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I agree 100% with your sentiments HIC. Damn shame I am not on the Gold Coast because this is just the sort of thing that would keep me interested. I feel that it is not so much that people "want" the plastic fantastics... rather that a market opening was identified and developed for them. I feel that with the right "encouragement" there would be a market... say a machine that is easily built from simple components with moderate performance... 70 knots is plenty... less would be fine too.

I was just looking through my E-mails... having a clean-out... when I found this. Don't know how I missed it. This was the final communication I had with my Dad... He passed away a month after sending this E-mail. He was unable to talk by this time. It was Dad's influence which gave me my life long love of Aviation... and we shared our passion until the very end. I thought you may enjoy the links to Youtube he shared in his final message... Probably no one interested in the personal part as addressed to my brother and myself but I will share the whole thing as I received it... Just... because. He was so ill in the end this would have taken a BIG effort for him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Garrick and Don thought you might like these links to You Tube videos on Hanna Reitch and the history of gliders Mum said look for the silver C Love Dad

Thank goodness... I was beginning to think it was me who was the problem regarding my attempted correspondence with my elected board member Runciman. The man acts like he is off with the fairies in my opinion... and go ahead and threaten me one of the people who elected you...with legal action Mr Runcimann... Again...

P.S. My Mum had a Quadruple By-Pass just over 10 years ago... She is visiting with us at the moment and has never felt better. She tells me that the improvement in health and quality of life was immediate after the procedure not withstanding the major surgery. You will be back on your feet and feeling like you could run a marathon within the week (although not recommended until the scar heals)

Good luck Mark... Sorry to hear the news but real happy that you are still with us and that a fix is available. I recently started work in the local Hospital as a Wardie... It only took a few days to come to this frightening realization... No one amongst the half dozen or so heart patients admitted daily expects to be in that bed. There but the grace of God goes any of us. Impending death for most of us doesn't give notice and most of us think just like you describe... we assume it is nothing and that we will be fine and don't want to cause a hassle. The Medical staff in my experience will take it seriously and will be happy to see you and if you are showing signs of heart failure you won't be sitting in a waiting room for long if at all. This illness is a great leveller and the fear I see in the eyes of these people is haunting. I had a case of Pericarditis last year... the nausea was what sent me to ER. These days I fare sxxt myself whenever I feel nauseous.

Agreed...

I didn't know it existed... I regularly read "The Headlines" (Latest one from Google News on Hoaxes) when I visit the site for the first time on any day. If I knew it was there I probably would use it... or at least check it to see if there is anything interesting. Edit: Just noticed that the link you provided is all the extra stories below the main story. So I guess I do use it regularly... perhaps just needs a little enhancement to draw the eye to the stories further down?

These legendary aviators flew their Bell47's exclusively from the left hand seat... perhaps something to do with mustering? Bloody legends!

That is a real shame about Larry... He was a bit of a legend in my eyes based upon his Youtube activities.

I thought it would fit in 95.10... ? Isn't there no restriction on number of type of powerplant?

This bloke.... Larry... has a few Youtube clips of flying a Turbine Quicksilver and a Turbine Ultralight Chopper...

Sadly... Solomon posted a while ago that the machine was destroyed in a fire... fortunately without burning the house down!

Prophetic words from Tony Hayes (RIP) in 2006...

Maj... Would you pleeeeeeeease nominate for the board at the soonest possible opportunity!

Sorry... I should have said... etcAnyway this is all off topic Macca... Have a Merry Xmas! (not angry just jovial and a little loud like Santa)

Tell me about it!!! I just ate 6 Carrots, a Cup of Cocoa, 2 Ari Bars and a small bag of Reindeer Oats! All in the name of Santa!

And... I will say... surprised that someone who claims to have been bullied would become the bully. I can't really get my head around this.

Are you referring to the bold type? Not angry Macca... Just perplexed.

Lol Maj... I can just see the Job Advert... Do you sxxt Bird Seed? If so Ra-Aus WANTS YOU!

This is exactly the intention of these threads Macca. Seems to have worked pretty damn effectively. If not for this site and these threads there would be no "attention" being given to the problems at Ra-Aus.

Would happily. Would rather have never known.

The Painful Truth... http://www.moveon.org/share/72e232/hollywood-legend-ed-asner-has-outraged-republicans?rc=share-555af0

The reason they get away with it is this... If this is true (and if you look into it you WILL reach this conclusion) it makes EVERYTHING you thought was meaningful in your life a lie... It means when you go in to kiss your Kids (or Grandkids) goodnight you can never look them in the eye and tell them "It is all going to be OK" because you will know it is a lie... This is a very heavy burden to carry... I WISH I DIDN'T KNOW MYSELF. It doesn't suit the world view we have spent our whole lives building up... our whole belief system. It is easier to believe the lie than to face the painful truth.

10 years ago to suggest the invasion of Iraq due to WMD was a scam would get you shouted out of a room and declared a "Terrorist Sympathiser"... Heck I called it within weeks of 9/11... it was obvious to anyone with a grain of common sense... Today it is common knowledge to anyone who takes the time to look... 10 years ago the Australian Wheat Board Scam was the same.... Today it is common knowledge... I guess this sort of BS it OK? It will all come out in the wash in time...

It WAS official US Airforce Policy to issue Go/No Go Pills and is extremely well documented. Their have been court marshals based upon pilots getting too trigger happy and blaming the Pills.... US Airforce spokespeople have defended the "Official" practise publicly... It has been described as the "Gold Standard for Anti-Fatigue" by US Airforce Colonel Peter Demitry, Chief of Airforce Surgeion Genearals Science and Tech Division.... Where did you get this idea from Gnarly Gnu? They don't hide it.