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I took the jab for a flight the other day, hadn't flown in months. My first landing was untidy. Then I practised a side-slip -was too high on a glide approach- and ended up going around: it just didn't look good. I would not point fingers at other pilots: we all make mistakes. Main thing is no-one was hurt. But that 230 might need some buffing before it flies again.

Very poor form indeed.

Spare a thought for the Qld water police responding to this. What a tough job.

Don't know what your use is, but the smoke generators for leak testing of inlet manifolds etc use baby oil.

I couldn't see anything on pprune on this. Have they deleted the thread or am I going blind?

Agreed. And trim. I'm happy with manual.

I share your concern. The Advertiser certainly wanted to ridicule them. Even though their story is behind a paywall, the names of the pilot and pax are in the web link.

I'm not sure if this is an "aviation incident". Apparently they posted on Instagram that they had arrived in SA, when the border is closed. Police "located them at a karaoke night". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-28/nsw-trio-order-to-leave-sa-after-alleged-border-breach-in-plane/100248524 https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Fcoronavirus%2Famelia-johnson-elizabeth-nichols-tom-st-hill-released-on-bail-after-allegedly-breaching-sa-covid19-rules-through-outback-joy-flight%2Fnews-story%2F96ab9f44f04992916bbb888e782c9af5&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium

Yep, x-wind landings can be tricky!

Imagine what it would have been like in wartime for an 18yo pilot with not all that much training.

That Piper has Halo, the Garmin autoland system. Maybe he relied on that? How much crosswind can it handle?

My uncle passed in 2001; when I was younger I never appreciated what he and my father did in the war. Also they didn't want to talk about it.

My uncle flew Kittyhawks in PNG, sadly he's passed away. He was only 18 at the time and I recall him saying, in about 1965, that he was "sh1t scared the whole time".

Hi IP, Yes, excellent advice, thanks Peter.

Power lines too close? I thought that was the definition of an aircraft landing area?

Ok thanks. Do you know of really long leases, like 99 or 999 years? What I'm wondering is whether people effectively "sell" a hangar using a very very long lease. Thanks

I declare a selfish motive: I'm scoping out a business where this may help. My question is: how do people legally acquire long-term ownership of a hangar? Is it: 1. Purchase of a title, on a community title basis, or, 2. Very long-term leases? If so, what terms and conditions? If anyone can help here I'd be grateful. Thanks.

Tragically this is reported today: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-04/two-people-killed-in-wa-microlight-aircraft-crash-near-exmouth/13214616

A relative flew Hurricanes, then Typhoons in 181 squadron, and had 18 months as a night fighter. He died only a few years ago, and he said the RAF couldn't get rid of the Typhoon quick enough once the war was over: it was a very dangerous plane. He came from Victor Harbor in SA, apparently the only one to return of 6 young men from there who became aircrew. He also said the biggest killer of Me109 pilots was the Me109.

In the 70s when I was young and stupid I rode my Ducati 900 Adelaide-Perth, cruising on 200kph, using a black visor daytime and yellow at night. Once, after dusk, I stopped to change visors, and looked back to see a guard of honor of hundreds of 'roos lining the road I'd just been doing double-digit speeds on. I hadn't seen one. I think I was going so fast they didn't have time to jump out in front of me. While I survived, I don't recommend this strategy.

There's a similar device, the Shoo-Roo, which U Qld tested for one of motoring associations. They concluded it was bogus, based on (i) it didn't emit the claimed noise (ii) roos can't hear the claimed noise anyway -don't ask me how they knew that- and (iii) fitment of these things didn't reduce roo strikes.

Agree. Those air brakes are fantastic. I'm not sure I follow you. When you switch off the engine the prop stops, at least at the 70-80 knots I was doing.

I've tried switching off the engine in the jab to see what effect it makes on glide, and it's certainly significant. NB: had instructor in the RH seat. My next thing will be to simulate -at altitude and with instructor- the impossible turn. The other thing is to go through in your mind the options for EFATO before every takeoff.

My uncle flew Beaufighters and Kittyhawks in PNG in 1944-45, and he said he was sh1t-scared the whole time, that it was probably the toughest aviation country on Earth. He was only 18 when he arrived there. He survived the war and swore to never fly a plane again, an oath he kept.

Here in Adelaide property prices are booming. There's lots of building happening: tradesmen are impossible to find. There are still lots of people with money, and what are they going to do with it? Stockmarket? Doubtful. Put it in the bank? No way with virtually 0.00% interest rates. So that leaves real estate. BUT, with so much uncertainty (will everything collapse next year?), less people are spending big on discretionary items like planes, so the market is shrinking. My $0.02 worth.