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  1. Student Pilot
    Fawcett
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    Have you noticed that white van parked up the road from you? Shortly it's occupants will be visiting with you to explain you need to modify your posts to a more Boeing friendly vibe On a serious note, it shown Boeing have entrenched an immoral mindset, everything bartered for the cheapest price no matter what the consequences. Like most of America business, corruption, bullying, intimidation goes right to the top including their despotic political leader.
  3. Student Pilot
    OK, makes sense now.
  4. Student Pilot
    The edit function just came up om my recent post, why does it not stay there? Is there a limited time that you can edit after posting?
  5. Student Pilot
    Changed, edit function disappeared again?
  6. Student Pilot
    Ahhhhh just came up on my last post, delayed reaction to webpage update? Probably reflecting my reluctance to embrace new technology
  7. Student Pilot
    I would have deleted the second image but as you can see there's no edit button
  8. Student Pilot
    This one on the register? Used to see it all the time at Bankstown
  9. Student Pilot
    Yoo have good taste in Aircraft Captain
  10. Student Pilot
    Yours looks different to mine, what gives?
  11. Student Pilot
    How do you edit posts with new format? Can't find any edit button.
  12. Student Pilot
    The dog got my attention, some sort of poodle cross I think. I then settled down to watch what promised to be a very interesting presentation only to be bombarded with him advertising stuff. Stopped the vid at 1 minute, lost concentration and decided to look at kitten yootube. Can you give me a short review Gazza?
  13. Student Pilot
    The engine tone deepened and an increase in volume can be heard. The Herc drops I have seen (LATs have been used a lot more this year), their climb angle wouldn't be 10 degrees let alone 18 after dropping. Yes they avoid flight into smoke. The lead aircraft normally fly's the drop then when clearing the LAT for the drop explains what they want with the drop including exit and departure from the fire after the drop.
  14. Student Pilot
    If you listen to the video you can hear the engines powering up.
  15. Student Pilot
    Fire near Canberra
  16. Student Pilot
    Why was the video taken down?
  17. Student Pilot
    That video shows the aircraft clearly established in a climbing turn after the drop then appears to disappear into smoke, looks to have then lost several hundred feet and impacted. With 2 very experienced pilots they would have been established on instruments and should have continued to climb. Looking at it again there appears to be a very steep pitch up after the load was released. Normally you get a pitch up only while the load is going out, not after. The aircraft also appears to initiate a turn left at the same time. The aircraft impact site looked as though it hit wings level.
  18. Student Pilot
    The lead aircraft have been working with all the LAT's since September, I think they would have an idea of the capabilities of all aircraft. As I said retardant mainly used on bush, most fires have been bush this season. I would say 75% of my drops (SEAT) would have been retardant this year
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    The LATs and VLAT in Australia do drop water/ foam depending on where the drop is. In sensitive areas just water is dropped, grass and scrub mostly foam and bush mostly retardant. SEATs do the same, choppers, medium and heavy mostly drop water/ foam very rarely retardant.
  20. Student Pilot
    I had heard the tailplane was intact, no sign of anything of any size in that footage. Absolute destruction.
  21. Student Pilot
    Crew fatigue is well looked after on fires. The bigger machines have multiple crew and change out regularly. I recon that front in NSW was the one that came though Vic on Wednesday. We went to a fire near Lake Bolac on Wednesday and conditions were very rough in the lee of the Gramps making flying hard work.
  22. Student Pilot
    How's your back country flying goen Gazza?
  23. Student Pilot
    I agree Red, my Malvern Star is a real thoroughbred and only those specially trained can handle it, not for your average Joe Blow.
  24. Student Pilot
    Cirrus used to target wealthy individuals with no previous flying experience then release them into the world with what some considered to be inadequate training for what is a high performance and complex machine, the result is reflected in accident stats.
  25. Student Pilot
    Cirrus seem to have a lot of landing accidents
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