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If it is correct that we only need a month off after a stroke and no requirement of a medical sign off, I would be astounded. If so this needs to change but that can still be done in the current system of drivers licence medical. That would be a glaring ommision also in the drivers system not just flying.

Yes FT, Where are you on this? I have many years experience two wheel flying with BMW Bikes are they are fantastic. Extreme quality compared to anything on two wheels. If you keep fresh oil and fuel then almost impossible to break. A terrific engine and probably the best engine in the world reliability wise for conversion to aircraft duty. Remember the BMW logo (roundel) is a spinning prop against a blue sky. They started making aero engines first.

I hope you wore protection

Nah Mate, In the states Boot(y) means a anatomical part, hence booty call. So anyone calling you from the boot will be asking you to call emergency services and a proctologist:whisper:

Not a thing, it is so good I have invited Bronwyn Bishop to go for a spin

makes me feel like a spring chicken. Not a grey hair in sight and I bet both his kidneys still work, and his liver.

Not only that Kaz, He had the front wheel in the air, with the rears down at one stage. So that would class as street racing and a big fine/confiscation here in the Convict state

That is a good point about wing area, but we may find this is actually a bit of a special case due to design. Considerable lift would be present from the shape of the body in this particular design. The ducted area should be providing some lift as well, a bit like a box wing planform. The upper and lower surfaces of the duct area act like wings. This is discussed a little on the website. I do not know if the Stall speed is a real world one or from the normal method of calculating by wing area. But for our purposes and rules it could be a great little homebuild. Pity the site has no prices for the kit. As a side: I have used one of the photo's from his site for my picci. No that is not me but cameras crack when taking my photo.

I know here in the convict state (NSW) that they take the whole medical pretty serious for a drivers licence. I know some will say its a joke but experience tells me otherwise. If you call a ambulance and are in a car at the time (as driver or suspected driver) then your licence is immediately tagged as non current due to medical issues and it is a big deal getting it back. It could be for any reason that is not accident related and you are off the road. And must pay to see a specialist as provided by the government. It costs a lot and takes a long time, pretty much the same as seeing a DAME. This has happened to a friend for his diabetes and also for a mild heart attack. But could also be for chest pain from heart burn, food poisoning or any thing else.

I just hope he does not join the "Darwin" club. There seems a lot of nominees for this years Darwin Award standing around

I expect that weight wise it is artificially low to meet the regs for category. Given that it quotes up to 130hp for engine, I expect their is some headroom weight wise available. OR it is for the new greek economy and they expect small underfeed pilots. Either way he deserves big points for making it work

Apologies for furry friends thread drift

Mine are both Long hairs and extremely friendly. They still don't realize at 15 and 16 years old they are no longer puppies. They have never been yappy and were used as care dogs in disability work for many years. Also have lab, she is a garbage disposal unit. The girl has three legs and and lots of titanium courtesy of a Rottweiler that jumped the fence and attacked her when she was out for a wee. That was 13 years ago. The small dicked owner had the gall to blame my dog. Two weeks later his dog attacked his expensive horse- but no the dog was lovely just ask him. Karma ensued as he backed over it in his 4wd a month after that.

Thats open to interpretation. Do you walk around covered in tattoos, in a singlet with veins popping from steroids? Are your doggies threatening to eat anyone that walks past you?

I am sure in many minds there is a hierarchy. But to me it is just like dog owners. The bigger the dog the smaller the man on the inside or his privates. Thats why I have two Chihuahua's. I don't give a damn what others think.

Hey, Honey can you pop down the shops and get some butter? Sure no problem be back in a jiffy:roflmao: Only in America

Blow me down with a feather duster, They actually do listen. Excellent intiative. Now we just have to be friendly and constructive in what we post. Please no oddball view or stupid statements

I don't know if anyone noticed but the Greeks have taken the whole budget problem to heart. Instead of the F35 and such they have developed their own and saved billions. As a Nato member this design makes a lot of sense. Running costs are o.1% per hour of other designs and is perfect for low level attack missions dropping olives Welcome the Archon SF1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8C0T1y9_yw

Without actually knowing the costs I can only go on the extreme cost measures the guys from the golden donut (Macquarie Bank) build into Kingsford Smith. The cost of flying into, fueling up and leaving again may be more than the aircraft is actually worth. And that is assuming they will give you permission to be shafted financially.

You have a point there. Given that he was born in UK Given that He introduced the idea of sending anyone with 12mths or more criminal sentence (over their lifetime) back to place of birth and cancel their citizenship. After a suitable long period in a interment camp (detention) Given that he is a serial expenses rorter. The new immigration minister should have him deported and since we cancel his citizenship after his conviction- we can also dispense with his huge pension. Sounds like a huge winner to me. The UK might be pissed though

We want the happy medium in-between. I do not want to be GA I do not want to fly at night or IFR I do not want to have more than two souls on board I do not want to be paid for flying passengers or cargo I do not want to be over regulated I do not want to have full medical Nor do I expect to fly a heavy into a tiny strip Nor do I expect to have a 700kg aircraft stall like a 300kg one.

Ada Elle, Your leaps of logic from the discussion have me gasping for air. First you want to keep all the existing weight limits and argue against any change, now you are going on about having 1500kg. You have gone from one extreme to the other. Also what the public or anyone in the media- who can't tell the difference between a Cessna and a Bi-plane thinks about what Ultralight means is not relevant. I don't care what Joe Blow thinks. If you had not noticed we are not just rag and tube anymore, we have moved on and are actually called Recreational Aircraft. Note: Recreational ie not for profit, Not for carrying commercial loads. For the fun and enjoyment of flying. The whole idea is to have all the benefits of flying suitable aircraft that we can regulate and not have the costs and complexity of GA. Even CASA seems to get it, why don't you?

Good old FOI, Freedom Of Intelligence? Find Orifice Insert? Freedom Otherwise Ignored?

Nah, Have you ever noticed the bloody grey hairs get thicker and the ones in the beard grow twice as fast as the black ones? I liked been called Black beard- but Grey beard is no fun.

DRZoos, You only get a like if you buy me a beer