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    in the appendix of a book I just started reading - comment from local topdressing pilot 'my throne, a cockpit' his comments re R Pearce:
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    assuming that is a verbal arrangement / agreement with RAA ........................... or is there written text from RAA that explains / supports this
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    Unusual how there is no printed protocol from RAA on this subject It always seems to be a phone discussion with RAA .................. why not some clarity - with options (if any) Same with 'on conditon' - what does that mean .............. plus intitial documents .............. & initial and annual rego costs Is this a new modus operandi for RAA ??????????? (new being say the last few years) a lot of 24 registered planes are - or will be - in this boat
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    looks like both pilots were fixated on both their own direction of travel lucky the helicoter looked right
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    ................... unfortunately some videos seem to be more about the announcer than the video itself better with the sound off
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    E24 - nnnn .............. got it Neil_S
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    thanks FV - I'd like to see more on this requirment of aircraft registration - is there a printed RAA policy / protocol on this ? (prior to say 2023 / 24 a 24 - 0000 aircraft could remain 24 - 0000 (with a time expired engine - as long as it was not hired or used for training) ................ but now things seem to have changed ?)
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    what type of aircrfat rego is it ...................... a 19 - 0000 or a 24 - 0000 I'm hearing that if its a 24 - 0000 (factory built) and the motor is time expired - then it has to go to 19 - 0000 rego that's my ruff understanding of it ?
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    what about ferreting around aviation museums ........... even volunteering the old hands there (where ever there is) should be able to point you in the right direction ? ........................ probably an obvious suggestion https://visitbirmingham.com/listing/midland-air-museum/137221101/
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    C-5M Super Galaxy.jpg

    johnm commented on red750's gallery image in Military

    C-5M Super Galaxy.jpg
    lancaster and B17 were about 65,000 ibs max take off weight 750,000 lbs ? (filled to the gunnels) - for the Galaxy ................ what a beast
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    photo 2 & 3 suggest the fueslage pivots in relation to the wing ...................... shirley not ?
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    ......... yes it was unusual how the legislators imposed a driving log and hours on those that were getting a license while they themselves were not subjected to it (of course that sequence was unavoidable) all that system - the driving log - does is stimulate false entry to get those hours up ( ....... a bit like when you have a CPL and need just a few more hours to stand out shoulders above the rest) (and I appreciate not all do this)
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    .................... and; 'the floggings shall continue until morale improves'
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    The Tairov OKO-1 (Opytno Konstrooktorskoye ................ it could have been a futuristic concept (sponsered by the great-grandparents of Messers MacDonald, Jack, Dinno and Hutt) - on the off-chance that the 1935 60 kilo person might evolve into ..................
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    Nakajima G10N Fugaku - gunship (post above) Project Z called for three variations on the airframe: heavy bomber, transport (capable of carrying 300 troops), and a gunship armed with forty downward-firing machine guns in the fuselage for intense ground attacks at the rate of 640 rounds per second (i.e. 38,400 rounds per minute). interesting concept - 40 downward firing guns A .303 shell weighs 14 grams ? - In one minute: - 38400 x 14 = 537,600 grams = 1/2 a tonne
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    ............ a bit more
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    keep up the good work Red ................. always a treat to see the wierd and wonderful (the planes Red)
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    lets support steam gauge aircraft instruments and ........................ bring back the steam gauge telephone - society will be safer, quieter and safer
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    sone nz background https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/31899/blake-wilson-named-cairns-helicopter?page=1&scrollTo=322937
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    yes - its hard to reconcile all the things we think we know NZ pilot - not an Oz pilot - worked for Company - got promotion - on the turps ? - stole - went flying at night
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    misinformation ? ........... when I owned by little Tecnam plane - as my daughter was going to Maroochydore - I asked her to get a box of shell engine oil (with all the tech instructions) - when she was aked what sort of plane it was ......... she said it was a 2 door ...... oil was not purchased in the end
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    I had to check ........... my informant tells me this pilot owned 2 aircraft - both Kappa / sabre - so that starts to make sense why there is one in the garden on a post
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    that pilots family still live at the address ....... you are right ? - it was a Kappa / sabre
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    noticed a Sabre ultralight in a garden on rural res land (about 40 kms nth of Gympie) (can't get close to it - don't know its history) looks great - on a timber post at that - by the looks about 2003 / 2004 these planes were very popular and sought after .............................. sabre 2.pdf sabre 1.pdf
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    elvis's jetstar motorhome

    johnm commented on red750's gallery image in Other Photos

    elvis's jetstar motorhome
    they are all hustling ............... for a $
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