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  1. Jabiru7252
    Hi. I am logged into the RAAus website, in Manage My Membership. I'm trying to get my flying hours entered. Trouble is, the list stops at 2015 and I cannot see how to add any more rows. Any help appreciated. I was hoping to do this tonight.
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    Spider-in-my-plane
    Many years ago my instructor (Frank Page) asked if I was the type to jump out of the car in a panic if there was a spider on board. I said no. He said good because if you are that type, you could be in serious trouble if a big ass hairy spider ran out of the dash in the plane you're flying. I have driven my car a few times with a big huntsman running about in it and it's funny to watch folks pull up at the lights and act like you're in grave danger. By the way, this is an attempt at using a 'green screen spider ' in my video editing software. Pretty good job I think.
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    Why not go for the J170D. 600kg MTOW, 135 litre tanks.
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    I have flown as a passenger in the back seat at night. When it's black down there I wonder what one does when the engine quits. You can't pick a paddock, can't see trees, wires etc. I would not do it myself. Even over the city, it's scary, although very pretty.
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    At least they didn't call it a Cessna...
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    Well, if this were happening at work, we'd all have to do mandatory bullsh*t courses on how to be nice to each other and not offend those who are ABCD or EYTF or whatever it is.
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    Mine was 36 years ago but I remember it well. Two circuits in the Tomahawk then the instructor (John Mariner) said okay, make this a full stop. He got out, told me to fly one circuit then put her away. Terror, excitement and relief. Glad it was a smooth cool day.
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    The world would be a better place if everything was not profit driven. If an airline had one dollar left over after paying all operating costs and other crap it would still be a great thing because it's employing people. I think it was Karl Marx who said competition would be the demise of capitalism.
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    I was flying my Jab on a hot day, only light winds, but found myself banked 45° and pointing 45° off the runway just as I started the flare. Landed heavily with the wing tip inches off the ground. Fought to keep from spearing off into the grass. Terrible experience, I suspect I was caught by a dust devil. I no longer fly in hot weather (> 30C°), too old to put up with that shite any more.
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    An ambo driver once told me that he has come across car accident victims that have made no contact with the interior of the car during a crash but died because the impact has snapped their neck or their heart has been ripped from its mountings.
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    considering how intact the cockpit is, I wonder how they didn't walk away....
  12. Jabiru7252
    6:30pm in July at Parafield is black as, so, it's more likely to be a bat or other creature rather than a drone.
  13. Jabiru7252
    I reported to CASA a drone being flown about 2.6km from Parafield on a line extending east from runway 21R on the same day.
  14. Jabiru7252
    Now, that's interesting because the person I knew found the structure around the top of the cockpit in the Foxbat was too close to his noggin. Each plane presented a different problem for one being very tall.
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    Well, we had a guy at the club that was pretty tall. He sat in a Foxbat, Savannah and Jabiru. I think the Jabiru J170 was his best fit, but still had his knees around his ears.
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    To fly angel flights, I think you have to be IFR rated and current. If this guy took off in the conditions that existed at the time and was not IFR rated then he would be a king of fools. Somehow I think this is not the case.
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    Not being a spitfire pilot, I won't make out I am. Just wouldn't want to be stuck under that thing if there was a fire. The spectators were brave, that's for sure.
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    hello. Do you wear two headsets when flying?
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    In 1990 I was in Rapid City (South Dakota) and hired a 172 and pilot for some flying over the Black Hills and down to Sturgis. I was 'in command' for the entire flight and the pilot just sat there and asked me lots of questions about flying in Australia. It was great fun. He had sighted my licence (PPL) and logbook and was happy with that. The impression I got was that he would have let me go out again without him on board if I wanted. I chose to attend a boozy lunch with some locals instead.Things were so much easier before the 9/11 crap, that is for sure.
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    auger in?
  21. Jabiru7252
    It's sad how some folks come across on these forums.
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    A guy has flashing LED lights on his plane and he is visible for miles before you see the plane. Much better than the halogen crap I have.
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    "Which at 110 knots is plenty really, that's still a long way between fueling and a lot better than slugging away at 90 and a lot cheaper than a Cesspool 172. " Well, it depends. I fly because I like to fly, so 90 knots is great. If I flew to get from A to B in a hurry the 110 knots would be better. Having said that, you'd need to fly at about 135 knots to make any real difference in time unless the distance was greater than (say) 300 nm.
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    But at the higher fuel burn, the range is limited - maybe 675 nm?
  25. Jabiru7252
    Well the range depends on which way the wind is blowing, but my Jabiru J170C, at 15 litres per hour and 135 litre tanks you can get 9 hours at 90 knots = 810nm. That's Adelaide to Brisbane in a straight line, no wind.
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