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The other articles on that page are also fascinating

The capital should have been on Jack, not uncle. Didn't anyone else notice that?

You can just download the current issue of the magazine in PDF in seconds from RAAus website, that way you don't need to be on line continuously to read it and the hot links still work on the PC.

SMALLEST PETROL ENGINE SCIENTISTS have built the smallest petrol engine, tiny enough to power a WATCH. The mini-motor, which runs for two years on a single squirt of lighter fuel, is set to revolutionize world technology. It produces 700 times more energy than a conventional battery despite being less than a centimeter long (Not even half an inch!). It could be used to operate laptops and mobile phones for months doing away with the need for recharging. Experts believe it could be phasing out batteries in such items within just six years. The engine, minute enough to be balanced on a fingertip, has been produced by engineers at the University of Birmingham . Dr Kyle Jiang, lead investigator from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said: "We are looking at an industrial revolution happening in peoples' pockets. The breakthrough is an enormous step forward. Devices which need re-charging or new batteries are a problem but in six years will be a thing of the past.." Other applications for the engine could include medical and military uses, such as running heart pacemakers or mini reconnaissance robots. At present, charging an ordinary battery to deliver one unit of energy involves putting 2,000 units into it. The little engine, because energy is produced locally, is far more effective. One of the main problems faced by engineers who have tried to produce micro motors in the past has been the levels of heat produced. The engines got so hot they burned themselves out and could not be re-used. The Birmingham team overcame this by using heat- resistant materials such as ceramic and silicon carbide. Professor Graham Davies, head of the university's engineering school, said: "We've brought together all the engineering disciplines, materials, chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. What better place to have the second industrial revolution in nano-technology than where the first took place, in the heart of the West Midlands.

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which is now not only broke, but is beyond repair, I read this as "broken"

aha worked it out needed to tap the smilies button again once I had selected one to go back to the message again. just needed to be the bit more patient with it, I'm new to Windows 8 as well ..

the phone is a Nokia Lumia 920 with windows phone 8 or WP 8 is. Uses internet explorer .

Thanks for that, no big deal, just thought you would like to know. You get used to it on the PC so when you are using the smartphone it's too much like exercise to do all that swiping. it also doesn't let me add smilies.

The button doesn't appear on my Nokia with WP8 Rob

So VH-BEV had a brush with fame then. The pilot, Marlee Ranacher is the daughter of (the late) Sarah Henderson.

They have several choppers working the grids below the aircraft relaying info back and being co-ordinated via the orbiting PPQ

Thank You all for the warm welcome. So far I've been training in a Foxbat, a great plane to learn in. I would like get endorsements in all the other planes available at the school before I'm finished my training, namely the Texan, a Storm, a Sirius and of course the Thruster (that will be fun learning a tail dragger). One of my goals is to fly an Amphibian, as it multiplies the number of landing strips by heaps -(except for seq-water dams) and of course I would like to have one of my own too. Maybe a dream but it's something to aim at. Thanks again. Cheers Rob

Hi from Central Qld. I'm a first timer here. Passed my Pilot Certificate just before Xmas at FlyCQ in Emerald and now I'm looking forward to starting my real education. Rob C