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    philosophical with a drizzle of physcological FH - well said
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    definite NZ my guess ? would be 1950 ? - new plymouth or perhaps blenheim .......... good photo though - everyones busy
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    lunch - tea and bread - tiger moth days ?
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    looks like a tiger moth
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    joining the coversations: a tecnam bravo with a V8 ............. that'll attract some ulcers
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    I bet this one did more than 204 mph cruise
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    Some initiatives CASA now realises some ideas have not tracked as initially anticipated don’t work; work has identified thinking through the initial idea new dependencies and issues that require proposals to be re-sequenced and rescoped – it now seems bl@@dy obvious to CASA that this needs more work
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    Danny, she wasn't a cop, she was only playing at being one. She was a county official, essentially a ranger, as Dan says, "equivalent to a dog catcher". 'similar to an animal control officer' ...................... please 😇
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    I reckon the port wing moved a whole lot more than t'other one
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    it is better to have loved and lost - than never have loved at all
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    my ruff understanding of 2 issues in this thread (NOT neccesarily related to the thread incident): 1. fuel tanks - an internal bladder had to be installed so if there was any tank rupture - the bladder fuel contents would be likely contained 2. Should Robinsons be flying in NZ video: mast bumping - the rotor head design of the Robinsons makes in possible for a must bump to occur (fast flying in turbulent conditions not recommended)
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    I can remember flying to an airport about 200 miles away and about 30 miles out I heard a Qlink flight saying the met condition was CAVOK I didn't like the sound of CAVOK so diverted about 60 miles and sat there for 30 minutes then proceeded to intended destination - it was good flying weather ! ............................... (a little bit of paranoia can go a long way !) I know what CAVOK means - should i happen to hear it again
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    as discussed before - why didn't the yanks just make DH Mosquitos ? - they could deliver 4000 lbs a lot safer for their aircrew faster, higher ? less people, fuel, motors ............. and there was still a big 'bang' half way in the journey
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    BUT, you get the james bond music and no doubt the woman at the end of the movie Stealth would n't be part of the exercise - noise levels would be well over the top And, turning over hay to get it dried - there'd have to be cheaper methods
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    2.2 pounds pounds = $ 3.86 Oz !
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    I did n't realise W.A., the N.T. and Tasmania had put power on ........................... (sorry Can't help you - it shows you these systems are available though - I got hold of this because someone grabbed hold of an 11000 volt single line (over a roof - no one saw this line) - certain others did and worked around then - until the unlucky last never saw it)
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    this one should give you power line mapping give you an idea anyway https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5a53f6f37db84158930f9909e4d30286
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    there was 912 plane parked ........................ for a whole day the carb springs pulled the throttle in too full open the next 'spitfire' pilot that jumped in had no idea where the throttle was and you betcha - started 912 plane up ! narrowly missing people 912 plane climbed up a hangar wall - 912 plane was broken beyond repair no injuries to anyone - just a better understanding of prestart checks
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    clear night or a cloudy night KC ?
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    cynically ! - yeah but ............ you can't expect a bureaucracy to admit a system (ASIC) is a flop a good burgeoning bureaucracy must continue with the bureaucratic system until the systems bureaucratic annoyance causes bureaucrats to admit the system is a stinker The system is then (could take some years) excised from the bureaucracy - and the next day ? - it's like the system never, ever existed
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    its good ? to see the ethics of the 'kangaroo court' are still upheld ............... you still see it from time to time
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    the MCAS system was disguised in the operating procedure by Boeing - the FAA and pilots (and probably Boeing) were not aware of its significance this program also made the point that when all those 737's were grounded away from base - there were few airline pilots offering to fly them back to base
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    clothe ideas from lbj
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    kgwilsons takeoff at hamilton reminded me of a cherokee 140 ? at commercial flight school motueka - 1980's - 4 aspiring pilots and the book said this plane would fly but not much flight over the end fence - the book was correct - we were n't much over the fence on takeoff
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