Gnarly Gnu

Also be aware that Paypal has a dreadful reputation for paying out claims with little questions asked - that is they can simply withdraw or freeze money in your account with no notice. I suggest don't ever leave any significant amount of money in a Paypal account, too vulnerable.

I disagree. He sounds rather like Wayne Swan only smarter.

So polish it then...?

Yeah that's the welding weekend... post a video of the briefing?

I was wondering more about how much a high power transponder might fry your eyeballs Frank.

Any radiation issues with having these transponders in close proximity in a composite or fabric aircraft? (Not to promote thread drift but I've always wondered).

Welcome Matt! Hey wasn't it really quite cheap to fly GA 20 years ago....?

Now where have I heard this line out of Canberra before....?

Whoa, that's insain....

Planedriver I also heard Sta-bil is pretty good & was looking for some to use in the generator at work but it seems very expensive here.... got a cheaper or bulk source? Is it just the 'Australia tax' again?

Nah, that's normal and you are underweight Neil! An ultralight kinda guy; try a big bowl of porridge each day, get your wing loading up a bit...

Welcome Keff! Enjoy....

I'm quite familiar with the Party lines. The Chinese people all know this problem well themselves of course. I was referring more to multi $k machinery but yes the western owned or operated factories can produce good items for example. And of course goods from Taiwan (some would say it's the real China) are generally quite good now. It's just a shame the government for all its authoritarian control hasn't protected its own brand. Hopefully within a decade or so the situation will improve.

At work we would pay only up to 40% max for items made in China compared to western Europe / Japan, USA etc, just too many ongoing quality hassles. Yes I know when forced to they can and do produce quality items and very likely you can keep a good watch on quality if you are there to check each part in person but yeah, the country has sadly trashed its own reputation so you face an uphill marketing struggle.

The one's in Dutchroll's photos are all deadbeats.

Well if they didn't have these silly annual registration requirements the operating costs would be considerably lower in the first place. It's circular - need the money from annual rego to pay for the staff to process registration papers every year... as CASA have pointed out RaAus needs some competition.

Friend of mine just came back from a visit to Nigeria (he is oz) reckons a lot of them just sit about in the parks all day. He thought they were bludging but I reckon they were probably hard at work with their laptops trying to buy aircraft and cars of foreigners. (hmm, wonder if they buy Indonesian fishing boats)

Yes hammer swingers are actually hard to find here (despite the moaning from the building industry). Definitely something to put on the CV, all helps get a foot in the door. Virtually none of the overseas students have this sort of ability from what I've seen.

Had something similar at work; guy from Foxtel phoned one day & I was about to hang up thinking it was a telemarketer trying to sign up TV subscriptions. Listened for a few more seconds and it turned out to be a guy from Foxtel's engineering department, ordered over $100k off me plus a bunch more work since then.

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Welcome Dinger! I'm a bit clueless on PPC's but also been interested in giving them a try, just waiting for a four stroke two seater version with steering....

Found one with sound:

Reminds me speaking to a USAF C130 pilot he described a very near miss when terrain following at 300 knots, two BASE jumpers zipped just past his wing tip, caught them out of the corner of his eye as they passed.

Really, the USA has ASIC's also?