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  1. Flightrite
    That's nose bleed territory & cold!? Be interesting to know what the FF was?
  2. Flightrite
    I watch my Amp/gauge like a hawk after start and monitor it for the whole flight. An Amp gauge is a very handy instrument to have, tells you a lot.
  3. Flightrite
    I accept the CO was a contributing factor but we will never know the full reason/story. Pilots are only human, we do f**k up sometimes!
  4. Flightrite
    45LPH @ 120+ kts? Gee the fuel Co's are gunna love you!??
  5. Flightrite
    ?? Tragic. A task for the new PC24, hope the survivors make it!
  6. Flightrite
    Oh brother!?please explain how the power turbine drives the prop at around 2000rpm??
  7. Flightrite
    Glad that ended well. It's nerve racking being part of such activities, done that a couple of times trying to locate a lost plane or two. Hope the guy gets help he needs it!
  8. Flightrite
    They where a pussycat engine, not popular due cost etc, the GTSIO520's where a brute!
  9. Flightrite
    I used to operate the 'Gitso' Continental engines and they required special handling otherwise two things would happen, you either destroyed the geared engine or you where sacked!
  10. Flightrite
    That's very true for those that have them. I have a hard wired alarm able unit fitted with test function, I would not fly without at least a portable one.
  11. Flightrite
    Some of us have curious minds and lead the way with questions and theories, others are followers! The cause of the crash can be put down due to impaired decision making.
  12. Flightrite
    I was impressed by the GEARBOX!?
  13. Flightrite
    Quell make a 'must have' detector.
  14. Flightrite
    Well those 4000 hrs I have behind a PT6 without a gearbox was amazing!?
  15. Flightrite
    Not 'shaky' at all, I'm just backing the clear leader in A/C engines.
  16. Flightrite
    There's a reason why the old clunkers are still being produced in their zillions compared to a very small amount of 'alternate' engines......they simply work!
  17. Flightrite
    From an RPT's perspective it's mostly about commercialism, time = $$$$, GA generally takes into other considerations mainly safety from a SE standpoint. I use ALL the Rwy available at the GA level, that's the free part!
  18. Flightrite
    Those that may recall VH BOB will recall Bob, RIP old mate, your 'VH' lives on?
  19. Flightrite
    Ya gotta remember cars have gears to get the full use out of their small cube high HP power plants, planes operate in 'top gear' all the time. Try getting these cars to accelerate (and last) starting in top gear! That's why we have large capacity big bore direct drive engines.
  20. Flightrite
    "Ugly all day"?
  21. Flightrite
    They have a real cult following, not sure why buy hey each too their own??
  22. Flightrite
    My parents went thru the war as newly weds, they where on their knees during and more so after the war! I can't imagine for one minute what it would have been like to live under those terrible conditions! We live like Kings these days!
  23. Flightrite
    Unless instructed otherwise at a towered drome you depart from the intersection you where cleared to line up from. If the terrain at the dept end of the Rwy is not favourable for an off field landing then say 'require' full length not 'request'. ATC have to oblige but they don't have to expedite yr departure.
  24. Flightrite
    Apparently started out as two canoe's on top of each other went from there!?
  25. Flightrite
    Only ever went in a drifter once many years ago, was a weird feeling sitting out there on what felt like a pole stationary above the earth blasted by gale force winds??
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