Flightrite

Just recieved my 'warning or else' tyranny message! Their coming?

Don't shoot me but as odd as Trump is he was the better choice than wear mongering Hillary with an 'honest John' husband behind her!?

Back to the thread topic...flight number 10 of the Covid 19 period just complete. Water well and truly mixed back into the oil. Only heard one a/c leaving Adelaide but a few around Parafield. Ken

It is very quiet everywhere! Git a quicky in yesterday and hope to get another tomorrow, maint flights of course??

It's funny how we strive for a fast GS (630kts my fastest) but getting a GS of 0 would be amazing!?

Do not have the pics but...

Flying to Calais in my flexwing (see my avatar) in 2009 for the Bleriot centenary flight is the best I have ever managed on airspeed.

 

The morning was blowing a gale and storms coming up the channel from daybreak and we sat on the ground in Kent watching the weather radar as the sh#t was coming up the channel. By 11 it was looking lke a drop in wind and an hour or two of no rain from midday so two of us took off in close formation - single flight plan and me leading and doing radio.

 

Radar lied and forecast was no better - the winds did not drop as we arrived in France from over the channel.

 

Arrived at Calais and on downwind for 24 my airspeed of 58mph but my groundspeed was over 110mph ... turning final my groundspeed was -10mph until I went full power to make it slowly back to the runway - longest time on final in my life.

 

On touchdown - at more than cruise power - my groundspeed was 0 with power on to not be lown backwards on the runway ... and I added more power to taxi up to exit runway.

 

You live and learn ... but I was one of nearly 100 microlights that made it safely into Calais that day and flew back to the UK in celebration the following morning ... in glorious still air!

Wow! Sounds scary A mate of mine has one of those things, Rotax 80 HP Trike he won't fly it above 20 kts wind?

Let's see some pix of yr GS, even how slow you have been too?

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I will sale it if anyone wants to buy it

What sort of $$$ are you looking for it? Also is the unit the early or latter type! Latter having the word 'Ultra' on the front face.

It was good in it’s time how ever oz RWY is a lot better

I looked at the AvMap unit but the Garmin G5 by all accounts is far better, what did you end up doing with the AvMap unti?

Went for a jolly this arvo, man it's quiet out there, love it!?

What did you think of the AvMap screen?

The app exists so the governments of Australia can have a valid excuse get themselves out of the corner they have painted themselves into.

Sign up ! If enough do it we'll loosen the restrictions! And the sheep fall for it.

 

The State is not your friend, it has only ITS interests at heart, not yours. The pollies only care about re- election. Where else can you get a high paying job involving no real work?

Careful you'll be crucified there!??

Age is never the ultimate factor the poor skills etc but being advanced does put one in a higher risk category. Not too long ago I was asked to be a safety pilot to a Pvt pilot guy who had 800 hrs (around 3000 TT) in his own immaculate C182 but hadn't flown much of late, health issues etc. We went for a few circuits at his own property where he had done a lot of his flying from, in a nut shell he was scary unsafe! Experience, many years flying, familiarity all the things you would think might be a bonus wasn't in his case! Age 74!!

Everything about virus control and movement restrictions by the Govts (both State and Federal) has been half-cocked from the word Go.

New legislation and highly punitive penalties were introduced, and the Police administered them on an ad-hoc basis with little understanding, and even less compassion. So much so, a percentage of the fines issued were cancelled.

 

I got a W.A. Movement Pass between regions, because I'm doing some freight movements. But then I find highways that are not even covered by roadblocks/checkpoints between the regions.

Then I find a roadblock/checkpoint, and it's staffed by a couple of Police and several soldiers. The soldiers are bored out of their brain, because this isn't what they signed up for - to stop people and ask where they're going.

 

I've downloaded the W.A. Govt G2G app, and I have the Q-code on my phone. So I ask the young soldier if he wants to see my paper pass (printed off my computer), or read my Q-code.

He says, "I'm sorry I can't read your Q-code, only the Police have Q-code scanners, so I'll have to look at your printed pass". I show him my pass, and he glances at it, and he's happy, and waves me through.

 

Now, I've been through several regional checkpoints at this point - and NOT ONE has asked me for any personal ID, in the form of an MDL! I could have pinched anyones G2G pass, and be someone completely different!

I would have thought, the very first thing to be done at checkpoints, is ask for ID to verify the persons identity. But no-o-o, that seems to be completely unnecessary in W.A.!

 

With the clusterfXXX associated with every piece of Govt legislation and movement controls at this point, I won't be downloading any app - which is bound to contain major flaws!!

What happens when someone steals your unlocked phone? They could travel through a list of infected people and you'd get all the penalties!! - for life!! There'd be no way of correcting any major errors in the system!!

 

And of course, we constantly have politicians telling us the app is safe and secure, when they themselves have no idea how it works!

The problem is also, that shortly, the virus controls will become secondary, as attention to the damaged economy, joblessness and other major disruptions will take over!

Nicely put, it boils down to "them & us", kinda the same as we have here amongst these pages??? Theres' the frightened ones & the rebels?

While this is on a larger scale than ever before, job security in flying has never really existed. Medical issues and boom and bust are a constant feature of the job.. A lot of UNI graduates are in similar positions with high debts and little or no job prospects. This Virus is big one with yet unknown extent of the consequences but what ever it is it won't be small. WE already had systemic problems world wide and were generally ill equipped in many ways to cope with it despite frequent predictions and warnings. Nev

Well said Nev.

The aviation game has always been a gamble, like they say never put all yr eggs in one basket! It's just bad timing is all but then again bad timing had riddled the flying game since the Wrong Bro's first ever left the ground?

Enemy deception is a complete field in itself, in the military. There are large teams involved in enemy deception.

During WW2, they built dummy airfields complete with buildings, built thousands of tanks and truck dummies, and even produced dummy large scale troop movements, complete with washing on the lines! They even set up dummy harbours!

 

The U.S. started their "Ghost Army", an Engineer group, modelled on the British enemy deception effort in the Middle East, called Operation Bertram.

Where the British used dummy tanks and vehicles built from plywood, the U.S. used inflatables for tanks!

 

The Americans indulged in electronic and signal deception on a huge scale, and even had huge sound systems broadcasting military movement noises!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army

 

https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/06/06/ghost-army

The Japs flooded the Pacific with confusing messages prior to Dec7 1941. Deception is alive in every field of endeavour from the grubby politicians to little kids playing at kinda!

This is a most interesting thread, it seems some can't accept its personel choice and funnily enuf we are allowed a different opinion in this country (so far),but let the story continue!?

If you are following the thread you will see post #11 gives a link.

Correct Flightrite, Bell YP59A Airacomet. Here is the pic:

 

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I don't know who they thought they would fool with that!

I must confess I had to call a friend ( who knows just about everything aviation) to confirm it but recall reading somewhere years ago about the amount of deception that Co's did to hide or give the wrong impression to competitors or the enemy?

This ought to get you whirlygig guys excited ( no not the cute kid) but this was taken at Essendon Airport around 1960?

Isn't that 3 just gorgeous??

I operate TT A/P brilliant stuff self contained no reliance on external instruments like traditional A/P's?

That should be illegal teasing us like that?

I will not download it. I dont trust Morrison or any politician. Yes he is blackmailing the public, downoad or restrictions will not be lifted. Yes google has tracking but you can turn it off! Amazon is getting all the data, another reason not to download it. I read the app is not effective unless 40% of the population download it. Thats a lot of people and the way its going I suspect it will fall well short. The yanks have more guts than us apathetic rollovers, when it comes to personal rights, it would not and is not happening there. Shame they started distancing too late tho . Thats stupid Trumps fault[ATTACH type=full" alt="94747360_2779811878802647_2216184282714472448_n.png]52849[/ATTACH]

Your first line says it all!?

Airacomet?

So this is the latest ABC story on the app...

 

4 million people have downloaded it before they have finalised just who or how access to the data will be granted? Niiiice.....

Hey it's Australia, worlds best practice remember!? We are a third world country sometimes with a first world facade!?