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    Also it's a warning about how some operators view aircraft maintenance. (As far as an accountant can see, maintenance is a drain on profits). Maybe the passengers were protected because they were travelling to Mecca. Reading between the lines, it appears that good old USA is not above corruption any more than the African owner of the Jumbo. He only served a couple of months of his rather light four year sentence in USA.
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    Ever wonder what happened to that Jumbo that lost its cargo door, way back in 1989? It had an interesting life .... https://airscapemag.com/2016/05/23/united-flight-811/ This is my first attempt to post a link. Hope it worked.
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    Might be worth noting that VDO have two different catalogues. This can cause confusion, depending on where you source your sender. In USA, a 360-004 sender has a 1/8 NPT In Australia, a 360-004 has a 1/4 NPT. It seems that in Australia, a 360-002 has a 1/8 NPT thread (1000kpa or 150psi full scale) Check carefully before committing to using anything on a Rotax.
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    Welcome to the forum.
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    What really matters is,...... Just how big is the aft deck of your yacht?
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    Welcome to RecFliers anonymous. We're all addicts here, so you'll be in good company.
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    Thanks for the offer Frank. I just wanted you to know that you are doing a lot for recreational flying. As well as the forum regulars, there are probably quite a few lurkers - and they should be impressed with driftering. It is the kind of flying that should be bringing more converts over to learn what fun real flying can be.
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    Good onya Frank. Keep up the good work.
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    I don't knock Landrover. My Landy lasted 50 years of abuse before needing rebuilding. And unlike modern counterparts, it can be rebuilt. So should be good for another 50 years. Maybe some of the more modern ones aren't so good. Not many Asian vehicles can match that.
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    It never did. That was all hearsay
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    That debate (succession planning) has been going for quite a time now. Same problem with the gliding movement. There's little to be gained by asking the converted. The really hard demographic group to survey, is the vast numbers of folk who wouldn't dream of taking up sport aviation. Whenever I go on a evangelistic spree, people just glaze over. How can I inspire imagination and adventure? All I can do is show my enthusiasm. I think that Frank does more for our flying future than anybody else I can think of.
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    Entertainment is now all about easy options and short attention spans. (Aaaah,. What was I on about?.....) There is little incentive to get involved in anything that is challenging. Except maybe the physical sports, but then again even that has succumbed to the easy option of performance enhancing drugs.
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    I am hoping that RAA are attempting to address the whole MTOW issue for Lightwing. My GA-912 is limited to 480kg but that makes it a single seater. It was clearly designed to be a two seater training aircraft, but at the time it was first registered, the law limited MTOW to 480kg. So I'm stuck with that at present. I hope sanity prevails
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    Perhaps another aspect is the issue of mortality. Those (grey haired old gits) who played with Grasshoppers and such in their adventurous youth, are now only interested in building nice solid, safe aircraft that they dreamed of when they were young and invincible. Not many of the 'simple, cheap, easy to build' aircraft are being built now. So when a younger person sees an old bugger building a complex, years-to-finish work of art, they understandably turn away. Add to that our current risk averse nanny state, and is it any wonder that the old fashioned kind of adventure from when we were young has died out?
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    Good luck Scre80 Keep up the passion. Nothing compares to flying.
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    So, you are saying that philanthropy ( funding learners) is not the cause of our price increases. In our new brave new world, the user pays. We already knew that. For all those crying about the good old days, you can still fly your home built single seat weedhopper. You still have that right. But the reality is that the vast majority wish to fly relatively sophisticated plastic fantastic fast flying machines. The new world is set up to accommodate the risks and liabilities associated with that 'turn key' expectation. When, or if, the majority of flyers start building their own 'affordable, safe' flying machines (this is what AUF was), no doubt the RAA (or whoever else) will morph to support that. So far, I don't see that happening anytime soon. By definition, affordable is not going to be fast, nor turn key product. When the baby boomer bubble bursts, we might see a return to affordable bare bones flying. Then the regulators will have to adjust. And that includes RAA and any 'competitor'
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    Ok. Doesn't have to be in Kingston-by-the-sea. Anywhere south of Hobart will do us Might even incentivise some builder to finish his CH701. But I'm just keen to see the finished product :-)
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    Greetings Breece, Welcome. You'll be especially popular if your back yard is about 800mtrs X 30mtrs, flat, and facing the prevailing wind.
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    Wind turbines? Recreational flying? Last time I looked , wind turbines didn't do much flying. They are very graceful though - all turning in synchronism.
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    Isn't that what is happening anyway?
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    I didn't say I thought it was an unreasonable charge. I do appreciate that RAA need to recover some of the expenses incurred. In previous years, it was possible to achieve the same result as the new MARAP process by engaging a CAR35 aeronautical engineer to assess the modification. Now we have a new system. Just jump through the hoops, pay the money, get the approval, and go flying.
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    But the smelting fumes wouldn't be a problem in space. I'm pretty sure those exotic metals would be worth more than cast iron or coke cans. And you could use solar power to melt it all down. I'm writing a letter to Elon right away.
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    Just like spacelab. It's about time Simsmetal sent up a scrap collection skip bin.
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    BP, I'm doing the MARAP thing right now to fit a Bolly three blade prop to my Lightwing. Give tech Man a call and ask him directly about the process. If it's been done previously by someone else (MARAP), for the same prop on the same aircraft type with the same engine, he'll probably offer you a cheaper deal and simpler process. Just ask.
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    How long ago was that?
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