Ben Longden

I was wondering how many aircrew would LOVE to do this......

*Warning* Politically incorrect visual joke. ARPC members view at thrir own risk.

Jeeeez..... Lighten up guys. Have you ever heard of a JOKE? Its spelt Juliet Oscar Kilo Echo. NOT oscar hotel mike yankee golf oscar delta sierra echo romeo india oscar uniform sierra kilo november india charlie kilo echo romeo sierra idia november alpha kilo november oscar tango tango india mike echo It seems everyone here takes things a little toooooooo seriously.

"If weather is causing you to make non-standard turns at an aerodrome, then that's a very good reason not to have taken off in the first place." Mr Scriven said student pilots at Ardmore had stayed on the ground that day due to the weather conditions." Says it all really.

A beautiful fairy appeared one day to an asylum seeker claimant outside the Centrelink Offices. 'My good man,' the fairy said, 'I've been told by Julia Gillard to grant you three wishes, since you've just arrived in Australia with your wife and seven children -- all costs to be borne by Australian Tax Payers.' The man told the fairy: 'Well, where I come from we don't have good teeth, so I want new teeth, maybe a lot of gold in them.' The fairy looked at the man's almost toothless grin and PING !!! The Asylum Seeker had a brand new shining set of gold teeth in his mouth! 'What else?' asked the fairy, 'two more wishes to go! The Asylum Seeker refugee claimant now got bolder. 'I need a big house with a three car garage on the Gold Coast with eight bedrooms - and a Gold Visa Card in each room - for my family and the rest of my refugee relatives who still live in the old country . I want to bring them all over here' PING ! - In the distance there could be seen a beautiful mansion with a three car garage, a long driveway, a walkout patio with a BBQ, and a sparkling swimming pool and a CLK, full of his nephews playing their music. 'One more wish left for you', said the fairy, waving her wand. The Asylum Seeker refugee claimant really decided to go for broke now and said "I want to be Australian with Australian clothes instead of the rags and shawl, and I want to have white skin like the Australians.' PING ! - The man was transformed, wearing worn out Stubbies shorts, a dirty Bonds T-shirt and a greasy terry-towel hat. He had his bad teeth back and the mansion had disappeared from the horizon. 'What happened to my new teeth?' he wailed. 'Where is my new house? Where's my Visa Gold Card?' The fairy said 'Tough luck. Now that you are Australian, you're entitled to sweet F@#k all, just like the rest of us". And she disappeared........

Wow..... According to Einsteins theory an object approached the speed of light, it would also need an infinite amount of energy to keep it there, so engine power is an issue. Its a by product of E=MC2 But, things are now dependant on the relative position of the observer. If, say for example he was at the speed of light minus 100Kmh, there would be a beam of light coming out of the headlamps, but the speed of the photons would be 100Kmh. As so far its unproven to be able to exceed the speed of light... latest research from the Hadron Collider not withstanding. With the gunshots, if the shooter fired in his direction of travel, the bullet would leave the gun at its normal velocity plus the velocity of the car... or jet... in relation to an observer on the ground. If the shooter fired rearwards in relation to his direction of travel, the bullet would still leave the gun at its normal velocity in relation to the gun operator. If the jet was flying at the speed of the bullet, then the bullet would still leave the gun at its normal velocity, and the pilot would see the bullet shoot away. But to an external observer on the ground the bullet would have no velocity at all, and would hang in the air, until it ran out of kinetic energy and gravity took over. But to a chasing fighter aircraft, the bullet would still be lethal, as he is travelling at the same speed as the plane that fired it, therefore sharing the same relativistic space. In the last case, it would be entirely possible to be hit by your own bullet, if you were travelling faster than it, and also in a downward path. Confused? So am I, but we did this in 'Igh Skool Physics 30 years ago.

Warning...this video clip contains content that some may consider offensive however it shows some clever editing...nothing to do with aviation though (moderator) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKZxBDO5VR4

My understanding is that its a catastrophic blunder, resulting in a serious amount of poo flying.

What happened today? At the Gliding field north of Nagambie, emergency services were called to search for a "missing ultralight". The call was made by "someone who had seen an ultralight aircraft flying low above the treetops". As of several hours later, the scene was declared safe, and its my understanding NOTHING was found. Locksley field is not that far away, and the area is well used by locals.... Anyone else hear anything?

Yeah..... me too!! Funny someone should mention crosswind technique.... I drive better since I learnt to fly!

VMC/IMC=CD VMC/IMC+S=CDx3 The first one is from CASA, the second is mine. its roughly, VMC into IMC equals Certain Death. The second one is where stupidity is added to the equation, resulting in CD to the power three.

....."affordable flying".... not.

Wind farm...? how the hell do they drench those?

Ian said; "I also now know that with the ATSB saying that the flying school for the pilot was non-approved is because all they did was go onto the RAA web site and looked to see if it was listed in the flight schools page of the RAA site and it wasn't. It has now been confirmed that the Flight School was approved and everything is above board in terms of pilot and flying school licensing." And this shows why interim reports are just that. They are not the FINAL report. Investigators are human, and errors will come up in the methodology. These errors are eventually picked up. Sadly, such a mistake can be seen as a 'fact'. Again, highlighting the importance of being objective in maintaining facts from opinion; especially WHILE an investigation is under way.

Thats fantastic news!

Ossie, I dips me lid, mate. You are correct. You only have to read the theories and conjecture that come out of the ether.... sadly in this and the other ferris wheel thread. Can we, and I know this HAS been discussed before, stick to the FACTS, and not theory. Oh, and while we are there, lets not come up with theories and try to make the 'facts' fit. Thats a News of The World thing. Not a pilot thing. I know the ATSB and the RAA will leave no stone unturned in finding out the chain of events that lead to this incident.

When you shake hands with your proctologist..... just make sure youre wearing a glove....

Out of the mouths of babes......

Bet he gets wired later on....

Yen said it....now how do we convince CASA thats the way to go?

Cant get into the ATSB site.... Must be a whole heap of bitter and twisted souls from PROON trying to download it..

The draft is being written? Thats all fine and dandy until it becomes legislation..... Now WHEN that happens is anyones guess.

Anyway you look at this incident, you have got to say one thing; Gary Morgan has built one heck of a tough aircraft. Me? I will fly in anything he has built. As for the rest of it, lets leave that to the RAA investigators and qualified engineers.

Anyone know what the real story here is? It has to be more than the two below LSALT issues....