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  1. cooperplace
    my god, imagine being strapped into a pilot's seat for 56 hours!! How would anyone's innards cope?
  2. cooperplace
    hmm, reminds me of a medical student friend who decades ago had a holiday job gardening at a large SA hospital, got fired for sleeping on the job, last thing he did was do some similar writing on their lovely lawn, using round-up.
  3. cooperplace
    Some parts of his account stack up quite well. It seems likely that he landed on Lake Eyre, by his own account because of food poisoning. The suggestion that he walked 70km in 18 hrs seems less credible, but that's fine, maybe he didn't know exactly where he was at each end of the walk, and the true distance is a bit shorter. On the other hand, the notion that he might have displayed sub-optimal judgement at various points is readily accepted. The good doctor is certainly a highly-regarded member of the Adelaide medical community. I've known a lot of doctors who think that their excellent clinical judgement translates into a wider ability to make great decisions. This is a problem with medical training: it teaches people to make decisions, and they get into the habit of doing that, in areas outside their specialty, such as finance, relationships, aviation, etc.
  4. cooperplace
    the 70k walk in 18hrs seems extraordinary, but are you saying that the whole thing never happened? this guy really exists, and he's on TV talking about it.
  5. cooperplace
    yeah, having it behind the paywall is annoying. The headline mentions allegations that he "illegally flew and lied in an application for a pilot's licence", would be interesting to get the facts from a source other than a murdoch paper.
  6. cooperplace
    while we have to accept his account of the pain being so severe that he couldn't fly, there are several questions around his subsequent actions: -as WayneL says, why not activate the PLB that surely he was carrying and wait? -staying with his plane, he would have had access to the abundant water supplies, that surely he was carrying? -the plane looks fairly intact, so wouldn't its radio still work? -did he send out a mayday? there's no mention of a mayday. This is not the first time recently that people in these locations have complained about the lack of mobile phone coverage following accidents. This is unrealistic, to say the least. Obviously there's little or no phone coverage on Lake Eyre, that's why we make plans. If I really, really needed to go, while flying, I'd poo in my pants rather than attempt a landing on a salt lake. The great thing is that he's OK. With warmer weather he might not have made it. Recovery of that plane will be expensive. All in all, rather embarrassing for the doctor.
  7. cooperplace
    does anyone know anything about this story: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/index.html?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a&mode=premium&dest=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-developer-roostam-sadri-faces-two-years-jail-for-illegally-flying-plane/news-story/b551dedbfb3e877a6b3e01d4f1ce68c1&memtype=anonymous
  8. cooperplace
    went to a conference at Cessnock last year, stayed at the Crowne Plaza, went to several wineries in the area, also enjoyed the restaurants. Really liked Audrey Wilkinson winery. Went for a flight in Keith McGeachie's Tecnam, with him as instructor -I've only ever flown a Jab. I highly recommend every aspect of this, esp. flying with Keith. There's lot's to do just in Cessnock, I'd go back there. Have fun.
  9. cooperplace
    As an RAAus member, I'd be happy with this. Jakej has pointed to a big hurdle: this would have to be negotiated with great tact & diplomacy.
  10. cooperplace
    so they had twin twins? a pattern is emerging that might help explain the financial plight
  11. cooperplace
    4 of them, no less, and a citabria and a tecnam P2006!
  12. cooperplace
    I would do so immediately.
  13. cooperplace
    you have above pointed out one of the causes. My father, now gone from this world, was a banker, and he used to say "the assets are always obvious but the liabilities are hidden" and this is why a business can go from looking fantastic right up to its death knell. Sad news for aviation in Qld.
  14. cooperplace
    yes, it seems clear. A terrible tragedy.
  15. cooperplace
    is it known that this accident was due to suicide? Or is this speculation?
  16. cooperplace
    Hey Sr Pilot, if you want to post your experiences with the B58 (do I recall correctly?), many on this forum would find this fascinating and interesting.
  17. cooperplace
    I liked it as a passenger. Loved the rear staircase. On t/off it seemed to have a lot of power.
  18. cooperplace
    agree 100%; one v useful thing from this is that it encourages us to do engine failure training. The first time I tried this solo, 2500 ft above a strip, I was sweating. I now practice some variation of this most times I fly, and it's useful experience.
  19. cooperplace
    in that article they say it's Boeing's best selling model, but I thought that honor went to the 737.
  20. cooperplace
    I agree. Still, he made it, and it's easy to be an armchair critic. But I'd never attempt a 270 degree turn in those circumstances. And I would have had a bit more height, 1000' isn't much.
  21. cooperplace
    it shows the value of practising engine failures from height. I don't know if I'd do better than him, but I have practised this many times, which I hope will help when the time comes. And good on him for putting up the video: we can all learn from this.
  22. cooperplace
    what's known about the plane in the latest crash? the only info is that it's a savannah. presumably with a rotax?
  23. cooperplace
    with these jetpacks, what happens if there's an engine failure at about 30 feet? Is that why he's hovering over water? to have a fighting chance?
  24. cooperplace
    in the 70's Joh Bjelke-Peterson gave money to some guy who claimed to have made a device that did that on a car. As proof they showed a nicely idling Ford Fairlane with a box in place of the carb. We were told that nuclear fusion was occurring in the box. If I recall correctly.
  25. cooperplace
    and it seems that he was an instructor, very experienced.
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