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Good work Dexter, I was wondering how to do it and still leave it use-able with the suction cup in the car. Thanks. Regards Bill

Hi Baphomet, I notice that the GME MT410 quotes typical accuracy of 5km, and the new Kannard is +/- 62m Could be worth the extra money Regards Bill

The first powered flight in Australia Entertainment Houdini's flight into history - Weekly Times Now Regards Bill

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Hi Ian, Will you be running another bulk buy deal when the new model arrives? Regards Bill

Hi Dexter, I registered and logged in without receiving any warning but haven't gone any further yet. I don't think my anti virus software is state of the art though.:gerg: Nothing bad has happened so far.:pc strikes back: Maybe that is an indication that I haven't a clue whats going on:lost: Regards Bill

Hi all, Found this on another site: A beta on line eLearning course for renters, students, pilots, owners and mechanics has been developed by Paul Hamilton. This has been a request from FBO’s, schools, instructors, and manufacturers to qualify operators for “basic” operating the ROTAX 912 engines. This is especially important for pilots and mechanics transitioning from classic aircraft engines (Continental/Lycoming) to the ROTAX 912. This course provides video from ROTAX industry experts Phil Lockwood and Dean Vogel. Additionally, this course provides the classical text for a comprehensive program. Successful completion of fifteen question quiz/test at the end provides a certificate for the course that can be used to show owners, FBO’s, schools and CFI’s, that basic operation of the ROTAX 912 is understood before use of the aircraft. Thois is an excelent intro to the 912 and provides many good tips for those who are operating the 912. During the next two weeks of the beta test, this course will be free. Just go to the web www.aviation-elearning.com and sign in as a student. Could be worth doing, I haven't had time to go through it yet but it is free "for a limited time only":thumb_up: Regards Bill

Hmmm. Maybe that is an effect of the change from the old microlight friendly HGFA and the new not so microlight friendly organization i_dunno Regards Bill

Geez your gettin soft Ray, that was seriously lucky to be worth 7.5

Yes your honor, guilty as charged

Hi Merv, I was in the kitchen the other day cooking breakfast when I heard a commotion outside. Of course I immediately ran out and there before my eyes a Flying instructor(3 axis) who flys lots of aircraft out of Jaspers Brush was getting the absolute suitcase beaten out of him by a bunch of Trike pilots . All of a sudden the sheer horror of what was happening hit me.................................. my toast was burnin'! Regards Bill

Hi all, You'll find a bit of light reading here . Regards Bill

Bingle in the shower

Hi Scotty, There was a long discussion about aerial position here Regards Bill

I dunno, I thought it was about the skills of the sailors, the design of the boat and perhaps a little luck. I am going to have to get some of that radar lookin' stuff they've got bolted on them, it makes them look special Regards Bill

Is it a bird, is it a plane….? (Photo credit: Alinghi) Port America’s Cup passers-by have been doing a double take recently due to the new arrival of two small weather planes at the Alinghi camp. Jon Bilger, Alinghi’s chief weather man, has the answers … Can you describe these devices? Are they planes, gliders? They are a combination of both. They are basically a plane with floats on them, so they can take off from the water and fly, but the idea is that we can measure the wind speed at any height we like. With a boat we're stuck at six metres but the planes can go to the height of the mast which is the equivalent of a 17-storey building. What are these planes used for? We're using them like a weather boat to measure wind speed and direction. They can fly relatively slow: from 25 knots up to 60 and we can cover a large area. The last America’s Cup was a race area of nine square miles and we have now an area of 450 square miles to cover, so we need some different equipment to do that effectively. When will these planes be used and who will fly them? We have two planes and we'll use them pretty much every day that the conditions are good for sailing Alinghi 5. The company we use is from Australia and we have a couple of experienced pilots to fly them. Is this a landmark in the history of the AC weather collection? Back in San Diego, they used helicopters for wind observation, so you had some sailors up in those helicopters to look at wind on the water, but this is quite a different application because we're actually measuring the wind speed and direction. It's quite hard to measure the wind speed and direction on a helicopter because of all the down draft, but on these we can do it very accurately. How will the collected data help the team and the boat? Because these boats are going so fast and because they are so large, the sailors won't be going up the mast unless absolutely necessary, not to spot wind. On an old America’s Cup course you could see quite a long way when you were at the top of the mast, so the decision making from the sailors was quite important but this time, because they are going so fast, and they tack relatively slow compared to how fast they go, deciding which side of the course is going to be done before the start of the race on the information we give them so it will be quite critical for them to go the right way. If the two teams go different ways they are going to be a long way apart in a short space of time. How will the weather data collection work in the next AC? Last time we were very fortunate to have the MDS (Meteorological Data System), which is a great programme. We had 23 weather buoys and a lot of land based stations, so a lot of the data we received was supplied that way. This time we have to do it ourselves... Jon Bilger watches the action

Hi Ozzie, We just have a sticker about 40mm square with the HGFA logo printed on it and the reg number and due date written in pen. It is stuck on the dash. I haven't said anything cause I'm not RAAus but I don't see the need for stick on pouches in special spots, it has been said that the way police do it would cost too much, well why can't the person/persons charged with the job of making sure rego's are correct sit at the airfield with a lap top reading the (easily legible from a distance) reg numbers, type them in and see if the details for that number match the aircraft and that it is current. No great cost there and they probably already have the laptop anyway. Regards Bill

Hi F.D, One that has always got me with most cars and now that you made me think about it, for aircraft is why no 'low coolant fluid level' alarm. I had an old datsun 620 series ute once (similar condition to your corolla i think) that was happily blowing coolant out through a hole in the radiator and rapidly cooking its self all the while the temp gauge was saying "don't worry the temps fine" (The temp guage measures air temp as well as fluid temp).It was only that I smelt it that I saved the engine. Regards Bill

Hi Pete, You need to go here Regards Bill

Hi John, No need to apologize, we like that sort of thing around here. What sort of trike and wing have you found? Regards Bill

Hi Country Kid, I think the scanner is definitely the way to go. When you do your radio endorsement you will see that aircraft radios are only for use to communicate necessary information such as your position, clearances from air traffic control etc. When you start flying you will also realize how annoying it can be when the chit chat gets to be too much. So it is hard to see that there will be to much opportunity for you to transmit from your car. Regards Bill

It just don't feel right unless I'm drivin' a TRIKE :super:

Hi all This is worth reading Regards Bill

Hi Shags, If you take a digital photo of whatever into K-Mart, Hardly Normal or any other photo lab kinda shop they will print it onto a mug for you. I reckon if you ask Slarti he might let you use one of the most famous orange cat in the sky :peepwall: Regards Bill

Hi Slarti/Darky, I would like six please with When I'm not FLYIN I'm SURFIN @. with Skeptic36 as the username Thanks