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....get their food from supermarkets and campaign to ban cattle.

When looking for the fighter pilots of the future, the RAAF doesn't walk down Smith St, Collingwood checking out the dudes lying on the footpath, or cruise through Logan in an MRAP; no, they go out into the Country where the the average resident started shooting rabbits or wild pigs for the family dinner when they were five.

These were the people you could rely on to .................................

Country School Excursion - Grade 6

........a duck lifts off the water, when it's hit by the sand, it's plucked.

CT is a thinker, and rightfully was given a SHOT award at the annual Hunter Oscar Awards on Hollywood boulevarde.

Australians have always done well at the HOA because...............

....explaining his "Bunker technique" which didn't rely on laminar airflow over the wings, but somewhat lost the crowd when he spent too much time on the refinements of getting sand out of your sump, ball joints and universal.......but CT gave him both barrels with ...........

.......satchel in which he carried all his air navigation data, consisting of a flash drive.

Cappy, who could easily pass for Serge with a beer gut was curious.

"Where do you plug it in?" asked Cappy nonchalantly, not knowing what a flash drive was.

OT saw where this was going and ....................

.....Cocktail cabinet for those unfortunate enough to get caught in it for an hour or so, but the more important news was that Cappy has been asked to appear on LA Tonight to be interviewed on his new book; "How to make a Cessna hop!"

Cappy became all nervous that his Australian kilt might not be understood in the US and Turbo agreed that the host who usually humiliates women might call it a skirt so it was down to Turbo's favourite outfitters on Rodeo Drive with the warning that he would do the talking (after the last time when ......)

........but Cappy had watched the how to land a Cessna on a golf course and flicked it straight up over a mound then let the leds hang down in a bunker, did a 90 degree turn between two flags, spun around and went off at rioght angles, hopping a tool shed, weaved between a four, shaving the peaked cap off one of them, bounced it down hard on a green allowing him to jump over a bunker and then ........................

.....odd way of walking.

When faced with this lurid story from Cappy, who notoriously missed every gnu he ever shot at, Turbo patiently explains that one embarrassing scar occurred when he slid off a haystack and landed on the top of a steel picket and the other one was from his motorcycling day which ended his two wheel career.

NES "Thousand Club" readers who get the live story on video will notice, next time Cappy comes int camp with a gutted and skun gnu on his shoulder, that it's his faithful servant Gunga Din Sing who has the blood all over him and is carrying an old iron sight 30/08.

Cappy has his scars too, and one day when he did his usual and ran the home made J230 out of fuel, the outcome was ...........................

3 hours ago, onetrack said:

In my long experience (60 years) of owning, repairing and dealing with many warranty claims on a very wide range of engines - many from reputable manufacturers (including large American ones), the standard across-the-board warranty policy is - the manufacturer identifies the reason for the problem, and if they find and admit to faulty parts or components, the replacement is limited to the supply and installation of the faulty parts/components, and repairs are done at the manufacturers expense, limited to replacement of the faulty parts/components - and no other claims for costs or inconvenience, or other incidental losses, or replacement of associated parts/components, will be entertained.

 

One of the biggest problems I have found is actually trying to get manufacturers to admit to manufacturing faults. In some cases, I had to get an independent report that produced evidence of faulty parts/components. In this case, Jabiru have "manned up" and admitted they've produced a faulty component, and are willing to replace it at their cost.

 

I think this is very reasonable, and I don't think it's reasonable, or fair, or even legally enforceable, for Jabiru engine owners to try and get Jabiru to pay for transportation/relocation of the owners aircraft, or supply a brand new complete engine, or to try and claim other incidental costs related to the repair or downtime. 

In Australia, after you've bought a product there's a Manufacturer's Warranty with a specified end period PLUS a Federal Government (Australian Competition & Consumer Commission) over-riding law (https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/buying-products-and-services/warranties#:~:text=Consumer guarantees are automatic and,on the product or service.) explained in this link.

....trench to attack the enemy when they least expect it "Turbo" has never let me down in battle, even when.................

.....Unfortunately the exoskeleton started to rust out and Turbos movements became more and more sluggish to the point where the film crews had to speed up the film to keep the story line.

It didn't go well if the Star sas "What are you pointing at Turbo", and turns around to find Turbo's hand still firmly in his pocket. He sold the rusting EX to a Chinese, Dimsim Wao who wanted to mass poduce them and sell them to Americans who were having difficulty domestically.

In the meantime the SOS group were getting hungry so Capp y went out and shot a Gnu just as he used to do on the Khyber. As he came into camp with the gutted and skin Gnu over his shoulder, CT loudly proclaimed "You idiot! Don't you know Gnu's are sacred around here these days!"

"What Gnu?!" replied Cappy, this is a rabbit!

CT who knew a rabbit when he saw one realised what Cappy had, necessarily done, and said "...

......Hal amd Al ere somewhere on the subcontinent.

They had been recruited by the Most Excellent Division of King Charles and Company of Bombay. They were embedded in the Indian SOS as chicken stranglers,  and were quietly popping off Pakistanis on the Northwest Face and leaving no trace ...............

....of all the equipment in the 908 Kenworth, the most valuable asset was your town.

"Next time you are on the road" he said "and an an NHVR, turns on his little Jabiru flashing light, his little "tick", "Tick", "tick" siren and pulls you over on a crest, just as he gets to thge door wave your towel out the window. You'll never see him again!"

Meanwhile down on the India/Pakistan border, 21 bright green turbans appeared above the rocks. One minute they would be facing towards the Indians, next minute facing each other, next minute facing away from the fireground and then back facing the Indians. They only did this once because a P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P broke out from Sniper CT, a few unfurles 6 metre green strips of silk floated across the lines and it looked like game, set and match except ...........................

.......they had eliminated the Great Capitan!; scourge of the Punjab and Khyber Pass!

However, those of us who serve with him know his towell smells like a pack of hyena after they've been feasting on the rotting carcass of an elephant.

The towell was still there and it was noted that not one Pakistani or Chinese Aircraft (China was supporting both sides) aircraft flew anywhere near it. Those in the trenches downwind knew why; it was the old Khyber Towell trick and worked ........

........towell. It used to be white, but it was Cappy's and we know his standard of cleanliness.

Immediately the towell was riddled by Pakistani bullets. This meant that .......

.....have the equivalent of a Telephone Box comnversation. This was difficult because the civvy OT had been so reliable. Could it be that he had been stitched up?, Could it be that he loaders had filled the boxes with the easily recognisable Kalgoolie sand? Or Could OT have been the victim of fowl play?

As Turbo and Cappt locked OT in the Dunny they both agreed this wasn't like the Khyber which was an ANZAC operation where NZ Bob supplied stores like clockwork, but.........

.........Raj, who had left his Kenworth at Moree and was flying back to India to become a fighter pilot. There were actually 387 others in blue singlets and shorts, all going home to become fighter pilots and there were Kenworths parked up the full length of the Newell and Bruce Highways.

And that's not all; all the Roadhouses that served the munchy curry that gave you the runs on a long trips, leading to aboriginal site names being replaced by names like "Whiteass Pass" were gone to fight in the Indian Army.

"Walruss Team 6" had been carefully selected, so Cappy and Turbo could be Joint 3 Star Generals, not required on the front line, and The Observation Officer was bull who given a weird looking grey thing and a pair of Chinese binoculars. bull was a natural of course because you only had to look at the dilapidated aircraft he flew to know he could keep anything flying. Sergeant CT was in charge of the Snipers, and RSM One Track was in charge of logistics, transport and purchasing.

As WT6 left Australia ..........

........use at the Transport Legend Awards, but came in handy at the King's Coronation.

In fact he carried two packs of business cards, one in each pocket, but the problem was remembering which card was which and there was that very embarrassing night at the 2024 Art Awards when he pulled out his humility card and gave it to the Governor. "Doo We keneau you? asked the Governor and Turbo had to pretend to be about to throw up and excused himself only to run into ...............

33 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

i meant around the world. hummelbirds are popular.  you are giving me a headache. i need a rest .

you cleared my constipation anyway.🙂

Focus on how many are in RAA, many basic aircraft are popular in other countries. We have to focus on the ones that are legal to fly here.

10 minutes ago, aro said:

Join the SAAA and learn?

No point in silly trolling.

17 minutes ago, aro said:

The standards you refer to don't exist for GA experimental. They are a figment of your imagination.

No standards, no oversight, make your own decisions, at your own risk...............doesn't sound like the CASA I know.

2 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

There are a lot of hummelbirds flying so why is spaceys special.

 

Flying in Australia legally, under 95.10 regulation?

34 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

which one suggests it can be done, i was wrong about wing loadings, there is a section on that. i agree with what you saying but his aircraft may fit criteria under vh rules. for instance if the stall speed is too high for raaus . it might be ok for vh.

only an inspection by a vh exp inspector will provide the ultimate answer.

RAA aircraft are only allowed to fly if they can achieve the designated stall speed range in order that landing collisions will result in a lower level of damage/injuries. In this case the structure isn't going to be redesigned, tested and rebuilt to GA standards and stall speeds, so there's no rabbit hole there.

2 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

 i simply posted what i could find on the subject. i don't believe the comments about registering without inspection.

someone has to do an inspection to provide a coa.

stop trying to turn everything into some liability argument. 

It's not a liability argument, its very unlikely that an aircraft which has been grounded on safety grounds will be given a tick by another Administrator if they are given the original reasons yet here we've seen irrelevant documents posted suggesting it can be done.

There's a lot of skipping around going on here; either a refused RAA Aircraft CAN be flown in SAAA or another category or it can't.

The owner said 21 hours ago(these times will change as time goes on): "I believe the 95-10 Wing Loading" is not applicable to VH Experimental. Am I wrong?"

21 hours a document was posted: SAAA Controlled Document IppGen008-001 headed Convert RAAS amateur - built to VH Experimental.

This was a general advice information paper  which did not refer to cases such as where RAA has refused to approve/register and aicraft on safety grounds.

There was no mention that an aircraft had been refused on safety grounds, no suggestion that this would be advised to SAAA/CASA.

At 19 hours ago the owner said the advice which was being posted "does what is needed"

Your advice, your responsibility. If CASA rejects this point blank, what are you going to tell the owner?

6 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

. saaa inspectors are not going to pass an aircraft that is not airworthy.

Well the owner should be told that rather than be given a different story.