Jabiru7252
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Did you bring any COLD weather with you????
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Regarding Gawler, be aware that Saturdays are training days for LSA students and there is also lot's of Glider activity. Local frequency is 126.55 Mhz.
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WHAT!!!! I fly out of Gawler, am a member of the club and I know nothing about this.
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It's the same for all forums. I'm a member of Ham radio forums, computer programming forums, science forums and the behavior is the same. Must be part of the TCP/IP suit but I am not sure which layer it's at.
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Quote : "When we first came to live at Hill Top in 1965, a fire in the Burragorang was 'all hands to the McLeod tools and backpacks, down the hill, go for it' The lady who ran the local phone exchange ( yes, we had wind-up phones here in 1965, through to about 1970) was the de-facto 'incident controller', the locals got instantly onto baking scones and cakes and making infinite depth urns of hot tea... In the 1968 fires, we nearly lost the place here: it came to within about 500 metres when the wind reversed and bought rain. I have some stories about that fire - but not germaine to this thread. : End Quote. Arrh yes, These were the days when men were made of steel and ships were made of wood and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
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Has the RAA blocked me from accessing their website?
Jabiru7252 replied to fly_tornado's topic in Governing Bodies
How do you folks pay your RAAus fees? I do not have a credit card, I have a debit card but they can't use that. They do not supply a BSB number. I logged onto the website and discovered I only have 96 hours total flying time which is wrong by a long shot. I wonder if your details are correct? -
78 year old pilot. Hell, if I can manage the dunny by myself at 78 I'll be happy, let alone an aeroplane. Thanks to the Great Magnet he made it out alive.
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Starts in games, ends in tears...........
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I have seen that plane go over on a few occasions. Nice looker. What a pity.
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Mid-air with eagle at Bathurst
Jabiru7252 replied to Gnarly Gnu's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
I'm surprised the propeller didn't fail. -
Use a winch or pulley to pull the plane into the hangar?
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Is the wing on backwards? The photo makes it appear so.
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I wouldn't bet on it. You can have a degree in Physics or Mathematics and not be able to operate a video. It's true, I've seen it.
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I'd suggest your brakes need work because it's not a known gripe with the J160 or J170. I have heard the J230 could do with better brakes. I once had the brakes lock on (due to the silly design) after landing, a dreadful experience.
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I knew a guy who spent many years in Japan (from the 1950s onwards). He said the Japs got into the war because they saw the west as trying (forcing) the Asians to become westernized. They saw westerners as unrefined slobs.
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She has what one would call an "indomitable spirit". Reminds me of that guy with that horrible body wasting disease. Lost his legs before his teens, his arms by the time he was thirty. His body was gone when he hit fifty. As he approached sixty he was nothing but a head on a pillow. At sixty five all that was left was two eyeballs, but this guy kept on fighting, spreading hope and inspiration. At seventy he went blind. Shows how lucky we are. This story was told to me by a fellow at the Juliar Farr centre back in 1999. He was truly buggered but was as funny as fart in an elevator.
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What's an FOI?
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wow, things turn nasty so quickly....
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I think you focus too much on the fear. I went out in a Foxbat as a passenger on Sunday. Seemed quite rough to me. I asked the pilot what rating on a scale 1 to 10 was the turbulence and he said 4. I would have said 7. Just shows that it's very subjective and once you get used to it it becomes a non-issue.
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I know of a Jab and a Tecnam that had engine failures that never got a mention anywhere...
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There is a lot of info on this sort of stuff (irrational fears etc.) on the internet. Some crap, some very good. If you dwell on the bad memories instead of the good, you'll never get back in the air. The last few flights I have done have been in conditions that make me nervous but as I completed each flight I found it easier to do the next. I forced myself to concentrate on what I will do during the flight rather than thinking it's gonna be bumpy or rough. Once in the air it was not as bad as I thought and by concentrating on the flying - perfect circuits etc. I had less time to think about the actual rocking and rolling that might occur. And as usual, the video showed the turbulence to be quite minimal. Eventually I will do away with the blouse altogether.
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I'm thinking of getting an engine leak down tester. Anybody got suggestions? I don't want cheap junk, on ebay they range from around $50 to $300 or more. Thanks.
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British Jet near miss with missile
Jabiru7252 replied to Robbo's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Any missile designed to shoot down an aircraft would be either RADAR guided or (more likely) IR guided. And at a 1000 feet away it would be on you in the blink of an eye. If it missed but was close enough it would detonate its bomb. I think the story is typical media BS. The pilot saw a pelican through the bottom of his vodka glass and got spooked. -
And edit the title to say Yoke not Yolk. A yoke is cool because you can change hands easily (as with a stick between the knees) but a centre stick you can't. It's what you get used to. I like the centre stick in the Jab because it has the arm rest. I don't like the position of the throttle in the Foxbat but a mate who owns one says it's great. Again, it's what you get used to.
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Don't dwell on how rough it might be up there otherwise you won't go. When I get into the air, as soon as I stop crying I concentrate on the task at hand, that is, the navigation. (I use map and compass, not ipads etc.). By doing the 'real' pilot stuff you tend to forget about the bumps and wing rocking, that is, until you're back in the circuit where the crying starts again. Having said that, I do avoid hot days or windy days.
