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An industry analyst I heard suggested it will cost the airframer $1B/mo for every month the grounding continues

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Its on again this weekend! Sunday is shaping up to be rainy and/or cloudy. I have the option to go either day or both. Warren Wind Sports Weather cam appears to be no more. The nearest OzRunways weather cam appears to be Mittagong. I guess I'll just need to cross my fingers and wait

It'll get off the ground no problem because that is the way it was designed. The take off distance required and the landing distance required might be more than you have available, which might be a problem

...and none from the surgery

About the same time Telecom became Telstra I watched some of those still employed drop dead from heart attacks. In one case, the day before he was due to retire. Let's have some more aviation humour?

This is the difference between BS and lies. Pay attention @fly_tornado because I'm talking about you. When "management" tells the workers BS, there is no relationship between what they say and what they do, or the truth. The BS doesn't defend or predict future actions nor does it have a relationship to any agreed facts. A lie is when someone says something which is proven to have been known as incorrect, in relation to agreed facts. When I hear "people are our most important asset" I hear BS. When that information is attached to actions like "people are our biggest asset which is why we (insert action here)" its probably not BS but also not a good seam to mine for humor.

http://www.klydemorris.com/strips.cfm?strip_ID=3040

Yes but not because of Lightning. The low radar observable paint/coating doesn't do well in rain and needs to be touched up IMO. AFAIK the coating is common or very similar between the F-22 and F-35. One imagines it doesn't like being blasted by rain at 300m/s

http://www.hunterflyers.com.au/weather-cam.html ...know before you go

JM I think you made my point for me. The dwelling resale value increase because a nice green field that somebody else is paying for appears next door ... has nothing to do with the fields usefulness during times of disaster. People should think that way but don't. The east coast latte sucking set, of which I am a member, don't think that way. They just see rich old men with too much time drowning worms from a tin dinghy. You can guess which ones are on the council. Hint: its not the boat ramp users

Nobody is flying over the neighbours heads to get to the sports fields so having it next door is quite ok?

@Yenn, also or ALBO?

Concept aviation would most probably had included one with other goods if you asked

...and I really don't need another hobby

I had a long hard look at this recently. There are some PPC instructors working between Canberra and Goulburn. I can't personally recommend any of them but I'd have no hesitation in taking the time to visit with all of them. Accomodation will always be the sticking point while training. Weather comes a close second but a lot of the theory just needs somewhere quiet out of the wind

Not too far from Canberra. By road for me, this time

Ballooning!

"Any beach"

Might be time to read the novel Stark by Ben Elton again

There is pretty much nothing open to the public, east of Braidwood (disused) or south of Jervis Bay until you get to Moruya ... unless you have something that can land on water or a helicopter. As a regular visitor to that part of the coast I find the lack of aviation noise quite noticeable. I've only seen aircraft flying between Woollongong and Canberra or Wollongong and Moruya. In between Burrier and the Shoalhaven river you might find Yalwal which is west of Nowra and not really on the coast. There is what appears to be a cleared field 800 x 150 metres angled at about Magnetic north at Woollamia Rd Woollamia and inside the Nowra control zone. Also near there is the Woollamia Visual reporting point WOI. For me the biggest issue wouldn't be finding somewhere to land, more like how to get into the nearest town. I will speak to the NSW Parks people when I am there again at Easter. What are you planning to fly and land?

Who named the airport? Did anyone check to see who named it? I'm not kidding. Go check and PM me. I'm surprised @fly_tornado let this one slip through, being the total fact hound this forum user has been in the past