Student Pilot

Oversupply of lawyers trawling for income?

I take offence at your indignation of being offended by being called "Short". I am taller than average and by inference you casting aspersions at being singled out is throwing discussion to the other end of the spectrum towards peeble taller that average, thus causing contentious consternation You will be pleased to know that I do not have a lawyer and will henceforth cease and desist any controversial contemporaneous comment that causes circumstantiate circumambient cheerlessness.

Is that in or out of aircraft Nev? ?

The fuse of the gyro doesn't look to be badly damaged, were occupants wearing helmets?

It has been a disaster since the Federal government gave away regional airfields, GA has been on a downward spiral (with CASA help) since. User pays and privatisation has made us as a nation poorer. Seems the only thing the Government wants to spend money on is a constant barage of self promotion for the 3 year (or whenever they feel like it) election cycle.

Those blokes who fly Cranes are very professional and are the best in the industry. The water they were working out of was narrow, not much area to manoeuvre and tricky wind conditions. Fire work can be flying in the worst weather imaginable, how would you like to fly into conditions like these?

Nup, vortex ring and settling

My dad built one in I think 88, it was powered by a Robin 440 with a Cliff Van Pragg belt reduction. It had a clark Y section wing with split flaps that weren't a big success, the cockpit design was slightly changed to include a single central skid. The Robin engine went well getting 230lbs static thrust.

Video clearly shows contrarotating props

The aircraft that ditched was working from Latrobe Valley

That statement dates you a bit Nev, haven't had primary's since we started using alphabet airspace. Must admit I still refer to them as primary's, remember the days when you could walk down to the briefing office to get weather and have a yarn at places like Bankstown and Moorabin?

Turboplanner, I don't think anybody was suggesting to do a circular circuits at places like Moorabin, horses for courses

Getting on for 170,000 conservative estimate Mr Garfly but still learning every one.

Yes flying a Tiger is different to modern machines, my take on the subject is that flying and landing in general is over complicated unnecessarily these days, especially ultralight/light aircraft/recreational fliers. I do fly heavier/faster machines and the basic procedure is still the same, throttle off and land.

Or Australia day, when Australia became a nation.

No probs Antonts, still much the same these days. Just go and fly, simple

How can I access my information to insert image for avatar? How can I access my profile? Where can I log on or off on the site? Thanks

Yes but surely date of Federation is a more historical Australian date? Dutch were on Australia some 200 years earlier that Philip person, no orange flag waving?

Yes but why is Australia day on 26th Jan instead of on 1st Jan when Federation day is? We are just pom Empire apologists, chest beating colonial cast offs.

Of coarse it is, yoo need to make correkshuns with spelink n grammer as well, for the superior glow yoo get being a pedant

With all the answers you will no doubt be standing for the next federal election between now and May? A man of your general knowledge and people skills (A trait a certain big eared budgie smuggler wearing politician said he had) would be a shoe in and after elected you could put the country back on a steady coarse and save us all?

Heyo Spacesailor, sounds like your a bit down. Have you thought of trying another training organisation? Different training organisations have different ways and thoughts on how to train. I knew a bloke who didn't start flying till he was 63, took him a few goes to get his licence but then used to fly himself around in his Auster. Having said that there are some people who shouldn't be driving or flying due to lack of coordination skills. Generally if you can drive a car then piloting an aircraft is not a huge step. You need to get an honest older instructor who will give you a direct answer, no bullshitting.

You say there's nothing to stop me from posting on the thread where I posted a comment about posting, you comment on something that I already did, doesn't that make your post redundant?

Refer post 114

That would stop a lot of Magpies fun.