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The GPWS says "Don't think, Don't think" Nev

I remember that Happening . It was a 2 seat version. Archer or Aiglet. Nev

One of these is coming up for sale soon as owner has another aircraft getting close to flying. The image may not be his aircraft as I don’t have its rego to check at present however it is the same model and painted yellow with green. PM if you would like his contact. Ed

If still intersted in a Sapphire - I think there may be one (in a trailer) for sale at The Oaks 😈

In a freak accident, an unmanned plane took off from a Sydney airstrip by itself on August 30, 1955. When a pilot in training suffered engine troubles, he landed at Bankstown Airport. After he climbed out, he spun the propeller by hand and the plane unexpectedly started moving on its own. The Auster, like this one below, somehow took off from the runway and began flying in ever wider circles. For hours the unmanned plane flew over the city, its range extending from Mascot to Vaucluse, over Punchbowl, Rockdale, Redfern and the CBD. RAAF planes were dispatched from Richmond and Newcastle to shoot down the plane over the ocean, but they were unsuccessful. Eventually two British pilots JR Bluett and Peter McNay, who had flown up from Nowra, were able to knock the plane out of the sky. The two pilots were celebrated, but the Australian government was grilled on why it took three hours to successfully intercept a light plane with nobody flying it.

"lick Lick lef, Lick Lick white...................

Rollo I follow the guy (Don Fieldon)in the States Aeropup USA and he’s been building his demo one for years now!

I can't open it as well.

..... they imitated Ed Devereau and Tony Bonner by saying "What's that Skip? Chairman Mao has fallen in the liver and hurt his reg? Come on Skip, rets lun and lescue him" Skip, who would normally answer with a few Zulu type clicks, which when translated from Zulu actually meant "Don't be a dickhead Tony, I'm only a kangaroo", then replied, because the NES has disclosed that he is a Chinese speaking ex Prime Minister, by saying .....

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.....replaced it with a kangaroo, thus causing great confusion amongst his military comrades, who all thought he'd been to Hong Kong and scored an Aussie souvenir hat from a returning Chinese tourist after a visit to Australia. It wasn't long after that episode, that Harry started to be called "Skip" by his comrades (and we all know what the Chinese are like, for making fun of peoples names). "Skip" in Chinese actually means doing a pretty anti-social act, so it wasn't long before the sound of "Hey, Skip!" brought guffaws from the assorted PLA comrades nearby, and.......................

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In the future Navy scenarios, they'll only need to learn how to land a drone on an aircraft carrier. 🙂

Can't beat head tracking for that immersive in cockpit experience... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHSrXDLOZ2E

Took the Nynja for a fly on the weekend to Lake Dunn, a 207 N/ml each way and stayed overnight. 29 aircraft attended the catchup. It's never an advertised event as it's just a by word of mouth catchup of flying friends. The strip is to be extended about 100 meters to comply with RFDS aircraft requirements. The strip was in perfect surface condition. Weather was excellent and tail winds of about 15 knots each way so can not complain. Lake Dunn August 2025 with text.mp4

There were two of these at Northam earlier in the week. Air Tractor.mp4 He used every inch of the 1248m runway.

"Attempts to fix the landing gear caused the fighter jet to think it was on the ground, ultimately leading to the crash." 😧 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/alaska-f-35-crash-accident-report-hnk-ml

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Everything but the engines. That is still inexplicable to me. https://www.aviationtoday.com/2025/06/12/chinas-avionics-revolution-why-the-west-should-be-worried/

Hi, yes there are Aeropups with Rotax 912. I had one here with 80hp rotax. Nothing wrong with it. There are many engine options these days. A new built Aeropup with Jabiru 3300 flying with about 25 hours on it. Cruise above 100knots. With the new Instructions available on our Website and access to other builders, I would think 400-500 hours would be reasonable to build. As the manufacture, we now offer more finished items in the kit. For example, we machine out the main webbed spar for you. We can offer "Fast build Wings" for a quicker build time. Our Website address below https://www.aeropup.com.au/ Any questions feel free to ring. Rollo

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..... had always wanted to fire a machine gun with a flat round magazine, but he objected to the Star of Mao being on his forehead, so he ...... What are the odds that Turbo, Cappy and Harry would be in the same CPP propaganda pic?

No Just a supposition. CHINESE MADE the car . ( for Chinese market target ) Why not the tyres . spacesailor

Could be something , ( clothing ) caught in that rope drum . spacesailor

Hi all. Just came across this forum. keen on any recent updates on the Aeropup. Anyone flying with a Rotax 912? What is realistic build time for amateur? thanks.