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pmccarthy

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  1. I suggest sending the fastest first so there is no danger of slow planes getting rear-ended.
  2. Mount Beauty to NSW could have been challenging in yesterdays weather.
  3. One to run back with a fire extinguisher.
  4. A p38 Lightning crashed on Mt Elliot during WW2 and the wreckage has never been found. I was part of a party that went looking for it about 30 years ago. mt Elliot is bigger than you think!
  5. Air Canada announced Thursday that it had ordered 30 ES-30 electric aircraft from Heart Aerospace. The plane can fly up to 124 miles in all-electric mode or up to 500 miles with capacity limitations. The Swedish manufacturer has garnered firm orders from United Airlines and Mesa Airlines. Scheduled to enter service in 2028, the plane is set to seat 30 passengers in a two-by-one configuration and fly up to 124 miles, or 200 kilometers, when in all-electric mode. The range can extend to 249 miles when the battery is supplemented by generators and 497 miles when the capacity is limited to 25 people, according to Air Canada.
  6. Yes about two inches unfortunately.
  7. I grew up in Broken Hill and don’t believe I was intellectually impaired. But anyone living alongside a major road in our cities would have ingested far more lead than I did.
  8. That will be another useless note to distract from the important ones.
  9. My trouble is getting the fly open in time.
  10. Reno race pilot died yesterday. Engine failure, and stall spin trying the impossible turn. A most experienced pilot.
  11. That is the argument used by the Taliban against religious transgressors.
  12. I have found most people on this site have been converted to the warmist religion.
  13. Agreed. Lead oxides, carbonates near the surface of the earth are quite soluble and get into the water system. Lead sulphides, deeper in the earth and unaltered, are much more stable.
  14. They hover over Avocado crops to prevent frost damage. Or they did in NZ some years ago.
  15. It is easy to print WAC sections from OzRunways. I have only an A4 printer so need several pages for a long trip. I don’t know how to scale them correctly but print the route with 10 mile ticks.
  16. I feel sorry for the 152 pilot. He could not have anticipated anyone would come in so fast. It would have seemed reasonable to get his touch and go done before the 340 arrived, until the moment he realised too late that something weird was happening.
  17. A lot of Americans would enjoy an electric beaver.
  18. Gold would hang together just fine. It is quite strong.
  19. I have one on order, due to dock Oct 2, can’t wait.
  20. God point about the ASI. Perhaps it should be bigger and right in your face. It doesn’t get the prominence it deserves.
  21. You would need a split screen to get porn and Westpac apps running at the same time.
  22. There is a new mechanical gust lock option for Foxbat y-sticks. But I like the bungee cord version which stretches across the pilot's seat. Can’t miss it.
  23. I would change the oil cold rather than try it.
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