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"Do you want me to open the lock? asked the Smirking Alternator, or (giving the alternative) "are you just pleased to see me El Rattster?"....

With those conditions, it looks like you won't be flying for weeks Qwerty

No, just "address not found"

Your photos appear to have been removed by Australian Customs Qwerty.

Photos of Tasmania can be frightening at times.

...study onomatopoeia." "Then we make fun of Jaba-Rrr-Rrr-Rrr-Rrrrr-ooohs"

onomatopoeia - Definition:

"The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to."

The Rat had seized upon the revelation about TartiTanSpot to quickly change the subject, but had there been drama at YSWG2?

Had there been a cold morning?

Had there been some "Jaba-Rrr-Rrr-Rrr-Rrrrr-ooohs"

Was it all turning into "Jaba-Rrr-Rrr-Rrr-Rrrrr- Pooohs

"Crunch, Crunch, Crunch, Crunch" The rat was walking over the gravel in his winter boots, a blower heater under one foreleg and a set of jumper leads under the other.

"Click, Click, Click Click" went the key in the lock, but nothing happened and the Rat cursed as he realised he was going to have to make yet another Sportstar callout and wait for the smirking alliterator.

That's the crazy part about it Slarti, why would you deliberately choose differing standards; you only have to read these threads to see the confusion - and that's before anyone takes to the air.

And sure it's only 3 hours for flight under the hood - that's about $600.00 to every RAA person.

Why make excuses for a very poorly thought out situation. Is everyone endorsing this level of management?

Youtube contains a lot of illegal, and stupid, flying, so it's not the bible for survival, and certainly not a professional source of safety information.

A rating of +6 - 3 g isn't out of the ordinary - the Sportstar has the same rating.

For a home built I would reduce the rating by about 30% to take account of varying rivet tensions, misfits, stretches, mistakes etc.

The Tiger has wire braced wings, a lot more strength than light rivetted aluminium.

When Turbs replied with the old offensive joke "No, I just want you to meet one of my mates, I don't want a ......."

...Doggy Bag"

In yesterday's news the promoter is identified as Keith Sweeney.

For those of us considering purchasing air facilities, can you give us some background on him, particularly his skills at developing airports, and some examples of past successes?

Also, I realise you might be reluctant to attach a map on this thread, but can you confirm that all sites will have taxyway/airside access.

You will appreciate that we are all very cautious following the collapse of the Domain project, which you were talking up on this site.

Good luck with it Ron, you've studied and worked hard enough - you deserve the success.

That's a pity Squirty, because I'm st*ffed if I want to come over in this weather and fly it across Bass Strait.

Judging by the northerly wind here, I'd finish up in Patagonia, so it looks like you're off the hook with the Jab.

Does anyone know if there is some kind of temple I should be bowing down before??? or some sort of offering I can give to the weather gods....coz at this rate I'll never be a licensed pilot!!!!

Yes you will.

Not only that but you'll be one of the best pilots because you've been through most of the curves that weather throws at you compared to those who may have done it all in a very short time in calm conditions.

However, don't tell anyone, but Qwerty caused all this.

Don't worry about the spelling, but I think you should forget about aerobatics in the RV6.

Talk to Facthunter for some very sound advice - he really does know what he is talking about when it comes to aerobatics.

Qwerty certainly won't be bored after reading this.

No one's going to be disappointed about the performance of electric vehicles, that's for sure. I drove an electric truck in Japan and the push in the back was like a 5 litre V8 - a massive change from the sedate diesel take off.

I'll put up 50 bucks for the Jab

You're just an aerial hoon Mazda

The most exciting thing about this electric car is it's battery and by saying that I'm not putting the rest of the car down.

The three bugbears seem to be service life (plenty of batteries around that need replacing at 3 years = $2000 < $4000), weight (too heavy or too bulky, Range (plenty around with short range, not too many for 2+ hour traffic cruising).

You can lease a Honda fuel cell Civic in California right now, but the simplicity of an overnight plug in would be better.

Might be a good idea to post the airport layout plans here Futura, then everyone could see things like access and so forth, and you might get some support.

Looks like there will be a problem with the "professionals" though.

The Board of Airline Representatives of Australia, Inc. which represents the Airlines has said:

"There are fundamental economical and aviation operational reasons why a site outside the Sydney basin would be unsuitable and, most likely, non-viable."

querty, querty, QWERTY, QWERTY!

Ah, he's been washed away

That's how the spin was going, but it was spin

Matt and Dazza. It's important that you do read the history and maybe talk to some of the people involved.

There's absolutely no point is supporting something if it's going to mean you can't fly there on the grounds of safety and cost.

Well if it isn't our old mate Futura back to haunt us.

I notice he started a new thread after lapsing into silence on the main one.

It doesn't surprise me one little bit that the plans don't give aviators much joy.

I wish the great Professor Kasarda well, but his Aerotropolis concept has very little to do with aircraft and a lot to do with packing development and profit around existing facilities (which usually offer cheap land and big spaces.)

That the big spaces are there for safety reasons usually goes straight over the heads of the developers involved.

Call me a country yokel, but when I look at the Southern Distribution Hub website I see an Industrial Development Project.

And I don't see the Metroliner as the bulk freight carrier of tomorrow.

The words "Distribution Hub" are also interesting.

The critical ingredient which forms a freight hub is a demand for equal volumes of freight moving in and out.

Simple, I know, but without that ingredient the area is just a destination, and lack of backloading financially cripples the carrier.

I couldn't see a Kenworth operator paying half a million dollars for a truck which carried goods to Goulburn but had to run home empty.

On a bigger scale, many shipping companies around the world are currently looking at what is going to replace the Post Panamax ships - the ones that Port Phillip Bay was dredged for.

opjne likely scenario is that long ocean routes will be handled by much bigger Hubbing ships, but these would hub from Singapore because Australia just doesn't have the two way volume.

Take a look at a map, see where Goulburn is and judge for yourself.

"But we'll make a fortune out of 'em when they front here late Sept" responded Shintaro "We'll humour them while they eat out tucka, and then we'll retire to the Liverrand, get mallied, settle down, have some nipppers of our own, and build a prane. It will be a ....................."

".....Rots" he said, then we can bag anyone.

How did your day go Squirty?