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Welcome back, Phil! Is that you flying the Lancaster? Cheers, Neil
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Hi Ari, I have visited Finland a few times (Taavetti) as my wife is from there! Lots of trees and lakes - not many options for wheeled planes! I guess floatplanes are quite popular? I like the look of the Groppo Trail - especially with the folding wings. I used to have a Skyfox Gazelle which had folding wings. I see Inkoo is near the coast, west of Helsinki - will you put floats on your plane? Cheers, Neil
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Hi mhurston, Welcome! Tell us where you will be learning, and what you will be flying... Cheers, Neil
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Hi Jochen, Welcome! I am sure a few nice dinners out will work! My wife even let me put the cars out on the driveway so I could build in our garage Good luck! Neil
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Hi Denis & , Go for it! You will not regret it! I fly out of Penfield and come up to Bendigo quite frequently - it's a good location. Best of luck with your flying training - keep us informed of your progress. Cheers, Neil
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TV programs that may interest other flyers
Neil_S replied to planedriver's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
I recently started watching a program called "Airplane Repo" on Channel 9GO (93) on Wednesdays at 8.30 - quite amazing. Based in the US (of course), about guys who work for the banks "recovering" planes (and boats) with outstanding repayments by basically stealing them from under the "owner's" nose. Needless to say, the "pre-flight" checks done before they sneak a take-off are quite interesting. A few back episodes are available on 9 Catch Up. Also noticed a program coming up on Saturday Jan 7th on 7Mate at 7.00 called Guy Martin's Spitfire - looks very interesting too.... -
Hi Riley, I had the same issue when I took the course a while back. You are supposed to get the info, so I gave them a call and was told they were working on fixing it. Shortly afterwards they (manually) sent me the ones I got wrong. So I got there in the end :) Cheers, Neil
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Congratulations! As a Savannah S owner I can say without reservation that you will thoroughly enjoy both building and flying your Savvy! Keep us updated with your progress... Cheers, Neil
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Hi guys... Great site... Got a few questions ;)
Neil_S replied to bunyips's topic in Just Landed - Welcome
Hi Todd, No idea about the Thruster, but wanted to say , and you have made a good decision to learn to fly! Good luck with whatever you end up flying.... Cheers, Neil -
Welcome, Ryan! Whereabouts in Melbourne are you based? Cheers, Neil
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Hi Matt, I use an iPad mini with AVPlan on a kneeboard in my Savvy. Diagonal screen size is 8". Works fine for me. Can show you if you like. Cheers, Neil
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I believe it's called "maximizing profits", and in a capitalist society any non-charitable company does it to get the biggest bang for their shareholders etc. Insurance companies are not there to be nice and sympathetic, they are there to make the biggest profits they can. Not sure this is ever going to change.....
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I have a GME MT410G Accusat PLB from CH Smith Marine - $289. Link :- GME MT410G Accusat PLB with GPS Have it in the top pocket of my overalls when I fly.
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And Latin has 3 genders and 6 cases (7 if you include the locative, eg at home), so that's 18 ways to say "the" ....and that's just the singular, then you have plurals..
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Hi Nev, I always found German easier to learn than other languages as it followed the "rules" more rigidly than others. Latin taught me much more about English than any of the English Language classes at school - I had no idea what declensions, conjugations, moods, voices etc were until I learnt Latin. It has also enabled me to guess the meaning of a number of French, Italian and English words! I just remember disliking it at school, maybe because the Latin master was very strict! Cheers, Neil
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If, like me, you had been forced to learn Latin at school you would have learnt every possible construct of language, and would know yer subjunctive from yer periphrastic..... ....and if you want logical, ordered stuff then you can't go past ze German. Time, manner, place. And the words - e.g Fernsehapparat is a television, literally a remote seeing apparatus! Gotta love it.
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Hi Marty, Welcome to the site. Now you have your X Country and Pax I hope you will enjoy a few long flights with a mate/spouse/girlfriend/etc Let us all know how you get on! Cheers, Neil
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Welcome, Baz! Good luck with your build.....how about a few pics? Cheers, Neil
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Hi Billy, Welcome to the site! Good move to buy the airfield.... Cheers, Neil
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......with access to all that duty free booze - why not?
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Bonjour! I didn't build my Savvy, but am happy to help with any questions you may have. Yeh - gotta love that low pound - I have a pension from ex-employer British Airways, now worth not a lot! Cheers, Neil
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I always check windyty as it has a graphical display of the forecast winds at various levels up to 10,000 ft and above, and also a cloud overlay forecast. It covers 4 or 5 days ahead. You can zoom in and out, and click at any point to get a detailed forecast for that exact location. I used it yesterday and managed to find a slot of a few hours when winds were light and cloud at around 30% to plan a flight to the 12 Apostles, a destination that has eluded me a couple of times before due to high levels of low cloud at the coast. On the day of your planned flight combine that with the area forecast from NAIPS which, by definition, covers a huge area, and you get a good idea of the overall picture. Willyweather is also useful for an idea of weather (esp. rain) a few days out, but only covers ground level winds and has no info wrt cloud. Good luck with your Navs! Cheers, Neil
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On short final in a Gazelle when a bloody great spider runs out of the wing root and across the windscreen......startled the hell out of me! By the time I touched down he was nowhere to be seen. Sprayed everywhere with Mortein and assumed all good. However, a few days later found him sitting on my seat, but again by the time I had the can of spray in my hand he had disappeared. Sprayed again. Finally found him under the seat on his last legs (so to speak), and gave him a decent burial with full military honours...
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Hi Andy & Good luck with your return to the flying fold! Cheers, Neil
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Hi Lizzy, As I am male and 61 I don't quite fit your category, but it is great to welcome you to this site and aviation in general - there are far too few lady pilots of any age !! Best of luck with your training and I hope you get to have whatever career in aviation you are looking for. Keep us informed of your progress, and feel free to ask any questions you may have - there are loads of people on this site with many years of experience, and I am sure they will be only too willing to assist you. Cheers, Neil
