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    minus 5 - boy oh boy, after 10 days of near 100 degrees here, I'm ready to move to Canada....
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    So, they flew a machine that was grounded. Not good.
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    khz? Do you mean mhz? I Googled C-ATIS but found nothing that involved aviation.
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    Getting old can ruin that for you very easily...
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    Very few people, very few, ever react the way we are taught, especially the first time things go pear shaped. That's well known to anybody who has studied human factors to any real depth. How many hours did this guy have? How many engine failures did he experience?
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    Yes, I'm somewhat more careful now than what I was in my teens some 40 plus years behind me. What I'm alluding to is that some of us, well before 78 are in no state fly, drive or even get about on a Gopher! I'm getting to the point that I go to the letter box and then wonder what the hell I'm doing there! (Not really - just making a point) ?
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    Gee, I hope I can still fly at 78....
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    My pants keep falling down because I have got FATTER. Go figure....
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    A year ago I noticed an error in the wiring diagram for the Jabiru aircraft. Page 269 in JTM001-9. For those who understand wiring diagrams, look at item 16, a relay, and trace its supply back to the battery. You will notice the relay is permanently energized. I asked Jabiru to confirm this was an error, which they have done, but it seems the drawing has still not been updated. I noted the error back in JTM001-7. The attached image shows you what I am on about. Considering there have been three 'unexplained' fires in Jabiru aircraft, it leaves one a little anxious.
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    Adelaide Soaring Club gets 1000 hours out of their Jabs and they are used for training. They stick to the book when it comes to maintenance. Too many pilot/owners do not and then cry when their plane breaks.
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    If the iPad fails do you lose everything? I don't like the idea of one thing does all.
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    We had a Jabiru J170D at my flying club catch fire and burn to nothing while sitting in a hangar. Was 24 hours or so after its last flight. No explanation as far as I know.
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    Jeeeez, that's bad. I do my services regularly and always have another to help with the 100 hourly. And, my log books are filled in as required. It does however seem crazy to go through the entire process for such few hours flown.
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    Imagine you have done the 100 hourly on your plane. Then you only fly 8 hours before the yearly comes around. I wonder how many folks would go through the same work again considering so few hours have been flown.
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    I have seen on quite a few occasions where folks put the cowling down so that it may get scratched (see photo), that is, they turn it upside down. Why?
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    Bruce, I used ultra-sonic sensor and Arduino to measure the level of water in a bucket with a view to developing a fuel gauge. It works well, let me know if you want to develop the thing further. I still have your Arduino stuff here, keep forgetting to bring it to the club.
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    A lot of the stuff is taken down by software, that is, people are not even involved. It's the application of programs that are continually 'learning' until eventually it can 'censor' without fault. The day will come when 'AI' decides you are a bad person and sends a robot around to eliminate you. Hope you aren't a twin!
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    So, was the mate an instructor taking the poor fellow through an 'endorsement' on the bigger aircraft? This is the sort of thing that damages our sport badly.
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    Well, the spin recovery is the same as what I was taught in the Tomahawk years ago.
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    Dumb question perhaps but why do you need rudder trim in a twin engine aircraft?
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    People can go totally irrational when facing certain death. I've heard some very bizarre 'mayday calls', one where the pilot just kept screaming "help help help" without ever releasing the button.
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    I would hope that users of this site are not so gullible as to believe the video was real.
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    A golfer?
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    I've been doing video editing for years and couldn't come up with something like that.
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    www.9news.com.au for some details...
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