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I have recently sold off my boys toys....why? It suddenly struck me i wasn't using them anymore. At 64 years young I rode my Harley's maybe once a month if the weather was fine. Having $100,000 of motorcycles sitting in a shed was ludicrous even I could see that. My cruiser costing me $400 a week just to maintain and sit in the marina? Another waste of money. Large 4WD used to go bush maybe 2-3 times a year, I use another car for every day usage and then there was my wife's car. Therefore Giant 4WD...gone too, use maybe 6 weeks a year. I can justify the selling off because I can hire whatever I want whenever I want at a fraction of the cost of owning them. Not that the expense is a problem, it's just a total waste, I have long passed the time in my life where I need to brag my Harley is better than yours or my boat is bigger than yours or "what...you don't own an aeroplane?" I had great intentions to buy my own plane, in light of the above and now knowing people who do own their own planes I decided against it. I know several pilots at the ASC who have owned their aircraft for several years and have a whole 100 hours up. IMHO, waste of a perfectly good aircraft. Don't get me wrong, the choice is theirs and they are happy with that choice and more power to them. So I decided to hire and fly, at the ASC I CAN get an aircraft whenever I want to (weather permitting) there are half a dozen aircraft available to hire pretty well 7 days a week. Saturday and wednesday are a struggle due to training days. As a retired gentleman of leisure I can go just about any time I wish. THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE, no ongoing costs I pay my $120 per flying hour and never have to worry about fuel, oil, maintenance, insurance, repairs, hanger fees etc etc. 50 hrs a year (more hours than a lot of owners I know) costs me a grand total of $6000. Less than the cost of insurance and hanger fees. I couldn't own/run a plane for anywhere near that cost for 12 months. 10 years hiring is less than the cost to purchase never mind run a plane. IMHO, the only way to fly. Having said all that, if I had a property somewhere with enough room for an airstrip, I wouldn't hesitate to get an aircraft (maybe 2, one as a spare)
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TUESDAY 7/8/2012 "In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks. -" Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900
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MONDAY 6/8/2012 "The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage." Mark Russel
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Strobe light not working.
petetheprinta replied to J170 Owner's topic in Instruments, Radios and Electronics
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SUNDAY 5/8/2012 "Every one already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.' It's one after which you can use the airplane another time." RFC instructor France 1916
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SATURDAY 4/8/2012 "And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first Fokker airplane built in the world. The Dutch call it the mother Fokker." Curator Amsterdam aviation museum
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FRIDAY 3/8/2012 "Birthdays are good for you, statistics show that people who have the most live the longest" Larry Lorenzoni
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I have seen several references in various forums to the Adelaide Soaring Club at Gawler. I am wondering who are members besides myself and the few I already know. It would be nice to put a face to the "nom de plume"
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I have glued velcro to the back of mine and sewn the other half of the velcro onto a couple of pairs of daks I use for flying (both knees). works well for me,
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Thank you for the well presented and thought out answer. So much nicer than the usual diatribe against Jabiru.
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No it's more like mmmm m m m m mm mmmmm
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So....can we take it you don't like Jab engines??
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Love it... gotta find the music now to add to my collection
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And nothing more stirring than there two
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Thanks to corvairkr for showing me how to get this up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIxm0Th55Iw
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I can't access corvairkr's or Howard Hughs YouTube videos (start button with a line through it) but don' t have a problem with anyone's else's. Is it just me??
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Before you rush out and buy a new iPad, contact Apple Australia about a refurbished one. From them I purchased an ipad2, 32Gb wifi 3G model, 12 months warranty, totally rebuilt, new inside and out for $568. Saved myself $200 on a new ipad2. Comes repackaged with new cables, charger etc.etc. I purchased specifically to run Ozrunways, but have since used it for just about everything. (Being in the printing business I have used Macs since 1980 so I am biased)
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5th Dimension "up up and away" AKA the TAA song. OK I give up, how do I post a you tube clip? Anyone please.
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How sad, I met him at the Jamestown air show in 2008 I think it was. A lovely gentleman. I have some photos of him and his aircraft I will post when I get home. If not appropriate, let me know.
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My wife is more terrified of flying than I am!!!
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I did a bit of a review on this aircraft, see :- http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/first-impressions-of-the-fk9.37874/#post-212932 Thanks to skeptic36 AKA Bill for showing me how to create a link to the correct post.
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Contact ALdinga, I believe there is space becoming available there. Good luck!'
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That seems a lot of runway for a 230, do you use that distance because you touch down well past the threshold, or does it just take a long time for you to pull up. The 230 I fly lands comfortably in 1200 to 1500 feet approach speeds and flaps as per yours. Are you rounding out too high and using up runway by "floating"?
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How accurate should my flying be??
petetheprinta replied to Ballpoint 246niner's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
I have a 100 hours flying experience? since I got my ticket. I often feel it's the same hour done 100 times. IMHO, at my flying club at least, there has to be more work done on improving/furthering the skills/experience of people like me other than letting them fend for themselves. "Why don't you do it yourself?" I hear you ask I would love to know how I could accomplish that without killing myself. I read a lot about all matters flying, but putting it into practise without someone with experience sitting in the right hand seat is nigh on impossible.