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What advice would you give to a new student?
pmccarthy replied to Admin's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
Once you have learned, it is as easy as driving a car well. -
I have been following Scrappy since episode 1. I don’t understand how he can drag race that airframe without wings. I would have expected a torque reaction that might need ailerons to manage.
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A good looking aircraft for its time.
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Ian, as you probably know I started a Group for our club when you added groups. I emailed quite a few people but no- one joined RF as a result. The two who signed up were already RF members. So there was no point in proceeding. I had expected to expand RF as a result as other clubs joined. I don't know what this means. But you may not get clubs involved.
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This may be the stupidest stunt I've ever seen...
pmccarthy replied to Marty_d's topic in Aviation Videos
I guess we all know that lawn bowls has the highest fatality rate of all Australian sports. -
There is a waiting list for hangar space at Kyneton. About 65 aircraft on the field.
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Recreational includes GA, old C172s and PA28s and VH home builts and many more. All doing fine thanks.
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My mother's saying was meant that no matter what good deed she had done, someone would find cause to criticise. Sorry I was obscure. I thought the announcement was good news and was surprised that a negative slant could be put on it.
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As my mother used to say - if I was an angel flying up to heaven, someone would mistake me for a crow and shoot me.
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flight planning over tiger country?
pmccarthy replied to RFguy's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
I did some training in a 100hp Victa at Broken Hill in summer. Underpowered is an understatement, but $11.50 an hour wet was as good as it got. -
Last year 60, this year 20.
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So rewrite "he entered the cockpit"".
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The classic problem is an RAA reg aircraft which is weight limited but would have a higher legal weight in GA. You are about to cross Bass Strait. Do you limit your fuel load to the RAA amount, or do you fill to the technical safe limit of the aircraft? Obviously the latter is the responsible decision. You will be legal about one hour into the flight once the excess fuel has burned off. If you then have an incident on arrival, can insurance be refused because you must have departed overweight?
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My lap belt gets tighter every year. Must be a safety feature.
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Spot on!
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Yes but which one?
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Are you arguing that CASA has not run down its technical capabilities while increasing bureaucracy?
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I think the facts are in the report. Professions Australia is a reputable lobby group.