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  1. rankamateur
    He did the same to me to but is it uncommon in high time pilots to actually verbalise it before take-off?
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    Do experienced pilots still tell themselves "Engine failure on take-off, land straight ahead" right before they reach for the throttle? Or is that purely the realm of we rookies and rankamateurs. The last thing you hear before it happens must help keep it in your conscious decision making. Is knowing what to do just not enough? Is it time for us all to revisit this thread again http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/you-have-been-told-by-kevin-walters.40364/ and the wise words of the man himself "Even if you did get it around, you are now coming in downwind with low airspeed, not a good situation to be in. The choice really is , A controlled crash, with airspeed control all the way, and a good flare at the end, ...or an uncontrolled crash , with zero airspeed control after stalling the inboard wing, at low altitude !..........I do like Kevins anaology of "straight ahead to the hospital, or turn back to the morgue !".......................................................Maj..."
  3. rankamateur
    Good to see you back Mark.
  4. rankamateur
    And why are there not many ladies in aviation?
  5. rankamateur
    Yeah Yeah!!!
  6. rankamateur
    Cabin frame tubes go in that gap where your finger is.
  7. rankamateur
    What he said.
  8. rankamateur
    If you are wealthy.
  9. rankamateur
    Also from Oakey and Dinmore west of Brisbane. Seems like an excellent idea carting freight up the range through Toowoomba to freight it to Hong Kong.
  10. rankamateur
    What about a push bar and an old clapped out quadbike?
  11. rankamateur
    Saw a similar display at Natfly at Narromine, but it was twice as good, there were two in the orbit and they did about three orbits before they got dizzy and pulled out.
  12. rankamateur
    Aviation Training Centre "Student Pilot Kit" served me well in all those regards. There are others too, but this one was recommended by the flight training facility I initially enquired at. I ended up training elsewhere but the materials were fine.
  13. rankamateur
    Reports of extensive damage overstated, were they?
  14. rankamateur
    https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/30159483/one-dead-after-parachute-incident/?cmp-yfb
  15. rankamateur
    So they are inferring there was no intent?
  16. rankamateur
    Just reminded me of the video of the plane landing after the wing fell off. Not so extraordinary in an over powered radio model which was almost the same as the full sized one on the ground in the video.
  17. rankamateur
    Essential R C? Wonder what that means.
  18. rankamateur
    Much of the advice as offered for XL builds is directly applicable to your build too, so don't overlook that. Happy riveting!
  19. rankamateur
    This kit has been sitting around for a long time and the language in the manual hasn't benefited from the revisions that have taken place over that time. the current manuals have 3D drawings and much clearer Italglish descriptions. Remember the advice about the picture when supplied being over the page, then it becomes much more useful.
  20. rankamateur
    The vice chancellor has approved aviation degrees to begin at USQ next year. My youngest is a USQ student ambassador and they have been pushing aviation degrees to prospective students even before the approval came through. She isn't keen for me to go hanging around up there starting the degree though, might cramp her fun.
  21. rankamateur
    It would give you one hell of a headache if you did!
  22. rankamateur
    Are you going to try and preserve the dual controls or just use one in the middle?
  23. rankamateur
    From Facebook : Very lucky that all passengers and crew members are safe and well. This is at Moranbah Airport today where Supercell Thunderstorm produced 156klms/hr wind gusts. "So this is our plane after we got absolutely hammered by a storm cell at Moranbah airport. We had just boarded the plane and the storm hit, 160 kph winds rolled the plane over and jammed a wing into the Tarmac, then lifted the plane and pushed it about 50m then spun us around. Full on. All ok, airport damaged and closed until further notice. Beer o'clock now, I tell ya. FIFO yeeeew"
  24. rankamateur
    That is good news, I hadn't heard. Looking forward to having a play with the fully loaded factory built demonstrator soon!
  25. rankamateur
    A Disco ball?
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