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