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    A messed up go round on a short one way strip. What is a one way strip? OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: The CFI and instructor were on approach to a one-way private strip in an instructor training exercise. The aircraft bounced upon landing with limited opportunity to recover with election to attempt to go around being unsuccessful. The aircraft clipped the tree tops.
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    Thrusters can three point however tail low wheeling is kinder on the airframe. These are high drag low inertia aircraft. You can see from the pic that the wing is at stall angle sitting on the ground. The jabiru engined Thrusters, the T600, are a British development of the original aussie machine.
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    So I have taken up Bob's very generous offer of a free Thruster. Not sure exactly what to expect the thruster exceeded my expectations in every way. Some restoration required but importantly the skins are very good. Should be flying in about 6 months time. I think Bob was happy his thruster which he obviously loved very much has gone to a good home. He is welcome to come out any time for a fly.
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    They want or need to retire debt, building more hangars will not achieve that. Based on reality a hangar costing $125k will return a gross income of about $12,000 pa. Pay insurance and other cost and you are left with f a to pay the interest on the $125k loan. The days of cheap hangars and rents may be gone.
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    Yes, it connects via WiFi to display adsb traffic.
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    FR24 shows landing well east of gympie township.
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    Final destination appears to be a short strip surrounded by timber.
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    Skippys aircraft did not show on fr24 as he departed and climbed. Aircraft with adsb transponders show on fr24 in the circuit at cowra.
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    They have to wrong park in the vid.
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    Had a look at the flight track. They did a good job into that tiny Terone park. Fairfield golf course would get my vote.
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    Operational limitations for class 5 medical. Operational limitations include: Private operations only. Aircraft certificated maximum take-off weight must be 2000 kg or less. Must only operate under the visual flight rules (day VFR) by day (no IFR, no IMC, no night VFR). Must not operate above 10,000 feet above mean sea level. Must have no more than 2 persons on board. Must not use a CASR Part 61 operational rating. For example, instructor rating or low-level rating. For a complete list, refer to the definitions in CASR 61.010. Must not conduct aerobatics or formation flying. Must operate wholly within Australian territory. Pilots can access controlled and non-controlled airspace.
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    There was also VH-ENA a Beech 58 stolen 5.1.77 at Wyndham. A sad event.
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    He would have had one, he worked for the company as a ground operater.
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    I saw some of the early fights on FR24 before they blocked it. Not much to see performance wise. If it was any good they would have it for all the world to see. Same for the eviation alice. If it's not on fr24 it's not a thing.
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    Getting ready for the Pacific airshow. The freedom formation and the Roulettes, should be a great show.
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    Skippy you must be excited by the Austro and Delta Hawk. Liquid, geared and diesel, ticks all the boxes. Are they cheaper than a Lycoming, not sure about that. Delta Hawk is direct drive.
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    I think the market is for a screw in 3 and 1/8 inch replacement for a vacuum instrument in a certified or experimental aircraft. New builds will go with flat panels. I like my hybrid 6 pack.
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    They could have included the Cessna 177, the new model that was to replace the 172. Not a bad aircraft but to different for many buyers. 4295 built.
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    We saw it in 2019, was fairly fresh then. If it hasn't been redone it might be hard to see. Diamantina river between Birdsville and Lake Eyre was spectacular that year, amazing contrast with the red stony desert.
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    Can't do that in a transall
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    So this Gazelle should have an hour meter and hopefully logs that agree showing total time less the pilot record of brakes off to brakes on? OK sounds like a sweet deal.
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    In my experience, hours for maintenance purposes are taken by the maintenance organisation from the hobbs or tacho as per maintenance release.
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    That would be a Rotax.
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    That is true, more so in times past. While warming up on the ground if I heard an inbound call from the north west either pilot could initiate a conversation about separation. Traffic on a screen would allow one or both to see if any actual conflict might exist without talking on what might be a busy ctaf. The future awaits.
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