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    I went to an Airservices presentation once.....The RAAF guys were good and easygoing, the Airservices guy though seem to believe that he owned the sky. He told us of an event where someone was close to airspace, but not in it then used the excuse that it tied up three controllers because they were all worried the aircraft might penetrate. I would like to believe our controllers are more professional than his story.....someone please tell me they are smarter than that.
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    It usually does, and improves service as long as it isn't a monopoly. Governments are rubbish at efficiency and service.
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    That was a point of contention in the small town I grew up in. When they had town meetings about installing a town water supply there were some people who had happily lived on tank water their whole lives, (as had everyone) who's main objection was that they still had to pay for it to be available despite the fact that they didn't want it or use it. The reservoirs and pipes actually ran through our property, but we still had to pay for connection at the front boundary. I think if you are having a "water emergency", your neighbour is not going to sell you any water, because they will be in the same boat.
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    When I lived in Brisbane I enquired of the council about installing a rainwater tank. I was told that they would fine me if I put a rainwater tank on my house, then when the drought got bad and they had water restrictions they were paying people to put tanks on their houses.
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    I saw a doco a while back, where they used satellites that detected gravitational difference to map ground water depletion. Apparently there are quite a few places around the world that are running low on water because they thought bore water was inexhaustible supply. People like those growing grapes and oranges in California in a place where they really shouldn't be growing such crops were among the subjects. Similarly around my area, farmers blame the mine for bore levels dropping, but the mine uses waste water they piped from the city. Not many farmers irrigated here in the sixties, but they all do now, and somehow it's nothing to do with them. Anyway according to St Greta, we'll all be screwed before then. Ever notice how a lot of the alarmists are also anti-GM. The people who want us all to eat more plants despise the genetic modification that has allowed us to feed the exploding population by by developing higher yielding, disease tolerant plants that use less water. Geniuses.
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    "Human Factors related" seems to be the new "Pilot Error". It's supposed to find out why crews make the decisions they do rather than tell us they made a bad decision, then use a different term to describe it. The concept has great potential but like most ideas in this country, it gets implemented so poorly, it's useless.
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    All you need to do is register it under 95.55.......simple
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    I would say that depends greatly on what you call comfortable. I certainly doesn’t appear comfortable to me. Comfortable is when it’s less than an hours drive to your neighbour’s house, But more than half an hour.
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    I'm not Skippy, but .... Avmap Ultra EFIS
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    I read it.......No wonder hardly anyone builds planes any more. If I were Boeing, I reckon I'd just stop all work and pack it up.
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    It doesn't even have to be that......I've been out with a perfectly serviceable iPad, but clearly the GPS was incorrect and had my position wrong by nearly 10NM, it corrected itself within a few minutes, but that's long enough to make a radio call announcing a wrong position. I find myself constantly checking where I am against ground features on the map to ensure they correspond with where the GPS says I am. I know people who are quite comfortable navigating from the east coast to Western QLD using the compass app on an iPhone.
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    If you can't do it online how will you do it in flight?
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    You could replace the compass all you like, but they get adjusted at all points because the airframe/engine and avionics cause magnetic disturbances that upset the compass. Many aircraft have a compass deviation card attached to the compass, because even when you adjust them they still aren't perfect. That's why they have an AC for doing the procedure, it was quite important before EFBs and GPS and still important if you're over featureless terrain and have a GPS fail. I agree that it's difficult to get lost on the East Coast of Australia in good VFR conditions, but I'm sure it's happened.
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    Bullsh1t! https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/default/files/draft-ac-43-17-calibration-of-aircraft-compasses.pdf And since your panel is inanimate it cannot appear competent, so the inference was was that it makes you appear more competent. (also it was tongue in cheek, that's why I added the )
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    When was the last time you did a proper compass swing? The AvMap EFIS was a whole lot easier than swinging a fluid filled compass. Do you really rely on your instruments to appear competent?
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    I have the Avmap Ultra EFIS in a CH601HD. I like it, but I am only a rec pilot. Simple to set up....only has pitot, static, power and a remote GPS antenna. I am still playing with the VOR, ADF and stuff, as I found it a bit inaccurate initially, but have recently carried out another compass swing type calibration and the results seem a lot more promising. Same goes for the HSI page with wind speed and direction. It is a bit on the small side, but then it does bolt straight into a 3 1/8" hole. I pulled out an Allen AH and stuck the EFIS in. They are just bright enough in the QLD sun at midday. The do feel a bit cheaply built, time will tell, It's been in there a few months now. Don't spill fuel on it! The screen hates it. For the money I think they are good value, especially when you see how much the others cost, but maybe cost isn't an issue for you. It's got no maps, just a database of airports you can enter for the VOR/ADF, but you can add your own POIs.
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    Jab engines

    M61A1 replied to Yenn's topic in Engines and Props

    You eliminated them when you said only owners or operators could respond. A bit like saying you can’t knock a Hilman Hunter unless you own one. Of course none of those who bought one will denigrate them, although there was someone on this site a few years ago that used to regularly voice their displeasure about how often the Jabs at his flying school broke.
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    The SC also appears to have a larger fin and strake. Hard to tell at a glance, but that would make a difference. There also appears to be some sort of fairing or strake underneath the aft fuse.
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    I think one might find that many of greens , greys, blue/ green or combination are primers of the era. Most of the US aircraft I’ve worked on have yellow/ green primer of zinc or strontium chromate and the euro stuff has a bluey green/ grey sort of primer in most internal stuff. Totally agree with the “correct “ colour.
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    I suspect that all the ripples just Change to diagonally opposite.
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    I have a photo of a B52 in the afternoon sun at Darwin. the whole thing is covered in ripples. Almost every section between frames and stringers has a diagonal ripple across it.
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    From the previous media sh1tfight... apparently it's not even OK to say "it's OK to be white".
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    I wish....at $250k a pop for a Top Owl helmet, they'd get very upset if I borrowed on.....ITARS and all.
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    When I was at Amberley, it was known as "Ipswich Racing Grey".
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    I saw that video just the other day, but I had similar advice over ten years ago. During a simulated engine fail n the circuit, the instructor was reminding me that if I maintain XX knots then I'm good for steep turns if I have to, while at Best Glide speed manoeuvring was quite limited.
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