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The site is running slower on my computer Ian .

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Recreational Flying .

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Bernie as previously advised once you have read a post from the What's New (unread) page it is no longer unread which is why it disappears from the unread page. This is why I created the What's New (All) page so you can see all posts both unread and read. So if you wish to go back to a post that you have just read you simply need to click the What's New (All) link in the What's New sub menu.

In fact you may like to make the What's New (All) page your default What's New page so it will always show you all posts both unread and read. To do this it is very simple:

 

1. Click the What's New (All) link in the sub menu of the What's New section
    
    
   
2. Click the little tick next to the page title
    
    
   

 

 

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Now when ever you go to the What's New the What's New (All) will be displayed automatically showing you what you have and haven't read.

 

NOTE: you can also select the Expanded option on the right of the page to display the first few lines on a post as well by default AND

 

You can select ANY of the What's New pages and set as your default page by doing the same thing as above AND

 

You can create your very own unique What's New page as well

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Any reason why the post disappear once read ? before they stayed and you could just go back and re-read again if another post jogged your memory on something ?

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Where do I enlarge the font size ?

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I had my door on my gazelle open while under instruction above Kilcoy Qld .

I just changed hands from the joy stick and closed it....no dramar .

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It doesn't need to be as big as it is , it takes up too much room on the side panel .

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I seen the "gorilla" and was amazed others didn't .?

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Great story's , my uncle who I'm named after was a photographer for the RAAF during WW2 , he was killed off Good enough Island in a air battle . Remnant's of the aircraft are still there , his son Malcolm , my cousin never met his Dad as he was born during the war . My Dad was a prisoner of war captured by the Germans in Egypt during this time . Bernie was his youngest brother .I have the letter my Dads Mum sent him to inform him of his brothers death...I still have emotional moments reading that letter , I don't know how it must have been for my Grand Mother to write it .

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The name of this thread is: Safety (Lack of injury and death) is my prerequisite and priorityPrerequisite: "a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist"

It follows that on this thread we should be talking about safety levels towards the top fifth percentile in aviation, rather than the "I survived despite the odds" exceptions.

 

The first time I ever heard of "tiger country" was when I started talking to RA people; In GA, where I hire aircraft, my CFIs insist on flight planning around any country unsuitable for a forced landing, FULL STOP, no exceptions. That does eliminate some destinations, and it does add flight time to others, but it also does allow a forced landing opportunity. Two people on this forum, Facthunter and Farri have consistently advised that you should never fly over something you can't land on, and that advice could save your life one day.

 

A number of people from time to time excuse themselves from this safety action by saying they "were only over tiger country for about 15 minutes".

 

The aircraft doesn't know that, and forced landings are made for many more reasons than an engine issue, fuel exhaustion, or flight planning mistake.

 

That 15 minutes covers about 25 Nautical Miles. A couple of months back a Pilot died at Moorabbin Airport, between a spacious golf course and the end of one of the main runways, maybe two or three hundred metres from touching down on the runway. ATSB has just ruled out engine failure as the cause of not making the runway or golf course.

 

In some quarters there seems to be a dyslexic misunderstanding of CASAs approach to ensure top 5th percentile protection around airports. The Visual Terminal Charts have been set in concrete for many decades to ensure the safety of airline passengers as their aircraft lets down for the terminal. Many times I have been on RPT aircraft on the VFR leg into Wynyard, where we were flying in about 500 feet above land to make the airport. Two Ansett pilots were prosecuted and convicted for making a Wynyard approach over the sea BELOW land level. That's the nature of northern Tasmania. Safe RA flight planning is simple; if you can't legally fly under the VTC steps (remembering the T stands for "Terminal", so very big and very fast aircraft could be in its legal space), then its a simple decision to stay away.

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Stone the Crows Yenn. Do you still talk in stones,bushells and cwt..? What's that in Cms and Kilo's? (and I'm older than You). Nev

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My nephew and niece flew out of Melbourne for the USA yesterday , they were booked on a UA flight when they got to the airport they were told al UA flights were grounded.....no other info...They got on to their travel agent who got the onto a Virgin flight , so all was not lost...They were pissed off by the lack of any info about the flights being grounded...apparently known for a few hours , they were told all AU world wide were grounded...so I looked on my tracker and low and behold I could see AU flying in other parts of the world . They were also pissed off about having to do all the security checks again .

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Parks and wildlife have the lease on all that area all the money goes to them .

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I'm at present Farm sitting in Scamander Tasmania , we have two more "sits" before returning to QLD .

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Prairie the only pub in the world with a horse on the roof and a buffalo in the back yard .

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I remember watching that on the news way back then .

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I read them Phil .

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I'm amazed at how we never knew things like Billy Hughes nasty contribution. Thanks Old K . We were all victims of propaganda.Here's an example of how effective propaganda can be: When my mother-in-law saw a bit of a Zero in the Winellie museum, she didn't believe it...  "No", she said, "those Japanese planes were very crude things made from sticks and rags". ( This was similar to how our soldiers were told the Japanese troops were similar to monkeys and therefore not much more dangerous).

 

She was a teenager during the war when she was told about the planes, but  after 60 years of having the opportunity to know better you would have thought the wartime lies would have been overwritten.

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Yesterday afternoon there was a war bird doing rolls and loops just off George Town Tasmania .

I think it was a Nanchang ?

Does anyone know who or is the pilot a member here ?

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I'm in the north of the state at Upper Castra at the moment. Any where near you beeza ?

Will be near Launceston From Monday .

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This wind turbine is on a farm a cuppla miles from where I am in Tassia at the moment .

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Thanks Marty will take you up on the coffee when we get down Hobart way , could be a few months tho .

Still enjoying the top haif .

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Hi Adam , I'm from the main land (Qld) but in Tassie for the next 12 months or so just touring around , in Railton at the moment .

Any Tassie members want to meet up just give me a yell and we will see what happens .

Bernie .

My wife told me .

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