Oksinay

Should be OUCH, not OWW

And already teaching us the military slang...welcome aboard FNG!

Jasuz! I thought someone had snuck in a porn video.

We had a fatal incident many years ago at Corowa, where a photographer opened underneath a really large formation as it was breaking up. The photographer was severely injured, but the jumper that hit him was killed. The impact opened his reserve which he landed under. It was awful.

Glasses won't fix cataracts - I had lost my night vision to the point where I grounded myself from night driving.

I went through this last year, and suggest that you read the CASA explanatory notes. There is no problem with intra-ocular lens replacement PROVIDED that you don't opt for multi-focal or monocular corrections. In my case, I now have beautiful long vision, and need simple +1 readers for close up work. It was exactly the correction that the surgeon aimed for, and I am very pleased with the results. I had absolutely no issues with my Class 2, a letter from the surgeon providing the surgical details and outcomes was all that was required, and I actually passed the vision test without correction!

Go for it, you'll love the results.

I'm keeping my sextant. Could be handy when the lights go out

Electric car stealership? Freudian slip?

In my flight test for the RAAus PC, the CFI pulled the power for an EF sim, and after I picked a small dirt strip in a paddock as my landing area he made me actually land it power off, well zero thrust anyway. So much fun! Gotta love the bush.

ECU made in Melbourne?

May I add noisy engine exhaust brakes to the complaints list?

And just how do those bikers get away with straight through exhausts at what must be 110dB plus.

I can't drink much beer, a glass at a time is enough for me as there's something in it, the yeast or hops or whatever, that doesn't like me at all.But recently a Mate here has been brewing some mead, i.e. honey beer, damn it's nice.

 

Large variety of beers here and I get to taste them for free as the same Mate has a little pizza/beer place and there's 2 absolute standouts, one Tsintao (ching-dow) is the best by far of Chinese beers that is actually German in heritage and even all the late 1800's equipment, and the other is a Portugese beer with a stupid name, Super Bock. The Bock has an awesome strong initial flavour without nasty after taste lingering in your mouth.

 

Super Bock - Wikipedia

 

Interesting history for Tsingdao ...

 

Tsingtao Brewery - Wikipedia

 

Err, your butt actually has taste receptors, that's why chile burns on the way out

The jump pilot will broadcast intentions on the CTAF and probably area frequencies - but the best advice is to simply stay clear of the drop zone.

I've had cataract surgery (transplants in both eyes) this year and had no issues at all renewing my Class 2. Worth noting that you won't get a Class 2 with monovision, that is, where you have one lens for long sight and one lens for short sight.

And its SOOOOOO good to have great vision again.

Last few weeks, wages approx 30k per week. 2.5 - 3.0 engines per week plus a few parts for Jabiru.Little or no parts production by the plant machinists for past month due stock on the shelves awaiting sales/assy. I am told plant was offered to Jabiru some time back but rejected.

High fixed costs and low volume, does it every time.

When I was in Africa I played cards with the natives

Zulus?

No, I won mostly...

UZZ is Andy's aircraft always wondered how he spelt his name. Also a jumper. Was living in Vic last i saw him must have gotten tired of the weather.

FT,You can not buy local beetroot at my local supermarkets- not in a tin or vaccum bagged.

 

The only way I can get it- is at the green grocer and cook it myself.

 

Nor can I buy local bacon- it is all made from Canadian pork, because the profit is bigger. They claim Australian manufactured- not grown.

I have been spanked a few times over the years due to thermal generated turbulence. Corowa at the Christmas National Boogie was a cow of a place, ground was made out of concrete and a bit of wind to chop it up. A few serious injuries over the years, one that sticks is from the seventies, was a girl that landed under a round canopy and did not bundle it up straight away and talking to a friend had her canopy picked up and yanked her off the ground, over a fence then slammed onto the ground. Busted pelvis and shoulder. Another flew low over the taxi way and had their canopy shut down dropping them onto the ground. He is still in a wheel chair, (owned that German marked Storch). Have even seen tents ripped out of the ground and contents spread around the country side. Destroyed C182s, Nomads and Otters picked up and danced with. Inland in summer can be a deadly place.

Summer thermals inland really need understanding.

A long ago Saturday night session around the drop zone fire debating this scenario came to the conclusion that if you were on an airliner that came apart at height and you didn't freeze or pass out from lack of oxygen then the 5 minute plus freefall should be long enough to find the baggage bin that has your rig in it and put it on.Maybe the hardware free base jumping rigs that are low profile and designed to get around metal detector security might be better insurance these days.

A long ago Saturday night session around the drop zone fire debating this scenario came to the conclusion that if you were on an airliner that came apart at height and you didn't freeze or pass out from lack of oxygen then the 5 minute plus freefall should be long enough to find the baggage bin that has your rig in it and put it on.Maybe the hardware free base jumping rigs that are low profile and designed to get around metal detector security might be better insurance these days.

There's one at the Point Cook museum also

I hold a PC and a PPL with CTA and am about to relocate from country Vic to Melbourne, probably the western suburbs.

Does anybody have any suggestions regarding a facility where I can refresh my controlled airspace procedures, learn how to operate out of Moorabbin (I guess?) and all without being completely looted?

Also, a reasonably close facility with RaAus a/c?

Cheers