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Ooh... you may have already discovered it is also a powerful de-constipator then.

Mate you have a Nieuport - don't even think about using anything less than castor oil.

Dr Agatha Thrash is pretty popular on the internet.

Yes in all seriousness I know of people that grew up in that era and were so spooked by the crazy predictions they genuinely believed the planet was about gone and put off marrying and having children etc, only to realize some years later they had been deceived.

Twenty million Americans participated in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Fifth Avenue in New York City was closed to automobiles as 100,000 people joined in concerts, lectures, and street theater. More than 2,000 colleges and universities across America paused their anti-war protests to rally instead against pollution and population growth. Even Congress recessed, acknowledging that the environment was now on a political par with motherhood. [Jon Gabriel]: "Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind." — Harvard biologist George Wald "We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation." — Washington University biologist Barry Commoner "Man must stop pollution and conserve his resources, not merely to enhance existence but to save the race from intolerable deterioration and possible extinction." — New York Times editorial "Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years." — Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich "Most of the people who are going to die in the greatest cataclysm in the history of man have already been born… [by 1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s." — Paul Ehrlich "It is already too late to avoid mass starvation," — Denis Hayes, Chief organizer for Earth Day "Demographers agree almost unanimously on the following grim timetable: by 1975 widespread famines will begin in India; these will spread by 1990 to include all of India, Pakistan, China and the Near East, Africa. By the year 2000, or conceivably sooner, South and Central America will exist under famine conditions…. By the year 2000, thirty years from now, the entire world, with the exception of Western Europe, North America, and Australia, will be in famine." — North Texas State University professor Peter Gunter "In a decade, urban dwellers will have to wear gas masks to survive air pollution… by 1985 air pollution will have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching earth by one half." — Life magazine "At the present rate of nitrogen buildup, it's only a matter of time before light will be filtered out of the atmosphere and none of our land will be usable." — Ecologist Kenneth Watt "Air pollution...is certainly going to take hundreds of thousands of lives in the next few years alone." — Paul Ehrlich "By the year 2000, if present trends continue, we will be using up crude oil at such a rate… that there won't be any more crude oil. You'll drive up to the pump and say, ‘Fill 'er up, buddy,' and he'll say, ‘I am very sorry, there isn't any.'" — Ecologist Kenneth Watt "[One] theory assumes that the earth's cloud cover will continue to thicken as more dust, fumes, and water vapor are belched into the atmosphere by industrial smokestacks and jet planes. Screened from the sun's heat, the planet will cool, the water vapor will fall and freeze, and a new Ice Age will be born." — Newsweek magazine "The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years. If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age." — Kenneth Watt And a bonus, also 1970:

Ha ha, he certainly isn't Dr John Lennox at any rate!

Hello CAG welcome & I'm sure you are very knowledgeable with that background and will be a valuable contributor here. But HIC is also extraordinarily knowledgeable in aviation matters and indeed I think he makes a very valid point so can I respectfully suggest perhaps best not to start off by bagging out others straight off? I really like science too but I have to say this statement is somewhat naive. Which science always wins? The science taught 100 years ago, 50 years ago or today's version? Much of science is flux, it's always subject to change by superior understanding eg you started off pointing out the error of applying Bernoulli's principle to the wing, we now know better so I'm pretty sure you would agree with me. There are also several historical instances where religion (which tends not to change) had certain physical principles correct before scientists finally figured it out. We shouldn't be too proud to acknowledge facts like this, true science is about being sceptical not dogmatic.

Or combine the two and become a warmie.

Wonder how the wingsuit guys go with life insurance.... each flight only lasts a couple of minutes so by that logic no big deal right?

Dunno what that was all about... Asians?? Was just referring to the crazy litigious system we now have in the west. Upset or offend someone, get sued.

Yeah these pranks are awesome - until someone runs away and hits their head or dies of a heart attack and you get sued for manslaughter or something.... Probably best tried in non-western countries. Also good to use a disposable dog, sooner or later it will get shot or worse.

.....I blame global warming. Example one, giant egg - it may have been the downdraft from the bird that laid it that destroyed this aircraft: Also looks like that could be a giant earthworm there too. Now the attack of mutant giant spiders:

R-A I think you just put your mouse pointer over the flag, works for me anyway.... the country pops up.

Welcome Ev! All the best with the completion of your training. There is a bit of a joke around the forum about scammers who respond to an advert and claim they want to buy your aircraft sight unseen because they are busy working offshore on an oil rig or similar. Now we know this could be a legitimate claim it might get confusing.

Sexual deviant with a penchant for Pandering? (sorry must be too much turpentine. Anyways Pandas are definitely communist). We can't laugh at the Yanks for the 'are you a terrorist' question when Australia issues red 'not a terrorist' cards (for a fee).

Cool! Did you do them yourself?

I was told doing around 200 tw landings is recommended for familiarity, would depend upon the aircraft though I imagine.

Yes this is a problem I found also, Aldinga are significant $ and quite weight limited. If you are confident with the purchase you are considering the most cost effective way would be to buy and be trained in your own aircraft assuming not 19.

The aluminium in China is variously labelled 'XXXX', 'VB', 'Hahn', 'West End' etc. Generally for aircraft use the 'Red Bull' type.

Use an ASIC lanyard to strangle a nasty passenger. Maybe sharpen the edges of the card for use also. It's meant for security. Then you can refer all subsequent questions to the Govt because it's their card.

"The pilot said that he started grabbing the controls, turning off fuel lines, and turning buttons randomly on and off," Sounds like my standard approach. It's hard to remember what some of those controls do.

All major brands from the same tanks now (same - same). Some of the smaller brands add fillers. We no longer make this stuff, it all comes from Asia which is, of course, completely insane. See how that works out for Oz when conflict next comes to SE Asia....

Yuppies will buy anything that is labelled organic and has funky packaging so go for it Jaba-who. It would be awesome to sell my kids used nappies, dunno about feeding them coffee beans though, they bit crazy already as you would expect. Cacao beans maybe.

Not when it comes to food. Cooking fish-head broth (+ entrails & bones) at the moment for example.

Not a joke actually, sometimes the real thing is funnier. Like super-sized Civet coffee - no bull this is crappacino.... Plus what an awesome job, one for the CV: