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Student Pilot

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  1. Converted Navion?
  2. As a bush aircraft a Fletcher would be one of the best, rough short strips, heavy loads, work all day, all week and all year back in the olden days. Mostly carrying more than it's empty weight. It has nose wheel. The undercarriage was less trouble, was better on rougher strips and cost less to maintain than the likes of a Beaver. These days it's not considered a bush aircraft unless it has a tailwheel and flies in Alaska.
  3. What we need is more lawyers to sort out some more regulation on making it more complicated while adding another layer of paperwork to allow another class of weight with more regulation and more CASA oversight. Anybody remember when aviating was fun?
  4. You could hardly say the ex CEO wasn't a success when he retired with a 65 million dollar pay out and a $225,000 US a month pension
  5. The only way to stop such an event is to not land in longer grass, much the same way you would not pull off the side of the road and stop over long grass.
  6. Have seen all sorts of tricycles fitted with skis from 206/7s to Piper TriPacers
  7. What about the Royal Commission into the Banks Skip? With all the criminal activity, gouging and unethical behaviour exposed they are all held to account. Hang on.................nothing has happened. As you were ?
  8. Have you noticed that white van parked up the road from you? Shortly it's occupants will be visiting with you to explain you need to modify your posts to a more Boeing friendly vibe On a serious note, it shown Boeing have entrenched an immoral mindset, everything bartered for the cheapest price no matter what the consequences. Like most of America business, corruption, bullying, intimidation goes right to the top including their despotic political leader.
  9. OK, makes sense now.
  10. The edit function just came up om my recent post, why does it not stay there? Is there a limited time that you can edit after posting?
  11. Changed, edit function disappeared again?
  12. Ahhhhh just came up on my last post, delayed reaction to webpage update? Probably reflecting my reluctance to embrace new technology
  13. I would have deleted the second image but as you can see there's no edit button
  14. This one on the register? Used to see it all the time at Bankstown
  15. Yoo have good taste in Aircraft Captain
  16. Yours looks different to mine, what gives?
  17. How do you edit posts with new format? Can't find any edit button.
  18. The dog got my attention, some sort of poodle cross I think. I then settled down to watch what promised to be a very interesting presentation only to be bombarded with him advertising stuff. Stopped the vid at 1 minute, lost concentration and decided to look at kitten yootube. Can you give me a short review Gazza?
  19. The engine tone deepened and an increase in volume can be heard. The Herc drops I have seen (LATs have been used a lot more this year), their climb angle wouldn't be 10 degrees let alone 18 after dropping. Yes they avoid flight into smoke. The lead aircraft normally fly's the drop then when clearing the LAT for the drop explains what they want with the drop including exit and departure from the fire after the drop.
  20. If you listen to the video you can hear the engines powering up.
  21. Why was the video taken down?
  22. That video shows the aircraft clearly established in a climbing turn after the drop then appears to disappear into smoke, looks to have then lost several hundred feet and impacted. With 2 very experienced pilots they would have been established on instruments and should have continued to climb. Looking at it again there appears to be a very steep pitch up after the load was released. Normally you get a pitch up only while the load is going out, not after. The aircraft also appears to initiate a turn left at the same time. The aircraft impact site looked as though it hit wings level.
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