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    Tell us about your last flight

    in Trips/Events/Seats

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    Had a short run from Somerton to Baraba today, took a NZ farmhand for his first light plane ride.

    I aborted my first take off when I wasn’t accelerating enough, first time doing it for real and didn’t stuff it up, I was just off the ground and not gaining speed. I know what my error was, a little too keen to get airborne with back pressure. My passenger took it well and didn’t ask to hop out. I went back uphill to the start, held the brakes a bit longer and was correctly airborne in half the distance.

    the rest of the flight went excellent. Nice walk into Baraba for a coffee, then a run around the mural on the silos, Manila at 1000 feet agl over Lake Keepit from one end to the other at around 700 agl and onto the farm strip.

    a great day and a new friend made.

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    So have any of you Mexicans (Victorians)– smile people - made it across the border by air.

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    There are also certain groups with a lot to lose if it all gets sorted and the longer it stays the more they gain. Who got the most money for the least effort?

    I think the unemployed, a friend of mine bought a new shotgun and has so far banked about 6k extra and spent nothing on going nowhere. I had to spend $4k with the accountant to get some business help, and I think we get taxed on the income, so less than a third of it lands in your hand to pay the things it was for. Almost like a save the African children campaign.

    Sydney Seaplanes de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver VH-NOO crash report update

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

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    Another reason I will not have a diesel or gas heater in a caravan....

    Hi Jack, good quality diesel heaters like the dometic one are safe, their intake and exhaust are outside, only air over the head fins heats the van. fitted probably 100 of them now, I don’t like the gas ones by truma, exhaust and inlet are inside and prone to leaking if installed poorly. They do cut off f intake breathes fumes from exhaust inside the intake tube. Cheap Chinese copies should be avoided, they are poorly done with no safety features. One customers read 190c on the heating outlet when I tested out of curiosity last week. That will melt clothes, shoes etc, and burn you if not careful.

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    Excuses needed

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

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    What do you expect? IF she'd been working in an aero club office, maybe she would think differently.. You expect Airlines to be of a higher standard of safety and they should be. Once they've had a holiday in Italy, they are probably ruined. You used to travel overseas to appreciate what you have here, but that's becoming less applicable than it was . Nev

    Maybe holidays at home will become the norm for now,Well at least until we forget how good we have it.

    Just Landed

    in Just Landed - Welcome

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    Hi SteveD, Welcome from another 182 owner, bought mine then learnt to fly it to gain my RPL for access to controlled fields and longer trips with more pax. I love getting air time in it when Wx and work permits

    cheers

    clinton

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