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    Helicopter missing between Sydney & North West NSW

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

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    To me it shows how a perception of "risk-taking" can become quite warped, in the form of substantially underestimating it over time. Self confidence is a fine thing to have for a pilot, but it needs to be kept on a leash.

    To me he says it all at 43:30..... he actually didn't think there was increased risk when he flew into a confined space [or with inclement weather]. You may well get away with this stuff 99 times out of a hundred, but if you continue to put yourself in a high risk environment, it will bite you eventually.

     

     

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    Reading MGL instruments with polarised sunnies

    in Instruments, Radios and Electronics

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    I had a MGL combination instrument in my Starlet and can't recall any issues with polarized sunnies.An iPad though is affected - I'm using an iPad in 'portrait' mode in my Jabby and while out flying last Wednesday put my sunnies on. The iPad was blacked out; at first I thought it had turned off.

    I have the same issue with one of my polarised pairs of sunnies but not another one.. The lenses are angled 90 degrees to each other, if that makes sense!

     

     

    Fast Scout

    in Aircraft General Discussion

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    My dad has had one of these in a hangar out in the wheatbelt for 20 years... I should really pull it out and take some photos. It is almost identical to this one except it's yellow and doesn't have the back part of the pod. I never realised it was an early rotax engine!

     

     

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    Malaysian Airlines MH370

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

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    It's starting to look more and more like an attack... 2 passengers travelling on stolen passports (how does that even happen in this day and age?) and 2 more "being investigated". FBI and NTSB are both sending teams.

     

    Parallels between Air France 447 and this have been made in the sense that people jumped to this conclusion and it turned out to be pilot error, but that crash happened in a pretty severe storm and this was a clear night. It's hard to imagine how an experienced captain and co pilot can crash a modern airliner when they are cruising at 35,000.

     

     

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    Bye bye landlines

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    About to get talked into getting rid of our landline with internet plus ??This day and age we all have our trusty smart phones, and iPads are common place.

    My iPad has a prepaid card $180 yr.......giving me next to unlimited data, throw in Skype and all is great. iPhone x 2 with $600 plus call allowance per month costs me $100 mth.

    The $180 recharge will get you 12GB as pointed out above.. $15 bucks a month for 1GB is a bargain for low users, but for most people it is a tiny alllowance. Telstra are doing $20/month off home ADSL bundles if you are connecting a new broadband service so they are actually competitive for the rest of the month!

     

     

    New Air Crash Investigations Tonight

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    New?. This accident has already been done.

    Yeah, saw it ages ago. I was stunned when I saw this and realised that the pilot had no idea about the inputs the other pilot was making! I knew that it was fly-by-wire, but assumed the sticks were still linked. I have to agree, I don't think the accident would have happened in a Boeing.

     

     

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