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You tell us Marty, we're simply in the dark till we know!
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Today I bought a Phantom 1 with range extender for $100 which had been pranged (Poor mans toy) and hope that after i've replaced a couple of motors and props I can have a bit of fun with it.
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None of them look real good if you happen to be looking at the hole in the middle, regardless of age, but I know what you mean
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Off his linkedin page, he is the Managing Director of
Dacela Nominees Pty. Ltd. the registered owner of VH-SDV
and lists his experience as:
January 2011 – Present (4 years 9 months)Gold Coast Australia
Relief Business Management
Experienced and Licenced
Plumbing and Drainage, Earthmoving Civil
Project Management iv, Aviation Charter.
Hardware & Plumbing Supplys, Storage Commersial.
Equipment Hire Large or Small, Swimming Pool Install-Sales
can't find an AOC though.. boy is he in trouble now....
But the business also says No. of employees=1
Sad that he has got involved in this, but bikie's have rather persuavive influences sometimes.
If the Sting is to be auctioned- off, i'll put in the first bid at $100, nobody else bid please ( Yea Right!, I wish)
Looking at where he lived on Google Earth, one can only wonder who paid for the Sting?
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I would have been up all night.
Punching in a few extra rivets?
Hopefully I can get my Galaxy working, as I'm off on a 17 night cruise around Oz 2 moro.
If I cant get it to work, i'll miss my much loved deviate? mates on here.
Life won't be the same while i'm putting on the kilo's
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All we need is for Ian to provide a translator now.
Silly me thought the international language for pilots was English.
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Good to see you posting again Graham.
Like Pauline Hanson, she used to be a Frier too in years gone by.
(that will go over the heads of all the newbies)
See you've had a step up in aircraft too.
Keep well.
Kind Regrds
Planey
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That's biased OME.
What's wrong with "The Screws of The World"?
Probably a lot more truths in their rag, than the guilty would admit to:drool:
It was after all, the Sundays cheap jollies read.
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Years ago Schofields Flying Club used to have days for teaching wives and partners the basics in case of pilot incapacity.
They possibly still do?
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My nephew phoned me earlier today in a state of shock, or more to the point, was a total and utter mess.
He was right there on the A27 when it unfolded before his eyes.
He was on his motorbike and said the heat through his visor was so intense, the memory will live in his mind forever.
So sad, but an extra bit of altitude needed before pulling over into loop and the outcome would surely have been different. Hindsight can be wonderful, but sadly is not always with us.
Hope and pray that he pulls through, along with some others that were on the road.
The pilots wife is also a captain with BA apparently. She'll need some time off for sure.
I know the airfield so well, I took my first TIF there in an Auster.
RIP
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The helpful priest
A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the priest sitting beside her, "Father, may I ask a favor?"
"Of course, child. What may I do for you?"
"Well, I bought an expensive electronic hair dryer for my mother's birthday that is unopened and well over the Customs limits. I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through Customs for me...under your robe, perhaps?"
"I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you... I will not lie."
"With your honest face, Father, no one will question you."
When they got to Customs, the woman let the priest go ahead of her. The official asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?"
"From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare."The official thought this answer strange, so asked, "And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?"
"I have a marvelous instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date...unused."
Roaring with laughter, the official said, "Go ahead, Father. Next!"
The priest was well intentioned also, so I hope nobody takes offence and reports him to Customs.
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I personally have respect for much of what these guys are trying to achieve, and everyone has their individual ideas of what's funny.
Hogan's Hero's has been enjoyed by many for years for what it is, humor, and not to be taken in a thin-skinned way and taken seriously.
I appolgise if you found it offensive, that was not intended.
Are we to ban all Irish jokes for fear of offending the Irish, all Poms for pommy jokes etc; I think not. They are generally accepted as nothing more than light-humored banter, in the manner that this was intended..
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We're in safe hands.
When der shitzen hits der fan vee are here to protect you.
Cast:
Joseph Hockey as the bumbling Sergeant Schultz
Anthony Abbott as Colonel Klink
Auditions are still in the advanced stages for the role of the US Marine Hogan.
I have to say that who ever did the photo-shop job on this image, did a magnificent job
no matter what political view you take.
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50/50's ok
Because it contains Hick---ory if not mixed right !
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Interesting post SrPilot, thank you.
Like to hear more.
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18 Things You Never Knew About The B-52 Stratofortress
It's big. It's ugly. And it's one of the most adaptable aircraft flown in the past 60 years.
1) The B-52's first flight was April 15, 1952 - over 63 years ago.
2) The B-52 was designed to carry nuclear weapons during the Cold War, but it has only carried conventional ordnance in combat.
3) There were huge leaps in aviation happening when the B-52 was being designed, and it went through 6 major redesigns during the 5 year design period. The YB-52 pictured below was the second-to-last major redesign.
4) A B-52A was used to carry the North American X-15. The X-15 achieved the record for fastest manned powered aircraft, with a speed of Mach 6.72.
5) There have been 744 B-52s built, but currently there are only 85 in active service, with 9 in reserve.
6) The B-52 can carry up to 70,000 pounds of ordnance, or the equivalent of 30 fully-loaded Cessna 172s.
7) Production ended in 1962, which means the youngest B-52 is 53 years old.
8) The jet has a unique ejection system; the lower deck crew eject downward.
9) The B-52 is expected to serve until the 2040s. That's over 90 years of service.
10) In 1964, a B-52 configured as a testbed to investigate structural failures flew through severe turbulence, shearing off its vertical stabilizer. The aircraft was able to continue flying, and landed safely.
11) The navigator and radar navigator sit in the lower deck of the aircraft. These are the two seats that eject downward.
12) To comply with the SALT II Treaty requirements, cruise missile-capable aircraft had to be identifiable by spy satellites. To comply, the B-52 "G" models were modified with a curved wing root fairing.
13) Early models had cabin temperature problems; the upper-deck would get hot, because it was heated by the sun, while the navigation crew would sit on the cold fuselage floor.
14) In 1961, a B-52G broke up in midair over Goldsboro, NC. Two nuclear bombs on board were dropped in the process, but didn't detonate. After the bombs were recovered, the Air Force found that five of the six stages of the arming sequence had been completed.
15) In 1972, B-52 tail-gunner Albert Moore shot down a MiG-21 over Vietnam. It was the last recorded bomber-gunner to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
16) After the Soviet Union fell in 1991, 365 B-52s were destroyed under the START treaty. The aircraft were stripped of usable parts, chopped into 5 pieces with a 13,000 pound steel blade, and sold for scrap at 12 cents per pound.
17) During Operation Desert Storm, B-52s delivered 40% of the weapons dropped from the air.
18) Currently, B-52s cost $70,000 per flight hour to operate. And while they might be ugly, they're still a pretty amazing and adaptable aircraft.
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So do you also wear a red tie? Some wear blue, but we all have a choice:surrender:Well at least one has a choice. Paraphrasing Henry Ford (although I believe he never really said it) "You can have a Jabiru in any colour as long as it is white" :)Yellow definitely easiest to see but there were a few around here and I just had to be different so chose red. -
Termite inspections needed? Looks like it could be a bit overweight!
I'd stick to the yellow version, easily seen in the circuit, and from the air if an outlanding incident occurred.
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[quote="Phil Perry, post: 507603,
potential on-site informant, is away sailing around the Greek Islands for another fortnight. . . . ( must be nice to have lots of money. . .)
If you didn't have a love for of airybuzzer's, you might have too, Phil.
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This trip is just so good to follow:thumb up:
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Even if your not normally that side of the fence, it could win him a few votes if you're a single male in the Surf Lifesavers
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Many will be watching this with interest, but to put it lightly, the asking price is a bit rich at around $180 grand.
The old saying "don't buy a MK1 version of anything", may apply,
Not sure whether this has been posted before as it's from 2014, if it has, mod's please feel free to delete it.
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Just so many of the photo's are amazing in the blog.
This has to be one of my favorites, and gives one a feeling of almost total isolation http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/southernsun/1/1437071312/tpod.html#pbrowser/southernsun/1/1437071312/filename=an-hour-into-the-flight.jpg
I'll want a copy of the book for sure.
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Brrr! Great pictures Eric. Hope the cabin heater was working well.
Astronomy joke
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