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    When I was learning to fly back in the early eighties, my instructor (upon arriving in the circuit) covered the panel and said "You can fly the circuit on sound and attitude". He kept saying that if I kept the horizon in the correct place on the wind-screen and the throttle about right then speed and descent would follow. If I kept the runway in the right place then I'd land okay. He was right but boy oh boy, I don't think I could do it these days. He could see the instruments and did mention that I was faster than normal until crossing the fence then got a bit slow.
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    When in high school a teacher asked the students what they would like to be when they left school. I said I was keen on electronics or biology. The teacher laughed, the class laughed. God bless the 70s.
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    Maybe folks should include in their posts what qualifications, experience and credentials they have to make some of their weird and amazing claims. A farmer for instance shouldn't make bold claims about the effects of missile strikes or burning skyscrapers. It's embarrassing.
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    Please please please tell me you do not doubt that planes crashed into the twin towers.
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    After 20 years dealing with RAAF pilots I'm under the impression that maneuvering is not at the top of the list when it comes to attributes of our jets because they don't get into 'dog fights'. The 'fire and forget' missile saw to that. However, I'm easily confused as I use a comb to eat my cereal from a shoe....
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    I'd say that inspector was expecting money under the table and it wasn't forth coming. That happens a lot in certain industries...
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    The treatment of all soldiers during WW1 disgusts me to the n'th degree. A lot of the poor souls had to take orders from imbeciles who were given higher rank simply because they weren't the plebs from the factory floor. And the clowns that never saw battle treating the war like a chess game. Makes my blood boil.
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    I'm 65 in September and pondering retiring. I enjoy my job very much and I know I'm very much needed at work. However, VOR, NDB, GPS or map & compass won't help me make that decision. I guess I'll have to bite the bullet some time, just need to find something meaningful that stimulates the brain cells as much as my work currently does.
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    Well, I am sure I was taught that flying to the right of track, only by a small amount, say 1/2 mile (depends on your altitude) would give you a better view of the track and anybody coming the other way will be on the other side. Traffic coming the other way technically should be 1000 feet higher or lower but below 5000 feet or stress of weather that's not guaranteed. I thought it was 'the done thing'. I've always done it. It's a hell of a lot easier with GPS.
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    One should always fly on the right side of the GPS track.
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    I haven't used VOR or ADF since the 90s, that's only because I no longer fly GA aircraft with that equipment on board. Used to be fun and gave one a sense of achievement when you got it right. Any fool can use a GPS and I still reckon many LSA pilots would be f***ed if their GPS died because they can't use a map and compass.
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    There's a mob in South Africa called Cape Shade. I think they do fabric hangars.
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    Maybe he's too old to fly safely? Many people think they are okay but they are not. I don't fly anymore because I'm getting sillier in my old age. Some start at 60 some much later.
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    Hangar
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    It's hangar - not hanger.
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    The missiles I'm familiar with do not arm until well clear of the launch aircraft. Perhaps it had not armed until after it hit the tanker. And, often pilots cannot arm the missile until they get a code from somebody when they are nearer their target. Stops them doing a u-turn and blowing up their own base I guess.
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    How could you have an instructor and student in a plane and maintain the social distancing rule? Our flying club has effectively ceased all training until this shite is over.
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    I think I mentioned elsewhere that Parafield has still got lots of traffic flowing.
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    Whether you fly every week or once a month a BFR is still a good thing. Some pilots develop bad habits even when they are regular flyers and anyway, it's good to have somebody nit-pick your flying. I started going back to my PA28 ways with flat approaches under power. My instructor pointed that out to me. Also, I was putting the flaps away too soon, another thing I wasn't aware of. None of us are perfect flyers.
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    I'm under the impression that if there are no new infections anywhere after some given amount of time (weeks? months?) then the Covid-19 virus can be considered to have died out. Isn't that the case with smallpox? Technically that virus doesn't exist anymore, officially eradicated in 1979. As for airlines wanting to be bailed out, I think that sucks, especially when the CEO gets paid more than many companies make in a year. There is heaps of activity at Parafield airport, circuit training must be all the solo qualified doing their thing.
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    A good part of my work requires an understanding of atmospheric transmission of light and infrared radiation through the atmosphere. I can understand that one cannot see as far is dirty air as they can in clear air but I do not understand how/why that makes an object appear closer. Certainly haven't come across that in my studies. However, my brain has started to get lazy so I don't push it hard as much as I'd like to.....
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    Who else knew this 'well known' effect? Anybody know why?
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    When learning to fly (in Tomahawks) spins gave me the willies but spiral dives freaked me out.
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    Some people watch too much of the X files.
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    With flying training disrupted we still have many folks flying about in light aircraft. Who's watching the smaller airfields for sneaky folks crossing the borders while states are in lock down?
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