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  1. johnm
    agreed DGL Fox .................... its a fantastic opportunity to get in the record books - and the longer an older person delays the record attempt - the more chance they have of having their names as the record holder for the longer period (just don't leave it to long though)
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    I hear you - I've seen them too
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    good stuff - a great achievement to be had it's not a crime to have gadgets .................... I bet the Earharts and Kingsford-Smiths would like to have seen some more gadgets
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    ................ not a good look for our sport, but they lived to tell the tale ........... lets not stone them to death by social media
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    Video: Pilot, passenger walked away from dramatic Mukilteo plane crash
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    seat belts each side of the 'in plane' toilet ..................... now that's an idea
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    True .......... i am sure he would shift - where ? Only Peter can decide that
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    ............. contact Peter Stanton 0403 865 474 experienced senior instructor RA Aus - wants freelance or permanent work (Peter asked me to post this on his behalf)
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    ............... interesting developments for flaps and ailerons coming your way soon ? - no mechanics or hinges see link below - this one is part 1 - there is a part 2 if you go to time 17.34 you can quickly get the gist of a particular facet - great looking stuff
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    Some of the C182*s (maybe the older ones) ................... seem to have a banshee whistle to them - which i think is more pronounced than the engine noise - from the ground when they fly past Might be the wing stuts
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    we have a multi subject conversation going here ............. flying and politics sticking to the more satisfying and interesting subject of flying - it will be good to determine if the plane is being used for REC use and also nice to see a polly using an ozzie made Jabiru (can't be bad for Jabiru)
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    ............................ well put octave
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    see link below - its to do with a rigger and a rope used in lifting / positioning a load ..................... Crash pilot wants answers
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    Dont forget perserverance, enthusiasm and dedication - (disregarding the expense) its a long road - but strangely rewarding ......... all at the same time
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    Looks like you are going the full monty ian - hope you kick some goals If so ........... consider a classified section ...... you can make a bob there Cars, houses, second hand fetish equipment etc
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    I could put informative FH but its a good cautionary message you convey .... particularly for the numerous Jabiru ...... so i gave your message a caution
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    I was at a party / drinking hullabaloo over 30 years ago - a person I knew (we always had a talk (not a close personal talk though but as new friends do)) as I approached him he said off the cuff .................. 'look at me John standing around here like a stale bottle of pi55' I don't know if I was supposed to understand the seriousness of the comment or it was a yell for help I did not hear - I never actually considered it until much later days later that he left this world by his own hand his sum total would have amounted to a lot and all would have said that - a nice bloke ................... I think now - if only I had of listened
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    can someone summarise the $ numbers for this plane (rubbery numbers below) roughly - $ 17,200,000,000 (17.2 $b) purchase cost - divided by say $ 95,000,000 / plane = 180 planes ? may be each plane flys say 150 hours per year @ $ 40,000 / annum = $ 1,080,000,000 (1.08 $b) ? seems like a bargain
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    my dad had +10000 hours in tail draggers including a lot in the DHC2 beaver - I did many hours sitting with him as a 25 kilo copilot I first took him up in a 152 and on take off he turned to me and chuckled ............... like, is this thing going to get us off the ground - never thought about engine power till that point :) then say a year later when I was in town he took me down to the aero club and there was only one plane available - a piper cub but it only had a stick in the front. It was a perfect day and he said you fly it son and i'll sit in the back (to instruct) - so off we went for half an hour. Its the only tail dragger I've actually ever flown - even till now some 30 years later - a great memory of the old boy
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    greetings also fellow earthling
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    One month late might be a bit severe ..... how about ...... ? In any case its a bit like putting fuel in the tank ..... there no economy or excuse for running out of gas - dont stop passing the pennies
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    .......... pure conjecture but I'll risk it ................. and confirm all passenger (s) out of plane - pilot probably, has vacated plane as well
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    .................... nice one cscott
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    and I assume no drill swarf floating around with laser manufacture ? ............. which I think would be a good selling point ?
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    True groundhog ................. but the story appeals to a rebelious nature - even if it could not be true ............ a lot hope it is
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