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  1. Student Pilot
    I thought you'd be a metricated man Nev 🤣 you meant 1693 kg and 3206 kg
  2. Student Pilot
    I don't sign any petitions now, they usually want all sorts of information before you sign
  3. Student Pilot
    Well he obviously wasn't looking out the front 😆 Personally I find looking out the window is what I do, quick glance at a map or map screen then back outside. I am only a lowly VFR pilot and would prefer steam gauges, I find glass too busy with too much information for a quick glance especially the current crop of Garmin round gauges.
  4. Student Pilot
    I have found best to let them dodge me if I can, it's very hard to stop the urge to react. Wedgies if above you will usually drop past in front of you, they can still be unpredictable. I have hit 2 over the years, I really hate hitting birds 😥
  5. Student Pilot
    I was flying into Bankstown many years ago from the south, there was a low overcast and I was following the highway up on the Eastern side. I knew Wilton was there, I thought with the low overcast there would have been no parachuting activity. Some canopies popped out of the clouds just if front of me, had to manoeuvre around them. It would have been terrifying coming down through clouds hearing an aircraft close heading your way. Aircraft radios weren't flash and half the time people didn't broadcast intentions. I couldn't turn the radio (old Valve set) on too early going into Bankstown because it would overheat. Used to turn it on just before 2FC to get the ATIS. Parachuting folks were (still are mostly) rebels.
  6. Student Pilot
    Too busy playing with multifunction avionics? Auto pilot on and looking at their phone?
  7. Student Pilot
    There is a bit more to it with the drone pilot having to have a radio on current frequency and talk to the aircraft, with the drone pilot being responsible for separation. I have worked a few time (low level) close to drones, the pilots were good and made their intensions clear. I have also flown in countries where there are no such rules and it was the wild west.
  8. Student Pilot
    Thinking clearly in an a catastrophic situation, cut off/ let go her tangled main before deploying the emergency. It's hard not to panic, unless you've been there you don't know how you will react.
  9. Student Pilot
    Arthur gone pink?
  10. Student Pilot
    The "once in a lifetime" chance of seeing Lake Eyre full that happens every 5 years 😁
  11. Student Pilot
    "Little wings charity"? Is that Angel flight? If not is there room for two top heavy charities? Is Angel flight still going with the raffle debacle and all the fatal bad weather accidents?
  12. Student Pilot
    I disagreed with the ATSB's findings Gary, knowing that aircraft personally and having been directly associated with the company doing the maintenance for something like 15 years before the accident.
  13. Student Pilot
    Commercial annual fee might be nil but it it costs CASA to process your medical and depending on how old you are it can cost further north of $2000 to do the tests required
  14. Student Pilot
    Extreme left? Only if you're are trumpist or a one neurone fan would you think Nevs comments are far left 🤣 Middle of the road folk think trump is a goose
  15. Student Pilot
    Or the bloke with the screwdriver, didn't stop him. I should have made it more clear I was being sarcastic 🙄
  16. Student Pilot
    Airports were given to councils along with a large donation to keep them running as airfields and a community asset. Councils have now turned them into commercial real estate for personal gain. Privatise and perish.....
  17. Student Pilot
    The ASIC has been a great success, since introduction there have been no terrorist incidents in Australia involving aircraft or access to airfields 🤣
  18. Student Pilot
    Dunnooo about bigger machines but AOA can be felt the way the aircraft feels and handles in smaller stuff. Very mushy high AOA and tight responsive low AOA.
  19. Student Pilot
    I read the residents are now complaining how dangerous training is around Parafield. Doesn't seem that long ago it was out on it's own with not much around.
  20. Student Pilot
    Doesn't look good 🙁
  21. Student Pilot
    I run 98 in all sorts of machinery, no trouble with it going "Off" even after months. With the lower grade fuels it seems to go off very quickly and leaves a green slimy residue in float bowls.
  22. Student Pilot
    Because they can, free enterprise is charge what you can. If the demand is greater then cash in and profits are greater. The idea is to make as much money as you can, fairness or equity doesn't come into the equation.
  23. Student Pilot
    I read how the pilot who groundlooped the Kittyhawk did a heroic job avoiding people on the ground. 😆 Was praised for his skill. It would have been incredible to see so many machines up close and flying.
  24. Student Pilot
    I saw a Paul Bennet interview a while ago, he was on about adrenaline and what a buzz it was doing aeros so close to the ground. Didn't impress. On another subject why all the bullshido with massive explosions and flames at airshows?
  25. Student Pilot
    The wooden blades shear off with contact. Col was marshalled into a ditch when he got his first one going and broke off the blades. With a smaller engine breaking wooden blades is a lot better on the crankshaft the hitting with a metal prop, not sure about something like a Merlin.
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