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$25,000 on a new Rotax, with titanium parts prices......... Finding the box its in cost $200...... Impressive.... Discovering they can't be bothered doing a $50 balance of engine internals? Priceless. I expect the Jabiru are balanced, they run like a sewing machine when on EFI, esp the silky six.

Vote one Jabawocky. They are probably the best trainer out there. They teach pilots not fools who just think they can fly. You fly them all the time, no laziness. They are responsive and teach hands on skills like few others. They will accept a bit of poor piloting but will let you know it. That is important, you know your skill level- no over confidant pilots graduate with a Jabawocky. Yes you can damage them training as should be the case, but they are easily repaired and don't fall apart after hard use not been reported. You can kill yourself in a Jabawocky when training but you really really have to try hard. Many a repairable Jabiru incident is a write off or fatal in lessor aircraft. In a world of no new 152 Cessna's the Jabawocky is the training aircraft. Also cheaper, locally made and tough as nails.

The whole training field has been a debacle of epic neo liberal proportions. Since 3/1996 when Howard got in, the writing has been on the wall. Every effort has been made to starve " the left wing" uni and training system to a market only right wing profit system. Student unions were effectively banned and so thus their advocacy of students and quality. This was all part Of a long term LNP plan. At same time doors were opened to mass foreign students, quality fell through the floor and the gov were fully aware. Fees were drastically raised, Austudy severely restricted, and Academics discovered tenure was only for the connected few. The gov of Lnp loaded uni boards and regulators with LNP hacks . A lot of the new RTO's, surprise had previous political mates as owners. Billions were cut from budgets and handed over to private providers for very very very small results. As soon as they could the LNP gamed the federal training and state Tafe by insisting they competed with private to get funding. As their ideology says public is evil and must be stopped from getting money the privateers want. States bought this bullshite and opened education to competition but fully in knowledge the public system was hobbled by the rules. Result Tafe is a one legged goat in a paddock of gold plated sharks. We have trashed our whole education system, and quality is what luxury car you drive. Today is still a captured system. Just like social services and medicine, if they can't ban it they will wreck it by private profiteering. The gov does not want anyone but the rich getting a quality education, it reinforces their power for generations. If you don't have rich parents you will work lots of jobs to pay rent and bills to study or last long enough to get AUstudy. Most wait 6 months for approval by which time they might have left uni. The rich are deserving - just ask them

That is a new version convertible. Open top flying for the jet age. Got wings, got engine......should fly fine.

No such thing as a free market if the U S A is involved. Rules exist to punish its competition whether a country or company. Just look at the big airtanker contract. Won hands down by Airbus because the Boeing was overpriced, underachieving and under engineered. So they got Congress to change the rules. Bingo new contract goes to Boeing. Meanwhile they sue Airbus for getting state aid from Europe. If it ain't USA made and owned, you are a likely enemy.

Better to be cynical, than have the wool pulled over your eyes. Many often claim when choosing intent or accident for such things, it must be a mistake. I doubt so many mistakes happen, at least with big business and government- bet on malign intent. For now I put RAAus in the keep a very close watch basket. Trust and respect must be earned.

Estimated soldiers deaths on Iraq side in gulf one is 100-200 thousand dead. Many thousand died from war crimes, soldiers left their tanks to surrender and walk away from battle. US used air burst fuel bombs and incinerated them in thousands. For others that is a war crime, but the USA refuses to accept the war crimes convention applies to them, only its enemy can be a war criminal. So the many thousands civilians killed in hospitals, schools and known shelters when bombed by the USA do not count. Nor does bombing the same site when rescuers turn up. Same tactics now used in Syria and also by ISIS. Once again the USA teaches the world how to be a war criminal.

If you can't find the death shots they may have been sterilized from the net. A favourite of dictators everywhere. There is no forever on the web, if they want it gone,its gone. Do not forget the embedded journalists where the only ones with access and they were only shown what the army wanted them to see. Naturally Gulf war 2 had much higher deaths and mostly civilians. Estimated close to a 200,000 dead. A very low estimate. The coalition of the killing

Part 103 in USA is 254 lbs empty and 4 us gallons of fuel. Can't be flown fast and have a wing loading limit and I think 54 mph top speed.

Yes, either FAA or its a military, space or a part 103 that is exempt also from needing a licence/ permit. Even the space shuttle was a experimental.

Gee, I am pretty sure I saw lots of photos of masses of dead soldiers around burnt out tanks. Lines of tanks killed before they saw the enemy in the desert. Many many thousands of soldiers died, not just pretty media friendly shots.

Great use of available alloy bottle. Now we have a use that will be fine for the alloy "welding" rods.

Whilst it is commendable that we have firefighters and no doubt the cream of the crop coming to help us, it is just a band aid. 50 or 500 wont help a great deal, without a full commitment by government. We have thousands of kilometers of fire front, we need a well paid and resourced system to fight these and future fires. I bet whilst not suitable for many fires that a fleet of 737 firebombers could still damp down a number of fires allowing resources to meet the greatest need. Been in WA will help for WA but bugger all good for us. It is not just air assets but a whole of response planning and resourcing issue. Comparisons to fires 80 years ago have no real bearing though- even with 2019 tech and comms, we are still in a major problem. And we have a coordinated effort of thousands. A city with 5 million people in its surrounds is at real risk of catastrophic loss. But Scomo is more worried about a holiday from doing bugger all. The Prime Minimal will just try marketing speak his way out of it, Even Lara Worthington (Bingle) said "where the bloody hell are you". It is estimated an extra 300 people died today from health effects of the fire smoke and heat. We won't see that as a headline. Absolutely firkin hopeless. No amount of thoughts and prayers or neo liberal bullsite will solve this.

Never Give UP?️ At least not until I get up there and fly with you. Nothing could be better for your type of flying and scenery. You know we love you Dude?

Working good Ian, Question, Now its is a US based server, does that mean I should expect extraordinary rendition when I insult a red head dictator? I would like to visit Cuba.............. but not that way.

Any talk of a user pays system just leads the government to make a bullshite business case to neglect its responsibility. Then it will privatise the whole idea and Fire fighting will be on cost basis plus profit. No cover than you burn. This has already happened in the States for the California Fires. Private fire units only protecting their insured clients. And getting in the way of real fire fighters. We must remember this is how originally fire services for cities were developed in large numbers and that includes Sydney. It was purely by insurance companies funding, so they might help but only if the fire might then burn a insured property. We can't allow the picking of winners and losers just because it may be less economic or they did not vote LNP. We don't just say that the Army will only defend easy spots but charge money if you live somewhere harder to defend.

Clever but missed it by that much..... Notice the Comet?

It is there to catch oil vapour and droplets. It is vented from the engine. Much better in the bottle than dripping places, making smells, stains and a potential fire risk in extreme cases. Better to have than not, if its too heavy- make a lighter one.

We only make great pilots when its voluntary. Been launched by a dickhead car driver does not count. The Boomers do make great road bikes. In my experience - a bit like a Jabiru- very hard to kill. Unless you need a rocket ship, the flat twins are awesome.

That seems a bit rude. Sure codes here in NSW make you have a big tank,pump and fire hose, when a new build is done. My brother sure had to. He lived in a bush/ farm setting. Making them pay big for fire assistance is dead wrong. By your logic only city dwellers deserve fire assistance. A lot of fire would be there with or without bush blocks. The fires need stopping whether someone lives there or not.

Yes more sensors and some have better speed on darkening with good adjustment. Just buy best your budget allows and don't buy just for a pretty decal on it.

A cheaper auto darkening helmet is pretty common use these days Never had a problem with one. At $1000 min in your view- very few would use them.

Murphy Renegade biplane was the one I know of. I am a real lover of rivets and gussets for this very reason. Far easier, quicker and can be cheaper.

For a inverter welder, that's a great price. Amazing how cheap some really useful tools have become. But you can buy a handful of crap that is thrown out after Xmas. Full points for getting a useful present. Grab yourself, a also cheap auto darkening helmet. Makes welding heaps easier and no problems of miss timing eye cover. On lookers can use the hand held one. Buy some nice long blue leather gauntlets. Does the missus like to see you in leather? A leather apron or welding jacket is a hot but burn free look. I have a ancient arc, mig and tig to use but a cheap inverter sounds great. The small size and ability to do big work makes such a little beasty a nomination for best under $100 tool ever.

No it just makes you intelligent.