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Politics is a dirty business so I must have had a lapse of common sense to make a comment on the subject. When I see reports that Ukraine is not allowed to use a particular weapon against the opposing force it reinforces my belief that the whole exercise is staged by world leaders and I can’t even take control of my domestic domain.

Isn't it pity we can't all work together sharing knowledge and technology.

I did most of my training in the Evektor Harmony and found it very benign in a stall, not that I knew any different as I'm only a student with my limited previous experience flying my microlight unlicensed. When the Harmony had it's engine change I briefly swapped to the Bristell. One thing I noticed on the pre-flight check was a big chunk of steel bolted to the gearbox, obviously a counterweight. Once in the plane my instructor informed me that we would be careful to avoid stalls. He said if we stall this plane we're not coming home, there's very little chance of stall recovery. I guess for those couple of days he was very careful to monitor my performance on take-off and landing.

I called my trainer tonight to try to get back to lessons. He was still talking a couple of months away but after an extended conversation he said he'll try to get something organised for a weekend at the start of September. I'm not too sure of his situation since going back to his trade and giving up full time training. I last flew his J170 out of Myrup but now he suggests he hires a Jabiru locally and we do a weekend out of Northam. That will suit me because it's only a six hour drive from here and after finishing my Solo and achieving RPC we can jump into my plane there for a few familiarisation flights. I have a friend who'll bring my plane up here if I want to practice before my cross country but one step at a time. I've started on my solo so hopefully I can knock that off in one decent weekend. I did like landing on the gravel strip at Myrup. It's a lot more forgiving than the bitumen if you don't get the landing quite right.

Ok, now I've got to watch it..... 🙂 Really well documented trip however I think I'd be happier diverting to Forrest rather than take and unnecessary long flight over the ocean with poor communication. There couldn't be a lot of time saving but he saved having to arrange for fuel at Forrest. Perhaps not worth the risk in the average single engined aircraft.

Ok, now I've got to watch it..... 🙂

Pretty hard to do that in Cue in a short period of time. All the big gold was taken many years ago but we can still find tiny pieces with the metal detector. Most people are just happy to go home with a bit of colour because it's not easy to find anywhere. These are from our trip away in May, enough to pay for the trip but it's found on our lease a long way from here. We have plenty of gold in Cue but it's deep, beyond my reach.

If you have the time and you're interested you might manage to find a little gold nugget or two to take home.

No Skippy my airstrip has been put on the backburner while I try to find a tip truck to move a few hundred tonnes of dirt. It needs building up to prevent waterflow across in a couple of places. Just a metre of dirt over a couple of hundred metres works out a lot of dirt, too much to move a few hundred metres with the loader. The Cue airport is just 3km away and it's a beautiful 2km of bitumen, no tiedown facilities but if I know you're coming I'll have some concrete blocks in place with anchors to tie to. I'll have a vehicle available to get about as well, a little Merc van or perhaps my van that is a bit more accommodating with a fridge, stove, bed, 240v inverter etc. What ever you need we'll make it work. There's no fuel at the airport but we have 91 or 98 at the bowser in town.

Yes a pretty comprehensive report however nearly everybody was forced to have the vaccine and many of us suffered immediate affects from that regardless of official figures (propaganda). I didn't spend a lot of time reading that but did they compare the brain damage to those that refused the vaccine? Sorry Skippy, I think I veered a little from the thread 😇

Is it the Covid or the supposed preventative affecting the brain?

WA has terrible wet and windy weather at the moment but we're expecting better weather starting in September. At least that's when I'm hoping to be able to get back into flying lessons.

I've often wondered why they don't go underground as they do for power throughout the towns and cities.

Yeah but I'm a bit like an emu, got wings but can't fly 🙃

There are not too many that can sit chatting with their mates about the plane crash they walked away from.