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There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black: 1. He called everyone brother 2. He liked Gospel 3. He didn't get a fair trial But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish: 1. He went into His Father's business 2. He lived at home until he was 33 3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian: 1. He talked with His hands 2. He had wine with His meals 3. He used olive oil But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian: 1. He never cut His hair 2. He walked around barefoot all the time 3. He started a new religion But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman: 1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was virtually no food 2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it 3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was still work to do

Nope but if you go here you can see a larger pic. Regards Bill

Like this you mean

Hi Alf, Whats involved in the repacking? Does it have to go back over seas with all the associated freight problems? Regards Bill

Hi Blue, Something in your P.M got the memory working again and I contacted the previous owner of my trike who was good enough to find the address for me: Wingtech Pty Ltd 19/30 Kalaroo Rd Redhead NSW 2290, 61 2 4944 9222 Regards Bill

Hi Blue, Hepworth freezer suits are the only way to go. When I bought my trike it came with flying suits, they where useless, the Hepworths are much better and easier to get on and off. We also have one of these (for my wife:thumb_up:) Regards Bill

Hi Adrian, Airborne have one on the drawing board see here, don't think it's been released yet. Regards Bill

This clip is one of the most entertaining I've seen :thumb_up: Ultralight's at The Sun and Fun - Videos - Trikepilot Social P.S the yellow trike which keeps appearing belongs to the man with the camera. Regards Bill

Sure did :thumb_up:

Hi all, I understand the value of knowing the frequency and using ATC if you require them, the thing I don't get is how you can possibly maintain a listening watch on two frequencies (ATC and CTAF) unless you have a radio capable of doing it simultaneously as Dexter has (I believe there is a Vertex model which can do it as well). I'm pretty sure most of us don't. I have tried this before when flying with other aircraft and trying to be on the CTAF and 123.45 at the same time - all that happened was I missed everything, so gave it away as a bad idea. Regards Bill

O.K, Had a read back through the workbook over breakfast. I found three references to area frequencies. The first was in the question: What is meant by the term SARWATCH? My answer: Putting in a flight plan which details E.T.A.(must be canceled either on the area frequency prior to leaving the boundary or by telephone) The second: What are the minimum calls required by a microlight outside Controlled Airspace? My answer: As per question 12.5 (that was CTAF and CTAFr stuff, not relevant to this), as per VMC criteria, if we go above 5000' must advise location if requested to speak by air traffic services or other aircraft. The third was found in the aviation maps and publications section: List four features of the information contained in the following maps. b) ERC (Enroute chart) My answer: Commonly flown routes, controlled airspace, major airports, restricted and danger areas. Instructor adds also shown Radio Area Frequencies, sport aviation use and cruising levels. Looking back I suppose I should have questioned those things I obviously didn't understand/ hadn't had explained. But without the knowledge of the existence of the Area Frequency I can find several ways of explaining what I must have thought the above to mean. In summary I would have to say it is a partly a HGFA problem and I have to take some blame myself for not questioning the references to Area Frequencies (the way I justify this to myself is that I must have thought area frequencies and CTAF's were the same thing (might help me through the day anyway:Flush:))

Yep, cross-country, passenger and radio endorsements. When I get time I will go back through my work book and double check what I learnt on the subject. My memory is far from perfect on things that where only discussed while doing the theory but something as fundamental as this should be written down in my work book surely. What do other HGFA pilots say? Did you all know this stuff, How did you find out? Regards Bill

Sorry Howard I should have read your post more thoroughly. Perhaps the HGFA should recommend "Center" rather than 121.5 for emergency reporting in their training syllabus. What does RAAus teach? Regards Bill

Thanks everyone, all good stuff:thumb_up: Howard, if nobody is continually listening to the emergency channel and you are therefore relying on chance that someone hears and then relays second hand information to ATC, wouldn't you be better off to declare your emergency on the correct ATC frequency direct to them? If so why does the emergency channel exist? Regards Bill

Hi all, I have been reading about Bluey's recent navigation problems:lost: here and his radio use to help him out of the situation. I was taught that if there was potential for an emergency you should make a pan pan call declaring your situation (this would be done on the emergency channel right?). Or if you have an emergency obviously a mayday call on the emergency channel. My questions are: How did Bluey contact Melbourne central, are they listening to all frequencies or is there a specific one for them? Why Melbourne central, if he was flying in the vicinity of Orange then Sydney is a lot closer, don't they have a service like Melbourne? By the way, I am not being critical of Bluey in any way, I think he did a great job of avoiding disaster. My motivation is to find out the stuff Bluey knows:contract: that I don't:ne_nau: Regards Bill

Sorry Alf but you'll just have to keep trying. I have been reading these out to my wife and she says he's (thats you) nearly as much a smart as you (thats me):ilmostro:.

Slow day on the rig today is it Alf

Jim, I'm sure if you fly up there to Bills place he would most likely pay you a fee to land there, as he is of course one of them rich farmers with his own strip lol. Not like me I'm only a poor offshore rig worker.thumb_down:help: Cheers Alf Hmmf, the only reason I had to do all that work setting up my own strip was cos I couldn't afford hangar fees Jim I won't pay you to land, but I will certainly offer you a cup of your preferred brew. Thanks for mentioning about Lakes Entrance it prompted me to update my profile. Regards Bill P.S for hijacking your thread mate

Geez Bill, I thought you were going to say you cut the top out of that hill south of your strip lol, you know the one i am talking about.;););). Will come up one day and test the sst wing out when i get it that is of course if I can see your place the mega speeds i will be traveling, I might have to start slowing down abeam Bairnsdale lol :big_grin: Cheers Alf Yeah I know the one ya smart:censored: Will we need some sort of hearing protection for when you drop out of hyperspace:laugh: Regards Bill

Eh, I resent that :DirtDOG: If you turned up occasionally you would have noticed it has been levelled, has markers and a fence the biggest improvment though has been cutting the top out of the tree that is on the west side of the threshold. I didn't realize how much it was pushing the final approach out of line until I put the markers out. Regards Bill

Hi Jim, I would have to agree. Have you seen this site there are a lot of videos there from all different camera mounting positions one even has his mounted backwards. Regards Bill

Hi Marc, Welcome to the site. I can't help you with anything to do with aircraft building, but you probably need to be a little more specific with your question ie. do you want to know what tools you need, how much floor space, skills, materials etc. Or is it conforming with regulations you need to find out about? ;) Regards Bill

Question from HGFA PILOT TRAINING WORKBOOK :When is it permissible to conduct a private conversation on a VHF aircraft radio? "Officially never (123.45 chat channel)" is the answer my instructor was happy with. Regards Bill

Do they give you an actual day i.e if it's the 1st of Feb to the 31st of Jan then it is 24 months, but if it's the 1st of Feb to the 1st of Jan then that sucks. It is just unbelievable that they think these things will have any impact on terrorist activity. Regards Bill