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bye a electric dog collar have ya pax zap ya ........he he

Also might be worth a look at 'skyfuel' located at bankstown I haven't got a price off them yet but have been told they were resonable

I carry No-Doz caffiene tablets in my aircraft, and always take one before an afternoon flight. There's something about droning along in an aircraft at that time of day that really brings on the heavy 'drowsies', and can't just pull over for a quick nap.JG

And say what you like about processes being in place to fight fatigue but look at the trucking industry most are complying but there is still quiet a few that push harder than they should.

The poll Doesn't indicate NO breakdowns.Any problems found at leak down test ie valve lapping required, in my opinion is not a breakdown, just regular maintenance.

GA engines do this regularly at service I am told.

 

Phil.

I can see how sometimes you have to do extra things to maintain any engine in good order ie top up oil tighten hose clamps etc but I think once you are talking valve lapping I think that would nearly be classed as a breakdown. I mean if they aren't lapped then how much longer till it would breakdown? I wouldn't like my mechanic telling me valve lapping was 'regular maintenance'

G'day Bob and welcome.

Make sure it is a two sweater when you find it not that I'm the sort of person to bludge a ride:happy:

Just amazing every 55 minutes. Took me longer than that to put on my wing tips

Lol took me so long to work out how to post it that you already had it:smash pc:

Trying this I'm not the best at photo uploads, search 'density altitude calculator' and it is the second one that pops up:thumb up:

So how does removing FTFs insurance from the RAA policy improve members services? Wouldn't the RAA be better off passing on the cost to the FTFs

Edit I just reread your post did you mean for the members to contribute the extra or the FTFs? I originally read it as the members

Welcome David

Sorry reggie I couldn't help it

What the original poster was referring to was a picture of a lazair that looked to have twin props on each engine but they were mounted one right behind the other with no offset he put a pic in another thread.

He wasn't referring to the engines but to the fact that it looked like four propellers and two engines

Edit looks like he beat me too it

Don't have the book in front of me , but from memory it's around 68-69 KGs .................Maj....

I had a nice trip up to a glider field called Lake Keepit to see some friends. Not a bad day for flying, though it was smokey in the Singleton area coming back. 3.7 Hours round trip which I think is more than the last couple months of bad weather combined.I was at lake keepit in/on a boat on Friday I love watching the tug tow the gliders up and also listening to the gliders singing as they come back over to the field while dangling a line, two of my favourite pastimes

At what point do you consider the 'possible suspect engine' to be a factor? The videos referenced show the engine running prior to the attempt to take-off absolutely faultlessly; the NZ TV video explicitly states that a faulty fuel valve was the problem. This accident was a total stuff-up on the part of the PIC; bringing the reliability of the engine into question is an expression of an entrenched attitude towards Jabiru engines that is completely not proven by the circumstances. Provide me with any evidence that the phrase ' a possible suspect engine' is justified in this case and I will acknowledge the point.

I guess what I'm trying to say is if I was a pax in this case I would hope that I wouldn't get back into that plane until the fuel had been drained and fresh fuel put in (putting the beach take off aside for the minute) as I would consider the engine unreliable till that was done (nothing to do with jab problems but just on the fuel situation alone.)

As I mentioned earlier if the valve was turned off then all this dribble I've just written is null and void:duck for cover:

Thats jab number 3 down and its the 11 th

And I was going to say it wasn't the engines fault that they ended up in the water but I think now that ive studied it a bit more I'm sure it was the engines fault because you can clearly see it pulling the plane into the water.

Anyway it's a bit hard to blame this one on the engine:peep wall:

"Spiralled into the ocean" gotta love accurate news descriptions. From what the camera showed it looked fairly straight to me.

Could have been a lot worse.

And you have to love the conspiracy theorists

Maybe straight after the adrenaline rush of an engine out landing isn't the time to be doing a new (short field, beach) takeoff. Also with that camera angle from the rear maybe the pilot even subconsciously was leaning to the left away from that hill??

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, it's easy enough to say we wouldn't do this or that but more often than not when we get put into situations like this we all think "we will be right" or "won't happen to me"

Leading zero's etc. Surely you are arguing about nothing? Nev

I haven't read the ops manual so I can't offer an informed opinion as to whether this is right or not but if it is then farri is right to be upset.

I have to mention as well that I had a question regarding filling out paperwork for ASIC and I rang the RAA office and I can't praise the staff highly enough they are always friendly and happy to help with even the most silly questions that I have:cell:

There might be something between your ears but whatever is between the ears of the great majority of overweight/obese people out there, it isn't what we once used to call common sense'

Yes our lifestyle has a lot to do with our problems just sit down and work out what I like to call screen time of the average person today compared to even 10 years ago and then have a look at our diets, (even the fresh food we get doesn't taste anywhere near as good as home grown because its grown to last and look good not to taste the best) consumers have been found to want consistency and you can't make products equivalent to the best fruit,vege,milk year round but you can bring the quality down to the lowest year round and we as consumers are happier with that than to have a variance in a product.

Hmm I reread my last past and found the wording a bit harsh, sorry kg maybe it's time I had some sleep

I think it is all BS to say you don't have choice about your weight in some circumstances. It's genetic etc. How many fatties were there working on the Burma Railway. They all had a choice. Work & get a piitance to eat or not & get shot. Not good odds but there still was a choice.

I'm sorry kg (shortened the name as it was suitable in this context don't you think?) but to say those very unfortunate people had a choice is disgraceful and not a view I can agree with, I have never been a prisoner of war and I hope you haven't either and I just don't think we could even come close to understanding the pressure that they were under but I don't think they had any choice in the matter.

Sorry I don't mean to sound grumpy or rude but I don't think the aviation laughter section is a place to bring pow's.

and on a lighter note I have no choice but to be the size I am because the wife puts the food on the table and I said no once:thrown out:never again

Just a thought I had but maybe instead of going off weight it should be width based,

They could have a frame that is the same width as a seat and if you fit through that's fine if not a surcharge would apply, a bit like the height sticks at shows and the like.

I like Marty d am somewhere around 100kgs but i still fit within the confines of 1 seat :-) but have also seen people the same weight who are maybe not twice as wide but considerably wider so I do think the width based system would be slightly fairer. Another thing if it was weight based i wonder how the sales of laxatives would go at the airport?

Wow now that would be a trip to remember, I find the view from a few thousand feet spectacular but that would be something else. One of my favourite things about flying is it just reminds me how small and insignificant me and my problems are:nod: and helps me see the big picture, although maybe that high would make things look so small and insignificant that it would be scary:oh yeah:

Ps it sounds like the training would be enough fun to keep me happy for a while:crazy:

Must be built alright otherwise he (possibly she) would've busted their nose gear.

Also going by the imprint it looks to me like it was an arctic spreadeagle:hug: