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    What is this plane doing?

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    OK, I don't usually see them landing at 17:30 in Sydney, but!

     

    17:30 Friday plane is landing at YSSY.

     

    NO LANDING LIGHTS.

     

    NO WINDOW LIGHTS.

     

    The only lights I saw were the wing tip lights and JUST saw the light illuminating the vertical stab'.

     

    I think it was dark blue/silver.

     

    Vert stab' was white with blue on it I think.

     

    Hard to tell, as I was driving at the time.

     

     

    Talking about a thermus.

    in Aviation Laughter

    Posted

    The three world's geatest engineers were assembled to nominate THE best invention.

     

    The American said the car. "Without the car or vehicle, we wouldn't have the ability to move things and society as we know it wouldn't exist."

     

    The English said electicity. "As much as you are correct, electricity gives us light, warmth, the ability to communicate. It is truely fantastic."

     

    The Irish said the thermus.

     

    The other two look at him perplexed. "WHY?"

     

    He looks at them. "Well, one day I go to work and it is going to be cold. I put in hot coffee and when it is lunch time, I pour the coffee and it is still hot."

     

    The other two look at him.... "And.....?"

     

    The Irish engineer continues. "Well, on another day, it is going to be hot. So I put cold water in and take it with me. When I am thursty, I pour the water and it is still cold. How does the thermus know what to do?"

     

     

    Was asking, now looking.

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi folks.

     

    Friday 24 July - that's right, isn't it? - I have 1 spare seat with 100kg weight (less my cargo of cloths, etc) for a trip.:thumb_up:

     

    It will be a Jab 160 BTW.

     

    Details:

     

    YWOL - YMIG - YCRL - YCTM - YTEM - YLEE.

     

    Refuel at YTEM.

     

    Christmas in July. Accomodation un-sure at this point.

     

    Retrun trip Sunday to Maitland-ish overnight and back to YWOL Monday.

     

    I'm catching up with other people from up there and going back with them.

     

    Nominal plan is:

     

    YLEE - YWWL - YFBS - YPKS - YMDG - Musselbrook - YMND. That is the extreme.

     

    I may go up a bit further east. Depends on what the others are doing.

     

    Ofcourse if it is looking not too good, that would be revised and maybe from YPKS turning EAST and heaing back to KAT, then "YHOX" - APPN - YWOL.

     

    Or reverse of initial flight.

     

    Yeah, bummer if you work. 051_crying.gif.fe5d15edcc60afab3cc76b2638e7acf3.gif

     

    I've got 400+ hrs PIC. A lot on Jab LSA. Probably half. :man flying:

     

    So:

     

    I have 100 Kgs to MTOW with full fuel. I could leave air in the tanks for a few KG's but I am sure you understand there are limits, and I do NOT want to compromise safety.

     

    But 100 KGs is a lot of weight.

     

    Oh, there will be lots of good photo ops to take fun piccies.

     

    Anyway, I'll shut up there and see if anyone is interested.

     

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    Information you are given, fact or fiction!

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Yeah, it is difficult.

     

    This is further complicated by how the truth is defined.

     

    If you are told something by someone and suspect it, then ask someone else for their view/opinion: They too could be incorrect.

     

    So:

     

    You are told something and it says (for instance) Person 1 says: a = b

     

    You ask person 2 who says a <> b

     

    Although they both can't be right, it doesn't tell you know is right or wrong.

     

    So it could make things worse for you.

     

    I have no magic answer.

     

    I could throw in a proverb, but can't remember it.

     

     

    For all the Americans.

    in Aviation Laughter

    Posted

    John Cleese Letter to USA

     

    To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.

     

    Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

     

    1. You should look up revocation in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up aluminium. Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour', skipping the letter 'U' is nothing more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters. You will end your love affair with the letter 'Z' (pronounced 'zed' not 'zee') and the suffix ize will be replaced by the suffix ise. You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra' e.g. Edinburgh. You are welcome to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation.

     

    Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up vocabulary. Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up interspersed. There will be no more 'bleeps' in the Jerry Springer show. If you're not old enough to cope with bad language then you shouldn't have chat shows. When you learn to develop your vocabulary then you won't have to use bad language as often.

     

    2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize.

     

    3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney,upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier). You will also have to learn how to understand regional accents - Scottish dramas such as Taggart will no longer be broadcast with subtitles. While we're talking about regions, you must learn that there is no such place as Devonshire in England. The name of the county is Devon. If you persist in calling it Devonshire, all American States will become shires e.g. Texasshire, Floridashire, Louisianashire.

     

    4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters. British sit-coms such as Men Behaving Badly or Red Dwarf will not be re-cast and watered down for a wishy-washy American audience who can't cope with the humour of occasional political incorrectness.

     

    5. You should relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.

     

    6. You should stop playing American football. There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American football is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays American football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least a US Rugby sevens side by 2005. You should stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the 'World Series' for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.15% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders,your error is understandable. Instead of baseball, you will be allowed to play a girls' game called rounders, which is baseball without fancy team strip, oversized gloves, collector cards or hotdogs.

     

    7. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry guns. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous in public than a vegetable peeler. Because we don't believe you are sensible enough to handle potentially dangerous items, you will require a permit if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

     

    8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called Indecisive Day.

     

    9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. All road intersections will be replaced with roundabouts. You will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time,you will go metric with immediate effect and conversion tables. Roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

     

    10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips. Fries aren't even French, they are Belgian though 97.85% of you (including the guy who discovered fries while in Europe) are not aware of a country called Belgium. Those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut and fried in animal fat. The traditional accompaniment to chips is beer which should be served warm and flat. Waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.

     

    11. As a sign of penance 5 grams of sea salt per cup will be added to all tea made within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this quantity to be doubled for tea made within the city of Boston itself.

     

    12. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all, it is lager. From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer,and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. The substances formerly known as American Beer will henceforth be referred to as Near-Frozen Knat's Urine,with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as Weak Near-Frozen Knat's Urine. This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in Pilsen,Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.

     

    13. From November 10th the UK will harmonise petrol (or Gasoline, as you will be permitted to keep calling it until April 1st 2005) prices with the former USA. The UK will harmonise its prices to those of the former USA and the Former USA will, in return, adopt UK petrol prices (roughly $6/US gallon- get used to it).

     

    14. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

     

    15. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy.

     

    16. Tax collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (backdated to 1776).

     

    Thank you for your co-operation and have a great day.

     

    John Cleese

     

     

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