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My friend who had a Bristell says that the transponder came on automatically at a certain airspeed. So if it did not come on, it must be a deliberate switch off or an electrical failure. Perhaps a master switch or isolator bumped off during preflight checks?

I am very sorry I will not make Lockhart due to family commitment. Those folks deserve support and it is a great new location.

A lot of powerlines in Britain are run underground.

Had a lovely flight from Kyneton to Condoblin and back last Sunday, nearly six hours. Picture shows new power pylons creeping across the plain at Bundure.

Between 1946 and 1958 the United States tested 66 nuclear weapons on or near Bikini and Enewetak atolls, which had previously been evacuated. NCI investigators concluded, based on extensive analyses described in their publications, that populations living on any of the other atolls in the Marshall Islands archipelago were exposed to measurable radioactive fallout from 20 of those tests. In this carefully considered analysis, National Cancer Institute (NCI) experts estimate that as much as 1.6% of all cancers among those residents of the Marshall Islands alive between 1948 and 1970 might be attributable to radiation exposures resulting from nuclear testing fallout. Due to uncertainly inherent to these analyses, the authors calculated a 90% confidence interval of 0.4% to 3.6%. Marshall Islands Research Project and Findings - NCI

World demand for coal has gone up year on year forever. Renewables have not replaced a single tonne of coal, they are just adding to a growing overall power supply globally.

I have never in my life written down traffic notes, now 55 years of flying. Awareness is a mental picture. You shouldn’t be looking at notes.

My A22 had a very soft windscreen that you could flex with your finger. My A32 has a hard windscreen, feels solid like on a Piper or Cessna.

Like many models these days, the Bristell can be registered GA or RAAus. It is the identically same plane, with the same high build standards and equipment.

I have done that in a Bristell. The sockets are together. We had no comms, thought the radio was u/s.

Mike who?

Sky News had an "aviation expert" Byron Bailey. He said three things and, as generalisations, they were all wrong. a light plane like this would not have a transponder if you are flying more than 50 miles you have to lodge a flight plan you are supposed to make a departure call from any airfield within 5 miles of departure. Then he said "why would you fly a single engine aircraft across Bass Strait in winter, its something I wouldn't do"? Fair comment, but winter is probably as good a time as summer. Water temperature is a killer either way, weather can be just as good.

I am planning a week in Broken Hill at the beginning of September. Do they have fixed tie down points? Any chance of space in a hangar? It can be quite windy at that time of year.

I don't see how two people of a certain age (same as SWMBO and me) could travel in a Bristell with a dog. Their luggage would go in the wing lockers, but... The sockets for the headsets are in the centre panel behind the seats. At the very least, the dog could knock out or chew them. The dog moving about would create distraction and could destabilise the Bristell, already known to be sensitive to W&B issues and excessive control inputs.