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  1. Methusala
    Read the story in "Sliderule" by Nevil Shute. He was the structural engineer on the R-100. Built by a commercial company in contest with the ill-fated R-101. (Sorry Derick Liston, rushed into print before reading your post, Don)
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    That the CIA where involved, there's not much doubt. Kerr was known to have CIA links. We are not even allowed to examine the correspondence between Buck Palace and Kerr almost 50 years later. It is a fact that a motion of "no-confidence" was passed by the Parliament in the Fraser caretaker govt but this fact was ignored when Kerr prorogued The Parl't for the election. There are long lists of the Whitlam govt's achievements in foreign affairs, universal health cover, urban development, education, aboriginal affairs and, of course, Jackson Pollack's Blue Poles which has achieved a stratospheric value since being purchased. To argue that his period in office was marked by wasteful spending and policy confusion is to display extreme naivete and ignorance. BTW Kaz, Moruya and Merimbula are open and have avgas.
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    My opinion exactly. Helicopters make good tractors, don't glide well and have too many moving parts causing unwanted complexity as well as vibration.
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    Australia gave up all claims to sovereignty years ago...(John Kerr anyone???)
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    Happy Xmas Frank & Fran. Rhonda and i will be back in June. Hope to see you then. Don
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    Reading quickly about crush injuries I found this:- https://www.ems1.com/patient-handling/articles/767352-4-things-EMS-providers-must-know-about-crush-syndrome/ Note that there is no mention of paracetamol being administered. This is an extremely serious condition and correct treatment can be life saving. I stress that I have no medical quals and leave treatment above 1st aid to those with para-medical or medical knowledge. don
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    I started a thread on this subject about 5-6 years ago. Became very contentious as Q'landers became defensive and snipey with me. This aircraft should be properly housed in a museum and available to masses of people. Anyone who has been to the Smithsonion in Washington has seen how the Spirit of St Louis (America's most famous aircraft) is presented to the public.
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    Check to see that the engine is mounted properly. It is offset in one direction to allow for the effect of the prop wash. If you have mounted the engine with the offset in the wrong sense it will mean that the muffler mount is out of whack.
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    Looking for a new woman DJ?
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    Well, we did fly today and, although it pains me to say it, a day late is better than not at all.
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    Didn't make it today Frank due to greater priorities. Will make it tomorrow hopefully.
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    Have been doing a bit in the Vision and the Thrusters. Have a couple of mates with MS and am working on a system to transfer them into the cabin. They are amazed at the freedom of flying in the open.
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    HARS Connie flies. It's story is even more fantastic than this but the Qantas management won't allow the word Qantas to be applied in case it is lost in an actual airborne accident. Support HARS, it is a wonderful museum full of operating treasures and is very accessible.
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    Feet or inches?
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    I think that the media, enthusiastically assisted by others who are captivated by their own privileged position of power and money, make up a lot of these stories. The constant meme regarding 3d printing of guns seems to me to be overblown hyperbole. Truth is that a plastic gun would be as useful as one fabbed out of wood. The simple fact is that guns don't work without ammo. Try 3d printing a nato round! (Sales of ammunition are at least as tightly controlled in the world that I inhabit as the guns needed to project them) All that is needed to make an operational rifle is a lathe, milling machine, some metal and a capable machinist. Hardly exotic.
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    So, what's the point of the forgoing? We need good, 1st world accommodation available to all citizens who need it. Con artists abound at all levels of society. Reference in particular, lying politicians such as LNP. Arguing that some take advantage does not negate the case for all to have access to essential needs. This in an affluent society is inexcusable.
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    This story reminds me of a Sherlock Holmes story. Beggar was in fact a well to do gent who discovered that begging was actually quite lucrative. He acted in mufti and most definitely did not sleep on site! We need to be careful not to confuse flights of fancy with lived experience. For 40 years I plied my honest trade and those $1,000 days were very rare indeed.
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    Thing that pee's me off is when a poster makes an outrageous statement that would do Ray Hadley proud without any attempt to source the "information". Who can give any credence to a claim that some of Melbourne's homeless earn "$1,000 per day." Please respect the members of this forum by not trolling like a tabloid journalist or a shock jock.
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    Just head for Mt Beauty or Porepunkah instead.
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    Thanks for the reminder that we are all humans, not Aussies and others. Mass behaviour will always look like a herd of wilderbeast.
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    I just couldn't believe that polls today!!! To think that there are still 45/100 Aussies prepared to vote for such a lunatic mob of social deviates and misfits. Jesus wept.
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    We built Mirages in the 60's
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    Probably Airbus or the Russians could help them out... oh wait, haven't the Amie's pissed off all of the really sophisticated mobs already? Sounds like the LNP are running US defence.
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    This is why Driftering in Canberra is not on in winter. Don
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    Thoroughly rinse windshield to wet the surface and to float off dirt and mud. Using a damp soft or microfiber cloth, clean the windshield side to side with warm water and a gentle soap or detergent. ... Thoroughly rinse with clean water. I humbly stand corrected...ahem!
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