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    Hi Liftmad, - where are you learning & what do you train in? You have joined the ranks of those many of us who wished we had done it earlier!! Hope you continue to enjoy it (I am sure you will!) Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Flyerme, Not sure exactly what sort of knowledge of the aircraft you are seeking, but I have seen it at various fly-ins here in Victoria over the course of the last few years, so I know it has not been languishing in a barn or similar..... I am sure Mike H. would be happy to give you further info. Give Lethbridge a call and they can probably put you in touch. HTH Neil
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    Hi Beefy, Well done, mate! It's a thrill you won't forget.... Cheers, Neil
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    .....sounds a bit like me!!
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    Hi, I got one of those from Ray's Outdoors. It's very good - I got a "Hiker's" one, which is shorter and more compact than the standard one. Being vertically-challenged it works fine for me. It rolls up very small too. It works by having an internal structure which pushes itself out and pulls in air when put out flat. Then you can top it up with a few puffs of air in the mouthpiece. HTH Neil
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    Great stuff, mate! Your sister sounds a bit like my daughter - and I found a good, non-turbulent day to take her up for a flight she enjoyed. Like you say - it's great to see a flight through the eyes of somebody who has not flown in a small plane before.... Good luck with your mum! Cheers, Neil
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    Brilliant!
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    Excellent video, Planey.... Yeh, Mick - I saw the Vulcan at Wings & Wheels (Dunsfold) a few years ago - definitely worth it! Try to get to Old Warden if you can - the Shuttleworth Collection is one of the best, and if the weather is nice you get to see the Edwardian planes fly....magic! Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Scott, Great video! Thanks for posting. Cheers Neil
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    Brilliant! Loved it.
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    Hi MM, Will try & be there - wx permitting! Cheers Neil
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    Hi Guru, Now you have your pax endo take your missus up for a fly - it might sway the deal wrt $50k...... Cheers Neil
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    Excellent! Thanks for posting!
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    Thanks, Maj.
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    Hi Mauld, Love it! Thanks for posting. Cheers Neil
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    Hi Highwing, Welcome to the forums. Tell us a bit more about yourself - what plane you fly etc... Cheers Neil
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    Excellent videos, DP. Thanks for posting. Lovely planes - nice aileron design (I think they nicked it from my Gazelle.....) Cheers, Neil
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    Hi Mal, Low Performance endo is disappearing, so that's one you won't have to do. Lethbridge do T/W in a Savage Cub. Not sure about 2 stroke! Cheers Neil
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    Hi David, I am used to it! Being small (sorry, vertically challenged if we want to be PC) I have spent my life on the end of heightist "jokes", and....wait for it.... my birthday is April 1st, so for the last nearly 60 years I have had the "April fool" jokes, which people somehow think they are the first to come up with....! In fact the only reason I started flying was so I could finally look down on my friends.... Cheers, Neil
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    Don't disagree - but that situation is common everywhere (and not just in flying circles). It does not justify tarring ALL people/pilots with the same brush based on the physical location of the individual(s) that you disagree with. I am from the UK and was grossly offended a while back by somebody who, on hearing my accent, made the gross assumption I agreed with then UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher because I was from the UK. He was lucky to get away with his head still on his shoulders. The opinions of individuals are just that - individual opinions.
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    Why do you assume this is the opinion of all pilots in Australia????? "People in Aus" - do you know ALL of us? Is your opinion the opinion of ALL pilots in the US?
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    Hi Alf, I had also read that they then swung back to recommending the 50/50 glycol/water again.....We run the 50/50 in our 80hp 912A with no problem. I also bought a refractometer to check the ratio of glycol to water in the overflow bottle, and it does seem to indicate that the mixture will gradually acquire a slightly higher glycol ratio, (ie the water does gradually reduce), but I just top up occasionally with more 50/50 mix, or even a slightly higher distilled water ratio. Cheers, Neil PS Agree wrt antifreeze and pets - my brother's cat died after drinking from a puddle of antifreeze/water under his car. Nasty stuff.
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    Nope - nothing came of it. Great shame.
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    Hi Mauld, Brilliant video, brilliant sound! Was that at Duxford? Cheers, Neil
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    Nice video - thanks for posting. There was a Brisfit flying at Warbirds over Wanaka last week, along with a Sopwith Triplane, Airco DH5 and from the Germain side a Fokker Triplane, Fokker D7 and Pfalz D3. Great stuff! Good to see these brilliant old aircraft still flying. Cheers, Neil
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