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highways? Riverina? 1962? More likely Biggles was merely following the tracks in the sand that the lass's Nana made while persuing the messiah of the 60s otherwise known as ......

quote=motzartmerv; at least with the airflow source being fixed your angle of attack will never change..... tecnically unstallable ... However if you just put a big hydraulic jack under the end of the conveyor belt you could adjust the AOC as required. Davidh

Up the beach staggered TooLateToBeANZACPete clutching a bottle of froggy bubbly that he’d liberated in ’41 and was hanging on to until a suitable occasion occurred. The NES millennium perhaps? Looking decidedly neither young nor free But showing the effects of being seriously girt by sea Pet stumbles to a halt and demands “Oh my lordy sandblasted lordy What on earth has happened to your western front?....†Then growing pensive and politely interrogative did ask “ I can tell that your are of the Riverland because……… But do please enlighten me Who have the pleasure of Nana, mother or Lass ?......

who was never a really a super bike with out the assistance of the super grass that was regularly flown in courtesy of the "oils ain't oils" spewing 'n burning seagull from somewhere deep in the riverland marshes that theses days are completely marsh free. Free not being anything that the lass was since....

The ATO decides to audit Grandpa, and summons him to the ATO office. The ATO auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his lawyer. The auditor said, 'Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, Which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the ATO finds that believable.' I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it,' says Grandpa. 'How about a demonstration?' The auditor thinks for a moment and said, 'Okay. Go ahead.' Grandpa says, 'I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye.' The auditor thinks a moment and says, 'It's a bet.' Grandpa removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops. Grandpa says, 'Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye.' Now the auditor can tell Grandpa isn't blind, so he takes the bet. Grandpa removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Grandpa's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous. 'Want to go double or nothing?' Grandpa asks 'I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between.' The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this old guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again. Grandpa stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk. The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Grandpa's own attorney moans and puts his head in his hands. 'Are you okay?' the auditor asks. 'Not really,' says the attorney. 'This morning, when Grandpa told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it!' MORAL? :: Don't Mess with Old People!!

CASA 383/05 Will give you the minimum equipment list cheers Davidh

It was said "It's very simple, some of us like to eat steak and others are happy with sausages. The world would be a very boring place if everyone in it wanted only the same thing." Yep! If you want a good steak go to the Steakhouse restaurant for sausages go to the RAA BBQ. and to fly the Lancair go GA for Thruster stick with RAA. I believe that all arguments re safety, passenger, useful payload and range can be met at 600kg. For more there is the option of GA. I also argue that if RAA were to go to 750 kgs it should only be for new aircraft. That way by the time the heavier RAA aircraft become ageing aircraft RAA will have accumulated the necessary experience in maintaining these machines to a satisfactory standard. RAA would thus avoid the challenges imposed by a sudden influx of old and in some cases very old ex GA aircraft. dem's my thoughts Davidh

Weathervanes, Rain Guages, Wind Socks, Windmills, and more at Glenview Products http://www.glenviewproducts.com.au/catalog/civilaviation.php cheers Davidh

From website of windsock manufacturer =================== 8 & 12 Foot Windsocks. Wind Socks of 8 & 12 Foot. These are available in white, or yellow, and are also available in a choice of standard weight or heavy duty versions. the heavy duty version being for places of extreme wind, cyclone prone, or tropical areas. The 8 & 12 foot windsocks are calibrated for Aviation use, fitted with an internal hoop and four large attach eyelets, and is supplied with heavy duty cable ties to attach to a 2ft diameter frame for the 8ft windsock, or a 3ft frame for the 12ft version. The heavy duty windsock will outlast the standard weight by an estimated 50% under the same give conditions. The standard weight windsock is slightly more 'active' in very light wind conditon. 12ft windsocks are the 'standard' for use at licenced and council airstrips and airports. It is quite possible that there are several 'primary' windsocks at an airport, (one for each runway, and often one near the end of each runway. Colour choice of windsocks for non commercial use is simply a matter of what stands out the best against the background colour as seen from the air. Yellow is easier to see against a background of sky, or as seen from the ground. Both colours illuminate well with the 12 volt lighting option, as the materials used have good fibre optic qualities.

WINDSOCK: The windsock not only gives a good indication of the direction but can also give a fair idea of the wind speed. Use the Primary windsock - that's the white one. The old style canvas windsocks that were used in the past were just horizontal at 30 knots. A Primary Wind Indicator in 15+ knots of wind The modern lightweight windsock is horizontal with a windspeed of 15 knots or more. 5° below the horizontal would indicate 10 knots and 30° below the horizontal would indicate 6 knots. A windspeed of 3 knots or more will cause the windsock to rotate about its shaft and indicate the wind direction. Source: Transport Canada Civil Aviation AGA - 5.0 Markers, Markings, Signs and Indicators and FAA Advisory Circular 150/5345-27D - FAA Specification for Wind Cone Assemblies. above copied from the Schoefields newsletter

I suspect that if this device complied with the regs to be road legal you would need a drivers license for the road and to fly you would register it with RAA or as GA experimental as with the Aerochute or other PPCs in order to fly it.

Why do you think we changed our name from AUF to RAAus? But did it do us any good?

For the purposes of the CAOs an ultralight is, as stated, an aircraft with MTOW of 544. "Registered with RAA" and "ultralight" are not completely synonymous terms although for most situations it suits us to treat them as such. I don't believe that the current debate about the media and the use and misuse of the term 'ultralight' does the flying community any good at all. The flying community are not misled by this usage and the general populace don't care. A large number of RAA aircraft are only so registered as a result of choices made by the owners they could equally be VH or HGFA. How an accident aircraft is registered is of as much interest to non flying persons as is which state authority issued the numberplate of a semi that crashed on the highway. I suspect that us making a big deal of this issue makes us look rather petty and self serving in the eyes of the average editor, and will look even more so should some day two RAA aircraft collide with the loss of 4 lives. dem's my thoughts Davidh

" none of them foreign type nose wheels have the genuine ozzie inbuilt El Nana / Southern Ozzielation that shoots Jabwacky leading wheels off in a southerly direction whenever ......... they land in full view of drivers of foreign types be they of the slippery-shiney or the raggy-draggy persuasion. Them foreigners for their part when presented on approach with a mob of roos of the non-jab bouncing variety and in keeping with PureheartedPete's disdain of flow blocking inuendo………..

I feel there is a need for a bit of caution when insisting that the news media, police and general populace correctly make the distinction between RA and GA aircraft. This is especially so in the face of a fatal accident. In the minds of many a small aeroplane is a small aeroplane. I suspect that for them us getting all pretentious about distinctions between aircraft classifications in the face of a fatal accident is about as valid, or honorable, as making a Ford/Holden distinction after a driver is killed on a level crossing. Occasionally one hears comments that carry more than a tint of shadenfreude. (Thankfully not within these fora that I have noticed.) An unexpected death is always a tragedy and an occasion for those not directly affected to do whatever they can to support, comfort and assist the surviving family, friends and colleagues. I am not convinced that preaching the ‘not one of us’ line does anything to support the bereaved or to reassure the families of pilots whose passion is aircraft of some other classification. We all share the same airspace and face the same challenges around the dinner table as well as in the air, be we RAA, GA, HGFA, glider, rotorcraft or paraglider pilots. In the face of tragedy I believe it is more important for us to all stand together than to make distinctions that mean little to the average non aero-inclined person. In the recent situation where the Fairfax news group quoted statistics that were completely wrong I believe it right and proper for us to point out their error and to firmly make the distinction between RAA registered aircraft and other classifications. Certainly assert our differences when appropriate. I do question that the morning after a fatal accident the appropriate time. Davidh

Tyson did say ""Good work if you've been flying out of Yarram today! "" I know of at least 4 rec aviation pilots who were flying at Yarram thanks for the compliment Davidh

"That's Aussie honest ingun-uity" said ...............Ozzie Ozzie Oi OI OI Pete " none of them foreign type nose wheels have the genuine ozzie inbuilt El Nana / Southern Ozzielation that shoots Jabwacky leading wheels off in a southerly direction whenever .........

what Lecrape was doing with his Jabroo's electrical system, and self steering anti swerve undercarriage now... that he’d tapped into the residual energy in RiverNana’s novelty soap and swapped the Jabawonder’s nose wheel for a ………

"Yeah Mate, But it takes two. ;) Frank." and is more fun when you add the exercise

So IUDPete drove out to the river and ............................ ….there spied RiverlandNanna mid stream midst her morning abulutions. With a sudden rush of the hero delusion Pete hurriedly shed pine tree and raiments and hurled himself into the bubbling torrent. Suddenly disturbed by all the threshing about the startled RiverlandNanna spun around and with no other weapon to hand hurled the soap at the demented pink apparition heading her way. The slippery missle missed Pete and soared towards his pile of abandoned Osama gear ………….

"Not only am I a helmeted romantic bugger" said ahlocks "Let's see UnderPressurePete comPete with that" said ahlovack in a broad European (scottish) accent .................. responds Riverland Nana sotto voce (& a hint of experience) to RiverlandLass "the thing about scotts is that them kilt thingys make pre flighting of helmets a breeze. I do hear that wagga times two is quite breezy. So I wager ther'd be a wagger or two 'neath that kilt with the swagger" "Oh my" sighs RiverlandLass "Oh! my...........

Excellent result Pelorus et al Sad to say that those who read and remembered the major article probably will neither read nor remember the retraction. However there is a fair chance that the correction has been brought to the attention of the original reporter who may be a bit more careful when reporting on aviation incidents/accidents in the future. Davidh

Gibbo the best laughs are the ones that burst forth in response to a line that is essentially true. Your quote leaves me LOL. '''truth is that I feel that most the the Jorno's involved just dont understand the basics of anything they are reporting. It may have something to do with them having a degree. ..... "Was that in the herald-sun or was your News limited" "' Davidh Gibbo

"I'm back" said recalsitrantPete "And I'm ....all fit and roaring to re adjust the stoichiometric ratio of any romantic romantic bugga bugga from Wagga Wagga who thinks that he can induce the seeing of sparkly light thingys by Riverland fems. The moment he appears over the horizon swinging either his big or small helmet ………….

Farri did say "I was not one of those schools,I was about teaching people to fly,not making money,All I can realy say is that everyone do their research before picking a school and one of the best ways is to try and find a present or past student who will give an honest opinion." The same situation applies in almost any business that you can think of, especially those where as a general rule the customer is ill prepared from common life experience to make any sort of judgment. It is in no way confined to, nor a common attribute of flying schools. Davidh