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  1. Those freedoms are still there. Kasper told us that. Quite a few people have been stitched up just by not checking; You could import a FAR103 Aircraft, but why not buy one locally under the Australian 95.10 category? Here is the website for Ultralights Australia Group: https://www.ultralightsaustralia.com.au/ It has links to its products: Aerolite, Quicksilver, Flyfox.
  2. .....teeth; pearly white and able to strip auto cable all day. Not many people know that Winifred was one of the nest pianists in the world. When you bought her sheet music, thinking you might start up in competition the first thing you noticed were the extra five notes per word. Winifred was buried in Northern Rivers Memorial Park, South Gundurimba near Corakai, Lismore, with a small plaque. Elton John found out about it.
  3. ......when people were picking on me (before I joined the AFLW teams) and calling me "Twobums", Turbo came into a bar when several huge brutes were rubbishing me and cleaned it out. He wiped the counter meticulously, removing food that had been there for 17 years, polished all the bottles and did the floor twice. He was AMAZING, but that's not all ............................
  4. .........Mustang Convertible. The room fell silent because the teacher had asked the same question and found that Garry still had 23 DUIs to clear through the Courts along with .........................
  5. That was more or less what we concluded when we were discussing the aircraft operating in SA at the time. It's consistent with range still being in the Top 4 EV issues when loaded and operating at highway speeds and in country areas. For RA airctraft training I would still look at a 70 kts product, so dramatically less hp consumed per circuit, and legal for 500 foot circuits, so less full power climb, less distance per circuit, more training circuits per hour. Those two things mean lower up front cost as well for the airctraft. Sure, it's not going to be used for cross country training, and qualified students are not going to be hiring it for trips away, but from my experience people who want to do that move almost immediately to something like an Arrow anyway, so it will cost them less to do the cross country training in GA.
  6. So what happened to your J230?
  7. It's not new technology. Hopefully the RA training aircraft are out there racking up training hours. Remember they set an endurance record, admittedly by being followed by two car crews with trailer-mounted generators. But range isn't an issue if the proposed operation is withing the aircraft's range and safety margin.
  8. Following the sale of the Airport in 2012, a group of RA owners were going to move to another small field some distance away. Doe anyone know whether that survived. I've counted 9 members of this site with an array of aircraft from Jabiru, Morgan etc to a Wizard winged trike and a C150 who are no longer members here, so it's possible it failed. In 2009 there was a plan to turn it into a "Freight Hub" but of course a Freight Hub pre-supposes there is a huge tonneage which needs to be brought into that location and a huge tonneage waiting to go out to make it financially payable.
  9. ....was forced to go back and fly that fateful mission that made television history around the word, won him a Medal of Honor and condemned him to touring schools and being asked questions for the rest of his life. It was at Great Falls, Montana Junior High that ......................
  10. I take it you didn't bother to take the relatively simple step of checking what the SP2 Zone includes or take any notice of the fact that someone can put in an Application for something Pilots might not want and have it approved at the Tribunal. If I wanted this airport to stay I'd be on red alert right now.
  11. No, you're correct. Just about every engine has its own lifecycle. Some, designed for linehaul over the road multi trailer work might have an industry expectation of 1.4 million km, but I've seen new model series with problems only achieving 650, 000 in their hundreds and other new modesl series coming off the line and achieving 2 million km. Going down to smaller diesel engines I've seen two different diesel engines going into the same application with one achieving a consistent 60,000 - 80,000 life cycle under the load and a competitor engine achievingf a consistent 250,000 and in later versions getting out to 800,000. km. Nothing beats costing each vehicle (engine) separately and totalling the invoices to bring you down to earth.
  12. You get above that easily by taking it to the State Tribunal. Of course an awful lot of people sit back and do nothing and the Council decision stands by deafault.
  13. It's staggering how much has changed since 2019 when I did an analysis of the lot. Adding to the cross owbership you referred to is the Chinese supply route into older brands.
  14. If you want to go up the financial structure to Stellantis you have to add the following brands. Citroen Opel Peugeot Vauxhall
  15. As of about 35 seconds ago Fiat owned: Abarth Alfa Romeo Chrysler Dodge Ferrari Fiat Fiat Professional Jeep Lancia Maserati Ram Trucks SRT
  16. Just ensure there’s 12 volts going into the terminals while you pull the old battery out and connect the new one, affects the computers as well as the ECU.
  17. No that’s a different question. Life isn’t as simple as that. An owner or lessee can apply for a planning permit For anything at any time, and most Tribunal hearings are for a decision on why a different Use should be permitted despite the zoning.
  18. Each zone has a list of as of right Uses (where you don't need a permit), List of Uses which require a planning Permit (different to building permit which comes later) and List of Uses which are Prohibited. If you look at those lists attached to this SP2 zone you can see what's allowed and what's not allowed.
  19. They don’t own the property so can’t do anything as long as its rates are being paid and the uses are in accordance with its Planning zone, overlays and permits.
  20. You...you didn't wear the denim and boots did you Skippy?
  21. There are two vehicles schemes operating now: HEV Compressed hydrogen gas is carried in the vehicle, goes into a fuel cell which converts chemical energy into electrical energy which powers electric motors. Successfully trialled by MTT Perth in three buses around 2005. Buses powerfull and quiet, not practical costwise. Honda leased HEV Civics in Los Angeles a few years later, brought one to Australia. Several versions currently operating. HICE Approximately the same process as CNG vehicle. Hydrogen gas fuels an internal combustion engine, zero CO2 output, eliminates battery drive, suits ICE Car platforms, normal ICE range.
  22. .....solo flight in the Tennis Court (avref), and since it was dark they sat around listening to old 78s of the Russian composer Clackmaninoff who never disclosed how he was able to play such a wide scale of notes. In the morning the Carrier went to General Quarters and Garry...........
  23. Have another look at the aircraft size.
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