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I was catching Qantas at Emerald and the 2 pilots with the braid and hats walked to the door to go airside One of the airport satff had to swipe the door to let the pilots out At that point the airport staff made a great point of showing the pilots her ASIC card .................... apathetically ? the pilots then showed their cards (which they wear around their necks anyway) to the airport staff ? - mindless Sigmund Freud might say it's sexual ? - I'll show you mine if you show me yours ? All I can say is I am glad airport security don't wear six shooters - there'd be a stack of dead bodies in the corner

your becoming to soft in your old age Ian remeber to keep a jar of coins for your retirement - don't give it all way

met you at emerald neil when you were deleivering a storch to NT ? go get 'em neil ............. and no doubt - let us know what happens when the suits finishing arguing RGIB seems to offer very reasonably priced insurance ............................... I'm assuming that RGIB behave themselves .............. if a claim is made ?

some one said ............... 'fighter pilot - the memoirs of legendary ace robin olds' isbn 0312569513 was good - bought that book - great bloke, read and one of the strangest but best endings I've read in an aviation book ................. cheap too - $ 15 ww2 and vietnam flying

one or two JATO packs .................. if it proves a bit too heavy !

ferris - regarding the holder ................... I drill a hole thru the card (breaching casa regulation 16 b) ii)) then slip knot a rubber band or such like thru it ................. this way you can hang it off a button, button hole, eye glasses (looks stylish), belt (western look out west), hat (fly swat), forehead (shade) etc still like to hear from someone that has lost a card - I'd like to hear what process was required when the said plastic was lost - the hallowed card - I suspect a stat dec might not be enough ? (stand on one leg and crow like a chicken at 10.25 pm on a waning moon ?)

Got my 3rd ASIC card today - 3rd 2 year term with this card I'd say in summary the process was easy with RAAI (thanks) but in the great paper shuffle I was told RAAI did not have the old card and it was up to me to ..............blah blah........... ! The requirement is to return the old card before getting the new one Has any poor unfortunate sole lost the 'hallowed' card and what was required to appease the legislature ............................. prior issue of the next one ? As said many times before - by others - it's (ASIC card) the most irrelevant piece of plastic I carry - no ome has ever asked for it at the required aerodromes - I wonder what its (ASIC card) bureaucratic fate might be ?

sunrayisa says 'people are seriously hurt. And the insurance companies aren't concerned, Jabiru blame everyone ' sunrayisa also raises an interresting point - if there is a percieved danger and insurance companies reacted - things could get ....................... uncomfortable I magine there is no impost by any insurance company re this subject so insurance is not an issue ? ............................... which is good jm

thanks - did not think button and switch 2 different things ! - will get L2 to perform the disection

two in gympie queensland at the moment - for hire - 1 a tail wheel - pro sky gympie is the school

Howdy see the attached PTT - they are off a tecnam - someone said RC Allen PTT anyone know where I can buy these - preferably oz ? thanks jm

Farri get your key board - tip it upside down and bash it on the desk (not to hard as some keys tend to pop off) - that'll get all the crap out of the key board - you'd be suprised what lives in there .......................... might fix it ? jm

m.merv - point taken and as said - no offence intended If I had of read your post - I would have read your hourly rate and not posted Keep publicising hourly rates - thats what I reckon In relation to $ 200 hour dual I guess planes cost a lot and the amount of use dictates the charge out rate In relation to $ 200 - that's half an hour in a dentist's chair ................ flying seems more fun, some how

There always seems to be a reluctance to advertise what a school charges - I guess thats business Case in point m.merv had an opporunity to state what his schooll charges ............. but instead lifted his eyebrow at what Gympie charged (no offence m.merv) Mmerv is probably surrounded by 2 million rich mexicans so his hourly rate can be lower In Gympie you can't make much money out of spuds If I ran a school I'd state the hourly rate any opportunity I could get ................... it always suprises me that hourly rates aren't discussed more often JM

I think you can tell if you are flying balanced or not - an instrument sort of confirms it So ianboag we have to assume that both your legs (outer) - those connected to your hips are the same length (left and right shoes are allowed) ............... and balanced flight is achieved I'm with ozzie - I reckon its hydraulics and flow and what liquids do in them there pipes As to fuel management ........................ that's probably what concerns you - you'll need some more fuel taps ? Prior to modification - I'd empty the favoured tank and ground rum it and see what happens - then I'd leave it alone and see if fuel drains to the favoured tank ? JM

GAFA there are 3 flying schools at Gympie and ! ................ you are n't wasting time waiting for a flock of aeroplanes to land ................... so generally downtime is minimal Sealed runway and flushing toilets to !

'eightyknots said I can see why you soon became a self employed construction consultant. You would have run out of work in your previous job: after all, how many council buildings need to be inspected? ' .................................. - Councils are very easy targets for the tarnished (ripe tomatoes - get your juicy red, over ripe, red tomatoes here) nevertheless .................................. understanding of job description, employee interaction and relationships need some polish

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more litres of fuel ................ for the fire ......... the 2 main ag operators at Wondai are piston powered - one an agwagon (6 cylinder) the other a brave (de-rated 8 cylinder ?) I've talked to both and neither are clowns (you'll have to assume I am not one also) wondai aviaition seems annoyed at what an ag operator did - its probable that the ag operator may also have been annoyed (only guessing) at what the wondai operator may have done (or said, or inferred, oe implied etc) ? both have equal rights to the strip - so i'm sure its got to be a very small storm in a very, very little tea cup

It’s not hard to notice that airline staff has this morbid, dreary fascination for that person (s) who want to smoke a cigarette on board THEIR flight. You’d have to be a simple, single celled creature (they also do use air travel (………..and federal government chauffeured cars)) …………….. not to realise that you can’t smoke in the terminal and likewise in the plane ? With monotony the announcement is always – ‘against civil aviation safety regulation – no smoking in the aircraft – no smoking in the toilet – smoke detector in toilet’ My god a smoke detector in the toilet ! ………….. you just feel like shouting out down the aisle – ‘blast, when did they put a smoke detector in the bloody toilet !’ I guess the airlines have to cater for lowest common denominator ……….. or do they think the gene pool in the back can’t ‘cut it’ with the gene pool in the front I reckon the paternalistic, patronising smoking messages should be dropped or cut back ……………………… there ………… feeling better now JM

Tomo Our loan organisation stated that all finance compoanies are reluctant to loan against anyhing that 'floats, farts ot flies' IF you can get past that criteria - by some other positive - then that's good To me the advice regarding taxation is good advice - if you can derive an income from the plane (toolbox in the back and a D12 engine block in the front) then that wil also help ? jm

Confucius say: ‘If there was no money involved – it would not be so nearly complicated (or time consuming)’

yep Dazza - keep that non smoking going :) I like the way John Laws answers ...................... how did you quit smoking ? ' Simple ........... just stop putting them in your mouth and sucking on the ends of them' A simple philosophy and reminder ........ if you get the urge to smoke them cigarettes :( JM

I'm not much chop at web links but the above web refernce also has an excellent engine additive JM

I'd say the cocktail of alcohol and stimulants made the pilot irrational It was a stupid thing he did - under the circumstances to say he was stupid seems tough Probably was a highly educated person - like all us pilots ?