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  1. in some ways this web site is ground level discussion about things aviation in Australia - facts, opinions, hearsay etc. DG (Dan Gryder) puts it all out there and its a good way to get an idea of things happening in a HUGE aviation environment - USA. I enjoy his weekly broardcasted report If it's a 'chip on a shoulder' or fact ........... all humans suffer that flaw and most of us will recognise it
  2. they need to give the commentator a banana or a bowl of apples ................ so you can hear the plane flying
  3. I can't se how domestic drone delivery improves society - perhaps a medical delivery ..... however it's a great opportunity for neighbouring houses to get in some aerial target practice
  4. interesting to know the logistics of the flight to Oz - the fuel burn comparison with say an airline jet that does that similar flight (google says the Eurofighter Typhoon burns 4500 litres / hour)
  5. that's a lot of motor up there
  6. the old boy (father) in the camera plane had great eyesight ................ never went to specsavers
  7. ............... careful what you say about the king FH - we don't want you dissapearing on us
  8. we could put the male drivers on one side and female drivers on the other side of the road - that might help the authorites have created a paranoia regarding the speed limit - we have cars in 100 kmh zones doing 90 kmh to avoid a ticket .......... and a fair few other cars, behind, all trying to overtake that car Leniency has gone out the window - you are merely driving a machine that is potenmtially a contributor to a state budget
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    Fairchild 100 Pilgrim

    Edgar Percival - EP'9s Grandad
  10. just the sort of thing you should have sitting on the front lawn
  11. I have prepared myself for the public flogging but .............. I always fail to see how buying a raffle ticket - somehow is twisted / seen / construed as supporting a charity - you are just a punter hoping for 'pennies from heaven' the potential prize and charitable component can't be separated. I think most see this form of cash raising as a raffle ticket - not a donation to a charity (the cost of a raffle ticket is not a 'donation' claimable as an income deduction as far as the ATO concerned ............ so perhaps ATO support this opinion ?)
  12. if you look at inaccurate google - your aircraft from the showroom floor is: a) an A330 is $ 250 million US b) an A380 is $ 440 million US - reverse thrust on engines 1 & 4 are extra says the ad that's a good price ? for both .................. if you get plane a) for free
  13. interesting comment that - would nt worry me (nor most of us) having aircraft whizzing around at a strip but bikes (in particular moto X) (road bike get an unqualified exemption Nev) any moto X bikes blipping (for want of a better word) all afternoon can be very annoying and tiring (except I assume if you are on the said moto X bike doing the blipping)
  14. no pun intended I assume spacesailor
  15. in 14.5 years I could be burnt at the stake as a heretic ........... but I think any person that thinks a future society will have flying cars must have a deluded psyhcosis that stems from the Jetsons - probably a parental / paternalistic feeling of nurture & comfort as George ? Jetson blits off to work. Tommorrow I am prepared to wager $ 10,000 that a flying car spciety will never exist
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    Fairey Hendon

    what a beast - 10 tons mauw to carry 1.50 tons
  17. Ikea - which store ?
  18. Its great you can live in a country (Oz) - own a 12 cylinder car and get a pensioners rebate on the E-type jag (if that is true) - means you can still throw the lawnmower in the back and go out and earn some pocket money
  19. I see the light now Ian good site - just as it ever was
  20. the top cop still have some way to go
  21. OK Ian where is the: - the site layout - the menu bar - the index - the road map - the big picture - the ? - where ? thanks john m
  22. from memory they also had a US warship 'making lots of smoke' as a signal to assist Earhart ......... but they never saw that ?
  23. Yes Ian a PC screen (big puta screen) ............................ not seeing that menu bar
  24. I might be a dinosaur the thing I don't understand is where is the site layout Ian the first video In your video Ian) says there is a side bar which shows the site layout / forums Ian - can you explian in monosyllabic diction where the side bar is (aint nothing on the LHS of my screen - but a coffee cup) thanks
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