kaz3g

Back in the day when I still watched TV I seen one or two of the X files and found it moronic - probably to old for it.

 

I used to read Biggles when I were a kid. So I suppose I’m a tin foil candidate...

 

 

 

I wrongly posted the China scenario to this student pilots thread so any more references I make to it will be in the other thread.

 

 

 

 

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I still have about 40 Biggles books but few are of the collectable kind. A CFI mate has a huge collection of first editions but even their value has dropped enormously because kids aren’t into flying the way we old farts have always been.

4 Corners gave an interesting recent history.

Are you suggesting that our Chief Medical Officer, the person we’re relying on to save us is a Big Pharma criminal?

Certainly not I..and it seems to me Methusala was expressing an opinion, not making a statement of fact. It’s about perceptions Turbs.

sorry but you are factually wrong on most of your points there.

As a daily prescriber of pethidine, oxycodone and occasional codeine I can state (at the level of a court accepted legal expert) on the use and pharmacology of all and your statements don’t accord with fact.

too much complex pharmacology involved to explain here though I’d be happy to discuss it elsewhere.

Sorry Jabba, I know benzos are better classified as antianxiolytics but then I’d have to explain and it’s more than 40 years since I worked as a chemist in the industry.

Try not to think of "the economy." It doesn't exist any more.

The current Australian plan is to go into hybernation for six months or more, with complex financial plans for each State and Territory so everyone has a roof over their head, food, medical support from the Federal and State governments, and with employer companies in mothballs, and ready to start business, returning their employees to work at the end of the pandemic. When that's rolling they'll look at what money is left, and that's their starting budget plus what they can borrow.

The PM announced this morning that Treasury have been meeting for three days for a third package which fits into Federal and State laws.

 

Also, a few people had become confused with the National Cabinet thinking Labor should be involved; the PM announced two packages this morning, $74 million for Mental Health support, where people having difficulty coping, or being bashed etc can reach out for support, and around $266 million for a TeleHealth package.

 

When the press asked him if Parliament would have to sit to approve this, he sad no, the Labor Party had already approved it, so Labor supporters can be comfortable that while their leaders haven't been trying to flood the airwaves they have been right their doing their vital job to keep the activities acceptable to the Australian people, and the action which has been going on behind the scenes is staggering.

 

TeleHealth is a programme allowing remote access to Doctors, it has to fit in with things like transmission, technology, software, rules, clinical processes, the bulk billing system, GP equipment, and an endless stream of other things and was expected to take about ten years to delivered.

 

All the peak bodies associated with this, extending to all parts of Australia, as far as remote indigenous settlements, and within all State and Territory Jurisdictions, financing, and all those other things will be delivered tomorrow - ten days from the time they started. An absolutely stunning performance for which it looks like we'll be thanking hundreds of people who made that possible.

Hi Turbs

I’m not confused about the national “cabinet” nor the composition of a true war cabinet. The current extraordinary circumstances gave the PM the chance to show that he could truly ensure decisions Were made, and perceived to be made, for all Australians and partisan politics got in the way. He failed this test just as he failed to act decisively 5 months ago when he was first warned by the CSIRO about the consequences of denying the urgency represented by Covid-19. It’s less than 4 weeks ago he was off to the footy and it’s a lot less since he held off imposing necessary restrictions on gatherings until the Hillsong convention was over. I guess there won’t be any franking credits this year and perhaps people might even begrudgingly give a little credit to the then Labor Government for its management of the GFC...he is now following their footprints after all.

Oh...Albo has never impressed me either just so you know...I’m a bit of a political cynic and make my call on policies and presentation, not blind allegiance.

Priorities, Turbs...priorities and intelligent decision making.

I have held for a long time that this person is probably acting for 'Big Pharma" and definitely NOT in our interests. The fact that TGA has, over the past few years, acted to firstly remove Pethadine from its legitimate place as a strong (and strictly by prescription) analgesic and secondly to severely limit access to codiene and that the Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy, has supported this is damning evidence of a set-up. Codiene is a cheap, effective generic which has been supplanted by Oxycontin and Endone, both of which are patented and bring their producers huge profits.If in doubt about this then consider that I was casually offered 8 Oxycontin tabs, quite casually, by a dentist following a recernt tooth extraction. When you consider Oxycontin, Endone and codeine in overdose statistics, which is of greater potential to do harm?

I used to market codeine by tonnes in 1970’s for Glaxo, who manufactured it from the papaver somniferum (opium poppy sp) grown in Tas and refined in Port Fairy. Biggest purchaser back then was Abbott Labs. Codeine is a narcotic, a morphine analogue. It’s free availability from pharmacies In tablet form led to a huge abuse problem and it’s relegation to prescription only. Personally, it constipates me and I don’t use it or other narcotics if I can avoid them. Highly addictive and used far too often when paracetamol would do the job. You would be surprised at the number of ODs on codeine extracted from tablets by addicts.

OxyContin is a very effective analgesic but also highly addictive. Endone more so. Some Dentists, like some Doctors, unfortunately are known for their freely prescribing habits around these products, hypnotic-sedatives like benzodiazepines , and high-end antibiotics.

Why would the Chief Medical Officer be considered Independent of the PM? Anyone appointed and capable of being sacked by the same person/authority will never be Independent to provide his own (assumed Medical) views. .IF you think this has all been done well you are easily pleased. It's politicised to the hilt.. Nev

Especially when they are the head pro team of the Health Dept.

You've had a pretty good run with the pidgin English and "China" virus. Everyone but you seems to be able to use its correct name.

As much as this started in China it's looking more and more innocent as facts come to hand, and China has rush life saving supplies to may countries since.

When industry gets going again Australia will need urgent stock from our biggest trading partner...China, and the last thing we need to do is irritate our resident Diplomatic staff.

While I think your vision on much of this is seen with a narrow lens, I agree with what you said above. Trump uses that terminology but it is extremely unhelpful and we, in this country, need an ongoing workable relationship with China.

The measures in place in China appear to be working whereas the escalation is exponential in USA. I think China will emerge stronger and the US weaker...cause for thought.

We, the people, have already handed over most of our rights to the Executive. Anti-terrorism measures Responding to both domestic and international incidents (I’ve never forgiven John Howard for taking my treasured, collectable firearms); tough-on-crime actions toughening bail and parole, and introducing new offences for behaviours that were already covered (despite the huge weight of evidence telling us that this was not only inordinately expensive, it was counter-productive and money far better spent on health and social Measures; tightening our borders saw massive changes in the way we respond to those seeking asylum but also changed life for us, too.

If a fraction of the money spent on “border” issues had been invested in our health system we would not be facing such a Cataclysmic situation as we have now. Science has been overtaken by religious fantasy and common sense by political dogma from all corners of Parliaments across the country. We have a “War Cabinet” that doesn’t include the leader of the party representative of nearly half the voters nationally so that person is left to snipe from the bleachers. We have a CMO and his deputy Making decisions who are at odds with those who actually have epidemiological skills.

As a Polish member of 92 Squadron was famously quoted saying during a war 80 years ago...”Is a fuck-up”!

Cant see a problem with a bit of oil in the drum, Most Lycoming I've flown behind absolutely love burning oil, you can tell that by the amount that has to be added to the sump.

Not as much as Gipsy’s ?

With the upside down 4 stroke it’s a case of check the fuel and fill up the oil.

Provided it’s a lighter grade of Lubricating oil and there is only a small amount of it, I can’t see an issue, either. Just a bit of upper cylinder lube. 500 ML in 200 litres is a 1:400 mix.

Hi Eagle and welcome

Kaz

On a slightly different tack...I guess we will now see avgas at less than $1.50 litre?

If you draw a track 185deg from William Creek and run south for 48 NM, you come to a corner in the dog fence where it turns 90deg from north to west. It’s pretty much on the track from Leigh Creek to Coober Pedy.

Last time I went through there, I was very impressed to find that the little aeroplane on OR flew over the corner just as the Auster did the same in real time. No nearby phone towers to jolly the gps position But blue-toothed to the Dual GPS so this was extraordinary accuracy from a system we are not allowed to rely on because it’s not certified.

I carry a second IPad, run a Garmin, carry marked up charts, and I reference ground to chart to be sure of where I am. I use clock and compass so everything else is a bonus. Oh, I do cheat, because I set my DG from the Garmin and just check the compass occasionally as it swings around in the thermals. Knowing where the sun is and where it ought to be helps, too.

Hi MachtuK,

 

I like my AvMap EFIS - the screen is a little on the small side, making some of the information a tad hard to see (for us mature old farts). The cumpass is ra real pain to set up/swing (cant understand why all 4 points of the cumpass must be set). It has a lot of features that I dont use, being strictly day VFR. The AH, which is the view, I mostly use is a bit slow to react to changes in attitude. I like the fact that I have great instrument "redundancy" for X countries (OzRunways/ Garmin GPS/AvMap/wet cumpass and finally paper map). Back to the AvMap - it looks good on my panel giving it a more "competent" look, a fun thing. It probably doesnt really enhance my flying ability/performance in any way but was relativly cheap and easy to install.

Hi Skippy

What GPS are you using pls? Do you have to link this to the ultra or is there an inbuilt one?

There are a few GPS receivers (not antennas) that Bluetooth to your ipad.

I use one called a DUALXGPS150 and there is another one called GARMIN GLO,

Both work very well and are not expensive.

Have a look at website SPORTYS PILOT SHOP.COM and they have detailed descriptions and reviews of these products

I had a Garmin GLO a few years ago. Ditched it for the DUAL and have been very happy with this.

If you want good weather and an excellent school, come and see Secure Air at SHEPPARTON. March-May north of the Great Divide is a great time with stable weather patterns

I’m 76 tomorrow but I’m 8 years younger than fellow club member John Buckley who was doing PFLs at SHEPP this morning in his very nice C182.

John also has several Tecnams (on line at different locations), a rebuild of a C182/180 almost finished, another C180 in bits and 2 Thorpe T18s. You could say he is a bit of an enthusiast and you might recognise similarities with brother Ben.

He wasn't the man as portrayed by Kennith Moore. I've met him and talked to pilots who flew with him. We all had the same opinion, an arrogant bastard by anyone's standard. No people skills at all.

He was arrogant, dogmatic, wrong about the utility of the Big Wing and egotistical. But he was absolutely a leader of men if the opinions of people like Dundas, Broadhurst, Holden, Turner and Johnson have any credence.

His near fatal accident was undoubtedly the consequence of the weaknesses in his personality, and the allegiance he received from his pilots the consequence of his strengths.

Extraordinary times saw the most extraordinary achievements by ordinary men and women.

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Bairnsdale $3 per litre avgas

Mucking hell!

Air Avionics ATD-57 AIR Traffic Display is a relatively cheap collision avoidance system. Ping is another.

Far from allowing pilots to go to sleep, the flarm system makes you look out like never before.

And yes, Turbs is right in that there will one day be an authorized system to do the same thing at a much higher price. In the meantime, I can only agree that it was a sad day and send all my sympathy to the families of the deceased.

This is a modestly-priced collision avoidance display

Ping is another.

I may have met the said glider pilot when I landed at Tocumwal a couple of years ago. Don’t judge a strip due to just one flyer.

? I met this guys mates at Waikerie a while back.

I was staying at Renmark and thought I’d drop in and say hello to the gliding guys. I took a fruit log with me to share.

Nobody interested. No response to my suggestion of a morning tea break and no access to clubhouse.

I accrued about 500 hours in gliders way back and clubs used to be really welcoming.

Perhaps they were up from Adelaide and had a city attitude? Dunno!

Hi Stevron

This might help.

https://events.humanitix.com.au/porepunkah-airfield-bushfire-recovery-fly-in

Kaz

December 2005 - two Warriors at Coldstream. BZA still flying today!

I was at YCEM when it happened...amazing luck and a fair bit of skill to get both on the ground safely.

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2005/aair/aair200506443/