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  1. Student Pilot
    There seems to be a lot of porkies being told. Casualty figures being one, an entire block flattened with a market and flats leveled. They said two people died? There was a vid around how Russian tanks are being taken out by cheap drones. Show'd a hovering drone dropping a small package into an open hatch then a pfffff. Are Russians are going to be sitting with an open hatch in a hostile area? The resultant explosion wouldn't have blown the foam off your coffee.
  2. Student Pilot
    Aircraft Nev, Aircraft!!!!
  3. Student Pilot
    At least give them some credit for trying?
  4. Student Pilot
    So you blame RAA and not CASA?
  5. Student Pilot
    Using old aircraft with 20,000 hours for aeromedical (Even if it's just supplies) is no longer acceptable. A turbine powered aircraft is way more reliable than two recips that were designed 70 years ago. GA is in such a mess they either have high time old worn out Cessnas/Pipers or million dollar turbines, nothing in between.
  6. Student Pilot
    Why would you use an ultralight when a drone would be quieter surveillance and have zoom capability?
  7. Student Pilot
    Like any low level operations a reccy before flying low into the block to pick the hazards is SOPs. Can miss them or temporarily forget about them, most line strikes the pilot knew about them. With mustering private ops there never used to be much training, a so called low level check was all that's needed.
  8. Student Pilot
    SWER lines are very hard to see.
  9. Student Pilot
    Always liked that design, with a 503 or 582 it should be a good performer.
  10. Student Pilot
    So sad. Pressing on into bad weather. If you positively have to get there....................drive.
  11. Student Pilot
    The answer is no landing fees, the main income is for the parasitic avadata. The income that the councils get after avdata take their percentage (Anybody know what that is?) would be buggar all.
  12. Student Pilot
    Now Nev, you're just trying to provoke 😁
  13. Student Pilot
    My bad Captain Gazza, If a thread goes any more than 2 pages I loose focus 😆
  14. Student Pilot
    Too many frequencies can distract, you would think there would only be one frequency priority close to the helipad.
  15. Student Pilot
    Like the PG Taylors "Frigate Bird", he is an underrated aviator.
  16. Student Pilot
    It was a graceful design, looks like a control system failure ☹️
  17. Student Pilot
    A Mirage arrived at Pays restoration a week or so ago
  18. Student Pilot
    The only one that looks to be struggling is the Javelin, nose up.
  19. Student Pilot
    That's what I was told as a sprog pilot in the olden days Nev 👍
  20. Student Pilot
    Turbo, do you (or any of your family) now work or have you ever worked for CASA?
  21. Student Pilot
    I still find ole mates videos hard to watch, my limited intelligence, bad comprehension short attention span got a bit to do with.
  22. Student Pilot
    Yes there are exceptions that are going ahead. I have traveled a bit and Mostly I see places shut down or shutting down. GA is in a steep decline and has been for the last 25 years or so. I have friends in a few different areas/states that also say that. RAA seems to be clinging on still, nowhere near the interest or aircraft there was 25 years ago. I suppose the real decline in wages and income (Compared to inflation) over that time has a big part in it. Also the changing of the want/dynamic of RAA is compounding the decline. Now an RAA aircraft cost about the same as a 182 did 25 years ago. A Rotax 912 now cost what an 0-520 used cost to overhaul 25 years ago. There are still basic cheap flying machines but seems the average price of any new machines be it composite or metal is way over $100,000. No way an average man on wages can afford to learn to fly let alone own an aircraft.
  23. Student Pilot
    A bit like the machine Will Rodgers and Wiley Post were killed in.
  24. Student Pilot
    Yes
  25. Student Pilot
    Anybody familiar with Bob Lazar's drawings on flying machine design? Do a bit of reading on the subject, it is interesting.
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